Shields High School - Patriot Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

Page 8 text:

THE 1935 Community Highlights Through Unity We Create and Maintain The churches and clubs of Sey- mour have long been considered highlights of the city. Through their cooperation, Seymour has developed into a beautiful and progressive city. Rotary Club: The Rotary Club is a civic organization composed of one man from each of the various pro- fessions in Seymour, Its objective is service, not only to its members but to the community. It strives to se- cure higher ethical principles in business practices. One of its chief lines of activity is boys ' work in which it encourages the youth of the community to live up to higher ideals. The club gives a cup annual- ly to the most outstanding Senior boy. the qualifications for which are scholarship, activities, character, and citizenship in the school and com- munity. The Boys ' Work Committee, working through members of the club and not as a unit, helps boys through college. They aid these boys greatly through financial assistance, encouragement to continue educa- tion, and through personal advice as to conduct or vocation. One of the main ideals of the club is the advancement of good-will and understanding, locally, nationally, and internationally. The whole field of Rotary service is covered under the three commit- tees — Vocational Service, Club Ser- vice, and Community Service, They express themselves in boys ' work, better business methods, and indi- vidual participation in all worthy community activities. The fact that Rotary is free from all political and religious aspects makes it peculiarly fitted for such participation. The Lions Club: The Lions Club is an international service club whose purpose is to band together business men for fellowship and in- auguration of civic enterprises for the upbuilding and improvement of the community. Some of their major projects have been sponsoring of the first jersey Parish show, furnishing of material and actual construction of one of the cabins at Camp Louis Ernest, holding the annual good-will banquet for the boys of Jackson County who par- ticipate in athletics, introducing the annual Easter egg hunt for children and the bean supper for all Seymour boys under fourteen years of age, and organizing a Scout Troop for leaderless boys, many of whom have completed their education and are successfully launched in life, due to this encouragement. The club has joined with the Hi-Y in sponsoring the annual father and son banquet, and inaugurated the good-will bags, the contents of which are annually donated to the Seymour Welfare Assocation. This year the club has undertaken the placing of a moral code for youth in every room of every school in Sey- mour. The aim of th s movement is to develop happier and more useful citizens. They have also held an oratorical contest among Shields High School students, the winner of which had the best written and de- livered essay. This type of contest incites creative and original thinking and develops ability to speak in public. Page Four

Page 7 text:

th, PATRIOT 1935 Published by the Senior Class of Shields High School, Seymour, Ind. SPECIAL FEATURES Community Highlights Seymour in Step with Educational Progress The Patriot From 1898 to Present Date Shields High School Alumni TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERESTING FACTS Seymour, the Progressive City Community Highlights — Through Unity We Create and Maintain Three Centuries of Educational Progress, Shields in Step with the Times. II. SCHOLASTIC Faculty Administration Baccalaureate Commencement Seniors Senior Honor Roil Classes In Memoriam III. ACTIVITIES Clubs IV. ATHLETICS Girls ' Athletic Association Football Basketball Tumbling Baseball Track Summary of Season V. CALENDAR VI. ALUMNI VII. OUR PATRONS Josephine Parker Lewis Hutchens Amy Douglass Margaret Rapp Evelyn Burbrink STAFF Clarence Stuckwisch Ruth Evelyn White June Hinkle Charles Mayfield Pauline Johnson Ermil Cox Richard Stewart Thomas Hall Harriet Roeger Faculty Literary Editor — Mina McHenry Faculty Business Manager — Arthur L Glaze Eva Jane Fox Bettye Hoadley Evelyn Ahlbrand John Hirtzel John Osterman

Page 9 text:

PATRIOT The Lions Club has cooperated and united with all other organiza- tions in sponsoring movements for the betterment of the city. The Seymour Business Men ' s Association is an organization com- posed of the leading business, manu- facturing, and professional men of Seymour. The object of the Associa- tion is to promote the interest and general welfare of the business men of the city and of the community in general, and also to seek legislation favorable to public interest and to enforce such laws as already exist for our protection and for the gen- eral welfare of the city. The Asso- ciation is always on the alert to bring some new business or industry to Seymour and has been successful in adding substantially to our very fine line of diversified industries. In short, the Association is always on the job to make Seymour a bigger and better place in which to live. Many of the names found in the advertisments are members of this organization. Psi lota Xi: Alpha Beta Chapter of Psi lota Xi was installed in the spring of 1922 with nine charter members. The active membership is now forty. The main purpose of the organization is local charity work and scholarships. All members belong to the Auxiliary of the Schneck Memorial Hospital and the chapter has furnished sun room fur- niture, lamps, shrubbery, awnings, mattresses, fracture bed, incubator and oxygenaire. Working in cooper- ation with the Health Nurse, Proba- tion Officer, doctors, and dentists, each year the sorority has made it possible for underprivileged school children to have their eyes, teeth, and tonsils treated. Cod liver oil, milk, food, clothing, and school lunches have also been provided by the sorority. Money is sent each year to the Grand Treasurer for work in the Riley Hospital and scholarships for girls. Prizes of $5, $3, and $2 are awarded yearly to senior girls for the best short stories, which gives a chance for the District Grand Prize of $25. The Indiana Study Club, organ- ized in 1910 and federated in 1912, is composed of thirty-five active and twelve associate members. 1. S, C. has taken an active part in cul- tural and educational enterprises, and is one of the very active clubs in the Fourth District. Its activities are broad as shown by the following: it has brought to Seymour on an- nual guest days many noted speakers and talented persons, won state prize in annual Club Program con- test, and in other program contests won honorable menton several times, taken part in civic interests such as Conservation and Health Programs, contributed annually to Student Loan Fund of Jackson County, and conducts each year a short story contest, open to both boys and girls of the Junior and Senior classes of Shields High School, awarding three prizes for same. The work done in the club is very commendable. Members of the club hold positions of distinction, not only in club Federation work, but in active state organizations of religi- ous and cultural nature. I. S. C. enjoys universal federa- tion. The Tri-Kappa Sorority contri- butes to the betterment of society. Seymour ' s chapter has given $150 to charity this year. It has also clothed three families in Seymour. It has furnished milk to poor fami- Page Five