Palmer High School - Palmerite Yearbook (Palmer, NE)

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enior Record I NOVEMBER 20, 1941 The English class has had quite a time writing their short stories. Some of them didn't know how to be- gin them, while others couldn't de- cide where to end them. They were due last Friday. We now plan to read As You Like It , one of Shapes- peare's outstanding comedies. The typing class has been under- taking something new, which I failed to mention last week. We are typ- ing to music. I think almost all of us enjoy the one day a week set a- side for this purpose. The scores for this week were: Beulah, 5? words per minute: Bob, 51 words per minute: John 46 words per minute: and Onilee, 44 words per minute. Almost all of the students in the advanced shorthand class can easily take 65 words per minute. They are taking letters and having to tran- scribe them the next day. They have a little trouble transcribing the letters unless they do it immediately. NOVEMBER 27,1941 We are reading Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It. Our six weeks test was over the first two acts of the play. Tuesday, the Directed Speech class were in high spirits as they took their seats, as there was no given assignment. However, when Miss Ericson tated that we would take our six weeks test, an i mpromptu speech, everyone tried to remember an appointment which they had somewhere else. A few of the class felt rather sick. One of the topics which the students seemed to like to talk on was, School As I Should Like To Run lt. The scores in typing this week were as follows: Beulah 47 words per minute: Virginia Gee, 46 words per minute: and Robert Taylor, 46 words per minute. I guess things are going from bad to worse. DECEMBER 4,1941 The typing scores for this week were as follows: Robert Taylor, 54 words per minute: Beulah Clarke, 50 words per minute and John Golden 49 words per minute. The Directed Speech class is plan- ning to have an imaginery athletic banquet. We are using the theme, Pep Rally. Last Monday we studied the pronunciation of a number of words. The English Literature class had a very difficult task this week. We memorized one of the speeches in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Some of the class gave it orally and the rest wrote it. The second year shop class are making veneer pictures. They hope to have good results. DECEMBER 11,1941 Unexpectedly the 12th Engilsh class took a test over the third act of As You Like It and it wasn't as we liked it. We look forward to bet- ter days in the future. The Directed Speech class pre- pared a second Imaginary banquet this week. The theme was Spring Time. The students who prepared their speehes did very well. We took both a 5 minute and 10 minute speed test this week Scores in the five minute test were: John. 56 words per minute: Beulah, 53 words per minute: and Milton 49 per minute. Scores in the 10 minute speed test were: Beulah 53 words per minute: John -50 words per min- ute: Robert 46 words per minute. DECEMBER 18, 1941 Friday the seniors took a test over the entire play, As You Like It. We are now starting to read from our text books. The Puritan period will be studied first. The Directed Speech class has been having lessons in spelling. They are an indirect result of not -being quiet at the right time and of being too quiet at the wrong time. This week we had a 15 minute speed test. The scores were: Beulah, 55 words per minute: Robert Taylor,53 words per minute: Onilee Winchell 44 words per minute. Last Monday night the seniors en- joyed a party in the gym. This is the first party we've ever had when every member of the class was pre- sent. We played several games and folk dances. While the girls were fixing the lunch, we found we had some acrobats in our class. A good time was had by all. Milton: I'm in a hurry. Give me a gallon of gasoline. Bob: What are you doing-weam ing your car? PAL RIT! SENIORS' CHRISTMAS WISHES Lorene Whited: Popeye dolly. Onilee Winchell: A Hillbilly band Vivian Newlonz Apron with Strings. Marion Winchell: A Little Candy Sweetheart. Louis Zuehlke. A Santa Claus tummy . Christian Burkhardt: Flying Dutchman fa toy shipl. LeRoy Doncheske: Gee, what dif- ference does it make. Milton Suck: A Chevy with heat- er. John Golden: Chu Chu train headed for C. C. Dorothy Weber: Million dollars on a golden platter. Margaret Burkhardt: Everything she hasn't got. Beulah Clarke: A little red tele- phone. Virginia Gee: Little brown jug- full. Clyde Burton: A bicycle built for two. Robert Taylor: An automatic re- volver-bang- bang! Carl Davison: I Donna care, Virginia Hodge: A dydee dolly. Coach: A good looking School- ma'am. Miss Ericson: A car with a bat- tery. ' Miss Kutcher: Little Penny Piggy Bank. Mr. Marshall: Frogs, bugs. mice. Dear Santa: I'm sorry I had to intercept these letters but it was necessary. Please forgive me. JANUARY 1, 1942 In English we have finished reading the Puritan period and are patiently waiting for the test. Miss Ericson thinks we need more, and better grades in this subject. We had speeches to inform and gave speeches on men and women of importance. We are now writing ra- dio dialogues. The typing scores were as follows: John Golden 48 words per minute: Virginia Gee 44 words: and Bob Tay- lor 44 words per minute. This was a fifteen minute test.

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enior Record OCTOBER 16, 1941 This week the English class has spent their time worrying about the six weeks test and learning the poem On His Blindness by John Milton. To add to our worries we read the poem Death , by Raleigh. It's not what we call an interesting subject. Bump into someone and watch their reaction. That was rather an interesting assignment. At least the Directed Speech class thought it was However it was decided quite de- finitely that we were only to bump into one person. We find Directed Speech very interesting. especially so, since we've been studying about facial expressions, and thoughts conveyed by the eyes. We have learned that body actions play a very definite part in a speech. For a change Miss Kutcher gave us a five minute speed test instead of the usual ten minute one. The were as follows: Beulah scores Clarke, 53 words per minute: John Golden 45 words per minute: and Milton Suck 44 words per minute. OCTOBER 23, 1941 In English Literature class we are now studying Hamlet one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies It is considered one of his most in- spiring dramas. In Directed Speech we are study- ing about the effect of body move- ment while giving a speech. We learned that by actually thinking what we said, the body would res- pond accordingly. We also gave a speech this week illustrating some peculiar mannerisms of speakers which we had noticed. We had two speed tests this week in Typing. The scores in the first test were: Beulah Clarks, 53 words per minute: John Golden, 45 words per minute: and Milton Suck, 44 words per minute. The other test, which was supposed to be five min- utes long, but turned out to -be 515 minutes, John Golden had the high- est score, typing 61 words per min. SSN!- Beulah: Mother, there isn't any harm in walking in the park with a young man after dark, is ther'? Mother: No, not if you keep on walking. When I was young, I of- ten went walking in the park at night. Beulah: And did you keep on walking? Mother: Hush,-- it's time for you to go to bed. Lafe: Care to buy a letter opener? Speck: No thanks, I've got a wife. OUR FAVORITE SONGS Christian Burkhardt: Sunrise Serenade Margaret Burkhardt: -Star Over the Campus 'Clyde Burton: .......... Stardust Beulah Clarke: .... Maria Elena Carl Davison: ............. Delores Leroy Doncheske: .... Hut Sut .Song Virginia Gee: .......... You and I John Golden: . . . . . .Chattanooga Choo Choo Virginia Hodge: ......What Word Is Sweeter Than Sweetheart? Vivian Newlonz .. . . . .Down by the Old Mill Stream Milton Suck: ........ 'Til Reveille Robert Taylor: . .. . . .I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire. Dorothy Weber: A city Called Hea- ven. Lorene VVhited: ...... Goodbye Dear I'll be Back in a Year. Marion Winche'l: Pretty Coed has gone to my Head. Onilee Winvhell: ...... Good bye Dear, I'll be back in a Yrar. Louis Zuehlke: .............. Yours Martin Carlson: Hear a Thrush at Eve Miss Kutcher: ...... La Golondrina Miss Ericson: . . . . . .The Blue Daube Waltz Mr. Marshall: ............. Clouds OCTOBER 39. 1941 The twelfth grade English class is still reading about Hamlet, which is in many ways similar to Macbeth. Here's a version of the way Shakes- peare writes: Eddie Canter phoned Maurice Evans, who is rehearsing for a new fall production of Macbeth. A page boy summoned the Shakespearean actor to the phone. Evans lifted the receiver and said: Hail Edward. What's cooking with thee? We have taken a five minute speed test nearly every day in typing class: The three highest scores obtained were: John Golden, 67 words per min- ute: Robert Taylor, 60 words per minute: and Beulah Clarke 54 words per minute. The -biology class finished their experiment on the starfish and have started to experiment with the frogs. Our laboratory period Tuesday was spent in drawing the outside and the inside of the frog. These frogs were the ones that had been in the form- aldehyde. Thursday we are going to PAL ERITE experiment with one of the live frogs that we have had in the laboratory since the beginning of school. NOVEMBER 6.1941 In English we have finished Ham- let, and are looking forward to the much dreaded test. I think most of the class have enjoyed the Shakes- pearean play. Miss Ericson :If Shakespeare were alive today, he would be famous. Clyde : Naturally, he'd be over 300 years old. Each member of the Directed Speech class were asked to describe some building. Prince's store was des- cribed twice as there was a difference of opinion.. Even the Archer gro- cery store was described. The class as a whole is learning to speak with more ease and confidence. Imagine--this week we didn't have a speed test! However, we had an assignment which 'made up for it. NOVEMBER 13,1941 The twelfth grade English class are now writing short stories. We had a choice between reading As You Like It , which is one of Shake- spear's comedies, or writing a short story. We were informed, however, we would have to do both sometime, so I'm not sure if you'd call it a choice or not. We took two typing tests this Week, so I averaged each person's scores. The results were: Beulah Clarke, 45 words per minute: Robert Taylor, 44 words per minute: John Golden, 43 words per minute: and Virginia Gee, 42 words per minute. The Biology class has just re- ceived three new books on the study of insects, birds, and animal life. They describe every kind of insect there is and tell how to dissect them. Everyone in high school has enjoyed this privilege of watching a ,frog's blood circulate, and watching his heart beat. We also have a new aquarium of live animals, such as gold fish, turtles, and salamanders. One of our salamanders has escaped. l...1...1.. Virginia. I don't think I should get zero in this exam. Miss Kutcher: I know it, but it's the lowest mark there is.

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Senior Record JANUARY 8. 1942 This week the seniors took no timed writing, as vacation had all of us out of practice. However we did have a machine dictation. It was about Mark Twain, who wrote the first typewritten manuscript. We did quite well on this. In Englisn we have finished the Puritan period. It was during this period that we read Milton's famous religious epic Paradise Lost. We also took a test to see if our taste at choosing colors and designs was good. We disagreed with the experts and of course we thought we were right. The name of the test was, How Good Is Your Taste? Ac- cording to them, it was terrible! The Directed Speech class has been so busy studying on their semester little else. We have to write and learn a ten minute speech as a final test. Everett: Who's the girl with the French heels. John: She's my sister, and those guys aren't French. JANUARY 15, 1942 The eniors spent most of their time reviewing this week. Everyone had his English book and was study- ing. l think the diligence with which they looked over the pages even sur- prised Mrs. Gifford. The Directed Speech class had their last meeting Friday, when the last 10 minute speeches were given. Everyone has doubt as to his ability to recite something he has written. Several members of the class hope to participate in a speech day at St. Edward on January 29. Typing scored for thin week were as follows: Robert Taylor, 50 words per minuteg Beulah Clarke, 50 words per minuteg and Carl Davison, 43 words per minute. Lorene W: ls a chicken big enough to eat when it's two weeks old Onilee': Of course not! Lorene W: Then how does it manage to live JANUARY 22. 1942 Monday morning was spent making out the schedule for the new semes- ter. It seemed that everybody want- ed a different subject. By noon it was all settled. Problems of American Democracy is being taught in place of Directed Speech. The first problem we are taking up is How can we promote right relations am-ong men? Tfhid topic should have been studied more, long ago. We plan to follow a new idea in studying this course. We have discussed dividing the class into groups and letting each group work on a different question. There are many excellent questions in our book which are very interesting to discuss. The English class is preparing for a test over the beginning of the Clasf sical Period. It is during this period that we have the beginning of the novel and the familiar essay. During this particular time of Eng- lish literature there were many cri- tics, such as Samuel Johnson who criticized Milton's Lycidas and Alexander Pope who wrote An Essay on Criticism. We memorized ten epigrams from this essay. One of the most important ones is, Be sil- ent always when you doubt your sense. A special course ln music is being taught this semester under the dir- ection of Mr. Carlson. The first day the class was to meet, the teacher was conveniently detained. The class is learning to detezt the various in- struments on the records played on the phonograph. The value of music has also been discussed in class 1'e- citation, A certain senior girl let it slip her tongue the other day, that after school she would no doubt live on the farm-and she woudn't be visit- ing either. From the sound of things wonder who it could be. JANUARY 29, 1942 In English we are studying the Transition period. The writings dur- this period are much more interest- ing because most of the writings con- tain human feelings and emotions. The writers during this period were dissatisfied with the cold logical feel- ings which the writers of the Classi- cal age expressed in their poetry. In short during the transition w e find PAL RIT! the beginnings of another Renais- sance-another great emancipation of art and life from the fetters of tradition. We- also wrote essays this week. In Problems of American Demo- cracy we are working in groups. Each group is Working on a different topic or problem. Then, each member of the group is working on a subject to- pic. This is newI.to us and it took us quite a while to catch on. But we all think we know how it's done now. Each committee has to give a report before the whole class. This week we took three speed tests tTimed writingsl. Bob had the high- est score in the five minute speed test, typing 49 words per minute. In the ten minute speed test John typed 55 words per minute. In the 15 min- ute speed test Bob and Beulah tied, both getting 49 words per minute. Marion: My uncle's a politician. Rob. What is he running for? Marion: They just looked up his record, and he's running for a train. FEBRUARY 5, 1942 In Problems of American Demo- cracy, the different groups are still giving their reports. There arefive in a committee. As much time is given to each group report as nec- cessary We find this method of study quite interesting. However, when we have finished with the re- fports, we plan to go back to the us- ual method of study. The English class is now studying the Romantic Period in History. However, romantic as used here has a different meaning than what mod- ern Americans usually use it for. At that time it was used to describe a large and complicated body of ideas amd tendencies that characterized English thought and English literary works. Poets adopted a new at- titude toward man and nature, which changed the type and spirit of the poetry, novel and essay. This liter- ature ls much more interesting than that of the Classical period because it contains more emotion and feeling. The scores from our latest speed test were: Beulah 53 words per minuteg John 51 words per minute: and Robert T. and Virginia G, 47 words per minute. Lorene: Do you think you will ever find a perfect girl? Carl: I don't know, but it's been a lot of fun hunting.