Shelbyville High School - Okawwako Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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0 KAW WAK OC I933 Student Council This is the third successive year of an assembly representing both students and faculty. The members of this year,s council took up the spirit of the school and have endeavored to be what the preamble states that the students wish it to be when they say, We, the students of the Shelbyville High School, in order to promote a better understanding between faculty and students, to encourage higher scholarship, and to develop better school citizenship do establish a Student Council. The officers for this year have all worked together under the advisor- ship of Mr. Fegely and Mr. William Bishop. Gordon Longenbaugh, the vice-president of last year, was elected president, Betty Ann Yantis, vice- president, Dorothy Anderson, secretary-treasurer, Margaret Hulick and Byron Dressler, senior representatives, John Frizzell and Leo Stamper, junior representatives, Mary Turk and Stanley Lantz, sophomore rep- resentatives, June Boys, Clark Dove, Jr., and Robert Atkinson as fresh- men representatives. They have done much to forward interest in such an organization. In the coming years it is the hope that the Student Council will pro- gress much further and become an influential factor in the High School, to be depended on for an understanding in behalf of both the faculty and students. Top Ron: Yunris, Dove, D. Anderson. llffidrfh' Rmb: S. Lrntz, . Bo 's, Hulick, Turk, Atkinson. J 5 Barlow Row: Mr. Wm. Bwhop, L. Stamper, Dressler, G. Longenbaugh, Prxzzell, Fegley. Tun

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I9331-TT. .. ...... OKAW WAKO Mr. Benjamin has often been referred to as our absent-minded pro- fessor. He has just recently received his A.M. from Chicago University. Though Mr. Bishop has classes in social science, he is more frequently thought of as our coach. Mr. Bishop has coached some very successful athletic teams for S.H.S. He has also worked very diligently with the student council this year. Through the efforts of Miss Davidson our music department has been quite successful. The operetta, Jerry of Jericho Roadf, was presented by the glee clubs under her direction and it was quite a success. She has also worked very conscientiously with the glee club and it has made a number of appearances. Mr. Fegley is the instructor of manual arts, physiology, and physiography. Besides these responsibilities he is an advisor of the student council. Mr. Gillespie has given the freshmen a place in Athletics, coaching these teams as a varsity is coached. He is also an advisor of the Athletic Commission. The Home Economics Department has progressed rapidly under Miss Hoyt's direction. The Christmas toys made by the Home Manage- ment Class were certainly liked and appreciated by many little children. Miss Moore is one of the most popular and busiest people of our school. She directed the faculty, junior, and senior plays, and has been a Junior Class advisor. As a result of Miss Mose's efforts. many students have discarded the famous hunt and peck method of typing and turned to the more efficient touch system. Under the direction of Mr. Newell the band has grown considerably. Tt has made great progress this year, and it furnished music at both foot- ball and basketball games. Miss Shoaff has efficiently fulfilled her duties as school nurse and is liked and admired by all who know her. Miss Short's great achievement is her splendid direction of the G.A.A. She is also a conscientious advisor of the Athletic Commission. Has Miss Shuck no end of patience and good humor? It certainly seems that she has not. She never loses patience with her struggling Latin and French students. Miss Welshmer undertook one of the most difficult tasks a faculty member can-that of sponsoring the 1933 Okaw Wako. Miss Young has introduced some new ideas into our history depart- ment and with the co-operation of the student has worked them out quite successfully. N ine

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l935 . - . OKAW WAKO Senior History The end of four years--four years chock-full of happy, unforget- table happenings. As we now think back over this span of time, how short it seems, and how we would like to once again live over these High School days! The Class of 1933 first entered the portals of Shelby High in the fall of '29. Although somewhat bashful we were full of ambition and were determined to get the best out of all that the high school afforded. Our social functions were few, confined to one picnic held at Tice's Woods. It was a tell-tale picnic, however, several of the menu of the class appear- ing the next day with circles under their eyes-a result of walking back from a hazing ride . We chose as class officers, Augusta Dove, Gwen- dolyn Harrison, and Helen Forsyth, with Miss Mose and Mr. K. Bishop as class sponsors. The next fall we again assembled our ranks and did our little bit in mothering the Freshies. We now had a better understanding of the life about us, and entered into this year more willing than ever. Our sponsors for this year were Miss Mose and Miss Young. The class election which was held at our first meeting went pro-boys -Sidney Mullins, Lawson Killam, and Byron Dressler being elected. Then came the Junior year when we could proudly call ourselves upper-classmen . Miss Mose, Miss Shuck and Mr. Benjamin were given the duty of taming and training this over-eager group into their place as Juniors. Living up to our name as upper-classmen, we became more popular in the high school. We furnished track, basketball, and football men, participated in clubs and various organizations, ranked along with the rest in scholastic record. The class officers for this year were James Kerr, James Isenberg, and Esther Morse. In September we held our class picnic at Lithia, and on Friday, November 13, with a cast of thirteen members, we presented Happiness,', which was a success in all ways- especially in adding a considerable sum to our treasury. It was with this money that we gave the annual Junior-Senior banquet on May 13. The coveted Senior year arrived. Realizing it to be our last year spent in this happy atmosphere, we vowed to make the most of it. At our first class meeting James Kerr was unanimously re-elected to the post of presidency. The other class oflicers were Helen Forsyth, Esther Morse, and Merlyn Corley, with Miss Young and Mr. Benjamin as sponsors. Among all our activities one stood out-THE OKAW WAKO. It was the annual for which all put forth their best efforts to make it a success and it is that which we leave as a parting gift to Shelby High School. El