Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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SENIOR EDITION Page 31 V.V. .'.'.'.V.'.V.1.1.1.1.1.1.'.'.1.-. . Eleanor McCoy, Adviser Under the supervision of Miss Eleanor McCoy, the PCHS Girl Reserves have done their bit in forwarding the war effort. Their war-mindedness has been proved by the grease campaign conducted every Thursday throughout the semester. The cooperation of the students and faculty has made this most recent war-effort project worthwhile. The faculty members who have advised and directed the Girl Reserves this year are Miss Eleanor McCoy, post-graduate and senior A adviser Miss Gladys Brainard, senior B and junior A adviser; Miss Francis Howard, junior B, sophomore B and A adviser; Miss Emma Mae Large, freshman A adviser; and Miss Maurine Kemp, freshman B adviser. The Gypsy Patteran, the Kiddy Christmas Party, the Vesper Ini-ation Service, and the annual Mother and Daughter Banquet were outstanding Girl Reserve events of the year. Under the direction of Mr. Theodore Nelson, Pekin High's debate team began early last fall to prepare for the oncoming contests. The debate team, consisting of Rosemary Rahn, Ted Johnson, affirmative; Carolyn Jurgens, Nita Mae Allison, negative; and Patricia Champion, alternate, spent many hours in arranging their speeches on the subject, Resolved: That There Should Be a Federal World Government. They were ranked third in the Galesburg contest in December. At the Augustana College Tournament, Rock Island, they won three out of twelve debates. Act- ing as host at the sectional speech contest, PCHS debaters came through with flying colors. Gaining victory over Lincoln, the squad then ranked fourth in the state tournament held at Champaign. Besides the debaters, students entered in other groups of the sectionals were Ted Johnson, extempore speaking, who placed second in the sectional; James Bramlage, oratorical declamation, second; Carolyn Jurgens, original oration, second; Vernon Lewis, serious reading, third,- Mary Jean Dim-ler, verse speaking, first; and Dean Wieburg, comedy reading, second. IT'S A DEBATABLE QUESTION.'

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Page 30 SENIOR ED TT TO N Girls' Club Council Edith Gramlich, Adviser NEW HEIGHTS FOR GIRLS' CLUB The Girls' Club has marked another successful year n the achievement book of PCHS. The girls elected in June of 1942 to represent the entire membership of the club on the cabinet were Jean King president; Nita Mae Allison, vice-president,-Mary Pauline Barthel, senior rep-seniative; Merla Hundt, junior representative,- Charlene Clarke, sophomore representative,- and Marcia Heim, freshman representative. Additional girls se- lected to assist the cabinet in its work were Maxine Arnett, Harriet Brosmer, Helen Cannon, Carol Dennis, Margaret Ann Friedrich, Virginia Hagney, llene Ozella, Margaret Ann Snowden, Joy Snyder, and Ruth Weimer. The Girls' Club accomplished four extra projects besides their regular monthly faculty teas, matinee dances, and programs. They assisted the Red Cross in making supplies for soldier's kits. The annual Christmas project consisted of making Christmas dinner menus for the Dutch flyers stationed in the United States for training. Another project was that of sending boxes of used playthings to the Japanese-American camp in Poston, Arizonia. The final project of the club was to provide entertainment and an extra treat for the Shut-ins at Oak Knoll Sanitorium each month. MATH DEPARTMENT HONORS MEMBERS-ON-LEAVE Girls' Club Hostesses Entertain Faculty At Monthly Teas

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 Page 32 SENIOR EDITTON .w-v.vav.u. •. w w Boys' Club Oliicers The Boys' Club increased in popularity and size during the year, with Jack Rosenberg, president, John Rebufioni, vice-president, and Bob Thomas, secretary-treasurer. Selling candy at football games, a fall party November 5, early initiations, and a play-by-play broadcast of the Lincoln football game preceded the Christmas party. The Shooting of Dan McGrew was the Club's contribution to the Variety Show. The annual faculty intramural basketball game sponsored by the club for a nine-cent admission, drew a large crowd. For the first time in history, the Club adopted an emblem, which members wear proudly as a symbol of their brotherhood. Final events of the year were the play-by-play broadcast of the state tournament game, presentation of an American flag to the school for auditorium use, and a spring party in the dress of hard times clothes. MOVIE OPERATORS' CLUB Organized four years ago by Principal F. M. Peterson and Mr. V. C. Dollohon of the science department, the Movie Operators' Club has become one of the most popular boys' groups at Pekin High. The members have proved invaluable in their ability and willingness to show movies for classes, social functions, and civic meetings at PCHS. During the past year, they have collected and sold clothes hangers, and with the proceeds have purchased curtains for the auditorium doors for the special benefit of their audiences. LET IT FLICKER