Shields High School - Patriot Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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W Y (m PUBI1C WBAW Honor Day rBfB fc wr May 1 6, 1933 What Sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. — Addison PART I Faith of Our Fathers By School Academic Awards: I. Geometry Norval L. Martin II. Algebra Arthur L. Glaze III. Latin L. Grace Anderson IV. Latin Lillian L. Wells V. Debate and Oratorical Kenneth N. Warbritton VI. Commercial DeWitte Ogan VII. Agriculture H. C. Henderson IX. Home Economics Department Pear Shaffer X. The Shielder Staff and Girls ' Sponsors Mina McHenry XI. |unior High Awards Nettie Wetzel Athletic Awards: I. Girls Athletics and Physical Education Geneva Risk II. Track T. Noble Lyons III. Baseball H. C. Henderson IV. Special Football Awards T. Noble Lyons V. Basketball T. Noble Lyons Announcement of 1932-33 three and four letter men T. Noble Lyons Vocal Selections Mrs. Arthur Phillips Accompanied by Phyllis Reider PART II Organization Awards: I. The Indiana Study Club Mrs. H. C. Henderson II. The Business and Professional Women ' s Club Miss Alice Kirsch III. Psi lota Xi Mrs. Paul Ranier IV. Kappa Kappa Kappa Mrs. Louis Osterman V. Rotary Dr. H. P. Graessle PART III Service Medal Norman J. Lasher The 1933 Honor Roll J. R. Mitchell The School Song By School NOTE: 1. At least 60 honor points for the first seven semesters. 2. No failing grades during high school course. 3. At least three years work must be done in Shields High School. 4. Honor points are figured on following basis: A — 3; B — 2; C — 1; D — 0; P— (-1). The fruit of an education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn — not knowledge, but power. — Chas. W. Eliot

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School Contests LATIN CONTEST About ten years ago a few ardent admirers of the Classics in some of the leading high schools of the state con- ceived the idea that a state wide Latin contest would, by friendly competition, promote a feeling of friendship and mutual understanding among a greater number of schools, and that by awaken- ing and developing an interest in Latin for its human significance, its ethical cul- tural and literary values would also be attained. Our school has been enrolled in the contest since its organization. Interest has increased from year to year and at the same time competition grows keener, so when our students win in any of the contests we feel justly proud of them. The following pupils were winners in the local contest: Division I (Beginning Latin) Verna Preuss, first, and Mary Frances Hercamp, second; Division II (Caesar) Mildred Mitton, first, and Le- land Swengel, second; Division IV (Vergil) Marjorie Butcher, first, and Paul Preuss, second. The first four named competed in the County Contest and here Mary Frances Hercamp won first place in her division. She together with Marjorie Butcher and Paul Preuss, who went from the local to the district contest, competed in the dis- trict contest. Marjorie who won first place here entered the state finals which were held at Bloomington near the middle of April. It is our sincere wish that these con- testants may have acquired a lasting in- terest in the classics and that their motto may ever be Ad astra per aspera . MATHEMATICS CONTEST From four algebra classes fifty fresh- men were chosen to take the local ex- amination in the State Algebra Contest. Of these, Louise Decker and Mary Frances Hercamp won first and second places re- spectively. They held their same places in the sectional. Louise Decker, repre- sented Seymour in the State Mathematics Contest held April 14. For her victory at Franklin, Louise received a certificate of honor from the Extension Division of In- diana University. The Geometry Contest was given at the same time as the Algebra and Ermil Cox and Helen Jane Walker, the local winners, represented Seymour at Franklin College in the sectional. DEBATING Debating is an activity in which the loser is also the gainer. The information acquired and the technique developed by the student are his forever. We had no experienced debaters when we started to prepare for the debates. For the first time in several years some of the members of the team were under- classmen. Now we have an experienced group around which we can build next year ' s team. This year we participated in the dis- trict debate at Columbus. The schools represented at this meet were Bedford, Bloomington, Columbus, and Seymour. Bedford was winner of this contest. The members of the affirmative team were Adrian Schultz, Bertha Holland and Lil- lian Miller; the negative, Josephine Par- ker, Robert Shields, and Alfred Tower. DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE Each year the state organization of Future Farmers of America selects ten boys in Indiana from the vocational stu- dents whose average achievement ranks highest, and promotes them to the rank of Hoosier Farmer. This year Carl Har- low, a Junior, president of the local chap- ter of Future Farmers, brought honor to himself and his school by being selected as one of the ten. He was awarded a gold key, the insignia of the rank of Hoosier Farmer. Harold Brackemyre, a Junior in the De- partment of Agriculture was awarded a certificate of proficiency in corn judging for his work in the judging contest at the 1933 club round-up at Purdue. All boys whose score is above 90 in the contest are awarded such certificates and Harold ' s is the second certificate to come to Sey- mour High School, the first having been awarded to Rex Davis in 1932. SPELLING CONTEST Each year a spelling contest is held by the Louisville Times and the Courier Jour- nal in the grade schools of Southern In- diana. Local contests are held in each school as the authorities of these schools direct. In the Shields Junior High School a home room elimination contest was held. The two winning contestants of each home room then competed for the honor of entering the semi-finals. George Huffman and Evelyn Slung of the seventh grade and Margaret Garvey and Carolyn Heintz of the eighth grade won the honor of participating in the semi-finales. Three of these, Heintz, Huffman and Slung won the opportunity of entering the finals. The final contest was won by Lucille Crawford of the Catholic School.

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Mr. Norman J. Lasher Superintendent of Seymour Public Schools Seymour ' s Schools are recognized fa- vorably over the state for their standards of excellence. This recognition is due to the progressive leadership of our Super- intendent, Norman J. Lasher. His strong character, broad human sympathies, high purposes and training, together with his executive skill, have helped make this possible. Mr. Lasher came to Seymour as Super- intendent of Schools in 1925 after having served in the same capacity in Cas City, Indiana for seven years. He has had a rich experience in all fields of educational work. He taught five years in rural schools, served several years as a high school teacher and principal before be- coming Super ntendent of Schools, all of which have fitted him for the profession which he follows. Not only is his ability recognized locally, but his counsel and judgment are called upon often in state educational circles. Through his guidance the local school system has developed and broadened its services to the youth of our city. Four modern, well equipped grade buildings, three of which have been built or re- modeled under his direction, serve our needs adequately. The curricula offerings of the Junior and Senior high schools have been enlarged to meet the require- ments of a diversified and ever growing student body. Our school system is so organized and planned that it has been placed in the highest rank by the State Board of Education. Through the practice of strict principles of economy and busi- ness methods, our schools are administer- ed on a much lower per capita cost than the average cost for cities of our class. Mr. Lasher ' s work does not stop with the school system. He is a member of the First Methodist Church, the Seymour Rotary Club, the Masonic Order, as well as being actively identified with Welfare Work, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, and other philanthropic agencies. It was largely through his efforts and interest in boys that Scouting was revived in Seymour. He helped to start the move- ment to organize the Hoosier Hills Area Council making possible this National tie-up with the Boy Scout Organiza- tion. From the beginning, Mr. Lasher has served as a member of the Council Board being the only representative from this city to serve continuously. He took an active part in planning and building the present council camp, Camp Louis Ernst, rated as one of the best equipped camps for Boy Scouts in Region Seven. Mr. Lasher ' s further interest in the welfare of boys was manifested in the summer playground program inaugurated under his direction. Upon coming to Sey- mour he found that the Public Schools had no facilities for out door physical education and play. The Emerson Field, one of the best in Southern Indiana, was built to fill this need. Now our schools have adequate accommodations for both. Mr. Lasher ' s early educational training was secured at Marion Normal College. His Baccalaureate degree was taken at the State Teachers College, Terre Haute, and his Masters work done at the University of Wisconsin. He is an active member of many state and national educational fraternities and organizations.