Rensselaer High School - Chaos Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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CHAOS etASS OF 34 On Sept. 2, 1930, seventy-two furtive-eyed Freshmen were admitted into the stately structure of Rensselaer High School. Little “Waddy” Warner was elected president, with Miss Phipps and Miss Hershman as our class sponsors. After much voting, we chose our class colors, gold and black. We gained little recognition in our Freshman year; but when we be- came Sophomores, the class began to show what it was made of. Many of the boys won letters in football and basketball. Some of us even got letters for being such good talkers (debaters, you understand). We won places in the Masque and Wig, Sunshine Society, Hi-Y, Future Farmers, practically all the organizations in the school. Some of the members were in the operetta, “The Count and The Co-ed”. During the first two years the class was outstanding in Latin and Geometry. We sent con- testants to the district Latin contests and to the stat e Geometry contests. Our ranks increased to seventy-seven in the Junior year. Notwith- standing the fact that the class lost its money in the bank, we managed to put over, without any doubt, “the best ever” prom. The Junior play “Diggin’ Up the Dirt” was a huge success. We have come to our last year in our high school career. We look back with pleasure over our past record and feel that we have contributed a great deal to the school and that the school has contributed much more to us. We also have a feeling of regret and sadness when we think of leaving forever the place where, in a great measure, our characters have been molded. Jeanette Rowen re s Page eighteen mu 19 3 4

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KRESLER, MARTHA Operetta 2, 4; Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Masque and Wig 3, 4; Vice-President 4; Rens- selaerien 2, 3, 4; Girls’ Basketball 1, 2; Commercial Club 3, 4; G. A. A. 1, 2; Sun- shine Society 1, 2, 3, 4. McCOLLY, ROBERT Football 2, 3, 4; Junior Play; Chorus 1, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Play Tourna- ment 4; Operetta 4; Senior Play. MERR1MAN, RALPH Future Farmers Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Purdue Round Up 2; Livestock Judging: Team 2. MICHAL, ANNE Home Economics 2, 3, 4; Sunshine So- ciety 1, 2, 3, 4; Masque and Wig 3, 4; Girls’ Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; G. A. A. 1. MORTON, MARY G. A. A. 2, 3; Girls’ Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Chorus 4; Operetta 4; Class Treasurer 1. O’RILEY, RALPH Football 1, 2. 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1; Hi-Y 1, 2; Class President 2; Class Sec.-Treas. 4; Class Basketball 1, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4. PARKISON, THOMAS Purdue Round Up 1, 3; Future Farm- ers Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary 2; Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 4; Rensselaerien 3, 4; Junior Play, Delegate to F. F. A. Conference; Class Basketball 2, 3; Showdown 2; Jasper Co. Corn Show 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary 4. POTTS, FRANCIS Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Basketball 1, 2; Music 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Play: Com- mercial Club 4; Operetta 2, 4. n PULLINS, BARBARA Fair Oaks 1, 2; Chaos 4; Commercial Club 3, 4. V PULLIN, RABIN Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary 2; Treasurer 3; Rensselaerien 3; Chaos 3, 4: Business Manager 4; State Geometry Contest 2; League of Nations’ Contest 3; Debating 3, 4; Capt. 4; Business Manager Junior Play. PUTTS, DORIS Sunshine Society 3, 4; Girls’ Basket- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 1, 2; Commercial Club 3, 4; Chorus 1, 4; Operetta 1, 4; Senior Play. r REED, JAMES Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Capt. 4; Basket- ball 1; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3; Future Farmers’ Club 1, 2. RHOADES, LORA Masque and Wig 2, 3, 4; Sunshine Society 1, 2, 3, 4; Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 2; Rensselaerien 1, 2, 4; G. A. A. 1; Tennis Tournament 2; Bible 1: Girls’ Basketball 1, 2; Debate 1; Commercial Club 3, 4; Masque and Wig Play; Senior Play., ROWEN, JEANETTE Sunshine Society 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec.-Treas. 2; Convention 2; Class Sec.-Treas. 2; Bible Class 1; Chaos 2, 3, 4; Editor 4; Winner County Latin Contest 1, 2; Chorus 2; Commercial Club 3, 4; Winner Tri-Kappa Prize 1, 2, 3. SAMUEL, ELWOOD Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4. SHOEMAKER, EDWIN Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Track 1; Vice-Pres. 4; Junior Play; Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 4; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3; Class Football 2, 3, 4. SANDS, BARBARA Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Trio 3, 4; Operetta 2, 4; Masque and Wig 2, 3, 4; Sunshine Society 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4; Rensselaerien 1, 2, 4. SIGO, JANET Sunshine Society 1, 2, 3, 4; Masque and Wig 3, 4; Rensselaerien 4; Chaos 1; Junior Play; Operetta 2; Chorus 1, 2, 4; G. A. A. 1; Commercial Club 4; Girls’ Basketball 2; Play Tournament 4; Oper- etta 4; Senior Play. SMITH, JEAN Rensselaerien 2, 3; Editor 4; Masaue and Wig 2, 3; President 4; Sunshine So- ciety 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Play; Showdown 2; Operetta 2, 4; State Typing Contest 3: G. A. A. 1; Debate 2, 3; Class Sec.- Treas. 3; Chorus 1, 2, 4; Pianist 4; Com- mercial Club 3, 4; Girls’ Basketball 2, 3; Tennis, 2; Senior Play. V SPURGEON, RAYMOND Future Farmers Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec- retary 3; Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 4; Purdue Round Up 3; Class Basketball 2, 3; Jasper County Corn Show 1, 2, 3, 4; Sup’t. 4; Member State Champion Corn Judging Team 3. STRAWBRIDGE, ROBERT Canton, Ohio H. S. 1, 2; Football 3, 4; Junior Play; Basketball 3; Commercial Club 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Class President 3; Play Tournament 4; Senior Play. STRICKLER, DORIS Sunshine Society 1, 2, 3. 4; Commer- cial Club 4; Rensselaerien 3, 4; Chaos 3. SUMNER, VIRGINIA Chorus 1, 2; G. A. A. 3: Home Eco- nomics Club 2; Commercial Club 4; Girls’ Basketball 1, 2, 3. TAYLO, WALDO Foosland, Illinois H. S. 1, 2, 3; Foot- ball 4; Basketball 4. THOMPSON. VIRGINIA Llano. Texas H. S. 1; Seward, Nebras- ka H. S. 2; Lincoln, Nebraska H. S. 3; Masque and Wig 4; Sunshine Society 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Play Tourna- ment 4; Operetta 4; Senior Play. UTSLER, JOHN Yorktown H. S. 1, 2, 3; Commercial Club 4. WAGNER, JEAN Chorus 1, 2; Commercial Club 3, 4. WARNER, HARRIS Hi-Y 1, 2. 3. 4; Vice-Pres. 3; President 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Masque and Wig 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Rensselaerien 2, 3, 4; Showdown 1, 2, 3; Class President 1; County Latin Contest 1; Commercial Club 4; Play Tournament 4; Chaos 4; Senior Play. WORTLEY, RAY Future Farmers Club 1, 2; Chorus 1, 2; Football 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4. YEOMAN, JAY Commercial Club 3, 4; Chorus 2, 4. ZIMMER, CATHERINE Chorus 1; Sunshine Society 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4.

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CHAOS WILL D We, the Senior Class of 1934 of the Rensselaer High School, being still alive, but near the grave, do hereby make our last will and testament as follows: I, Velma Hershberger, will my quiet nature to Harry Bell because I’m sure he needs it. (Comma.) I, Ralph O’Riley, will my interest in Nub Hemphill’s Pool Room to Kent Smith. (He’ll have to come in the back door, too.) I, Mary Hill, will to Wilma Smith my flirtatious ways. I, Thomas Parkinson, will my stature to David Beaver. I, Marcella Kanne, will to Alice Blake my curly hair. (Eat bread crusts.) I, Francis Potts, will my manly physique to Jasper Shaffer. I, Martha Kresler, will my will-o-the-wisp affections to Norval Rockwell. I, Rabin Pullin, will my power to sway an audience any way but my way, to Charlotte Myers. I, Anne Michal, will my athletic ability to Donna Wright. (Don’t overdue.) I, James Reed, will my Henry Ford special to Winifred Burrell. (The automobile is slowly replacing the horse.) I, Mary Morton, will my cigar lighter to Smoky McGee. (Saves matches.) I, Elwood Samuel, will my musical guffaw to Lois Lish. (El Basso.) I, Barbara Pullin, will to Beezie Hayes my artistic aptitude. I, Edwin Shoemaker, will my red thatch to Red Lowman. (That’s the color of a different horse.) I, Doris Putts, will to Frances Murphy my winning way with men and hope that she will profit by it. (P. S. — I didn’t.) 19 3 4 Page nineteen