Tracy High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Tracy, MN)

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C UBS CURRENT NEWS CLUB The Current News Club was organized under the sponsorship of Mr. Raasch. It was open to all students of the high school, and its pur- pose was to kee-p its members in intelligent contact with current hap- penings. At each meeting of the club one member gave a refport on a major current eventg then there was a general discussion on that topic. COMMERCIAL CLUB A Commercial Club, whose aim was to familiarize its members with business etiquette, was organized this year under the sponsorship of Miss Leonard. 'Ilhe club met twice a month during a class period. During the year several outside speakers addressed the club and skits prepared by club members were given. DICTATION CLUB A Dictation Club, under the sponsorship of Miss Leonard, was or- ganized this year by six members of the advanced typing and short- hand class. The purpose of the organization was, through piractice, to increase speed in taking dictation, to become more familiar with prin- ciples of phrasing and general knowledge of shorthand words, and to increase individual shorthand vocabularies. GIRLS HOMECRAFT CLUB The Girls' Homecraft Ctlfub was orgalnized by Miss Gulden, home economics instructor. This club 'met for half an hour every Thursday. During the past year the club members were taught the fol- lowing things: knitting, crocheting, embroidering, weaving, bead Work, felt work, and the making of wooden sandals. J OURNALISM CLUB Journalism Club was a group of fifteen seniors who had shown in- terest in journalism and who did their work voluntarily, under the spon- sorshiip of Miss Butke. The purpose of the club was to represent the school in the town pa- per, and to gather such items, chiefly news, wwhich would be of interest to the general! public, and which had n-o other way of being brought to attention, since the regular school paper is distributed? only to the pupils. This was the first year that those who have done this work have been organized into a club holding regular meetings. All fifteen students were assigned to staff positions where each had a particular thing to do. These positions were changed at intervals dur- ing the year to enable the members to become more familiar with dif- ferent types of journalistic W-ork. ART CLUB One of the smaller groups in the high school was the Art Club. This organization covered a number of the basic art relations, such as lettering, designing, and the making of plaster-of-paris casts. Different phases of art were discussed in several meetings. Mr. Varner was the faculty advisor for the Art Club.

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SOPHOMORES v Miss Saupe's Home Room Mr. Gimme- stad's Home Room Back row: LeRoy Steinburg, Arthur Olson, Lewis Bicek, Mr. Anderson, Walter Steffen, Jack Mc Kenna, Warner Brown. SHEICOND ROW: Roland Morgan, Milo Lake, Milo Lien, Howard Lone 'Ihorwald Mickelson, John Haugen, Loren Fetter, Keith Garvey, Dick Donaldson, Harold Robin- son, Dewert Gruening, Francis Morey. TIHIRD ROW: Richard Johnson, Phyllis Foley, Nor- inne Ifnme, Dawn Greenman, Phyllis Burchill, Betty Wyffels, Elaine Peterson, Kathleen Nelson FOURTH ROW: Dolores Werner, Evelyn Sorbel, Dorothy Ziemkc, Betty Hoffman, Ruth Thomp- son, Dorothy Paal, Thelma McCormick, Miss Saupe. FIFTH ROW: Jeanette Medrud, Anna Max, Schons, Esther Anderson, Helen Brugger, Irene Selck, Dorothy Magnell, Leona Nelson, Bonnie Campbell. SIXTH ROW: Richard Rolland, Von Sh ultz, Donovan Williams, Terrance Hawes, Claire Shellum, Stanley Patterson, Ruben Holstein, Albert Rolling. SEVENTH ROW: Earl Lillenbureg Harold Alexander, Jim Graham, Robert Linnen, Jonathan Gilpin, Donn Thraen. Back row: Harlan Hobert, Mr. Gimmestad, Arlcy Withrow, Truman Brown, Robert Wachs, Spen- cer Arnt, Victoria Johnson, Kenneth Skjervold. Second row: Evelyn Forbregd, Victoria Brcy, Delpha Nelson, Marcella Sillner, Lorraine Holden, Bonny Jean Kenly, Aletha Martin, Irene Chudzik, Jessie Keith. Third row: Donald Palm, Donna Wreath, Doris Maxham, Bernice Hanson, Mary Margaret Ford, Eln-ora Heine, Evelyn Helgeson, Betty Schumacher, Miadalyn Keleher. Fourth row: Kevin Garvin, Evaline Marks, Edith Lessman, Hazel Haugen, Gladys Delisha, Dolores Jensen, Frances Gernpler, Leona Wiuff, Joyce Langfag-er, Fifth row: Merton Davis, Lyle Bis- gaard, Robert Manke, Wallace Smith, Donald Skiorvold, Albert Nash, IDarrell Sanders, v

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EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING CLUB A new organization to Tracy High School this year was the Extem- porfaneous Speaking Club, under the sponsorship of Miss Magoflin. The purpose of the club was to improve both thinking and speaking style and to help the members in organizing their thoughts and giving short talks with-out previous preparation. Regular meetings were held every Thurs- day durifng activity period. SCRAPPER HERALD . An organization which has been active for several years is the Scrapper Herald Staff. The purpose of the club was to present the school news to the pupils, since much of it is not strictly news, and therefore would not be included in the school notes in the town paper. By prepar- ing and editing the paper, the members also learn journalism technique. The swtaH met every Thursday during activity period under the sponsorship of Mir. Gimmestad. SPORTS CLUB The Sports Glub under the supervision of Mr. Burke was organized last fall. The underlying purpose of the group was to create sportsman- ship amon.g its seventy-nine members. The Sports Club was responsible for arrangement of the intermural tournaments and the rules that governed them. Some of the minor sports in wxhich club members participated were: table tennis, handball and badminton. Demonstrations were given on fundamentals of tennis and archery. DRAMA CLUB The Thespians, senior high school drama club, was one of the larg- est of highschool clubs this year. Its members numbered around iifty, and its sponsor was Miss Butke. The work of the club consisted in learn- ing the technicalities of speaking, acting, and play producing, prepara- tory t0 actual participation in plays. The aim of the club was to ggve an opportunity for dramatic expression to as many people as poss- i le. During the course of the year five plays were produced by uhis group 5 twfo of these were cycle plays given in exchange programs with Marshall and Redwood. Ofne of the rpllays was a Christmas play, an- other was entered in a Southwest Minnesota Speech Festivall held at Mankato this spring. LIBRARY CLUB The aim of the Library Clulb was to acquaint its members with library terms, techniques, and tools. Each student participated in the Thursday activitiy meeting, which was devoted to study. Prac- tical experience consisted of two hours per week of each member's time, in order to apply the knowledge gained. Several field trips were planned, and a visit to the cities gave the members a chance to see the othler libraries and librarians at work. Miss Wiita was in charge of the c u . MATHEMATICS CLUB Early in the present school year, the Mathematics Club, new to the annals of this school's history, was organized. The club, under the sponsorship of Miss Saupe, undertook the study and application of many mathematical laws and principles. The students have taken Held trips and at the same time have made use of such instruments as angle mir- rors, the plane table, transit mirrors, hypometer and sextant.