Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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Peruvian Editors . . . ROW l-Ierolyn Harrison, Kent Goodman. BOW 2-Miss Shy, Blair Nattkemper, Billie Reed, lohn Waltz, Ted Mavrick, Lila Mull. For the first time in many years, the PERUVIAN editors had a great deal of pre- vious training. ln fact the 1942-43 news- paper was built around its editorial staffs experience. Kent Goodman, editor-in-chief had spent two years as a PEBUVIAN re- porter and associate editor and had studied journalism for four weeks at Northwestern University during a special summer course before taking over an editor's responsibili- ties. Ierolyn Harrison was associate editor and was charged with arranging the staff into cub, regular, and star reporters. Billie Reed, feature editor, and Ted Mavrick, copy -26 Peruvian Editorial Staff . . . ROW 1-Young, B. Keller, Wold, Easter Garber, Hunt, Stewart, Iackson, Gar- land, Krauskopf. 1 ROW 2-Arland, Erickson, Bayless, Zim- merman, Cole, Iarries, Blair, Ridenour, Esslinger, Lawver, Comerford, K. Shafer, Beard. ROW 3-Chapman, Evans, McGreW, C Smith, Harm, Wheeler, Bell, A. Williams G, Wright, Brittain, Gabriel, Shank, I. Capello. 1 editor, used their experience in handling the feature page and copy reading. F or the sec- ond straight year, Blair Nattkemper ruled the sports page, covering all football and bas- ketball games, and Tiger Tales. Some few staff members, through continual effort, were rated as Star reporters most of the year, while others were just flash-in-the-pans. Mainstays were headed by Elvin Garland, FFA reporter for the past two years. Ruth Wold, a freshman, proved her worth by her feature articles. Brightest of all, though, were Karl Krauskopf, Suzanne Lawyer, and lune Hunt. These three did their best PEBUVIAN P. H. .

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Portrays P. H. S. at War Working on a yearbook affords the op- portunity for the study of good English, good writing, creative art, photography, and bus- iness practice. lt's a democratic project, too, for the yearbook is published for every student. No matter his color, race, or creed-or the side of the track from which he comes, that book is his. What an excellent example of democ- racy in action. No wonder it is that the high school yearbook is purely an American in- stitutionf' The problem of financing the Narcissus was capably handled by Miss Wood, who had charge of subscriptions and recordsg Miss Rupp, who had charge of advertisingg and their staffs. Both departments are to be complimented on their good work. Subscrip- tions hit a new high this year, due partly to the Narcissus auditorium in September, at which time pledge cards were distributed by members of the staffs and signed by the student body. Narcissus Business Staff . . . The advertising staff did a Wonderful job on ads. A contest was held among them to see who could sell the most. The reward, of course, was the job of advertising manager, which was won by Betty Zimmerman. The staff sold more ads this year than they have in the past seven years. This achievement is particularly noteworthy as the war affected the sale of ads, too. This is accountable to the fact that many businesses went out of business entirely, and many of them were limited as to the things they sold, and didn't think it worthwhile to advertise the few things they did have for sale. Due to our super-salesmen, however, many of these merchants were convinced that they should advertise again this year. Three Narcissus staff members attended the twenty-second annual ISHSPA conven- tion at Franklin this year. They were Lois Wildman, Pat Lininger, and Reah Iohnson. Narcissus Collectors . . . ROW 1-Teaboldt, Cotner, Patterson, Milroy, Matthews Pearcy, Callahan, Hunter, Miss Wood. ROW 2-Bayless, Keyes, Lewis, Fishback, Ramer, Hadsell Ahnet, Catanzaro, Bradley, Lawver, Alwine, Miss Rupp, Piper, Lillard, Fichtner. Vlheeler, Oury, and Zimmerman, business manager. ' ' ROW 3-Shqfey, Cqlfeel Bgrden, Cm-Son, Gqblgy . .,.,, ,. 1 .. . . -, .. , ., , ,,.... .,,,. . - Mmm., ,,,v.,,,,,. i,,.....,a -.M....,,,.WW,.m,.-W....i,.

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Capable Peruvian Staff Work during the second semester, when they learned and experienced make-up, head- line writing, proof reading, and copy read- ing. One of the PEBUVlAN'S improvements was the addition of more pictures each week, all taken by photographer Iohn Waltz. Securing advertising and exchange were Lila Mull's chief duties as business man- ager. Although most of the time the newspaper life was both work and fun, this year's staff experienced one of Peru High's greatest tragedies. Miss Margaret Popham, who for the two years previous had supervised the PERUVIAN, was forced to give up teaching because of ill health, and early in Novem- ber died in her home town. Her job was successfully filled by Miss Kathryn Shy, English and journalism teacher. The main event of the year was the Indiana High School Press Association conference at Franklin College, which twelve staff mem- bers attended. Their wanderings still are public gossip. By winning the Quill and Scroll National Headline Writing Contest, Kent Goodman brought for the second straight year this honor to the PEBUVIAN. Lila Mull placed Peruvian Business Staff . . . BOW l-Seated-Summers, Sibley, Ahnert, Bradley, O'Con- nell, B. Davisson. ROW 2-Harris, Cauley, Russo, Stodgell, Russo, L. Fuqua. Alwine, Engel, Vandercook, Maugcns, Donnelly, Mull. ' second in the East Central section of the ad- vertising writing contest. The Peruvian typography was in charge of Mr. D. H. Boone. Although handicapped because many of his print shop boys enlist- ed or were drafted into war service, Mr. Boone elevated the newspapers printing standards. New headline type was purchas- ed to coincide with the Peruvian's stream- lined make-up. This year's staff set some important goals which they achieved, the most important being the furtherance of the American war effort in the high school by means of editorials, news stories, and forms of propaganda within articles. Politically the publication demanded more student council action, and did succeed in leading the coun- cil to vote for meetings once each week in- stead of every other week. Main editorial campaigns, concerning the representative body, were for a better points and awards system and more council efficiency. Gossip columns were a thing of the past, as the Peruvian told no tales of romance. Every week the newspaper ran a column entitled Candid Close-ups, which contained pic- tures and interviews with three outstanding students. Peruvian Print Boys . . . Walter Boone, Wilbur Gentry, Karl Hartish, Harold 27 ' Dcncey, Ed Deal, Iohn Lewis.