Sumner High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sumner, WA)

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Scaled: Norma Brengman, Ida Thomas, Gladys King. Slaria'1'n,g: Kathleen Purvis, Helen Roberts. Grayce Livesley, Mrs. Brooks fadvisorl. Mildred Jansen. President - Vice President Secretary - Treasurer Historian - - Advisor - - - Senior Class Representative junior Class Representative Sophomore Class Representa tive GIRLS' CLUB Ida Thomas Helen Roberts Olive Chervenka Mildred jansen Kathleen Purvis Mrs. Brooks Norma Brengman Grayce Livesley - Gladys King NDER the supervision of Mrs. Pansy Brooks, the Sumner High Girls' Club, although not holding as many meetings as in previous years, spent a happy and successful year during l93l and l932. Every girl in high school was included in the club and served on one of the ten standing committees, which are: Standards, Social Service, Dramatic, Refreshment, Handy Andy, Publicity, Friendship, Finance, Aurora Guards, Hostess and Club Room. A big event of the year was the Girls' Club mixer held in gymnasium, October 27. The girls came dressed in costume, and were divided into two groups representing W. S. C. and the U. of W. The evening was spent in playing games, W. S. C.'s tol- lowers piling up the highest score. Another social event was the entertainment which the girls gave their mothers in May. At Thanksgiving the girls distributed baskets of food to several ot Sumner's needy families. At Christmas they entertained those at the County Farm with an interesting program and gave to all present a bag of home-made candy. Among several interesting speakers at the club meetings were: Miss Marie Kirkwood, a junior High teacher, who spoke on her recent trip in the East, and Mrs. Paterson, the school nurse, who gave a beneficial health talk. At several ot the meetings the girls themselves put on short programs and skits, and some of the grade school children presented some musical numbers. Twenty-four

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Fin! row, lefl Ia righl Malley, Marquard, L. Cason, Scrimger. Second row: Miss Ryan Goodwin, Duckworth, W. Ryan, Melhart. Third row: Shaw lfuurth mW: Conant. Carnahan. ORCHESTRA TARTING the year with a new and efficient instructor, Miss Dorothy Ryan, the high school orchestra, consisting of only a few enthusiastic members, gradually increased in size and showed exceptional progress by the end of the year. During the past season the orchestra has taken part in several programs. Among these was the initial appearance at the high school operetta, The Ghost of Lollypop Bay, when numbers were played preceding both acts. During the performance the orchestra also accompanied some of the choruses. Later the P. T. A. was favored by selections. On February I9, fitting numbers were played at the assembly held in honor of George Washington's Birthday. The crowning event of the year was the annual Western Washington lnstru- mental contest at Renton, April 30, to which all orchestra members looked forward with pleasure, and for which they practiced industriously. Ballet Egyptien, a rather difficult composition by Luiguini, was selected by the judges to be played by all the orchestras entering the event. Those representing Sumner in the solo division were Elizabeth Ness, piano, David Turney, violin, and Richard Bowen, clarinet. At this contest the orchestra was indeed a credit to the school. After moving into the new building at mid-year, the orchestra scheduled practices for Tuesday and Thursday during the fifth period. Special practices for different occasions were sometimes held at noon. At the beginning of the second semester several new students were enrolled in the orchestra. Following is a complete list of the members who came faithfully to rehearsals, thus making Sumner High's orchestra possible: David Turney, Elizabeth Ness, Melvin Sanford, and Hadley Mann, violins, Richard Bowen, Luther Goodwin, and Pearl White, clarinetsg Wilburn Richardson and Don Mohr, saxophonesg Walter Melhart, cellog George Carnahan, bassoong Olive Conant, bass violg Frank Weick, trombone, Bob Duckworth and Warren Ryan, trumpets, Ioe Shaw, pianog and jim Scrimger, drums. Prospects for another year look encouraging as only one senior is in the group and interest along musical lines is increasing among iunior high students. Twenty-three

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BOYS' CLUB Serm-d.- George Peterson. Charles Jungclc. Stmidingf Harry Swannack, Mr. Smith iadvisorj, Charles Pasquier, Bob Jeffery. FIRST SEMESTER OFFICES SECOND SEMESTER Harry Swannack - President - Harry Swannack Charles Pasquier - Vice President - Robert leffery Charles lungck - Secretary-Treasurer - George Peterson Mr, Smith - - Advisor - Mr. Smith UMNER High School's Boys' Club was organized in l92l by H. S. Ganders, prin- cipal. The purpose of the club is to encourage the boys to enter school activities and to give them the chance for development along executive lines. This year the Boys' Club here at Sumner has tried something new in organizing activity clubs. Among these, the Radio Club and the Glider Club were the most active. The Radio Club with Henry Perozzo as president was busy constructing crystal sets, wireless apparatus, and short wave sets. The Glider Club spent an active year build- ing small model gliders. This work was enjoyed and appreciated by a great many boys. Phil Caulfield was president. This year the club sponsored two smokeless smokers, and put one on for the Commercial Club. The first offered several good boxing matches and some fast wrestling bouts. In the last smoker the battle royal stole the show. In this event four boys entered the ring blindfolded and then were allowed to fight. In the special event of the evening, Bob leffery scored a knockout on Larry Day in the second round. ln the main event of the evening, Einar Luhtala and Vv'illis Over fought a close six- round match. KNIGHTS OF THE SHIELD The Knights of the Shield were reorganized in l929 into an organization of eight boys, two from each of the four classes elected in their freshman year to serve during their four years of high school. The duties of the Hwielders of the paddle are to handle the crowd at all athletic events, to keep order in the bleachers and gymnasium during football and basketball games, to see that all attending these events have tickets, and to assist the coaches at track meets by keeping non-contestants off the field, setting up hurdles, etc. This year the Knights of the Shield included: Freshmen-Bill Robinson, Ray Kiyoharag Sophomores-Bob Waddell, Frank Hamerlyg juniors-joe Davis, Elvin Rockeyg Seniors-Wilburn Richardson, Oscar Williams. 'lin nity-five