Rensselaer High School - Chaos Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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Under the excellent coaching of Miss Myer, the juniors presented the humorous class play, “Digging Up the Dirt”. This year several of our class won major letters in football and basketball. Lynn Jordan made the varsity basketball team and several others ran close seconds with the varsity team. The crowning event of the year was the Junior Prom which was given at the Armory. Every member of the class looks forward with eagerness to the last year of our journey for education. Likewise, every mem- ber is expecting to make the com- ing year more eventful and more successful than any of the preced- ing years. Row I.: Putts, Donnelly, Brouhard, Kryder, Strickler, Harlow, Kanne. Row II: Groom, Rhoades, Hartman, Beough- ter, McColly, Axen, Samuels. Row III: Ware, O’Riley, Fletemeyer, Eger, Eck, Hoyes, Berry. Row IV: Wortley, Hill, Adair, Culp, Lutz, Cox, Hatton. Row V : Rowen, Potts, Hamilton, Scheidlar, Dye, Hile, Ramey. Row VI: Hoefferlin, Gaines, Strawbridge, Sigo, Warner, Fenwick, Merriman. Row VII: Arnott, E. Jordan, Kresler, Pullins, Yeoman, Reed, Sumner. Row VIII: Branden- burg, Miller, R. Beaver, Wagner, Biggs, Borntrager, H. Beaver, Michael. Row IX: Armold, Hordeman, Morton, L. Jor- dan, Cook, Pullins, Franseoviack, Smith. Row X: Parkison, Overton, Parks, Shoe- maker, Sands, Zimmer, Daugherty, Hershberger. Page twenty-one

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JUNIOR CLASS NUMLELS 77 The Juni or class of Rensselaer High School has increased its enroll- ment in the past three years by five members. September 2, 1930, seventy-two freshmen entered the fight for edu- cation. They elected the following officers: Harris Warner, president; Ralph Donnelly, vice president; Thomas Parkison, secretary; Mary Mor- ton, treasurer. Although seemingly insignificant, they entered whole heartedly into participation in the school activities. Several freshmen from the Latin 9 class took part in the County Latin contest. Jeanette Rowen took first place and was thereby qualified to enter the District contest held at Rens- selaer. Harris Warner won fourth place. A peppy group of freshman boys went out for football, basketball, track, and spring football. Several won minor letters in these sports. One from the class represented the freshmen on the Chaos staff, and several had places on the Rensselaerien staff. On September 7, 1931, this class started another year of learning. This year the sophomore class was again well represented in school activi- ties. Jeanette Rowen again took first place in the County Latin contest. Howard Beaver also did very well. Rabin Pullin ranked first in the plane geometry contest of the county and thus he was qualified for the District contest held at Bloomington. Here, too, he ranked high. Martha Kresler and Janet Sigo played leading parts in the high school operetta, “The Count and the Coed”. Beulah Arnott and Jean Smith had parts in “Jerry”, the Masque and Wig play. The class was well represented in football and basketball. Several of the class were on the Rensselaerien staff and in the Masque and Wig Club, Sunshine Society, Hi-Y, and Future Farmers’ Club. The Sophomore class elected for its officers: Ralph O’Riley, presi- dent; Beth Gaines, vice president; Jeanette Rowen, secretary-treasurer. As juniors, this class felt more confident and dig nified, as befits up- per classmen. The third year has been no less eventful. The following officers were elected: Robert Strawbridge, president; Beth Gaines, vice president; Jean Smith, secretary -treasurer. Page twenty

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DATE ELECTED CLASS PRESIDENT In the fall of 1931 sixty-four Freshmen were enrolled in the Rensse- laer High School, destined to become the “Class of the Year 1935”. This class, as all others before it, was not given the recognition it felt was due it, neither by the faculty nor by the upper classmen. But as the school year passed, they gradually saw this was more from their own disallusionment than from any lack of respect of their superiors. They began to see they had only just begun. Although four courses were offer- ed, namely : academic, commercial, agricultural, and home economics, most of the students chose the regular academic course, thereby fulfilling the requirements to enter college after graduation from high school. Un- der the capable guidance of Miss Neal and Mr. Bundy and with Frances Murphy as their president they passed a very successful year taking part in the various school activities. On September 1, 1932, this same class enrolled as dignified Sopho- mores and early that same month at a very riotous and stormy class meet- ing elected Granville Moody Hall their class president. Thus on the shoulders of this stalwart and capable Barkley agriculturist rested all the trials and tribulations of about seventy self-assertive students. Mr. Hall had the assistance of Delos Kanne, son of the Jasper county sheriff, as vice president and Evelyn Fletcher, secretary-treasurer. Miss Neal and Mr. Shrode were chosen sponsors. One of the most pleasant social gath- erings of the school year and one in which only Sophomores participated, was their Hallowe’en class party. As outstanding achievements during the year they had several mem- bers on the Rensselaerien staff, one member on the Chaos staff, one girl assisted as yell leader, and two members on the Debate team. Several boys of this class played in the school band. In athletics the girls had a very strong basketball team. Two Sophomore boys belonged to the foot- ball squad and took active part in all the games. Many of the girls be- longed to the Sunshine Society and a large number of the boys joined the Hi-Y and the Future Farmers’ Club. During the year an Interclass Bas- ketball Tournament was held. The Sophomores played against the Fresh- men and they fought gallantly ; nevertheless they were defeated. Page twenty-two