Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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4Uppur loft? Marjorie Vannoy, public-spirited se- nior, buys first dofcnsv stamp from Mary Cath- rrinr- Platt. Mr. Brubukcr's ofiico girl. fllppcr right? Lorene Cline and Thelma Miller, freshman waitresses. :irc serving consomme for ai noon luncheon. IC1-ntvrh Fight! Fight! was the all season cry from tho ycll lm-ada-rs. Pcggy Edwards, Junior Bond. and Pat Bziddcrs. , .t W si Q. it ur5awil1' once uf' .nglll Yhli 16 hav? CLower lofti The Stars and Stripes now hang in every classroom. a gift of the Hi-Y's. Bill Schoon- lcin ton laddcrb and Bill Smith hc-rv hang tho one in tho chemistry room. tLowcr cvntcri LaVaughn Stout sets the office clock up one hour, as Portland High School goes on war time. CLowcr righti G. R.'s busily knitting for thi- Rod Cross are Margaret Current. Janvl Wilkinson Cstandingi. .loan Grafmillvr, and Martha Castle. 5 ga Vfl js--.. x to :V ,,.,-ff

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ss Q9 is while studying furniture and antiques, visited the Quality Furniture Store and the Hoosier Gift Shoppe. In March the entire home economics department served the Teachers Association ban- quet. With the freshman foods classes, Mr. Macklinls health class attended the re- opening of the Schatz Bakery. A very interesting trip was taken to the Epilep- tic Village at New Castle last fall by Miss lVIcCarty's health class. 5 'Wits Joy Arn, James Roush, and Jackie Arn discuss General MacArthur's defense of Bataan as Miss Current conducts a history class. CLeftJ A new metal working machine, re- cently installed in the Annex, is operated by Everett Evans. tRight7 As a vocation- al agriculture project, N o r m a n Bosworth, Robert Carroll, Wil- lard Miller, and Carl Brumm demonstrate testing milk. Many agriculture students took an active part in the County Corn Husk- ing Contest and attended the Purdue Swine and Field Crop Day. Last sum- mer the vocational agriculture class planted one thousand trees and shrubs. Indeed, learning by class room dis- cussion was augmented by practical projects. Students of Portland High School learned from books, but they also learned from actual experience in real life.

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we jkingd 'ML llbiilf SOCIAL life of P. H. S. in 1942 followed much the same pattern as in previous years. Organization dances and parties, class plays, games, and club meetings claimed their usual attention. Between classes, corridors resounded with friend- ly, animated conversation. Topics rang- ed from the latest bomber sunk to the most recent crush around school. In February, sponsored by the Psi Iota Xi Sorority, .members of the music department attended a concert by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at the Murat Theatre with Fabian Se- vitszky conducting. The senior English class also went to Indianapolis in April to see a performance by Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson, in Macbeth, which they had studied in detail the semester before. The Latin classes took time out to attend a Latin convention at Muncie, sponsored by Ball State Teachers College and the Junior Clas- sical League. But much energy formerly devoted to jam sessions, coking,', and just plain loafing now found outlet in more worth- while and serious civic and defense projects. During the first semester, a six-weeks first aid course was given by Red Cross instructors with special at- tention paid to safety problems arising from wartime emergency. On comple- tion of the work, certificates were awarded the participants. In January when the defense stamp program was put into effect, student response was prompt and Wholehearted. A large map showing the distribution of boys from Jay County in the armed forces was made by two junior boys. Clerical work such as filing, recording, copying, etc., was done at Red Cross headquarters by several high school girls, while many did knitting and sew- ing as a matter of regular routine. End- ing a school year crowded with much hard work, some anxiety, and lots of fun, students look forward to a summer equally enjoyable and serviceable. machine not empty Lauren Smith. CLeftD Demand for cakes seems always greater than the sup ply, but Ray McKin ley, Warren Groman and Velma Jeanne Haviland are lucky enough to find the In their study of first aid, Norma Bisel twists a pigtail to fasten an armsling bandage on Dollie Loper, while Lewis Grimm practices arti ficial respiration on