Shields High School - Patriot Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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PSI IOTA XI SHORT STORY CONTEST The local Psi Iota Xi again sponsored the Short Story Contest; however the contest this year was only local and was not carried to the state as it has been since 1932. Shields High School has always cooperated with the Psi Iota Xi’s to make this literary project a successful one. Many excellent stories have been written during the years. All girls of the senior class arc invited to submit original stories, not exceeding 5000 words nor less than 2500. On Honor Day Mrs. Glenn Reach presented cash awards to the following winners: Christine Rinehart, five dollars; Jeanette Coffey, three dollars; and Lillian Davidson, two dollars. SPELLING CONTEST The city spelling contest was won this year by Eva Mac Baxter, a student in the eighth grade of Shields Junior High School. The Junior High School conducted a series of elimination contests in both seventh and eighth grades. A champion speller was selected from each home room. Then the champions of the seven home rooms met in a final contest and Eva Mae was declared the champion speller for the Junior High School. The city contest was held March 26, 1941, in Shields High School assembly room. There were eleven contestants from the city schools. Again, Eva Mae won the contest and earned the right to represent the city of Seymour in the Louisville Times contest held at the Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, on April 19, 1941. LIONS ORATORICAL CONTEST To stimulate interest in the public discussion of matters of civic interest, the Seymour Lions club each year conducts an oratorical contest, open to students of Shields High School. Entrants in the contest arc selected and coached by Kenneth N. Warbritton, public speaking instructor in the high school, and the group is presented at a meeting of the Lions club the first week of May. The oratorical contest has been held annually for ten years. During that time the Lions have donated awards amounting to $100. This year for the first time in the history of the contest, two people tied for the prize; consequently ten dollar checks were given to Waldron Berry and Ed Eisner. ELK’S ESSAY CONTEST This year the Elk’s National Defense Committee sponsored an essay contest for high school students. What Uncle Sam Means to Me was the subject for all essays. Cash prizes of ten, five, and three dollars were offered for the three best essays. Ed Eisner won first place, Martha Lind won second, and Waldron Berry was the third place winner. The winning essay from this school was entered in the state contest and the state winner will be entered in the national contest. YOUTH FORUM Twelve students from Shields High School submitted essays for the fourth annual American Magazine Youth Forum Competition. This contest offers competition in two fields—article and graphic art. The subject for the article was What Americanism Means to Me,” and for art, What My Com- munity Contributes to the Nation.” The purpose of the project is to help young men and women to live purposefully and successfully in the world ferment, and to encourage them in particular to discover for themselves the permanent and great good inherent in American democracy. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY CONTEST Each year the American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a combined Defense and Ameri- canism contest which is open to both elementary and high school students. This year Ed Eisner won first place and Joe James, second, in the Americanism division. These boys wrote on the subject, American Citizenship—Its Advantages and Obligations.” First place in the junior division was awarded to Donald Stcinbcrger of Junior High School who wrote on the same subject. However, a choice of three subjects was offered to the participants in this contest.

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Through The Year EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE The third annual Jackson County Educational Guidance Conference was held at Shields High School on February 11, 1941. Of the twenty-one representatives invited from universities, colleges, and other institutions nineteen participated in the conference. Those participating represented the following schools and institutions: Purdue, Indiana, Butler, Indiana State Teachers, Rose Poly Technic Institute, University of Cincinnati, Western College, John Herron Art Institute, Central Normal College, Indiana Central College, Ball State Teachers, DcPauw, University of Louisville, Hanover, Earlham, Franklin, Seymour Business College, Schneck Memorial Hospital, and The Approved University of Beauty Culture of Indianapolis. The eight Jackson County high schools outside of Seymour were invited. Browns- town, Clearspring, Vallonia, and Mcdora were each represented by one faculty member and seniors. One student attended from Tampico High School. At 9:30 A. M. all students of Shield High School and all visiting seniors and repre- sentatives met in the auditorium to hear Dr. Robert Farber from DcPauw University speak on the subject, The High School Graduate and His College.” At 1:30 P. M. all juniors and seniors, who were not attending individual conferences, met in the audi- torium to hear Gayle S. Eads, Supervisor of Teacher Placement Service of Indiana State Employment Service, conduct an Employment Forum Session. The Shields Junior and Senior High School Faculty entertained the representatives at luncheon in Room 104. John I. Scmbower of Indiana State Teachers College was the luncheon speaker. LATIN CONTEST The Latin department enrolled in the eighteenth annual State High School Latin Contest sponsored by the Indiana University Extension Division. The local contest was held February eighth. In Division I, which is open to all pupils who complete first year Latin at the end of the year, Helen Hamilton placed first and Polly Montgomery, second. In Division II, which is open to all who complete second year Latin at the end of the current school year, Dorothy Heidcman won first and Mary Noe, second. In the county contest which was held February twenty-second, the ranking was the same as in the local contest with the exception that Polly Montgomery was first and Helen Hamilton second in Division I. All except Dorothy Heidcman participated in the district contest held at Bedford, March twenty-ninth. While the local contestants did not receive one of the first three places in this contest, they will be better students for having participated in this mental marathon. MATHEMATICS CONTEST The Mathematics department was represented in algebra, plane geometry, and senior comprehensive mathematics at the mathematics contest sponsored by Indiana Uni- versity. The local entrants in the Sectional contest, held at Hanover on April fifth, were selected by a local examination in each of the subjects. The two participants in the algebra contest were Shirley Rumph and Peggy Able. In the geometry division, Harold Kamman and Robert Fyc were the local winners. These four students competed with twenty-eight other students at Hanover, and here Robert Fyc placed first in the division of geometry. He entered the State contest at Bloomington, April twenty-fifth. James Yockcy represented Shields High School in the State comprehensive mathematics contest on the same date and tied for first place. FRESHMAN INTRODUCTORY DAY On April the twenty-third, two hundred and thirty prospective Freshmen visited Shields High School. Of this number, one hundred and ten came from Junior High School; nine from the Catholic School; thirty-one from the Lutheran School and the remainder from the county schools of Jackson, Redding, and Washington townships. Transportation was furnished by Shields High School. After the registration, the guests were conducted through the building by student sponsors, visiting classrooms and attending demonstrations in the Agriculture and Home Economics departments. A convocation followed the demonstrations, after which the visitors were served light refreshments.

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The winners of the National Defense division were Waldron Berry, first, and Marilyn Wiencke, second. Their essays concerned Selective Service for the High School.” These contests arc sponsored annually by the American Legion Auxiliary to bring before the students American problems and induce the young people to realize the need of good citizens in a community and country. D. A. R. GOOD CITIZENSHIP PILGRIMAGE CONTEST The honor of first alternate in the annual state D. A. R. Good Citizenship Pilgrim- age contest was awarded to Christine Rinehart. This contest is conducted for senior girls in Indiana high schools. Christine was chosen on a vote of the senior class and the faculty to represent Shields High School and, together with other girls chosen in the state received a certifi- cate of award from the National Society of D. A. R. She was entered in the state contest by the Christopher Harrison Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Salem. More than three hundred and fifty girls entered the contest. Each was selected on basis of possession of an outstanding degree of the characteristics of dependability, service, leadership, patriotism and unselfish interest in family, school, community, and nation. The pilgrimage is sponsored each year to promote the appreciation of good citizen- ship in youth and to encourage in them an understanding of the responsibilities as well as the privileges of being a citizen of the United States. MUSIC CONTESTS The Fourth District Band Contest was held in the Shields High School auditorium, on April fifth with the local high school band acting as hosts. Mr. Rigsbee, music instructor in Shields High School, was the district chairman for this contest. Shields was one of the five Class B” bands. Class B” includes those schools having an enrollment of more than two hundred and fifty and less than seven hundred and fifty students. Shields High School band won first honors in this division and first place in the marching contest. Aurora, Greensburg, and Shields High School bands represented this distrist in the state contest held on April 26. at Tell City. Here Shields won first place in Division II. A very interesting program was offered to the visiting bands and the friends in attendance during the afternoon. The Woodwind Quintet from Arthur Jordan Con- servatory presented a special musical selection. Several band numbers were offered by the bands of Jeffersonville, Greensburg, and Brookville. The music department of Shields High School was represented at the solo and ensemble contest held at Bloomington. The six entrants from the local high school were Bruce, John, and Don McGuire, Elizabeth Hitch, Clarence Stark, and Byron DeVoe. They won third place in this contest. AGRICULTURAL CONTESTS Pictured in prominent newspapers and in various agricultural pamphlets was the Crops Judging team of the Shields High School Agricultural department. They well deserved this pubicity because they were awarded state championship honors at the 4-H Club Round-up and received a large trophy. The members of the team were Hubert Hazard, Roland Hackman, and Ralph Holtman. Two members of the agricultural department won state honors in the Future Farmer organization by reaching the rank of State Farmer. These young men were George Harlow and Roland Hackman. ROTARY DISCUSSION CONTEST Each year Rotary International conducts a discussion forum for High School youth. Subjects vary from year to year, dealing with the various objects of Rotary. Since Rotary is vitally interested in youth problems, the question this year was What Does the Ideal of Service Mean to Youth?” The contest in the local club was held April fourteenth. Ed Eisner and Dan Guinnup were the contestants. The members of the whole club acted as judges. Both of these boys made excellent addresses and were highly commended by the members of the club. Ed placed first and Dan, second.