Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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enjoyable as the S. S. S. and Hi-Y work of their sponsors and officers. HI-Y Boys Build Character To create, maintain, and ex- tend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian character, the Hi-Y, with thirty-five members, under the sponsorship of Mr. Harry Ray, enjoyed a highly successful year. The club sponsored the show, “Shadow of the Thin Man,” and sold about four hun- dred tickets. The Hi-Y gave five dollars to the Red Cross. Each year this organization has one main pro- ject. For 1942, Hi-Y landscaped the front of the Centennial Audi- torium. President Jim Kubley, presided over the semi-formal party the boys gave for their girl friends. For the second successive vear a local orchestra provided the music. Spring brought color to Lin- roln High when the Hi-Y boys wore their red and white “bean- crs. The Plymouth chapter belongs to the state wide organization and accomplished its purposes in 1941-42.

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S. S. S. Girls Spread Sunshine Organized in 19(X), the Sun- shine Society is statewide and consists of many local chapters. In 1940 a chapter was organized in P .H. S. under the sponsor- ship of Miss Hass. Jean Lara- more, president, worked with Miss Hass in carrying on S. S. S. work in its second year in Lin- coln High. Tea dances, sponsored by this organization, were held every other Thursday in the gymnas- ium. This year the girls gave two parties for their parents: one for their mothers and an in- formal party for their dads. About thirty girls chose some- woman to be their ideal lady. The S. S. S. girls also had a party for these ideal ladies and another for their boy friends. The purpose of the club is to spread kindness as sunshine, to make the community a better place in which to live. One of the advantages of the club is the contact it brings its members with the other chapters of the organization. Social activities make P. H. S. Life more together under the guidance

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Cultural arts of acting and painting keep extra curricular activities varied. P. H. S. STUDENTS Dramatize, Write, Paint, Cook, and Sew in Extra-curricular Activities. To satisfy the varied interests of P. H. S. stu- dents, clubs have become important in extra-cur- ricular activity. Dramatics Club, sponsored by Miss Stephen, made a study of drama and play producing and gave a few short plays during the school year. Their Christmas production was given throughout the community. This year a new plan was intro- duced, and students learned to produce the entire- production by themselves from directing to stage managing.