Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 78 of the 1938 volume:

Published by the Senior Class of 1938 of Val- paraiso High School of Val pa raiso, Indiana VALPARAISO PUBLIC LIBRAF VALPARAISO, INDIANA DEDICATION If a school is to train a generation to face the world and not be discouraged, the school itself must possess certain high ideals and principles . . . that make it the very embodiment of what it is trying to teach. We believe that our school is not lacking in these . . . and so ... to these principles and ideals . . . which are our school . . . we . . . the senior clas s of Valparaiso High School . . . dedicate this 1938 Valcnian. I. Human Relationship II. Mental Growth III. Varied Endeavors IV. Physical Vigor %. % How does the school prepare us for facing these problems? By cultivating in us desirable traits bas- ed on these four main divisions; human relation- ship, mental growth, physical vigor, and varied en- deavors. In learning to deal with other people, we have the relationship between teacher and pupil and between pupil and pupil. Surely this is necessary in order to develop traits of character such as honesty, re- liability, and co-operation. Our studies teach us to think straight and to use our minds to the best ad- vantage, as well as providing the necessary amount of culture and knowledge and opening up vast fields of wisdom and lore. Then, because a well-developed mind would be futile without a strong body to house it, we are given courses in physical educa- tion and furnished with sports. Besides pro- moting health and providing fun, these en- courage good sportsmanship, courage, and skill. Also, there is our social life, which, in addition to offering profitable recrea- tion, gives us a background for our so- cial success, teaching us to get the most from our contacts with others. So, by these same four applications, our lives are shaped, our charac- ters molded, and we are pre- pared to meet the world. Presenting the Results from These Same Applications Superintendent Snapped at Work MR. ROY B. JULIAN, Superintendent MRS. GRACE HELMER, Office Clerk To the members of the Senior Class, whose publication this is, I desire to offer my congratulations for the record herein set forth, and to extend to you individually my warmest regards and best wishes. Roy B. Julian. Board Heads School C. W. WHARTON President JAMES McKAY Secretary IRA C. TILTON Treasurer These three men, a min- ister, a business man, and a lawyer, make up our school board. It is due to their efforts for several years that our school is so well equip- ped with teachers and facilities. Their part in providing for us a good education is no small one. Work First, Principal s Motto MR. HOMER M. JESSEE, Principal MISS CHARLOTTE CORSBIE, Office Clerk — -urtflth — ; m : = We may carve from marble a beautiful figure; in time it will perish; we may work in brass; time will efface that; we may rear beautiful temples; in time they will crumble into dust. But if we work on our immortal minds — if we imbue them with lofty prin- ciples, we engrave tablets which no time can dim but which brighten to all eternity. An ennobling character lives throughout all time. Homer M. Jessee. Faculty of Valparaiso High School Margaret Bartholomew Joseph B. Brown Emma R. Foor Elsie Harrison James C. Jenkins William R. Kendall Burton L. Conkling Dessa M. Hudson John M. Koch MARGARET BARTHOLOMEW— Home Econom- ics; DePauw University; Valparaiso University; University of Chicago; Columbia University. Diminutive and good natured, she teaches girls to turn out tasty and tempting tid-bits. JOSEPH B. BROWN — Industrial Arts; Indiana State Teachers ' College, A. B.; Graduate work, Illi- nois University; University of Chicago, A. M. Teaches tumblers how to tumble and supplies us with cheer leaders. His mechanical drawing classes win state honors. BURTON L. CONKLING— English, Public Speak- ing. Dramatic Art; State University of Iowa,. A. B.; Winona College; Manchester College. His bas- so-profundo voice may be heard almost any day coaching future actors: When he doesn ' t like the way they do it, he shows them how — and how! EMMA R. FOOR — English, Journalism; Earlham College, A. B.; Graduate work, University of Chi- cago; University of Minnesota. Small but mighty, she keeps the Valpost and Valenian going. Has a bay window, or rather, her room has. ELSIE HARRISON — Physical Education; Ball State Teachers ' College, B. S. One of the few women who know how to throw a ball straight. Teaches graceful movement to music every Wed- nesday night. D ESSA MAE HUDSON— Commercial; Valparaiso University, B. C. S.; University of Chicago, Ph.B. Under her forceful tutelage, students learn how they may startle the world of business by their skill. JAMES C. JENKINS — Vocational Co-ordinator- De Pauw Universitv; Indiana University; Indiana State Teachers ' College. New to Valparaiso and in a new field. Turns out young machine shop apprentices. WILLIAM R. KENDALL — Science. History, Health Education; Butler University; Indiana State Teachers ' College, B. S.; Graduate work, Indiana University. Proud papa. Does his best to keep his snakes, frogs, and rats in the biology room. Sometimes he succeeds. JOHN KOCH— German; Indiana State Teachers ' College, A. B.; University of Michigan. A. M. Teaches people to decline verbs — German ones. Maintains interest in German Club — Sehr gut! Clare McGillicnddy Mary S. Mvers Helen Miller Claude 0. Paulev CLARE McGILLICUDDY— Math- ematics; Valparaiso University, A. B.; University of Chicago; Co- lumbia University. Takesix- timestwoplusthreedivide d b y fi ve- squareitsubtractonew hat ' syour- answer? ' Nuff Said! HELEN MILLER— Mathematics; Indiana State Teachers ' College, A. B. A study hall fiend, she be- lieves that the library was made to study in. (We know she ' s wrong.) 10 MARY STEVENS MYERS — Music; Indiana State Teachers ' College, B. S.; Metropolitan Con- servatory of Music; Columbia University; Chicago Conservatory of Music. Directs girls ' do, re, mi, fa ' s when she isn ' t leading the double quartet or the a ca- pella choir. CLAUDE O. PAULEY— Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics; Indiana State Teachers ' College; Indiana University; University of Chica- go, B. S. Sees to it that the chem- istry students don ' t asphyxiate the whole school. Sponsors the thirty some boys and one girl in the Sciemus Club and helps Miss Welty pera mbulate the senior class. Faculty of Valparaiso Hish School LEATHE C. PONADER — Art; Ball State Teachers ' College, B. S.; Art Institute of Chicago; Booth Bay Harbor Studios. Has an ar- tistic temperament. Tries to im- part her ability to budding Mi- chael Angelos. If she doesn ' t succeed, it ' s not her fault. RALPH E. SCHENCK— Commer- cial, History; State Teachers ' Col- lege, A. B.; Valparaiso University, B. Acct.: University of Chicago, M. A. Efficiently organized to the nth degree. Tells us about how the bayonet carried him around over in France. MARY EDNA STONER— Latin, English; Valparaiso University; University of Chicago, A. B.; Uni- versity of Chicago, M. A. Red- headed and cheerful, she has re- turned to her alma mater as a teacher. Looks after the hic- coughs of the Latin Club. RALPH POWELL — History, Physical Education; Hanover Col- lege, A. B.; Franklin College; University of Iowa; Indiana Uni- versity, M. S. Manages to squeeze in a little ancient history between basketball and track. FRANK G. REID— Social Science; Indiana University; Purdue Uni- versity; Valparaiso University. B. Sc. in Ed.; Graduate work, Butler University. Keeps an alarm clock on his desk to stop himself from talking too much. Likes all forms of exercise, especially walking. HAROLD ROGERS— Music; Illi- nois Weslyan, B. M. E.; Syra- cuse University, graduate work. Wiggles a wooden stick and lo! the music comes out of the band, orchestra, and boys ' glee club. AUDREY SHAUER — English, History; Valparaiso University, A. B. Far from ancient herself, she dispenses ancient history with a smile. Also looks after the daily good deeds of the junior Girl Re- serves. VERA L. SIEB— English; Uni- versity of Wisconsin, A. B.; Val- paraiso University; University of Chicago; University of California; Columbia University. A person- al friend of Noah Webster ' s, she teaches pupils not to say have went. Also suppresses the junior class with a firm hand. DOROTHY SMITH — School Nurse; Methodist Episcopal Hos- pital of Indianapolis; George Peabody Teachers ' College; Iowa University; Indiana University. Not a doctor, only a nurse (self diagnosis), she checks up on our general health and chases away germs. EDITH WEEMS— Home Econom- ics: Valparaiso University, B. S.; University of Chicago; Ball Stats Teachers ' College. Keeps track of the school ' s money. Teaches girls to sew on buttons. Has the nose of a bloodhound, can smell chewing gum a mile off. OLIE W. WELTY— Latin; Val- paraiso University; University of Chicago. Softhearted, she pre- tends to be stern, but non est. Helps Latin students get Caesar out of Gaul. Has a half dozen sets of money to count every noon. JOHN E. WIGGINS — Athletics, Commercial: Ball State Teachers ' College, B. S.; Indiana University, graduate work. Knows his stuff when it comes to football, and manages to get it across to the team. When he isn ' t showing boys how to perform gymnastics, he ' s teaching pupils finger gym- nastics — on the typewriter. athc Founder ra L. Sieb Ralph Powell Frank Eeid Dorothy V. Smith Mary Edna Stoner Harold Rogers Edith Weema Ralph Schenck Olie Weltv Audrey Shauer John Wiggins Camera Snaps Teachers, Pupils Off and on during the year, the candid camera addict caught a few snaps of classes in session (mostly when the teachers weren ' t looking.) Here are the results. They are representative and typical of scenes that take place every day. First we see Mr. Pauley and one of his chemistry classes mixing evil smell- ing concoctions in glass test tubes. Chemistry is a favorite among the science subjects, which also include physics and biology, as the absorbed looks on the faces of the students testify. Mr. Pau y, one of the rulers of the upper hall, also teaches physics, algebra, and trigonometry. (He fires the gun at the bas- ketball games.) Here, in their machine shop at the junior high school, with the co-opera- tion of the school and local industrialists, boys learn trades first hand. The course, new this year, is steadily growing in facilities and popularity. A dozen boys came out for it the first semester. Under the training of their instructor, Mr. Jenkins, they decide what trade they like and then become adept at it. Under the strict and critical observation of their fellow classmates, nine girls demonstrate their skill at executing a forward roll. Standing on their heads and turning flip-flops or flop-flips is all in the day ' s work — or fun — for this gym class. Besides tumbling, basketball, baseball, track, and Miss Harrison, the in- structor, new this year, are some of the excellent sports that make girls ' gym interesting. While their teacher. Miss Helen Miller, looks on smiling, a class in general math — or is it algebra (?) — listens with strict attention to their classmate ' s ex- planation of the problem on the board — if x plus y equals s, what does (7 minus b equal (?) — (take algebra if you want to know the answer.) Geometry and trig- onometry are the more advanced courses offered to students who are mathematic- ally minded. Mr. Pauley supervising chemists ' research. Girls toss, twist, and turn while tumbling. Back at Junior High — in the machine shop. Class watches Byron, Miss Miller watches class 12 Workshops, Classes Ever Busy In this picture the boy in the foreground is carefully and nicely turning out a table leg on his lathe in woodworking class. In this popular class, every year boys fashion useful articles from wood — checkerboards and end tables, sewing boxes and bookcases, knicknacks and pieces of real furniture — which line our halls each spring at exhibit time and then are carried away to grace the craftsmen ' s homes. Mr. Joseph Brown, the boys ' teacher, is conspicuous by his absence in this picture, but we see him just below, surrounded by one of his mechanical drawing classes. These future architects and draftsmen, boys whose talents in design and drawing run to mechanical art rather than the reg- ular art course, make plans and drawings which yearly win them red, blue, and white ribbons or certificates at the state contest at Lafayette. These departments are sacred to boys, but the girls have retaliation in their well-equipped home economics — cooking and sewing — laboratories. The sew- ing laboratory is pictured in the upper right hand corner. Miss Edith Weems and her class in home nursing take great pride in the fact that their baby (it ' s rubberized) is well clothed. Here we see them busily engaged in stitching its trousseau — or do you call it a layette ( ?) — (Later the clothing goes to real needful babies. ) Miss Weems also guides the industrious fingers of freshmen girls learn- ing how to sew, when she isn ' t out campaigning against her pet peeve — chew- ing gum. And here, last of all, is a class in Deutsch, watching their friend at the board. She is about to decline a verb — in German, of course — and seems somewhat at a loss as how to begin. Perhaps her teacher, Mr. John M. Koch, will give her a hint if she gets stuck. German and Latin, offering three and four year courses respectively, comprise the foreign language element of our school. Let ' s see if we know any — oh, yes — ave atque vale and auf wiedersehen, of course! ibles and rolling pins in the making. r. Brown watches carefully while his boys ' draw. V. H. S. trains future home makers. Herr Koch explains intricities of declension. 13 kH Class of 1938 Edith Anderson Dwight Aradt Robert Arnold Charles Ball Euth Ball Bobert Beach Nathalie Beekwith Emma Dean Berry Floyd Biggs EDITH ANDERSON— Noonday League 1. 2; May Festival 1. 2: Christmas Pageant 3: Valenian. Snap Shot Editor 4: Girl Reserves 1. 2, 3, 4, secretary 3; Footlight Masqueraders 4; G A. A. 1, 2. 3. 4. DWIGHT ARNDT— Noonday League 3, 4: Track 2, 3, 4: Stamp Club 1, 2, 3, vice-president 2; Ath- letic Club 3: Sciemus Club 4. ROBERT ARNOLD— Not graduating. CHARLES BALL— Football reserve. 1. 3; Noon- day League 1. 2. 3. 4; Tumbling 1: Track 3, 4; Valposr 4; Sciemus Club 1: Stamp Club 2, 3, vice- president 3: Latin Club 4. RUTH BALL— Soccer 1: Volleyball 1: Tumbling 1: May Festival 1: Girl Reserves 1. 2: G. A. A. 1: Home Economics Club 2. 3. 4. president 4. ROBERT BEACH— Noondav League 1. 2. 3. 4: Golf 2. 3. 4: Operetta 2: Valpost 4: Valenian, Sports Editor 4: May Festival 3: Hi-Y 1. 2. 3, 4: Glee Club 1. 2. 3, secretary-treasurer 3; Athletic Club 2: Junior vice-president 3. NATHALIE BECKWITH— Soccer 1: Baseball 1. 2; Mav Festival 1, 2: Christmas Pageant 1: G. A. A. 1. 2, 3, 4. EMMA DEAN BERRY — Soccer 2: Noonday League 2. 3: Vollevball 1. 2. 3. 4: Basketball 2. 3: Track 3, 4: Tumbling 3; May Festival 1. 2; Christ- mas Pageant 2: Valpost 4: Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3. 4; G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. 4: Glee Club 1; Poetry Award 2. FLOYD BIGGS — Football reserve 3. 4; Operetta 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4: Choir 4: Operetta 4. Loren Biggs Henrv Blocker Phyllis Biggs Buth Book LOREN BIGGS — Noonday League 4: Operetta 2: Glee Club 1, 2, 3: Tumbling Club 4. PHYLLIS BIGGS — Knox High School, Knox, Indiana 1. 2: Christmas Pageant 3: Home Eco- nomics Club 3, 4, vice-president 4; Girl Reserves 4. 16 HENRY BLOCKER — Sciemus Club 1, 2, 3, 4; German Club 1, 2. 4. RUTH BOOK— Soccer 1. 2, 3, 4; Nooday League 4: Volleyball 1, 2. 4: Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4: Baseball 1. 2. 3. 4: Track 1. 2: Tumbling 1, 2, 3, 4; May Festival 1, 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 3; G. A. ' A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4. Class of 1938 MARY ELLEN BOZIK— Soccer 1; Baseball 1: May Festival 1, 2: G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. BETTIE BRADNEY — May Fes- tival ,1 2; Christmas Pageant 2, 3: Operetta 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Girl Reserves 1, 2. EVELYN BUCKLES— Goodland High School. Goodland. Indiana 1. 2, 3; Glee Club 4. CHARLOTTE CAVELL — Soccar 1. 2. 3. 4: Noonday League 1. 2. 3. 4; Volleyball 1. 2. 3. 4: Basket- ball 1. 2. 3. 4: Playdav 2. 3. 4 Baseball 1. 2. 3. 4; Tennis 1, 2 Track 1. 2, 3. 4: Tumbling 1, 3. 4 May Festival 1, 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 1, 2. 3: G. A. A. 1, 2. 3. 4. soccer chairman 3, president 4; Girl Reserves 1. 2, 3, 4. treasurer 2; Junior Secretary-treasurer 3; Senior treasurer 4. ADELAIDE CIESIELSKI— Soc- cer 1; Volleyball 2, 4; May Fes- tival 1. 2: Christmas Pageant 2. 3: Operetta 1. 2: Glee Club 1. 2; Girl Reserves 2. 3. 4; G. A. A. 3, 4. EUGENE CINKOSKE— Operetta 2; Commercial Club 1: Hi-Y 4: Sciemus Club 3. 4: Glee Club 2. BERYL ANN BROWNELL— Soc- cer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 2, 3. 4 Noonday League 3. 4: Volleyball 1. 2. 3. 4; Basketball 1, 2. 3. 4 Playday 1, 2. 4; Baseball 1, 2. 3 4; Track 1, 2 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2 3; May Festival 1, 2, 3, 4; Christ- mas Pageant 1, 2. 3: Valpost 4 Valenicm, Athletic Editor 4; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3. 4. basketball chair- man 2: baseball chairman 3; soc- cer chairman 4; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4. president 1. program chair- man 3. ROBERT BRYARLY — Baseball 2; Glee Club 1; Stamp Club 2: German Club 3. 4. THEODORE CHEKOURAS — Football reserve 3: Noonday League 1: Christmas Pageant 3: Athletic Club 1: Stamp Club 2. 3. sergeant-at-arms 3: Sciemus Club 4: Hi-Y 4. LUCILLE CHRISTOPHER— Soc- cer 1, 2, 3, 4: Archery 3. 4; Noon- day League 3. 4; Vollevball 1, 2. 3. 4: Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4: Playdav 4: Baseball 1. 2, 3, 4; Tennis 3: Track 1, 2: Mav Festival 1. 3: Christmas Pageant 1. 2. 3: Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3. 4. secretary 3: G A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, miscellaneous sports chairman 4. MARY CLEVELAND— Soccer 1. 2. 3, 4: Archery 4: Vollevball 1. 2, 3, 4 : Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4: Base- ball 1, 2. 3. 4: Track 1, 4: May Festival 1. 2: Christmas Pageant 3: Valpost 4; Girl Reserves 2. 3. 4. scribe 2. president 4: G. A. A. 1. 2. 3, 4. track chairman 4. JANE CLIFFORD— Soccer 1. 2. 3: Archerv 1, 2: Noondav League 3; Volleyball 1. 2. 3; Basketball 1. 2. 3: Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4: Track 1. 2: Mav Festival. 1, 2, 3. 4; Christ- mas Pageant 1. 2. 3: G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4: Girl Reserves 1, 2. 3. 4. vice-president 4. t Ellen Bozik Bettie Bradney Beryl Ann Brownell Bobert Bryarly Evelyn Buckles Charlotte Cavell dore Chekouras Lucille Christopher Adelaide Ciesielski Eugene Ciiikoske Mary Cleveland Jane Clifford ' k£, 11 LILLIAN GILLILAND— Soccer 1, 2, 3; Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Basketball 2; Tumbling 1; May Festival 1, 2. 3; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3: Operet- ta 1 2, 3; Valpost 4; Choir 4; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3; G. A. A. 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Commercial Club 4, secretary 4; Footlight Masqueraders 4. VIRGINIA GROVES— Volleyball 1, 2; Tumbling 1, 2: May Festival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 1, 2; Val- post 4; Girl Reserves 1, 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 4; Commercial Club 2, 3. JUNE HARDESTY — Wheeler High School 1; May Festival 2; Operetta 2; Glee Club 2, 3; Ger- man Club 3, 4. MARIANGENEEN HELVIE — Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 2, 3; Noonday League 2, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Playday 2, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 1, 2; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 1 2, 3, 4; May Festival 1, 2, 3, 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3 Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Choir 4; Glee Club 4; Footlight Mas- queraders 4: Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4, program chairman 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, social chairman 3, basketball chairman 4. Lillian Gilliland June Hardesty Virginia Groves Mariangeneen He| Robert Cole Scott Cole Gertrude Davidson Betty Dobbins John Dodd Rosemary Freund Frank Freywald William Fulton Marjorie Gentz ROBERT COLE— Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4; Foot- ball reserves 1, 2; varsity 3, 4; Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4. SCOTT COLE— Shury High School, Chicago, Ill- inois 1, 2: Noonday League 3; Athletic Club 3; Footlight Masqueraders 4. GERTRUDE DAVIDSON— Not graduating. AILEEN DISPENNETT— Not pictured — Central High School, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1; Goshen High School, Goshen Indiana, 2; Delton High School, Delton, Michigan, 3; G. A. A. 4; Home Economics Club 4. BETTY DOBBINS— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 3, 4; Track 3; May Festival 1, 2, 4; Band 1, 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Girl Reserves 1; Glee Club 1, 2: Footlight Mas- queraders 4. JOHN DODD— Football varsity 2, 3, 4; Noonday League 1, 3; Track 2, 3, 4; Stamp Club 1; Athletic Club 2, 3, 4. ROSEMARY FREUND— Soccer 1, 2, 3; Archery 1, 2, 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3; BasketbaU 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2; Tumbling 1; May Festival 1, 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4, program chairman 4; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. FRANK FREYWALD— Sciemus Club 2, 3, 4; Na- ture Club 1. WILLIAM FULTON— Not graduating. MARJORIE GENTZ— Soccer 1, 2, 4; Archery 2; Noonday League 1, 2; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball 1, 2, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; May Festival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 3; Operetta 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; German Club 1, 2, 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. bell Holt Robert Hurley Frances Johnston Delina Jones Madclon Jante Frances Jones Allen Johnson Phvllis Julian i Leroy Johnson Martha Jane Johnston Thomas Kiriazis Hildegarde Koch CAMPBELL HOLT — Football varsity 4; Football reserve 1, 2, 3; Basketball varsity 3; Basketball reserve 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Noonday League 4; Valenian, Ed- tor-in-chief 4; German Club 1; Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, president 4; President Junior Class. ROBERT HURLEY — Football varsity 3, 4; Football reserve 2; Noonday League 3, 4; Track 2; Band 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Operetta 1, 2; Valpost 4; Music Festival 3; Double Quartet 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4. MADELON JANTE— Archery 1, 2; Noonday League 1, 2: May Fes- tival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 3; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4. ALLEN JOHNSON— Football re- serve 4; Noonday League 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Orchestra 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Sciemus Club 4. LEROY JOHNSON — Noonday League 4; Commercial Club 3. MARTHA JANE JOHNSTON — Archery 1, 2; Volleyball 1, 2, 4; Basketball 4; Track 4; May Fes- tival 1, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4. MARY FRANCES JOHNSTON — Soccer 1 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 2; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Ten- nis 1; Track 1, 2; May Festival 1, 3; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Social chairman 4; Commer- cial Club 4, treasurer 4. DELMA JONES — Noonday League 1; May Festival 1; Christ- mas Pageant 2; Operetta 2; Home Economics Club 1; Glee Club 3; Girl Reserves 3; German Club 1. FRANCES JONES— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 2, 3, 4; Noonday League 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; May Festival 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, secre- tary-treasurer 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; G A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4, vice-president 3. PHYLLIS JULIAN— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 2, 3, 4; Noonday League 2, 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3. 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2; Tumbling 1, 2; May Festival 1, 2, 3; Band 1; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, equipment manager 3, treasurer 4; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 4. THOMAS KIRIAZIS— Englewood High School, Chicago, Illinois 1, 2; Football manager 3; Noonday League 3; Orchestra 3: Christmas Pageant 3; Valpost 4; Commercial Club 4. HILDEGARDE KOCH — Manilla High School, Manilla, Indiana 1; Volleyball 4; Basketball 4; Base- ball 2, 4; Track 4; Tumbling 2, 4; May Festival 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 3; Valpost 4; Valenian, Literary Editor 4; Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 4, vice-president 4. 19 Marvin Knoblicli Noln Litton Elizabeth Kueck Ann Lowenstine Laurel Lane Ruth Lowenstine John Law John MaeFarlane Robert Learning John Marks Donald Leekie George Martin MARVIN KNOBLICH — Horace Mann High School, Gary, Indiana 1, 2, 3; Sciemus Club 4. ROBERT LEAMING — Football reserve 1, 2; Noonday League 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 3: Sciemus Club 1, 2, 3; Athletic Club 1, 2; Tumbling 4. RUTH LOWENSTINE — Soccer 1. 2, 3; Archery 1, 2; Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4: Play- day 1; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2; May Fes- tival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 1, 2; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Girl Re- serves 1, 2, 3, 4. ELIZABETH KUECK — Volley - ball 1, 2; Basketball 1. 2; Tennis 1; May Festival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 3; Operetta 2; G A. A. 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. LAUREL LANE — Soccer 1; Noonday League 2; Volleyball 1, 2; Tennis 2; May Festival 1; Or- chestra 4, vice-president 4; Band 3, 4, secretary-treasurer 4; Christ- mas Pageant 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4, scribe 3. DONALD LECKIE — Baseball manager 2, 3; Valpost 4; Valenian, Business Manager 4; Sciemus Club 1, 2, 3, 4, president 4; Stamp Club 1, 2, 3, secretary 2, 3; Hi-Y 4. NOLA LITTON — Gove Rural High, Gove, Kansas 1, 2: Girls ' Glee Club 3: Girl Reserves 4; Commercial Club 4. JOHN MacFARLANE— Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4; May Festival 3; Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 4, treasurer 4; Com- mercial Club 1, 2, 3, 4, treasurer 3, president 4; Stamp Club 2; Scie- mus Club 2, 3, 4. JOHN MARKS— Sciemus Club 1; Stamp Club 2, 3; German Club 4. JOHN LAW— Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, Indi- ana, 1; S.amp Club 3. 20 ANN LOWENSTINE— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1; Tennis 1; Track 1, 2; Tumbling 1, 2, 3; May Festival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4, vice-president 2. GEORGE MARTIN — Noonday League 2; Tumbling Club 1, 2: Commercial Club 3. FRANK MARTINAL— Commer- cial Club 1, 2, 3, 4. HENRY MARTINAL — Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pag- eant 3; Commercial Club 1, 2, 3, 4. EVELYN MASTERSON— Soccer 1, 2; Archery 1, 4; Noonday League 1, 4; Volleyball 1; Basket- ball 1, 4; May Festival 1, 3; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4, secre- tary 4; G. A. A. 4. ROBERT MAUDLIN — Morgan High School, Morgan Township 1, 2; Football varsity 4; Football re- serve 3; Basketball varsity 3, 4; Baseball 4; Track 3; Christmas Pag:ant 3; Athletic Club 3; Hi-Y 3, 4. ank Martina! ' elyn Masterson Henry Martina! Eobert Maudlin VERNE McC ANN— Football varsity 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball reserve 2; Noonday League 3, 4; Tumbling 1; Track 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 3; Tumbling Club 1; Athletic Club 2, 3, 4. Verne McCann Dorothy Mohnssen Mary Muster Kenneth Nichols Henry Nielson Helen Ohlfest Morris Packman Mary Petralias Harold Phillips WILLIAM MIDDLETON— Not pictured High School, Hebron, Indiana, 1, 2. Hebron DOROTHY MOHNSSEN— Soccer 1, 2; Archery 4; Noonday League 1, 2; Volleyball 1; May Festival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 2, 3, 4; Operetta 1; Home Economics Club 1, 2; Girls ' Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 4. MARY MUSTER— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 3, 4; Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 2; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2, 3; May Festival 1 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 1, 3; Operetta 1; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Commercial Club 3, 4. KENNETH NICHOLS— Tumbling 1, 2, 3; Christ- mas Pageant 3; Tumbling Club 1, 2, 3. HENRY NIELSEN— Tumbling 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 2, 3; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. HELEN OHLFEST— Washington Township High School 1, 2; Orchestra 4; Band 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 3; Home Economics Club 4; Girl Reserves 4. MORRIS PACKMAN— Sciemus Club 1, 2, 3, 4, vice-president 3. MARY PETRALIAS— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Base- ball 1, 2, 3. 4; Tennis 3, 4; Track 2, 4; Tumbling 1, 2, 3 4; May Festival 1, 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 2, 3; Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. HAROLD PHILLIPS— Boone Grove High School, Boone Grove, Indiana 1, 2; Noonday League 3, 4. Waldtraut Pintzke Kenneth Rhoda Alice Saar Kenneth Eader Betty Jean Riddle Virginia Sanz Jean Ragsdale Robert Runnion William Savery WALDTRAUT PINTZKE— Soccer 2; Archery 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 2, 3; Baseball 3; Tumbling 2; May Festival 1, 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 3; German Club 1, 2, 3, 4, secretary 2; Home Economics Club 1, 3, 4, assistant social chairman 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4. KENNETH RADER— Valpost 3, 4; Stamp Club 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 4. JEAN RAGSDALE— Archery 1; May Festival 3-; Christmas Pageant 3; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4, pres- ident 3; Girls ' Glee Club 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, art chairman 2, scrapbook chairman 4. KENNETH RHODA— Football varsity 3, 4, re- serve 2; Basketball reserve 1, 2; Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4. BETTY JEAN RIDDLE— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Volley- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2, 4; May Festival 1, 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 1. 2, 3, 4, secretary 4; G. A. A. 1, 2 3, 4; German Club 3. ROBERT RUNNION — Football varsity 4, reserve 1. 2; Tumbling 1, 2, 3; Track 2; Tumbling Club 1, 2, 3, secretary 2, 3; Commercial Club 3, 4. ALICE SAAR— May Festival 1. 2, 4; Christmas Pageant 3; Operetta 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Home Economics Club 3. VIRGINIA SANZ— Soccer 1, 2. 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Playday 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2. 3, 4; May Festival 1, 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 1, 2. 3, 4, scribe 4; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, tumbling chairman 4; German Club 3. WILLIAM SAVERY— Columbia City High School, Columbia City, Indiana 2; Noonday League 4; Debating Club 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Sciemus Club 3. Catherine Sehroeder Carl Severin William Schu) Carroll Sheets CATHERINE SCHROEDER — May Festival 1, 2; Christmas Pag- eant 2, 3; Operetta 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Home Economics Club 2, 3; Girl Reserves 4. WILLIAM SCHULZ — Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 22 CARL SEVERIN — Baseball 4; May Festival 3; Christmas Pag- eant 3; Operetta 2; Glee Club 2, 3; Commercial Club 1; Sciemus Club 4. CARROLL SHEETS — Football varsity 3, reserve 2; Basketball varsity 3, 4, reserve 1, 2; Tumb- ling 1; Athletic Club 2, 3, 4. ROLAND SHEETS — Football varsity 3, 4, reserve 1, 2; Basket- ball varsity 3, 4, reserve 1, 2; Baseball 2, 4; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; Ath- letic Club 1, 2, 3, 4. DONNA SHURR— Soccer 1, 2, 3 Archery 1, 2; Volleyball 1, 2, 3 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 1. 2 May Festival 1, 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 1. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4, president 4. MARK SINK— Track 2; May Fes- tival 3; Orchestra 3; Christmas Pageant 2, 3; Operetta 1, 2 3; Va- lenian, Art Editor 4: Hi-Y 3, 4, secretary 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Double Quartette 3, 4. CHARLOTTE SMITH— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Archery 1, 2, 3, 4; Volley- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; May Fes- tival 1, 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, archery chairman 3, secretary 4; Girl Re- serves 1, 2, 3, 4, secretary 1, pres- ident 2; Latin Club 4, scribe 4. MARTHA JOYCE SMITH— Soc- cer 1, 2, 3 4; Archery 1, 2; Noon- day League 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4: Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 1; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2, 3, 4; May Fes- tival 1, 2, 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 1, 2. 3; Valenian, Activities Editor 4; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. tumbling chairman 3, vice-president 4; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4, secretary 3, treasurer 4. JEAN SNOOK— Wymore High School, Wymore, Nebraska 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 4. MARTHA SNOW— Soccer 1, 2, 3; Archery 2; Noonday League 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Playday 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1. 2, 3; Tumbling 2; May Festival 1; Christmas Pageant 2; Girl Re- serves 1, 2, 3, treasurer 3; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, miscellaneous sports chairman 3; German Club 3. ELROY ST. CLAIR — Football varsity 4, reserve 2; Ba sketball varsity 3, 4, reserve 1, 2; Baseba ' l 1, 2; Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 4; Tumbling Club 1. LEILA STENDAHL— Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basket- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2; Ten- nis 1, 2; May Festival 1, 2; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Girl Reserves 3, 4, treasurer 4; Glee Club 3. DORTHA MARIE STONER - Soccer 1, 2, 3; Archery 1; Volley- ball 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Tennis 1, 2; May Festival 1, 2, 3 Christmas Pageant 2; Valpost 4 Commercial Club 2; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1; Footlight Masqueraders 4. SHIRLEY SULLIVAN— May Fes- tival 1; Operetta 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Choir 4. BLAINE SUTTON — Christmas Pageant 3; Valenian, Snapshot Editor 4; Stamp Club 1, 2, 3; Sciemus Club 4. oland Sheets artha Snow Donna Shurr Mavk Sink Charlotte Smith Martha Joyce Smith Jean Snook Elroy St. Clair Leila Stendahl Dortha Marie Stoner Shirley Sullivan Blaine Sutton ROBERT WHITE — Football re- serve 4; Tumbling 1. 2; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Tumbling Club 1, 2. RALPH WILLIAMS— Operetta 1, 2; Sciemus Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1. 2. EVELYN WITNER— Archery 1 2, 3, 4; Noonday League 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1 2; Tumbling 1, 2; May Festival 1 2; Christmas Pageant 3; Operetta 1; Glee Club 1; Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4, noonday league chairman 3, archery chair- man 4; Footlight Masqueraders 4. ROBERT WULFF— Football var- sity 4; Basketball 2; Baseball 3, 4: Noonday League 1: Christmas Pageant 3; Tumbling Club 1; Ath- lectic Club 2, 4; Sciemus Club 3; Hi-Y 4. Robert White Evelyn Witner Ralph Williams Robert Wulff Ernest Thorgren Helen Mae Ulsh Bemiee Weiler Ralph Tomlinson Arthur Van Arsdel Marjorie Weiler Miles Tucker Stanley Wahlberg Donald Wertman ERNEST THORGREN— Football varsity 2, 3, 4, reserve 1; Basketball reserve 1; Noonday League 2, 3; Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4. RALPH TOMLINSON— Football reserve 2; Golf 3; Operetta 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3. MILES TUCKER— Noonday League 3, 4; Glee Club 1; Sciemus Club 2; Commercial Club 3, 4. HELEN MAE ULSH— Soccer 1, 2; Volleyball 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2; Band 1, 2; Christ- mas Pageant 1, 2; Valpost 4; Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4. ARTHUR VAN ARSDEL— Christmas Pageant 3; Valpost 4; Sciemus Club 1, 2, 3, 4; German Club 2; Commercial Club 3, 4. STANLEY WALBERG— Orchestra 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4, property manager 3; Glee Club 4. BERNICE WEILER — Christmas Pageant 1, 3; May Festival 1; Operetta 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Economics Club 1. MARJORIE WEILER— Volleyball 1; Basketball 1: Tumbling 1; May Festival 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Operetta 1, 2; Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4, historian 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Girl Reserves 3, 4. DONALD WERTMAN— Band 3, 4; Christmas Pag- eant 3; Operetta 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Octette 4; Choir 4 Hidden Traits Now Exposed ANDERSON, EDITH — Born To Love, her dreary drip of desultory declamation drives droves des- perate, but definitely, delicious, delightful, de-lovely. ARNDT, DWIGHT— I ' ve Got My Heart Set On You, m ajestic monarch of the mile, blonde, bash- ful basketeer. BALL, CHARLES — Big Chief Swing It, placidly pursues Pauley ' s propositions, senior spokesman, seldom seen by himself. BALL, RUTH — To a Sweet Pretty Thing, simple, sweet, softly states statistics, silently studies, seldom misbehaves. BEACH, ROBERT — I ' m in the Mood for Love, noticed on College Hill night after night, his cheer- ful calm composure never changes. BECKWITH, NATHALIE— How Could You?, stutters as she stumbles studying shorthand, success- fully shadows Bozik. BERRY, EMMA DEAN— An Old Flame Never Dies, lavish lady, likes lots of lads, ardently ad- vocates attractive apparel. BIGGS, FLOYD — I ' m Hating This Waiting Around, definitely desires diploma, devotedly detained one-half decade in doing so. BIGGS. LOREN — He Ain ' t Got Rythm, stolid, solid, speechless person who struggles with stu- pendous subjects. BIGGS, PHYLLIS — I ' m Happy, Darling, Dancing With You, shorthand shark, secretary for syste- matic Schenck, swings it. BLOCKER, HENRY — I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze, man-mountain on the march, moves mul- titudes with motions. BOOK, RUTH — Am I In Another World?, slowly speaks her spiel, ardently aspires to acquire an artist ' s A. B. BOZIK, MARY ELLEN— Oh, Breathe Not His Name, efficiently escorts Beckwith, effusive, evasive, exact, and exceptional. BRADNEY, BETTIE — All God ' s Chillun Got Rythm, syncopated symbol of synchronization, sol- emn, sporadic. BROWNELL, BERYL ANN— The Pal That Is Always True, spontaneously scatters scads of step- tical sayings, studendous scholar, sociably sporting. BRYARLY, ROBERT — Yow Know It All, Smarty, red-headed, rushes from room to room, reads rapidly, ruthlessly renders German. BUCKLES, EVELYN — Ever Since Eve, dynamic deception is her destined dish. CAVELL, CHARLOTTE —Laugh Your Way Through Life, hordes of hearts heave heavily far her, (ah-men!) he-men hoof her home. CHEKOURAS, THEODORE— I ' ll Be Faithful, chunky chap who cautiously watches clock in cha- otic typing class. CHRISTOPHER, LUCILLE — Lovely One, a demure, diminutive, delusive dominator that desires devotion. CIESIELSKI, ADELAIDE— Afraid To Dream, her kittenish kindness creates chaos. CINKOSKE, EUGENE — I ' m Bubbling Over, rotund, refluent runabout who radiates rhythm and rhyme. CLEVELAND, MARY — You ' re Everything Sweet, her magnetic, mellow mannerisms makes males meek. CLIFFORD, JANE— She ' s Tall, She ' s Tan, She ' s Terrific, that tantalizing Teutonic Tahitan that towers in tenacious tamelessness. COLE, ROBERT — I Love Your Sister, dumpy, dark-haired, doughty darling, solemnly sways like a seasick sailor. COLE, SCOTT — Love Is Never Out of Season, loquacious lusty lamb who likes lovely ladies. DISPENNETT, AILEEN — Dark Eyes, Distinguishable dark darling from diverse destination. DOBBINS, BETTY — I ' ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, heavy, high-spirited human who hi- bernates with Hill. DODD, JOHN — High, Wide, and Handsome, singular sectio n of the stupendous stalwarts, seldom slips. FREUND, ROSEMARY — Doin ' The Susi-Q, fervent, fashionable femme who frequently flies into fearful fury, fribbles frivously, never fasts. FREYWALD, FRANK — Jamboree, inimitable, illustrious illusion of impatience, faint-hearted fakir of fashion. GENTZ, MARJORIE — Margie, impatient, ideagenous, imaginative image of imperviable impar- turbation. GILLILAND, LILLIAN — The Gentleman Waits, airly ambles along about the building, always aglow when her attraction appears. GROVES. VIRGINIA — Dancing Under The Stars, a spacious supporter of sophisticated swing. HARDESTY, JUNE — Oohl But I ' m Happy, a blissful bit of the senior class, babbles bookkeeping benevolently. HELVIE, MARIANGENEEN — You ' re Looking For Romance, avidly aspires attention, inspires in- dividual idolization. 25 Tongue Twisters Tell Tales HOLT, CAMPBELL — Military Man, fiery, fierce, fiend of football squad, frequently found following the footsteps of K. Field. HU RLEY, ROBERT — Chasing Shadows, murders melodies, strangles songs and lashes lyrics, raptly regards Robert as romancing Romeo. JANTE, MADELON — When Two Love Each Other, a studious shorthand student, often seen with her steady. JOHNSON. ALLEN — A Sailboat In The Moonlight, his crooning cornet is characteristic of a muted medley of moaning melodies. JOHNSON, LEROY — I ' m An Old Cowhand, long limbed, lanky lad who loves to lecture, lounges in languorous leisure. JOHNSTON, MARTHA JANE — Sophisticated Lady, sparkling symbol of sophisticated sex appeal. JOHNSTON, MARY FRANCES— Yoh ' ve Got Something There, friendly, frivolous forget-me-not of fascinating feminity. JONES. DELMA — With All The World to Dream About, naively natural, engaging enthusiast of evincive examinations. JONES. FRANCES — That Old Feeling, justly known as Jonesy, jumps joyously at sight of Johnson. JULIAN, PHYLLIS — Josephine, dimpled Diana, decrees disaster for devotees. KIRIAZIS, THOMAS — Feelin ' Like A Million, ambitious, amiable, ardent, enthusiastic analyst, a-man. KOCH. HILDEGARDE — Study In Brown, the quintessence of qualitative quizzes, quickly quenches queries with quiet quips. KNOBLICH, MARVIN — Ain ' t Misbehavin ' , long, lean, and lukewarm, melancholy meat mangier. KUECK, ELIZABETH — You Ca?r ' t Run Away From Love, languishingly longs for love as she idly leans to learning. LANE, LAUREL — Laughing Irish Eyes, small specimen of a sparkling, solicitous senior. LAW, JOHN — Gone With The Dawn, endeavors in vain to end eternal era of enslavement in this encampment. LEAMING, ROBERT — Don ' t You Care What Anyone Says?, trys to out-talk others, unperturbed by unusual universal events. LECKIE, DONALD — I Got Plenty of Nothing, master mind of tomorrow, momentarily moans for milady, drawls in delightful dialect. LITTON, NOLA — The Big Avple, works with wondrous zest, wows ' em with her wordy witticism. LOWENSTINE, ANN — One In A Million, laborious little lass whose loss of locker keys is limitless. LOWENSTINE, RUTH — Alibi Baby, glowing, galivanting gal who gets her guy. MacFARLANE, JOHN — There ' s A Lull In My Life, serious, seclusive, scarlet-topped scholar who scrupulously searches for self-satisfaction. MARKS, JOHN — Lazybones, sober satellite of Sis, sporific soul, specialist in speciosity. MARTIN, GEORGE — Is It Love Or Infatuation? , mischievous, merry, meandering mite, monarch of meddlers, mirthfully misbehaves. MARTINAL, FRANK — Out On The Prairie, tiny, timid, intellectual, tot with tranquil temperament. MARTINAL, HENRY — Echoes Of The Trail, erudite edition of elder brother, equable, elusive. MASTERSON, EVELYN— Keep That Twinkle In Your Eye, friendly, frivolous, friend of every one, never fails to solicitously sell season tickets. MAUDLIN, ROBERT — Meet Me In The Moonlight, diminutive devilling drip of dynamite, dexter- ously dilly-dallys, causing destruction. McCANN, VERNE — This Year ' s Crop Of Kisses, skyscraping center of six-man line, brandishes blades and blushes bashfully. MIDDLETON, WILLIAM — My Buddy, agreeable, affable, adjuvant lad who knows all the answers, cheerful, clever, and careful. MOHNSSEN, DOROTHY — Love Me As I Love You, my, oh my! Can that be Mohnssen who has mastered the art of masquing? MUSTER, MARY — When I Grow Up, trim tot who transpires thought, eternally exact, diffidently disapproving. NICHOLS, KENNETH — So Rare, wanton warrior who wastes no time on the women. NIELSEN, HENRY — You ' re Here, You ' re There, laconic, laborious lad, easy-going guy who guns a gaudy green jaloppy. OHLFEST, HELEN — Rythm In My Heart, terrifically tortures footer and triumphantly trounces typewriter. PACKMAN, MORRIS — Somewhere A Voice Is Calling, quiet chemist who creates complex com- pounds, builds dozens of doodads for demonstrations. PETRALIAS, MARY — Oh! My Goodness, dark individual who dominates debates and discussions, inaugurates intense irruptions. PHILLIPS, HAROLD— The Horse With The Dreamy Eyes, tenacious talker, blatantly boisterous- ly, vehemently vociferous, lengthy locquacious lecturer. 26 Songs Reveal Personalities PINTZKE, WALDTRAUT — It ' s The Smile That Gets ' Em, a pretty piece of personage with a per- sistent, peppy personality. RADER, KENNETH — Anything Goes, renegade runabout that rambles in remote rurality. RAGSDALE, JEAN — Don ' t Ever Change, Katy-did constantly cuts capers and keeps the boys in a quandary. RHODA, KENNETH— Big Boy Blue, lucid lad with light, limitless laugh, lolls in luxurious leisure, lives in lonely locality. RIDDLE, BETTY JEAN— Sweet Varsity Sue, a gleaming, glimmer:ng, gala gal full of glowing gaiety. RUNNION, ROBERT— Naughty! Naughty!, busy, boisterous bricky who blocked for battering backs. SAAR, ALICE— Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?, participates in the palatial pastime of?. or does she? SANZ, VIRGINIA— There I Go Again, a vision of vital vivac: ' ous vigor valued in the vicinity of V. H. S. SAVERY, WILLIAM— Now Or Never, salient simile of sagacious satire. SHROEDER, CATHERINE— Bright Eyes, tonic tot who terrifically taps typewriter, somewhat si- lent, small and singular. SCHULZ, WILLIAM— All My Life, silent, secretive, scalawag, seldom sensitive, stolidly sure of himself. SEVERIN, CARL— Shoe Shine Boy, silent, sociable sign of Sphinx-like solemnity. SHEETS, CARROLL— Who ' s Afraid Of Love? (much), hardwood hero, blond basketeer, insolvable introvert, diminutive, dexterous dynamo. SHEETS, ROLAND— Learning, rambles unruffled, calmly considers copious questions, champion of controversies. SHURR, DONNA— Dreamy Eyes, pertinent piece of public property who plays typewriter and piano with equal perfection. SINK, MARK— Wake Up And Live, an accomplished artist whose ability is appreciated by Val- enian staff, plavs the piano with plausible perfection. SMITH, CHARLOTTE— Sweet Is The Word For You, palatable piece of penetrating personality. SMITH, MARTHA JOYCE— I ' m In My Glory, glowing, generous gal who glistens with gaiety, sincerely satisfying, likes to lead Leo. SNOOK, JEAN— In Your Own Little Way, a delightful, dimpled dumpling who dilly-dallys about demurely. SNOW, MARTHA— Blame It On The Rumba, loquacious lady seen in the locality of legal learn- ing in the course of civic studies. ST. CLAIR, ELROY— Skeleton In The Closet, hardwood hotshot, glib, gridiron gladiator, neither noncommittal nor nonplussed. STENDAHL, LEILA— Lady From Fifth Avenue, light-haired, lovely lady full of lusty chatter, an ambitious artist. STONER, DORTHA MARIE— Me, Myself, and I, charming, cheering, and chockful of chatter, rapt- ly rushes Rader in rollicking Dramatics roles. SULLIVAN, SHIRLEY— Music In My Heart, pleasingly plays piano for pastime, pacific, per- sistent, precautious. SUTTON, BLAINE — Today I Am A Man, mischievous midget whose martialism is most magnetic. THORGREN, ERNEST— You Gotta Be A Football Hero, mustachioed he-man of many mysterious moods, great guy, gridiron general, genial, gentleman jokester. TOMLINSON, RALPH — One Never Knows, Does One?, meat market maniac makes mincemeat melt in mouths. TUCKER, MILES— I ' m Just A Country Boy At Heart, country chap who cheerfully chins with chums. ULSH, HELEN MAE — I ' m Dependable, round, reputable, requisite rendition of resourcefulness, qualified querist of quizzical questions. VAN ARSDEL, ARTHUR — Johnny One-note, tall, towering, tacit Titan who takes tremendous strides. WAHLBERG, STANLEY — Moonlight On The Highway, occasionally calculates at his chemistry if not contending in a controversy. WEILER, BERNICE — Dinah, eminent edition of effervescent energy, dynamic diminutive, decisive. WEILER, MARJORIE — Contented, radiant, red-haired runabout, resorts to Les for romance. WERTMAN, DONALD — Mamma, I Wanta Make Rythm, a jocund, jocular jokester of jocoseness and jollity, his waggish whims are worth it. WHITE, ROBERT — Big Boy Wolf, stoic son of silence, reserved, retiring, rugged, reticent senior. WILLIAMS, RALPH — I ' m Just A Littl e Boy Blue, slim science shark, placid professor of physics and champion of chemistry calculations. WITNER, EVELYN — It ' s Swell Of You, one who often optimistically omnifies omnifarious oppor- tunities. WULFF, ROBERT — Alone, titanic, timid Tarzan, conceals cranium in conversation. 27 LUCILLE CHRISTOPHER. Secretary ELROY ST. CLAIR. Vice-president CHARLOTTE CAVELL, Treasurer CHARLES BALL, President Class Celebrities Class Colors — Dubonnet and Silver Gray. Class Flower — Red Rose. Class Motto — Respice, adspice, prospice. Con- sider the past, pay attention to the pres- ent, look ahead to the future. AsS eniors D First day of school ... at last — seniors! . . . Class elections . . . proud stu- dents blushingly accept offices . . . Sweaters and rings ordered . . . mostly worn by seniors . . . Exams . . . Junior-senior prom . . . flowers and formals . . . Senior reception . . . Commencement . . . caps and gowns and parchment . . . Last day of school . . . all ' s over. Handlebar Thorgren . . . Phyllis — the secretary . . . Phyllis, Charlotte, Ann — good rooters . . . Tough Guy . . . Mark says, Hold it. . . . Snap shooter — Anderson . . . Tooter — Lane . . . Trio . . . Chief of Valenian— Holt . . . Artists— Sten- dahl, Jones. President CURTIS DYE Secretary RUTH WARK JUNIOR BOYS Row 1 Bottom: Frank Leachman, Byron Gramps, Guy Wellman, Robert Brindle, Jerry Barcus, Herbert Schneider. Sterling Fry, Robert Stoltz, John Campbell, Robert Benton, R. chard Smith, Raymond Marrell, Joseph Awkerman. Jack Smith, Howard King. Row 2 William Elger, Curtis Dye, Alan Lippman, Roy Harlow. Richard Windle, Floyd Tight. Rob2rt Zeller. Robert Labrecque, Harold Fabing, Harry Klein, Lee Sol;z, David Williams, James Runnion. Gilbert Gregory. Row 3 Robert Rhoda, Charles Suesse, Charles Skinner, John Stoner, Harold Henson, Jack Niksch, Robsrt Swift. Robert Peters. John Moench, Charles Kern, Charles Spittal, Charles Burt, James Brobeck. Row 4 Russel Lane. Paul Biggart. Frederick Dayton. Nicholas Harris. Roger Courtney, Dale Brown, Oscar Allanson, Norman Pierce, William Henderson. Warren Lutz. Robert Book. Douglas Moe. John Squire. JUNIOR GIRLS Row 1 Bottom: Genevra McDonald, Wilma Herring, Marjorie Gilliland, Katherine Kroetz. Jean Hip- pensteel. Eleanor Story, Irma Wesche, Margaret Horner, Marjorie Ridgely, Helen Schulz, Rosemary Labreque, Marilynn Lowe. Lorraine Salberg, Aileen Stoner, Jeanette Inman, Ardis Otis. Row 2 Helen Garrison. Janet Take, Florence Shepard, Maryanette Smith, Julia Huball, Ruby Spencer, Patricia Pool, Nedra Mills, Eileen Hurley, Blanche Belaschky, Nena Winder, Betty Stanton, Betty Ziegel, Dorothy Large. Row 3 Ruth Wark. Betty Keck, Margaret French, Anne Wharton, Betty Nolan, Edith Erea, Jane Varner, Wilma Soloman, Rozella Stafford, Florence Pivarnik, Eunice Orsburn. Gladys Spitson, Claire Allett. Row 4 Rosemary Wertman, Annadel Maxwell, Marjorie Warner, Harriett Rex, Corrine Barkley, Carrie Shupe, Dorothy Cheney, Mildred Beach, Iva Mae Berkey, Valeria Price, Lucile Phillips, Mar- jorie Hamilton, Alyce Woycik, Eleanor Hollandsworth. Juniors Nearer Caps, Gowns The juniors, leaving the sophomore class behind, organized their class under sponsorship of Miss Vera L. Sieb. They elected Curtis Dye president, and Ruth Wark secretary. The class is composed of 141 students, and they have charge of the annual Junior-Senior Prom, a formal dance, the largest social function of the school year which is led by the junior president. The juniors also contrib- uted their share of students to the school in the way of music, athletics, and art. The editor-in-chief and business manager of the Valcnian are elected during their junior year, these being Marjorie Warner, business manager, and David Williams, editor-in-chief. Some of those students who were outstanding in the various activities of the school were: Robert Rhoda, Harold Henson, Charles Skinner, John Stoner, and Guy Wellman in athletics; Warren Lutz, who held the office of vice-president of the Hi-Y during the year; Douglas Moe, who was active in the Hi-Y and band work; Margaret French, also active in band work; Patricia Pool, a high scorer in honor roll points; Roy Harlow, and Harriet Rex in music; and Marian Hel- mick, active in Home Economics Club. 29 SOPHOMORE GIRLS Row 1 Bottom: Glaydis Basinger, Alice Davis, Fanny Semen to, Anna Holzapfel, Nancy Whipple, Eileen Sterbenz, Ramona Goin, Shirley Lane. Dorothy Graves, Rosemary B radney, Dorothy Rickman, Mary Lois Wilson, Dorothy Lang, Dorothy Ragsdale. Row 2 Ruth Billerbeck, Emma Sherrick, Evelyn Anderson, Jeanne Stinchfield. Kathryn Field. Bonnie Jean Beach, Coralou Zimmerman, Patricia Clay, Sarah Derman, Molly McGill, Irene Tilton, Beatrice Mann, Marian Helmick, Eleanor Nolan, Maxine Bell. Row 3 Margaret Marquardt, Vivian McCann, Martha Crisman, Nina Houston, Marcele Arndt, Maxine Thune, Nancy Howard, Betty Griswold. Violet Hill, Delia Kline, Bette Warner, Hilda Truppe, Joanne Krysa. Katherine Becker, Virginia Sherrick. Row 4 Dorothy Wright. Anna May Soliday, Ann Walsh, Lola Ponton, Mary Helen Shaw, Aileen Alyea, Mary Lou Grieger, Evelyn Dalke, Esther Daily, Doris Fry, Rose Marie Swift, Marjorie Broviak, Gladys Makovsky, Martha Schellinger, Mildred Semento. SOPHOMORE BOYS Row 1 Bottom: Edward Skinner, Byron Ferguson. Robert Bryarly, Robert Gratton, Robert Packman, Clyde Harville, Herbert Mendel, Donald Nielsen, Donald Olson, James McVay, Thomas Benton, Charles Barber, William Snook, Virgil Stipp, William Dougall. Row 2 Robert Laughery, William Berlin, Robert Bartholomew, Ralph Lane, Robert Smith, Gilbert Harshbarger. Vere Shook, Charles Eick, Robert Stoner, Charles Boule, Gregg Johnson, Lawrence Dahl, Junior Hathaway, Dale Gott, Roger Mead. Row 3 Warren Mounce, Arthur Kilmer, Walter Kline. Maurice Greene, Vernon Kraft, Raymond Wickizer, Ellis Swisher, James Smith, Richard Zimmerman, William Crockett, Robert Weiss, Robert Sievers, Stephen Kriston, Arthur Proffitt. Row 4 Harry Large, Raymond Phillips. Harlan Eckley, Paul Goodrich, LeRoy Cole, Herbert Weichert, Delmar Fisher, Harold Masterson, James Scott, Robert Torbeson, Robert Johnson, Norman Danielson, Bennett Berlin, Robert Brown, William Ramey. Row 5 Paul Christopher, Edwin Mendel, Thomas Cargo, Charles Beckwith, Charles Clifford, Robert Gold, Harvey Varner, Roy Dittman, William Thiel, Lawrence Sudakov. Sophomores Seek Upper Class The sophomore class is unorganized, but is one of the largest classes in the school. It is composed of 133 students. There is no sponsor, and there are no class functions. They made the way somewhat easier for the freshmen, getting them started in school, and acquainting them with the rules and regulations. They also reduced the problems with which freshmen and new students are al- ways confronted. Many of the sophomores made the honor roll and some re- ceived scholarships. They contributed members to almost every phase of school life. In the scholastic field are Dorothy Ragsdale, Nancy Whipple, Molly McGill, and Rob- ert Weiss; in the music field, Gladys Makovsky was outstanding in glee club and operetta work, and Glaydis Basinger and Alice Davis in band work. Those contributing their share in the athletic field were: Charles Clifford, Robert Smith, Lawrence Dahl, and Robert Gold. 30 FRESHMAN BOYS Bottom: Howard Berrier, Jack Brownbridge, Frederick Clouse. Roy Shinabarger. Donald Burch, Frank Slagle, James LefTler, Jack Henry. Stanley Sterbenz, Charles Eades, Mandel Lowenstine, Carroll Wilgus. Frank McWatlers, Harold Haberstrah, Maynard Niequist. Harold Corsbie, James Wright, William Murphy, Walter Molinder, Robert Bagdon, Donald Campbell. Charles Bogan, Oscar Shepherd, Richard Marrell, William Graves, Martin Miller. Richard Moltz, Warren Hoover, John Fredericks. Wendell Waskom, William Hollandsworth. Wil- liam Pivarnik, Robert Bechler, Roland Hardesty, Jack Hoyt, John Cleveland, Robert Rudder, Gene Hart, Phillip Jonas. Deforest Ailes. Donald Hamilton. Roy Maudlin. William Take, Byron Smith. Charles Coyer. Wesley Berrier, LeRoy Collins worth. Gene Tucker, George Adams, Richard Church, Kenneth Wilson, William Bowman, Charles Harmon, Charles Sink, John Borum. Bennie Howard, Robert Gregory, Gunter Pintzke, Robert Koselke, Arthur Nolan, Robert McKay, Wayne Farrington, Joseph Namoff, Robert Johnson, Roy Williamson, Jack Kuhn, Donald Hardssty, James Howard. FRESHMAN GIRLS Row 1 Bottom: Erma Jean Buckles, Isabel Fabing, Marguerette Goodrich, Shirley Goble. Frances White, Marjorie Martin, Norma Smith, Helen Butterfield. Dorothy Mock ler, Doris Fox, Catherine Spencer, Betty Jayne Winslow, Bonnie Sauter, Vivian Parry, Josephine Mayer. Row 2 Mary Ellis Helen M ie Bliss. Marilyn Edelman. Eileen Larcom, Marie Morthland. Shirley Hibbets. Margaret Snow, Patricia Dunlap, Arlene Benson, Shirley Peterson, Helen Clark, Berniece Eick, Anna Mary Squire, Gloria Boule, Bertha Swanson, Marguerite Snyder. Row 3 Rose Mary Claussen. Ruth Barkley, Louise Ahlgrim, Jean Deckro, Mary Frances Bloeman, Marillynn Heap. Ruth Cotterman, Eva Brown. Mary Thiesen. Gloria Bagdon, Marjorie Petralias, Jeanette Woycik, Juanita Burnett, Deltha Johnson, Julia Tuthill, Rita Schoof. Row 4 Lu Jane Werlman. Signe Lindberg, Caroline Lindsey, Mary Green, Madeline Falls, Angeline Paika, Margaret McGillicuddy, Gloria Nogard, Aurelia Tucinski. Martha Cooper, Karyll Mae Kluender, Ursula Hendrich. Hazel Leon, Gladys Hanson, Barbara Martin. Row 5 Norma Story, Lorna Owens, Betty Vainer, Martha Zywanoske, Barbara Dick, Mary Helen Kenyon, Dorothy Bradshaw, Patricia Wolf, Rosemary Koch, Elizabeth Ann Foxworthy, Ada Kilmer, Hilde Buck, Elaine Magid, Janet Shauer. Marion Scoville. 1938 FRESHMEN Rcw 1 Bottcm: William Kern, August Raelson, Burl Maxwell, Robert Gray, Donald Clark, Francis Bryant, Richard Henderson. Row 2 Robert Stendahl, Winslow Jones, Jack Dean, Milton Falls. James Sherman, John DeCoster, Lin- coln Geist, Harry Smith. Robert Lister. Row 3 Robert Sawtell, Allan Wheeler, Claude Biggs, Charles Younce, Frances Erea, Lois Ludington, Maxine Jante, Florence Shinabarger. Row 4 Mary Jeanne Myers, Elnora Hill. Joan Whipple, Martha Wharton, Jeanne Claudon, Martha Berry. Norma Jeanne Haley, Jean Mclllvaine, Barbara Slingerland. Row 5 Elizabeth Gaunt, Sina Church, Harriet Lorraine Burns, Mary Lou Peck, Helen Combis, Jeanette Schulz, Evelyn Pearson, Betty Lou Shinabarger. 31 . M ! 1 Al i V r v - tl 1 1H ii--; I MX ' ' Valcnian Staff CAMPBELL HOLT, Editor-in-chief DONALD LECKIE, Business manager HILDEGARDE KOCH, Literary editor MARK SINK, Art editor BERYL ANN BROWNELL, Girls ' sports editor ROBERT BEACH, Boys ' sports editor MARTHA JOYCE SMITH, Activities editor EDITH ANDERSON, Snap-shot editor BLAINE SUTTON, Snap-shot editor Seniors Edit Book Typing, taking pictures, writing, and proofreading are only a few of the duties performed by the Valenian staff. The staff is elected by the senior class. All members except the editor- in-chief and business manager are elected in their senior year. These two are elected during the junior year, in order to serve as apprentices under the pre- ceding staff. The nine members work a period or more a day under the direction of Mrs. Emma R. Foor, the journalism adviser, to plan and edit the Valenian. Each fall, the staff faces the task of selecting a suitable theme for the book. After this is decided, the arrangement, style, and art work must be worked out. The covers offered by various competing companies are checked and compared carefully as to beauty, durability, and to decide if it pertains to the general theme of the book. Proofreading and consultations with the printer aid in presenting the book in a pleasing manner and correct literary style. uttumal rluilastir JJrrss Assnriatum I I IMEKK AN YEARBOOK CRITICAL SERVICE Che ' Onknian In recognition .■ U metlr it .lu-.irdeJ Jfirst Class $cmor -Rating S n i. n.„ r,.„u.L c ..., 5,m.. . ,A, N JS.L.I.,.,,, I ' ijuoetai it ' ' . DmMw ' tv of Minnesota. Drp. rimri, of Jaumaliam, I ,1 . ..,■ o) ' .„„ L,. (9.v- fcysN a, | Siilrnuiiflnal iiminrarj Snrirro forfmjh Srliool Jmnulisis Jimrnuiiional Fnsl flarr Warft •rf«- 34 VALPOST STAFF Row 1 Bottom: Ruth Lowenstine. Hildegarde Koch, Harriett Rex, Mrs. Foor, sponsor, Rosemary Freund. Virginia Groves, Lillian Gilliland, Charlotte Cavell. Row 2 Alan Lippman, Emma Dean Berry. Dortha Marie Stoner, Beryl Ann Brownell, Helen Mae Ulsh, Pauline Cody, Mary Cleveland, Donna Shurr, Charles Ball. Row 3 Thomas Kiriazis. Oscar Allanson, Kenneth Rader, Arthur Van Arsdel, Robert Hurley, Donald Leckie, William Fulton. Valpost Staff Finds All, Prints All There are two Valpost staffs provided by the journalism classes, a fall and a mid-year class. The beginning class studies the theory of journalism and ob- tains experience by writing stories, proofreading, and composing headlines. The advanced class devotes its efforts to publishing sixteen issues of the Valpost, one every two weeks, and it endeavors to put out at least five six page issues. The work includes selling advertisements to local merchants, proofreading, counting, and distributing papers. The paper is financed by these advertise- ments and subscriptions. The staff is supervised and managed by the journalism instructor, Mrs. Emma R. Foor. The staff members are given definite news assignments and write-ups, and the beginning class and student body aid by making contributions. The writing, compiling, proofreading, and publishing of the Valpost give the students invaluable training in the journalistic field, and help some to find the career they desire. The papers are entered in national and international contests and are con- sistently awarded first class rating. News snooping, writing, proofing, printing, publishing, all have their part in the successful completion of the finished product — The Valpost. 35 COMMERCIAL CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Floyd Tight. Robert Runnion, John Campbell, Ellis Swisher, Roger Courtney, Donald Hardesty, Donald Burch, Jack Henry, Charles Eick. Row 2 Martha Jane Johnston, Mary Frances Johnston, Martha Snow, Mary Muster, Dorothy Large, Nola Litton, Lillian Gilliland, Marjorie Broviak, Lucile Philips. Miss Hudson — ponsor. Row 3 James Brobeck, William Fulton, Thomas Kiriazis, Arthur Van Arsd;l, John MacFarlane, Vere Shook, Kenneth Nichols, Miles Tucker. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Ruth Ball. Sara Derman, Evelyn Masterson, Maryannette Smith, Coralcu Zimmerman, Margaret Marquardt, Waldtraut Pintzke. Miss Bartholom Q w- — sponsor, Miss Weems, Nena Winder, Nedra Mills, Marian Helmick, Evelyn Hoover, Molly McGill. Row 2 Phyllis Biggs. Beatrice Mann. Esther Daily, Eva Brown. Marjorie Weiler, Mary Green. Patricia Wolf, Signe Lindberg. Marian Scoville, Dorothy Bradshaw, Helen Eu ' .terfield, Dorothy Klusmeyer, Margaret Faye Horner, Delma Jones, Mary Frances Bloeman. Row 3 Irene Tilton, Gloria Boule, Marillynn Heap, Louise Ahlgrim, Arlene Benso n, E ' leen Hurley, Elizabeth Foxworthy, Rosemary Koch, Helen Ohlfest, Anna Mae Soliday, Dorothy Wright, Emma Sherrick, Shirley Hibbets, Madeline Falls, Josephine Mayer. Bi ,-C usiness- ommerce M erge Those students who are interested in commercial work are drawn to the Commercial Club. Business-like meetings are held and members learn much about positions and life in the business world. During the year, various outside speakers help in this work. Last semester Mr. Allanson, a prominent business man, addressed the group. Faculty members and students also aided at the regular meetings. Major social events of the year are the Christmas party and spring banquet. Miss Hudson is the sponsor of the Commer- cial Club. Home Makers Club Active Under the supervision of Miss Bartholomew and Miss Weems, the large group of girls interested in home economics work receive their training. The club is a member of the state and national society. There are forty-five girls in this club. The girls are requested to complete a project during the year. Each may choose her own project and it must pertain to some phase of home economics work. Two prominent members of the Home Economics Club are sent to represent the club at the Indianapolis Home Economics convention. COMMERCIAL CLUB OFFICERS Sponsor MISS HUDSON President JOHN MacFARLANE Vice-president THOMAS KIRIAZIS Secretary LILLIAN GILLILAND Treasurer MARY FRANCES JOHNSTON HOME ECONOMICS CLUB OFFICERS Sponsor MISS BARTHOLOMEW President RUTH BALL Vice-president PHYLLIS BIGGS Secretary EVELYN MASTERSON Treasurer MARIAN HELMICK 36 Club Studies, Talks German Valparaiso High School has two foreign language clubs. Of these, the German Club is the older. Its members are required to speak as much German as possible, the club ' s aim being to help the German students put their German knowledge to as much prac- tical use as possible. During the year, the lives of German musicians and authors are studied and plays are written by the members. Mr. Koch is the sponsor of the German Club. Latin Club Newly Formed This club, the youngest in the high school, is just newly organ- ized under the sponsorship of Miss Stoner. It is composed of thirty members interested in the intriguing stories of ancient Rome. The club had several projects during the year, one of them being the publication of the Latin newspaper. This work was done by the members of the club who were requested to write poems and letters in Latin. GERMAN CLUB OFFICERS Sponsor MR. KOCH President CURTIS DYE Vice-president FRANK LEACHMAN Secretary JACK MARKS Treasurer MARIANNE GRAVES LATIN CLUB OFFICERS Sponsor MISS STONER Consul JAMES SMITH Praetor HILDEGARDE KOCH Scriba CHARLOTTE SMITH GERMAN CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Edward Skinner, Lola Pontnn. Byron G ramps, Delia Klein, Rozella Stafford, Frank Leachman. Clyde Harville, Berniece Eick, Robert Bryarly. Kow 2 Dorothy Lang, Waldtraut Pintzke, Eileen Alyea, Mr. Koch— sponsor, Vivian McCann, June Hardesty, Rose Marie Swift, Jeanette Inman. Row 3 Paul Christopher, Irrna Wesche, Florence Shepard, Bette Warner, Hilda Truppe, Delma Jones, Norma Story. Hilde Buck, Ursula Hendrich, Robert WulfL Row 4 Curtis Dye, LeRoy Cole, Robert Swift, Henry Blocker, Charles Burt, Robert Torbeson, Jack Marks. LATIN CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Bennie Howard, James Howard, Jack Kuhn, Byron Smith. Herbert Mendel. Charles Ball, Robert Packman, Edwin Mendel, Lawrence Sudakov, Robert Weiss, James Smith. Row 2 Miss Stoner — sponsor. Charlotte Smith, Phyllis Julian, Lorna Owens, Bonnie Beach, Rosemary Labrecque, Patricia Pool, Nedra Mills, Mary Thiesen. Catherine Spencer, Dorothy Mockler. Row 3 Sarah Derman, Evelyn Dalke. Jeanette Woycik, Margaret Snow. Marjorie Warner, Hildrgarde Koch, Martha Schellingsr, Gregg Johnson, Dale Brown, Robert Johnson. 37 STAMP CLUB Row 1 Bottom: William Thiel, Harold Masterson, Stanley Sterbenz, Herbert Mendel. Row 2 Robert McKay, John Moench, Jerry Barcus, Mr. Reid — sponsor, Richard Marrell, Virgil Stipp. Row 3 Russel Lain, Donald Campbell, Harold Corsbie, Frank McWatters, Harold Haberstroh, Charles Harmon. SCIENCE CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Lawrence Sudakov, Donald Nielsen. Blaine Sutton, James Smith, Carolyn Lindsey, Mr. Pauley — sponsor, Robert Weiss, Phillip Jonas, Theodore Chekouras, Alan Lippman, William Savery. Robert Brindle, Norman Danielson. Row 2 David Williams, Arthur Nolan, Charles Sink, John MacFarlane, Richard Zimmerman, Robert Kraft, Donald Leckie, Robert White. Dwight Arndt. William Berlin, Eugene Cinkoske. Row 3 Robert Rutter, Carl Severin, Arthur Van Arsdel. Oscar Allanson, Robert Rex. Ralph Williams, Henry Blocker, Allen Johnson, Lloyd Pinkerton, Morris Packman, Marvin Knoblich. Boys Collect Rare Stamps This club, sponsored by Mr. Reid, studies and collects stamps. It is composed of twenty members all of whom are boys. It is a comparatively new club, having been organized in 1933 by Mr. Jessee upon the suggestion of the Senior Stamp Club of Valparaiso. It is the aim of the club to interest V. H. S. students in the fascinat- ing study of stamps. Mr. Richard Lamprecht spoke to the club members, giving advice to the beginning stamp collectors. Sciemus Seeks New Fields This club, composed of students who are interested in the mod- ern advances of science, is sponsored by Mr. Pauley. This organization is affiliated with the Junior Academy of Sci- ence. Three new branches of this club were formed during the year, one a camera group, another an airplane group, and the third a radio group. During the year, projects are made by members and the best of these are sent to be judged in the state contest. 38 OFFICERS Sponsor MR. REID President JERRY BARCUS Vice-president VIRGIL STIPP Secretary-Treasurer WILLIAM THIEL OFFICERS Sponsor MR. PAULEY President DONALD LECKIE Vice-president BLAINE SUTTON Secretary -Treasurer DAVID WILLIAMS Sergeant-at-Arms LIOYD PINKERTON All in a day ' s work in dramatics. OFFICERS Sponsor MR. CONKLING President ROBERT MAUDLIN Vice-president EDITH ANDERSON Secretary -Treasurer RUTH BALL Masqueraders Apply Paint The members of the dramatics class compose the Footlight Masqueraders, a club sponsored by Mr. Conkling. During the school year, many plays are presented to the student body. Make-up is studied and each student is required to transform a classmate into any age person. Projects such as constructing stages and working out the lives of well-known actors and actresses are one of the re- quirements of the club. Much time and effort is spent in memorizing parts and in practicing in order that the plays may be successful. Oftentimes practices begin at seven A. M. and last until eight-thirty. Each person does his best to interpret the part he is to portray. The student body looks forward to the presentation of a play by the Footlight Masqueraders. The plays given this year before the Wednesday morning as- semblies were: The Door-Mat, The Neighbors, A Sign unto You, Elmer, The Ghost Story, and The Women Folks. FOOTLIGHT MASQUERADERS Row 1 Bottom: Scott Cole, Edith Anderson, Ruth Ball. Florence Pivarnik, Bernice Weiler, Dortha Marie Stoner. Row 2 Evelyn Witner. Virginia Sanz. Robert Maudlin. Mr. Conkling— sponsor, Mariangeneen Helvie, Dorothy Klusmeyer, Dorothy Mohnssen. Row 3 Charlotte Cavell. Verne McCann, Betty Dobbins. Donald Wertman, Betty Jean Riddle. Kenneth Rader, Marjorie Gentz, Lillian Gilliland. 39 HI-Y Row 1 Bottom: Byron Smith, Elroy St. Clair, Eugene Cinkoske, Henry Nielson, Mr. Schenk — sponsor, William Savery, Robert Weiss. Robert Maudlin. Row 2 Robert Book, Warren Lutz, Campbell Holt, John MacFarlane, Robert Rhoda. Roland Sheets, Donald Leckie. Charles Kern. Row 3 John S toner, Robert Sievers, Mark Sink. Robert Arnold, Douglas Moe, Charles Skinner, Charles Suesse, William Henderson, Norman Pierce. Hi-Y Serves School, Pupils The Hi-Y, a high school service club, is an outgrowth of the Young Men ' s Christian Association. Its ideals are carried out and preserved by the members of the Hi-Y who prescribe to them cheerfully. The club was formed ten years ago. The sponsor of the club, Mr. Ralph E. Schenck, serves as adviser to the board and members. The board meets with him weekly to discuss prob- lems brought up by them. This club is very active in the school. Among those activities which aid in serving others are: the courtesy campaign, the sale of schedule pencils, the second-hand book store, the checkroom at basketball games, and the ushering of students at gymnasium convocations. Several activities in which Hi-Y boys participate for self-im- provement and entertainment are: the annual Father-and-Son Ban- quet, attendance at Hi-Y conferences, attendance at various churches in a body. The membership of the club is limited to thirty-five. Only those boys selected by the members and approved by the board may par- ticipate in the formal induction ceremony which permits them to wear Hi-Y sweaters and pins. New members must go through a special period of training before being formally inducted. This club elects its officers yearly, and the president appoints the sergeant-at-arms. Boys value an affiliation with the Hi-Y as not everyone can become a member and those who do represent young men really interested in the code of the Hi-Y. OFFICERS Spcmsor MR. SCHENCK President CAMPBELL HOLT Vice-president WARREN LUTZ Secretary MARK SINK Treasurer JOHN MacFARLANE 40 SENIOR OFFICERS Sponsor MISS MILLER President MARY CLEVELAND Vice-president JANE CLIFFORD Secretary BETTY JEAN RIDDLE Treasurer LEILA STENDAHL JUNIOR OFFICERS Sponsor MISS SHAUER President HARRIETT REX Vice-president MARGARET FRENCH Secretary PATRICIA POOL Treasurer MARJORIE WARNER Senior Service Group Active The Senior Girl Reserves, like the other groups, have their own officers and club meetings. At different times during the year, outside speakers are secured to address the groups on topics of in- terest. No restriction is made on membership. All that is asked is that the girls uphold the standards of the club. This year, the local Girl Reserves helped to start a Girl Reserve organization in the Wheeler High School. The sponsor of the Senior Girl Reserves is Miss Miller. Miss Shauer Heads Jr. Group The girls ' service club of Valparaiso High School is the Girl Reserves. This organization is divided into three sections, one of which is the Junior Girl Reserves. This group, under the sponsor- ship of Miss Shauer, has its own officers and club meetings. In the entire Girl Reserve organization, the point system is used. To en- title one to a sweater a girl must have been a member of the Girl Reserves for at least two years and must have earned at least one- hundred points. Points are earned in various ways such as at- tending church, visiting sick people, and work on programs. SENIOR GIRL RESERVES Row 1 Bottom: Catherine Schroeder, Marjorie Weiler, Mary Cleveland, Hildegarde Koch, Ann Lowen- stine, Miss Miller — sponsor, Rosemary Freund. Donna Shurr, Ruth Lowenstine, Emma Dean Berry, Mary Johnston, Adelaide Ciesielski, Nola Litton. Row 2 Dortha Marie Stoner, Jane Clifford, Charlotte Smith, Martha Joyce Smith, Phyllis Julian, Frances Jones. Mariangeneen Helvie, Jean Ragsdale, Martha Johnston, Helen Mae Ulsh, Ruth Book. Mary Petralias, Evelyn Masterson. Row 3 Helen Ohlfest, Leila Stendahl, Virginia Sanz. Charlotte Cavell. Laurel Lane, Phyllis Biggs, Lucille Christopher, Betty Riddle, Edith Anderson, Evelyn Witner, Mary Muster, Madelon Jante. JUNIOR GIRL RESERVES Row 1 Bottom: Rosemary Wertman, Aileen Stoner, Lorraine Salberg. Helen Garrison. Iva Mae Berkey, Miss Shauer — sponsor. Marjorie Hamilton. Marjorie Warner. Jean Hippensteel, Harriett Rex. Row 2 Claire Allett, Eleanor Story, Jane Varner, Florence Pivarnik, Eunice Orsburn, Betty Nolan, Peggy French, Anne Wharton, Ruth Wark. Row 3 Valeria Price, Betty Stanton, Wilma Soloman, Julia Huball, Mildred Beach, Rosemary Labrecque, Helen Schulz, Eileen Hurley, Blanche Belaschky, Patricia Pool. 41 Youngest Group is Largest By far the largest group of Girl Reserves is the freshman- sophomore group. Obtaining members from the freshman and soph- omore classes of the high school, these girls perform their share of Girl Reserve work. Usually, the girls themselves take part in the programs, but occasionally outside speakers are invited to address the group. Some of the activities in which the Freshman-Sophomore Girl Reserves take part are: filling of Christmas baskets to be given to the needy, ushering at various school functions, and especially the sale of Christmas seals in the down-town district and in the school. Considering the size of this combined group, and of the other two groups, they work wonderfully together. At the May breakfast, given annually in the high school library, the Freshman-Sophomore Girl Reserves have charge of part of the preparation and the clean- up duties afterwards. The girls may earn points in various ways, among them being active service in the church, Sunday school, and young people ' s organizations. The sponsor of the club is Miss McGillicuddy. Occasionally joint meetings of all the Girl Reserves are held and each group furnishes a part of the program. This club is helpful to girls in high school as it enables them to carry out the points in the Girl Reserve code among which are sincerity, dependability, loyalty, and many other characteristics so necessary for a high school girl to cultivate. These points help her immensely when she is out of school. People remember such characteristics in fellow beings long after they may have forgotten faces and it is toward the acquiring of these characteristics that a true Girl Reserve is forever striving, never losing sight of her goal. OFFICERS Sponsor MISS McGILLICUDDY President EVELYN ANDERSON Vice-president JEANNE STINCHFIELD Secretary MARJORIE BROVIAK Treasurer GLADYS MAKOVSKY FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE G. R. Row 1 Bottom: Gladys Makovsky, Marjorie Broviak, Kathryn Field, Evelyn Anderson, Miss McGilli- cuddy — sponsor, Jeanne Stinchfield, Dorothy Ragsdale, Bonnie Jean Beach, Marcele Arndt. Row 2 Rosemary Claussen. Margaret McGillicuddy, Coralou Zimmerman, Patricia Clay, Frances White, Marie Morthland, Helen Mae Bliss, Shirley Goble, Jeanette Woycik, Marilyn Edelman, Josephine Mayer, Mary Ellis, Alice Davis, Glaydis Basinger. Row 3 Rosemary Koch, Martha Chrisman, Ann Walsh, Molly McGill, Bertha Swanson, Jean Deckro, Esther Daly, Doris Fry, Delia Klein, Nancy Whipple, Eileen Sterbenz, Ramona Goin, Rosemary Bradney. Row 4 Margaret Marquardt, Mary Helen Shaw, Mary Lou Grieger, Virginia Sherrick, Violet Hill, Maxine Thune, Nancy Howard, Eleanor Nolan, Martha Zywanoske, Marguerite Snyder, Vivian Parry, Bonnie Jean Sauter, Shirley Lane. 42 GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB President DONNA SHURR Vice-president GERTRUDE DAVIDSON Secretary ANNE WHARTON Treasurer MARTHA JOYCE SMITH BOYS ' GLEE CLUB President ROBERT SIEVERS Vice-President DONALD WERTMAN Treasurer DALE KOHLER GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Bernice Weiler. Lola Ponton, Isabel Fabing, Shirley Goble, Ada Kilmer, Erma Jean Buckles, Betty Grace Varner, Jean Snook, Anna Holzapfel, Patricia Clay, Dorothy Cheney, Barbara Dick, Bonnie Jean Sauter, Lu Jane Wertman, Mariangeneen Helvie, Mildred Beach, Julia Tuthill. Row 2 Jean Cochran, Irene Tilton, Fannie Semento, Elaine Magid, Janet Shauer, Gladys Makovsky, Eileen Alyea, Karyll Mae Kluender, Joanne Krysa, Mildred Semento, Betty Jayne Winslow, Barbara Martin, Coralou Zimmerman, Dorothy Mockler, Mary Helen Kenyon. Row 3 Rosemary Wertman, Annadel Maxwell, Nina Houston, Aurelia Tucinski. Katherine Becker, Dorothy Mohnssen, Martha Cooper, Betty Griswold. Maxine Thune, Carrie Shupe, Gloria Nogard, Evelyn Buckles, Harriett Rex, Corinne Barkley, Lillian Gilliland. Row 4 Pauline Cody, Doris Fox, Beatrice Mann, Wilma Herring, Martha Joyce Smith, Vivian Parry, Mary Lois Wilson, Anne Wharton, Virginia Sherrick, Esther Daily, Katherine Kroetz, Marjorie Gilliland, Donna Shurr, Marjorie Gentz. Row 5 Rita Schoof, Betty Jean Ziegel, Shirley Sullivan, Marilyn Edelman, Maxine Bell, Lucille Phillips, Betty Kueck, Alice Saar, Mrs. Myers — sponsor, Martha Schellinger, Jean Deckro, Gloria Bagdon, Gertrude Davidson, Bettie Bradney, Dorothy Rickman. BOYS ' GLEE CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Robert Laugherty, Philip Jonas, Charles Kern, Robert Kraft, Robert Gratton, Clyde Harville, Donald Wertman. Row 2 Stanley Sterbenz, Robert Sievers, Bennett Berlin, Raymond Wickizer, Herbert Schneider, Ken- neth Rader, Dale Kohler. Row 3 Vernon Kraft, Walter Kline, Roy Shinabarger, Charles Suesse, Robert Hurley, Robert Johnson, Robert Zeller. Glee Clubs T rain an dSi ing Valparaiso High School has two glee clubs, the boys ' and the girls ' . The Girls ' Glee Club is under the direction of Mrs. Mary Myers, and the Boys ' Glee Club is under the direction of Harold L. Rogers. The Girls ' Glee Club has much the larger membership. It was decided this year to give the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, Iolanthe . These groups worked hard on the operetta. They had confidence in their ability and did their best to make Iolanthe a success. Last year, the operetta was omitted from the school program for the first time in many years. During the year, the glee clubs perform before the student body at regular convocations. Credit is given for glee club work. The girls ' club practices on Tuesday and Friday, and the boys ' on Monday and Friday. The practices of the girls ' begin at eight fifteen and end at nine o ' clock. The boys practice the eighth period of the day. Tryouts for placement are given the first of the year and no boy or girl really interested in music who can carry a ' tune is denied entrance into the glee clubs. The Girls ' Glee Club has a member- ship of eighty, while the Boys ' Glee Club numbers twenty. 43 ORCHESTRA Row 1 Bottom: Marilynn Heap, Catherine Spencer. Anna Mary Squire, Genevra McDonald, Walter Kline. Robert Sievers, Robert Laughery, Phillip Jonas, Robert Packman. Row 2 Barbara Dick, Mr Rogers — director, Margaret French. Row 3 Charles Kern, Laurel Lane, Stanley Sterbenz, Robert White, Vernon Kraft, Helen Ohlfest, Deltha Johnston, Alice Davis, Bertha Swanson, Robert McKay. BAND Row 1 Bottom: Robert Johnson, Glaydis Basinger, Genevra McDonald. Thomas Benton, Ruth Cotterman, Laurel Lane, Eileen Larcom, Roy Dittman, Robert McKay, Roy Williamson, Deltha Johnston. Row 2 Mr. Rogers — director. Row 3 Donald Wertman, Robert White, Stanley Wahlberg, Richard Marrell, Dorothy Graves. Dorothy Klusmeyer. Stanley Sterbenz, Charles Harmon, Robert Arnold, Paul Biggart, Douglas Moe. Row 4 Vernon Kraft. Helen Ohlfest, William Crockett, Roy Shinabarger, Alice Davis, Bertha Swanson, Charles Suesse, Robert Zeller, Walter Kline. Boys, Girls Play for School Under the leadership of Harold L. Rogers, the V. H. S. Band played at football and basketball games during the school year. They also entertained the student body at Wednesday morning convocations. The band and orchestra had regular meetings, the band met on Friday morning and at different periods during the day, and the orchestra on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morn- ings, the fourth period. One-fifth of a credit a semester was given at the regular grading period by the director. Mr. Rogers worked hard with both groups to advance them. He built the band to a large organization. Classical numbers and modern selections were included in their appearances to make them enjoyable. The orchestra furnished music for the operetta and for commencement activities. There are seventy-five members in the band, and twenty in the orchestra. The band did not enter any contests this year, al- though it has enjoyed victory in past contests, including national rating in 1933. 44 BAND OFFICERS Sponsor MR. ROGERS President DOUGLAS MOE Vice-president ROBERT ARNOLD Sec ' y-Treasurer LAUREL LANE GLEE CLUB Group who gave a con- cert during music week, April, 1937. CHOIR IS NEW ORGANIZATION Row 1 Bottom: Genevra MacDonald, Harriett Rex, Mrs. Myers — director, Shirley Sullivan, Robert Sievers, Anne Wharton. Row 2 Corinne Barkley, Alice Saar, Donald Wertman, Floyd Biggs, Lillian Gilliland, Mariangeneen Helvie. Row 3 Elaine Magid, Gladys Makovsky, Irene Tilton, Robert Moltz, Roy Harlow. Lu Jane Wertman. DOUBLE QUARTET Mark Sink — accompanist. Donald Wertman. Roy Harlow, Harriett Rex, Gladys Makovsky, Anne Wharton, Gertrude Davidson, Curtis Dye, Robert Hurley. Choir Sings Before Groups The A Capella Choir, an organization of twenty boys and girls under the direction of Mrs. Mary L. Myers, met three times a week, the fourth period on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Of the four types of voices, the sopranos were much the largest in number, the altos next, the basses, and finally the tenors of which there were but two. The choir sang at various P.-T. A. and teachers ' meetings held at the high school and in the grade schools. The upper picture shows the Girls ' Glee Club, directed by Mrs. Mary Myles, singing in the Methodist Church during National Music Week. This appearance took the place of the usual operetta. The bottom picture is of the double quartet, an organization which was active the first semester but the second semester gave way to the choir. 45 Tumblers Go Into Action Under the supervision of Mr. J. B. Brown, the Tumbling Club was organized in 1931 for the purpose of enabling those boys not proficient enough to make varsity teams to take part in some form of athletics. The club has enjoyed success since its beginning in providing entertainment for clubs and other organizations of Val- paraiso. This year the club visited other cities and performed be- tween halves of basket-ball games. Athletic Club to Aid Sports When the Athletic Club was first organized, its membership was not restricted. Any boy interested in athletics could join. Later, it was decided to cut down the membership of the club to those boys out for certain sports; that is, during the football season, Mr. Wiggins called together and instructed those boys who were out for football, and during the basketball season, Mr. Powell called a meeting of the basketball boys. The club met on an average of once a week, discussing various rules and plays pertaining to the sport. V TUMBLING TEAM Row 1 Bottom: Harry Larcom, Robert Bryarly, Robert Gratlon, Howard Berrier, Edward Skinner. Charles Barber, Gene Tucker, George Adams, Robert Gregory. Row 2 William Snook. Gunter Pintzke, Warren Mounce, William Dougall. Arthur Kilmer. Mr. Brown — sponsor. Donald Nielsen. Warren Hoover. John Fredericks, John Borum, Wayne Farrington. Row 3 Glenn Owens, Roger Mead, Richard Moltz, Wilford Murphy, Frank Slagle, Donald Hamilton, Leroy Collinsworth, Maurice Greene, William Bowman, William Elger. Row 4 William Graves, James Griffith, Glen Reynolds, Loren Biggs, Harold Fabing, Paul Goodrich, Donald Zulich. Wesley Berrier, Ralph Lane, Robert Bartholomew, Francis Miskimins. ATHLETIC CLUB Row 1 Bottom: Lloyd Pinkerton, Elroy St. Clair. William Windle. Harold Henson, Harry Klein. Mr. Wiggins — sponsor. Roland Sheets. Charles Coyer, Robert Maudlin, Robert Wulff, Campbell Holt. Row 2 Robert Hurley. Raymond Marrell, Richard Windle, Dale Gott, Lawrence Dahl, Charles Eades, Robert Smith. Roy Maudlin, Steve Kriston, Charles Bogan, Sterling Fry, Verne McCann. Row 3 Robert Rhoda, Guy Wellman, Harry Large, Robert Brown, Robert Gold, Charles Clifford, Mr. Powell — sponsor, Robert Stoner, James Runnion, Jack Niksch, Lee Soltz, John Dodd. TUMBLING OFFICERS Sponsor MR. BROWN President ARTHUR KILMER Vice-president WILLIAM DOUGALL Secretary -Treasurer RUSSELL SPENCER Sergeant-at-Arms FRANCIS MISKIMINS Captain JAMES MAHONEY 46 Southern Plantation Scene Gay Nineties — A Bi- cycle Made for Two. James Homey, Curtis Dye, Betty Jean Riddle, Eileen Hurlsy. Virginia Sanz, Nena Winder, Robert Hurley. Tap Dancing Group Row 1 Bottom: Sarah Derman, Marjorie Ridgely, Helen Schulz, Mary Petralais, Iva Mae Berkey, Lenore O ' Donell. Row 2 Martha Crisman . Rose - mary Labrecque, Jane Varner. Betty Wortinger, Betty Nolan, Julia Huball, Anne Wharton. Row 3 Harriett Rex, Carrie Shupe. Katherine Kroetz, Donna Shurr, Jane Johnston. Marjorie Warner. Betty Stanton, Flora Riddle, Beatrice Mann, Ruth Book, Vivian Parry. May Festival The May Festival has become a tradition in the Valparaiso High School. Each year, this spectacular show is presented. Mrs. Harold Rogers, with the aid of the high school and grade teachers, produced this festival which drew a huge crowd to the Boucher Gymnasium. The theme Mrs. Rogers tried to show was Retrogression in Rhythm . All types of dances showing skill and grace were given, including The All American Girl , American Sports Revue , American Country Dances , Patriotic Revue , Gay Nineties , Colonial Tea Party , and other waltzes and negro dances. Much time and effort was spent in making the Festival a success. Elabor- ate settings and costumes added to the beauty of the occasion. The children of the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, junior and senior high school participated in the festival. Above are some of the scenes and settings that were included in the festival that provided a delightful evening of enter- ment for the audience. 47 Students Win Awards -1937 Awards are given each year to those students showing outstanding merit in certain fields. Following are the names of those honored in 1937. Special awards were given, constituting: TYPICAL BOY AND GIRL— Robert Kitchen, Be .-nice Schneider. DELTA AWARD— Charlotte Cavell. TRI KAPPA AWARD— Ruth Powell. D. A. R. AWARD — Leona Brownbridge. VICTOR TILTON AWARD— Kenneth Rhoda. MABEL JESSEE ART AWARD— Hildegarde Koch. POETRY CONTEST— Jean Ragsdale. HI-Y COURTESY AWARDS— Robert Sievers, Charlotte Smith. DRAMATICS AWARDS— Martin Brody, Maxine Beach, Jerome Fisher, John Burch, Berneice Brown. SPECIAL SERVICE AWARDS— James Zimmerman, Leona Brownbridge, Helen Bay, Gladys Grat- ton. VALENIAN AWARDS— Robert James, Jean Morland, Ruth Powell, Robert Kitchen, Wallace Wil- son, Gladys Gratton, Marjorie Field, John Morland, Joseph Brown. QUILL AND SCROLL AWARDS— Janis Miskimins. Jessie Swanson. INDUSTRIAL ARTS AWARDS— First place awards— Robert Hurley, John Stoner, Robert Rhoda (2), John Law, Eric Book (2), William Wells, Charles Smith, Robert Stoner, Ellis Swish- er, Ralph Williams, Warren Mounce, Henry Nielsen, George Edwards, Frank Freywald, Ralph Horner (2), Harold Swelstad, George Martin. Second place awards — Robert White, Charles Smith, Lloyd Lea, John Moench, William Fulton (3), Adolph Jankowski, William Wells, Russell Glover, William Thiel, William Billings, Harold Cleveland, Harold Lindberg, James Mahoney (2), Clarence Brown, Rob- ert Swift, Edgar Eckley, Clifford Landgrebe, Arthur Manago, Charles Boule, Steve Kriston, Frank Martinal, Stanley Wahlberg, Roger Henry, Harold Phillips, Harold Swelstad, Henry Nielsen. Third place awards — John Stoner, Robert Kraft, Richard Hazelton, Arthur Kilmer, Robert Wulff, Allen Johnson, Richard Lamprecht, Donald Wertman, Edgar Witner, Henry Niel- sen, Adolph Jankowski, Campbell Kane, Edgar Eckley, Mark Sink, Wilson Rivadeneira, Jack Sauter, Leroy Johnson. Fourth place awards — (Honorable Mention) — Carl Severin, Wallace Jungjohan. Fifth place awards — (Honorable Mention) — Wallace Jungjohan, James Smith, Earl Knapp. Club awards consisting of monograms are given to those most valuable in their respective clubs. These were: HI-Y — Bernard Cinkoske, Robert James. SENIOR G. R.— Edna Shideler, Dorothy Kumnick. JUNIOR G. R. — Jean Ragsdale, Mariangeneen Helvie. FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE G. R.— Marjorie Warner, Anne Wharton. SCIENCE CLUB — Eric Book, Jessie Swanson, David Williams. GERMAN CLUB— Dorothy Kumnick. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB— Ruth Dye, Arlene Detlefs. STAMP CLUB — Theodore Chekouras, James Zimmerman. DEBATE CLUB — Jean Morland, John Morland, Robert James, Bernard Cinkoske. GLEE CLUBS— Robert Hurley, David Williams Dale Kohler, Curt Dye, Ruth Larson, Shirley Sul- livan, Rowena McKean, Martha Joyce Smith, Donna Shurr — accompanist, Mark Sink — accompanist. BAND — Bernice Schneider, Laurel Lane, Robert White, Helen Ohlfest, Irene Timm. ORCHESTRA— Louise Birkholz, Jessie Swanson. DOUBLE QUARTETTE— Ruth Larson. 48 Special Merit Brings Honors Scholastic Awards are given to those students who are able to maintain an average of ten or more honor points throughout the year. Those receiving monograms were: Hildegarde Koch, Jessie Swanson, Mark Sink, Ruth Lindner — special, Robert Weiss, Beatrice Mann, Dorothy Ragsdale, Marjorie Warner, Bernard Cinkoske, Phyllis Julian, Molly McGill, Geraldine Bryant, Donald Leckie, Patricia Pool, Nancy Whipple, Martha Joyce Smith, Charlotte Smith, Margaret Meagher, Jack Chester. ATTENDANCE AWARDS Attendance Awards are given to those students neither tardy nor absent throughout the year. They were: Jerome Barcus, Nathalie Beck with, Robert B?nton, Bennett Berlin, William Berlin, Marie Blocker, William Bowman, Bettie Bradney, Clarence Brown, Joseph Brown, Ralph Chester, Lucille Christopher, Adelaide Ciesielski, E ' erett Crisman. Martha Crisman, Bettv Jean Deckro, Arlene Detlefs, William Dougall, Roy Dittman, Audrey Dye, Curtis Dye, Delores Dye, Harold Fabing, Doris Fry, Sterling Fry, Flossie Gates, Margaret Giberson, Russell Glover, Robert Gratton, James Griffith. Betty Griswald, Marjorie Hamilton, Nick Harris, Marillynn Heap, Harold Henson, Warren Hoover, Ralph Horner, Nancy Howard, Eileen Hurley, Robert Hurley, Allen Johnson, Arthur Kilmer, Dorothy Klusmeyer, Dale Kohler, Frank Leachman, Donald Leckie, Doris Lutz, Warren Lutz, John MacFarlane, Gillett Magnuson, Verne McCann, Rowena McKean, Janis Miskimins, Douglas Moe, Ernest Moffler, Richard Moltz, J ean Morland, Kenneth Nichols, Henry Nielsen, Betty Nolan, Glenn Owens, June Pearson, Robert Peters, Mary Petralias, Patricia Pool, Jean Ragsdale, Morris Reinke, Dorothy Rickman, Marjorie Ridgely, Edmund Sawyer, Fannie Semento. Mildred Semento, Robert Sievers, Mark Sink, Charles Skin- ner, Edward Skinner, James Smith, Martha Joyce Smith. Ruby Spencer, Robert Stoner. Jessie Swanson, Rose Swift, Ellis Swisher, Shirley Sullivan. William Thiel, Floyd Tight, Jane Varner, June Westbay, Anne Wharton, Nena Winder, Edgar Witner, James Zimmerman. ATHLETIC AWARDS Awards are given in each of the school ' s fields of athletic activity. The awards received were: FOOTBALL LETTERS— Robert Masterson, Robert Cole, Harold Swelstad, Jack Niksch, Ralph Ches- ter, William Wells, John Dodd, Kenneth Rhoda, Jack Chester, Joseph Curtis. Roger Henry, Chester Phillips, Ernest Thorgren, William Windle, Adolph Jankowski, Hubert Harsh- barger, Robert Rhoda, James Daly. FOOTBALL MONOGRAMS— Robert Hurley, Richard Hazelton, Robert Stoner, Verne McCann, Robert Maudlin. Campbell Holt, Lee Soltz, Dale Gott, Charles Clifford Charles Suesse, Guy Wellman, Roland Sheets, Steve Kriston, Charles Ball, Theodore Chekouras, Morris Reinke, Harry Large, Richard Windle, Robert Gold, Lee Westbay, Francis Miskimins, Rob- ert Smith. Harvey Varner, Thomas Kiriazis, (manager). BASKETBALL LETTERS— Jack Chester, Russell Glover, Adolph Jankowski, Campbell Kane, Car- roll Sheets, Elroy St. Clair, Harold Henson, Edgar Witner. BASKETBALL MONOGRAMS— Charles Clifford, Lawrence Dahl, Robert Maudlin, Robert Rhoda. Campbell Holt, Guy Wellman. Roland Sheets, Charles Skinner, John Stoner, Robert Gold, Harry Large, William Ramey, Robert Slingerland, Charles Suesse, Robert Smith, Morris Reinke, Frank Leachman (manager), Robert Gratton (manager). TRACK LETTERS — Campbell Kane, Robert Kitchen, Russell Glover, James Horney, Roger Henry. TRACK MONOGRAMS — Chester Phillies, Edmund Sawyer, James Zimmerman, Verne McCann. Ralph Chester, Robert Gold. Kenneth Wortinger, Charles Suesse, Dwight Arndt, Harry Klein, John Moench, John Dodd, Jack Niksch, Charles Ball. BASEBALL MONOGRAMS— Kenneth Rhoda, Robert Rhoda, Guy Wellman, Ray Marrell, Harold Henson, Carroll Sheets, Charles Smith, Robert Wulff, Campbell Holt, James Daly, Sterling Fry, Lawrence Dahl, Clifford Langrebe, Wallace Wilson, Donald Leckie (manager) . GOLF MONOGRAMS — Robert Beach, Robert Stoner, Adolph Jankowski, James Mahoney. TUMBLING MONOGRAMS — James Mahoney (captain), Arthur Kilmer, Harold Lindberg. Glen Reynolds, William Schulz, William Elger, Edward Skinner, Robert Gratton, Harvey Varner, William Dougall, Warren Mounce, Francis Miskimins, Russell Spencer, Kenneth Wort- inger, Delbert Collingsworth. G. A. A. ( SWEATERS )— Ruth Powell, Dorothy Kumnick, Delayne Kumnick, Margaret Meagher, Doris Lutz, Mariangeneen Helvie, Charlotte Cavell, Margaret Schramm, Martha Snow. (CHEVRONS)— Jean Morland, Berneice Brown. (SILVER CUP) — Berneice Brown (all-around senior girl athlete). 49 ■: ' ; ' Ralph E. Powell Coaches Get Results One of the widely known coaches of the state, Ralph Powell, has played a major part in the athletic activities of the school in addition to being a history teacher and head of the physical education classes. A hard driver and worker, he has instilled these qual- ities into his basket-ball teams, which always rank near the top, and his track squads are rapidly improv- ing each year. John E. Wiggins The moment that John E. Wiggins came to this school two years ago, his cheerful grin and irrepressible jollity immediately made him one of the gang and there he has remained. Rotund mentor of the gridiron and number one man on the diamond, his sincere and patient efforts have brought football and base- ball to the fore as major sports. This trophy case stands in the east hall of V. H. S. Sports of Year Starting before school begins in Sep- tember, and closing in the late spring, various athletic activities capture the spotlight. As gridiron enthusiasts clamor for more blood, their pet sport gives way to groups of hardwood hotshots, who reign supreme until March. Baseball and track then take over with the crack of bats and starters ' guns, along with the swish of drivers and brassies as the fair- way squad limbers up. Intermingled with these sports are the tumbling team, which entertains large crowds with its meets and exhibitions, the noonday league and the night league for non-team boys. 52 FIRST FOOTBALL TEAM Row 1 Bottom: Dale Gott. John Dodd, Jack Niksch, Verne McCann, Steve Kriston, Lee Soltz. Roland Sheets. Row 2 Ernest Thorgren, William Windle, Robert Rhoda. Harold Henson. SECOND SQUAD OF FIRST FOOTBALL TEAM Row 1 Bottom: Elroy St. Clair. Robert Stoner. Robert Hurley, William Henderson. Walter Molinder, Robert Runnion, Richard Windle. Lloyd Pinkerton. Charles Clifford. Row 2 Robert Maudlin. Charles Suesse. Guy Wellman, Campbell Holt. Valparaiso High School Football Schedule 1937 Date Team Where Played Valpo Op September 11 Crown Point Valpo 19 September 18 Rensselaer Valpo 18 7 September 25 Plymouth Valpo 20 October 1 Warsaw Warsaw 24 12 October 9 Tolleston Tolleston October 15 LaPorte LaPorte 12 19 October 20 Hobart Hobart 13 6 October 29 G. Rogers Clark Hammond 6 25 November 6 Lowell Valpo 12 Won 6— Lost 2— Tied 1. Valpo — total points — 124. Average per game — 13.77 Opponents — total points— -69. Average per game — 7.66. Grid Team Wins Six Games The Valparaiso High School football teams, coached by Mr. Wiggins, ran through the smoothest schedule in years. Out of the possible nine wins, Valpo won six, tied one, and lost two. The team also was helped by the two assistant coaches, Ralph Powell and William Kendall. Three varsity men returned to the squad this year, Ernest Thorgren at quarterback, William Windle fullback, and John Dodd right tackle. Those filling the new positions were: Jack Niksch and Steve Kriston at guards, Lee Soltz tackle, Roland Sheets and Dale Gott at end, Bob Rhoda and Harold Henson at halfback, and Verne McCann at center. After days of getting into shape, tackling, blocking, passing the pigskin, and transforming last summer ' s loose fat into hard muscle, the Vikings started their nine game schedule on their new field. 53 Outstanding Facts of Games The first game was a forecast of the season when the Vikings trounced Crown Point 19-0 on September 11. The next two games with Rensselaer and Plymouth, both played at Valpo, were decisive victories for the Vikings. The first out of town game was played at Warsaw. Coming behind from a 12-0 margin at the half, favoring Warsaw, the Viking offense blasted its way through the opposition for four touchdowns; Rhoda and Windle scoring for Valpo, Fer- guson for Warsaw; the Vikings ringing up a 24-12 victory. The only tie of the year came at Gary ' s Gleason Field, as Valpo was unable to pierce Tolleston ' s stubborn defense; the tussle resulting in a 0-0 outcome. The first defeat for the Green and White was the result of a trip to LaPorte; the Slicers piling up a lead of 19-0 in the first half by use of laterals. The Vikings came back strong in the second half for twelve points but there the score remained, at 19-12. The next game was a close 13-6 victory over the Brickies at Hobart in a strong wind which tended to put a premium on touchdowns. The second defeat came in a flood-lighted battle at Hammond against the Blue and White of George Rogers Clark. Stopping the powerful drive of Clark in the first half, the Vikings troop- ed into the dressing-room at the half on even terms with Clark, the half score standing at 6-6. In the second half, however, the Green and White were un- able to stop Clark, who eventually won 25-6. The battle of the century, as far as Valpo was concerned, then made its appearance as Lowell came north to Valpo to defend its three-year winning streak. Determined from the outset to put a hole in that record, the Vikings pushed over a touchdown on a man-in-motion pass, Rhoda to Henson, in the second quarter. Not satisfied with that, Valpo shoved over a second touchdown in the second half on a plunge by Windle, to climax one of the most brilliant seasons at Valpo. Conkling calmly watches. Wiggs reviews squad. One spectator to another. Charge meets charger. Vociferous Valpoites. Giddy gridiron gyrations. Band furnished inspiration. SECOND FOOTBALL TEAM Row 1 Bottom: James Runnion, Arthur Proffitt, Robert White, Robert Gold, Robert Labreque, Harold Masterson, Charles Bogan, Allen Johnson, James Leffler. Row 2 Gregg Johnson, Vere Shook, Charles Coyer, Wendell Waskom, Warren Hoover, Robert Bagdon, Francis Miskimins, Wilford Murphy. Row 3 Frank Slagle, Harvey Varner, Charles Eades, Charles Spittal, Roy Maudlin, Robert Smith, Harold Crosbie. SCHEDULE Plymouth Valpo (here) Michigan City 6 Valpo 24 (there) LaPorte 6 Valpo (here) Seconds Play Three Games The baby Vikings started their three-game schedule with Plymouth at Boucher Field on September 25. The outcome of this tussle was a repetition of last year ' s game, the final score being 0-0. Valpo had its chance to ring up a different score in the second quarter when the Viking ' s safety-man took a Plym- outh punt back to the visitor ' s 37 yard line. With Eades and Roy Maudlin cracking through the line for a first down on the opponent ' s 26 yard line, the outlook was quite cheerful when Maudlin completed a fourth-down pass to Charles Suesse for another first down on the Plymouth 11 yard line. The touch- down drive failed, however, when Suesse and Runnion both caught a pass be- hind the goal line. The pass was ruled incomplete because of two receivers. The next game saw the team traveling to Michigan City to subdue the baby Red Devils to the tune of 24-6. With Maudlin and Smith running behind brilliant interference for the four touchdowns, the junior Vikings ' display of power showed their added improvement in ball carrying, passing, blocking, and in many other features. The last game scheduled, at LaPorte, resulted in an eventful defeat for the Green and White, the final count standing at 6-0, favoring the Slicers. All in all, the game was an exhibition of smart football, the fatal error coming in the fourth quarter when LaPorte recovered a Valpo fumble behind the latter ' s goal line. This second squad was coached by Mr. William Kendall, who prepared these many reserves for the varsity team. Hard practice, consistent training, and learning the essential fundamentals of the game was the code of Coach Ken- dall. Absorption of all this by the boys not yet ready for the first squad will soon help them find a berth on the varsity. The usual lineup was as follows: James Runnion and Charles Bogan, ends; Harold Masterson and Lloyd Pinkerton, tackles; Robert Labrecque and Robert White, guards; with Robert Gold at center. The backfield consisted of Roy Maudlin, quarterback; Robert Smith and Charles Eades, halfbacks; and Harvey Varner, fullback. As the boys of this team improve, they will be transferred to the varsity squad where their previous experience will stand them in good stead. The team next year plans to compete in six games, to provide a more en- larged background of experience. 55 Elroy St. Clair fo rward points 13 Robert Maudlin forward points 7 Henson High Man With the close of the basketball sea- son, it is only natural to look forward as well as backward. The varsity team will lose only three men, Windle, Maud- lin, and St. Clair. With Rhoda, Dahl, Skinner, Stoner, Henson, Wellman, and Awkerman as leaders, we see success for the future. Individual scoring honors went to Harold Henson, who gathered 192 points, and Charles Skinner, runner- up with 182 points. earn WinsT ins i en Brook 18 Valpo 29 Crown Point 15 Valpo 40 Washington (E. C.) 23 Valpo 39 Froebel 26 Valpo 31 Horace Mann 29 Valpo 28 •Washington (E. C.) 30 Valpo 29 Roosevelt (E. C.) 29 Valpo 25 •Hammond 21 Valpo 29 LaPorte 26 Valpo 27 Whiting 33 Valpo 24 Emerson 32 Valpo 23 ' Hammond 39 Valpo 25 •Horace Mann 32 Valpo 30 •Hammond Tech 31 Valpo 33 •Roosevelt (E. C.) 29 Valpo 38 •Froebel 35 Valpo 46 •Whiting 45 Valpo 37 LaPorte 31 Valpo 17 •Lew Wallace 39 Valpo 37 Michigan City 30 Valpo 39 •Conference Games Fast Breaking Shuffle Koiana t neets forward points 8 Robert Rhoda guard points 73 Lawrence Dahl forward points 48 William Windle guard points 69 Guy Wellman guard points 14 Vikinss Win Ten Games The Viking basketball team, coached by Ralph Powell, ended its twenty game sched- ule this year with an even .500 average. The first game played this season was with Brook on November 19 in which the Viking cagers netted a victory of 29-18. The next three games with Crown Point, Wash- ington E. C, and Froebel also were victories for Valpo. Horace Mann came along and submerged Valpo by one point. 29-28. The same was repeated when the Vikings traveled to Washington, East Chicago and lost, 30-29. Roose- velt of East Chicago, next in line, stepped up and dealt a 29-25 defeat to the Vikings. The game with Hammond proved a great test for the Vikings. Valpo overpowered the Wildcats in a 29-21 upset. The Whiting Oilers then defeated the Vikings 33-24; however they-bounced back with a slim victory of 27 to 26 over LaPorte. In the following three games, Emerson, Hammond, and Horace Mann, Valpo was the loser to all three. The Vikings next encountered Hammond Tech, Roosevelt E. C, and Froebel, downing them in that order, 33-31; 38-29; and 46-35. However, Whiting and LaPorte proved too tough for Valpo, and they lost the pair, 45-37 and 31-17. respectively. The last conference game found Valpo trailing Lew Wal- lace by a score of 39-37. Row 1 Bottom: William Murphy, Charles Sink, Charles Eofan. Row 2 Jack Brownbridge, Gene Hart, Charles Eades, Walter Molinder. Roy Maudlin, William Bowman. Maynard Niequist. Row 3 Richard Zimmerman. Harry Large. Raymond Phillips, Mr. Powell— coach; Robert Gold, Charles Clifford, Robert Smith. Jrs. Win Eight The Junior Vikings ' bas- ketball team ended its twenty game schedule having won eight games, lost eleven, and tied one. Although this looks like a rather unsuccessful sea- son, a closer observation shows that the freshman- sophomore combination total- ed 361 points to their oppo- nents ' 377 and were out- margined by only sixteen points. Those who played most of the games were Ray- mond Phillips, Walter Molin- der, Roy Maudlin, Charles Clifford, and Gene Hart. Skinner boosts one. Henson lines his sights. Stoner blocking Skinner. 58 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Valpo — 19 Kouts — There Valpo — 8 Morgan — 1 There Valpo — 8 Washington — 7 Here Valpo— 4 Griffith— Here Valpo — 8 Boone Grove — 1 Here Valpo— LaPorte— 1 There ■£ - Valpo— Roosevelt— 2 There Valpo — 5 Washington — 6 There Valpo— 10 LaPorte— Here Valpo — 3 Roosevelt — 8 Here BASEBALL TEAM Bottom: Steve Kriston, Elroy St. Clair, Clifford Landgrebe, Miles Tucker, Harry Large. Harold Henson, Sterling Fry, Norman Pierce, Lawrence Dahl, Robert Peters, Charles Clifford. Robert Wulff, Campbell Holt, James Daly, Carroll Sheets, Charles Smith, Mr. Wiggins — coach, Guy Wellman, Raymond Marrell. Robert Rhoda, Kenneth Rhoda, Wallace Wilson, Donald Leckie — manager. H. S. Nine Wins Six Games Out of the possible ten wins the Valparaiso High School baseball team, coached by Mr. Wiggins, won six and lost four. The first game of the schedule was played at Kouts in which Valpo scored a victory of 19-0. The next out of town game was with Morgan, also a victory for Valpo 8-1. The first home game was with Washington of East Chicago, Valpo winning 8-7. Griffith and Boone Grove were the next victims of 4-0 and 8-1 respectively. The next three games with LaPorte, Roosevelt, and Washington, played on foreign lands were de- feats for the Valpo team. Valpo then won from LaPorte and lost the last game to Roosevelt here 8-3. The nine boys that made up the team were: Guy Wellman, catcher; Ken- neth Rhoda, pitcher; Ray Marrell, first base; Harold Henson, second base; Car- roll Sheets, shortstop; Bob Rhoda, third base; Charles Smith, left field; Robert Wulff, center field; and James Daly, right field. These nine players with the ad- dition of Clifford Landgrebe and Wallace Wilson received monograms. Bl Wiggins — slightly irritated. Landgrebe limbering up. Wulff— Ty Cobb of V. H. S. Wilson warily watches windup. Take it easy, Marrell. Larry Dahl set to lam one. Two o ' clock hitter Holt. Sterling Fry, of sterling quality. 59 Stoner tees off — Jankowski blasts out — Dougall putting Fariway lineup — Mahoney approaching — Beach on the straight way. Boys Enter Meets Enthusiasm was so evident among the boys on the track team that they par- ticipated in many events. Coach Powell, together with his cinder squad, traveled to Hobart, Chesterton, North Judson, Michigan City, and Gary. The only member of the team that quali- fied for the state meet, held at Indian- apolis, was Campbell Kane. The boys that composed the team were Bob Kitchen, Dwight Arndt, Campbell Kane, Roger Henry, James Horney, John Dodd, Chester Phillips, Russell Glover, James Zimmerman, Verne McCann, Ed- mund Sawyer, John Moench, Jack Niksch, and Harry Klein. There are on- ly four members that will return next year, Jack Niksch, Harry Klein, John Moench, and Verne McCann. Now that the Valparaiso High School has its own track field, there will be home meets. Golf for V. H. S. Along with baseball and track came golf, which seemed to be successful. The boys traveled out to the Valparaiso Coun- try Club every night from four till dark for practice. This year Mr. Kendall coached his boys to take the Northwest- ern Indiana High School Conference. The team was composed of Adolph Jankowski, James Mahoney, Robert Beach, and Robert Stoner, each man playing number 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively. William Dougall relieved number 3 and 4 man. Besides playing their scheduled games, in which they came out on top, winning 6, tying 1, and losing 2, Valpo also participated in the tournament at LaPorte May 15, and the tournament at Indianapolis on May 21. GOLF SCHEDULE AND SCORE April 26 .Valpo 6V2 LaPorte . 5% T April 27 .Valpo 6 Horace Mann 6 T April 29 .Valpo 10 Hammond Tech .2 T May 4 Valpo 6V2 Hammond High . 5V 2 T May 6 ...Valpo 8V2 Horace Mann 3V 2 H May 11 .Valpo 9 Hammond Tech .3 H May 12 .Valpo 6y 2 Hammond High ..5 V. H May 13 .Valpo 3 Riley (S. B.) 9 H May 19 .Valpo V 2 Riley (S. B.) 11 Vz H 60 TRACK SCHEDULE April 6 — Hobart April 9 — Chesterton April 17 — North Judson April 24 — Michigan City May 1 — Tolleston May 8— Gary- May 15 — Sectional — Gary May 22 — State Meet — Indianapolis Up and over — Clearing the bar — Flying high. Crack! They ' re Off! Noonday Offers Three Sports Every year, about seventy-five boys participate in the sports offered them through Noonday League, supervised by Ralph Powell, coach. Captains are selected, who in turn choose their players. The first game that is participated in is touch-football which lasts until outdoor sports are dis- continued. The next sport is basketball which extends during the regular bas- ketball season until sometime in March. Softball then is played in the gym until weather permits the boys to go outside, at which time they may choose either softball or football. The most popular sport played is basketball. Eight captains are chosen to select teams. The season ' s schedule is divided into two rounds, during each of which the teams play each other once. Then a short tournament is played. NOONDAY LEAGUE STANDING INDIVIDUAL SCORING (1st Round) (2nd Round) NAME POINTS WON LOST WON LOST Soltz 112 Ball 7 Arndt 6 1 Learning 74 Arndt 6 1 Leachman 5 2 Phillips 69 Awkerman 4 3 Ball 5 2 Lane 66 Leachman 4 3 Zulich 3 4 Beach 62 Zulich 4 3 Kriston 3 4 Take 62 Beach- 2 5 Awkerman 3 4 Shook 59 Dayton 1 6 Beach 1 6 Ball 58 Arnold 7 Dayton 1 6 Rhoda Awkerman 55 48 Softball sojourn. Fry unconcernedly umpires. Debating a decisive question. Book belts fast ball. 61 Elsie Harrison Heads Gym Classes, G. A. A. ELSIE HARRISON Miss Elsie Harrison, one of the newest teachers in the entire city school sys- tem, has taken over the Physical Education department like a veteran. She has won the praise and respect of the faculty members and student body for her re- markable ability and leadership. Through her efforts and under her direction came the success of the annual May Festival program put on by the Phy sical Education department with the co- operation of the city schools. BERNEICE BROWN Best Girl Athlete oj 1937 Senior Wins Cup Each year since 1931 the outstanding senior girl athlete, selected by the non-senior members of the Girls ' Athletic Association Board, is presented with a silver loving cup which has her name engraved upon it. This cup is the property of the school, where it re- mains, but the honored girl is given a silver bar pin with the G. A. A. monogram engrav- ed upon it as her personal reward. Those six previously distinguished, Mary Frances Powell, Genevieve Smith, Elizabeth Arnold, Mildred Shideler, Margaret Crisman, and Ann Maulsby, have proved themselves through the ensuing years worthy of this hon- or by becoming leaders in community, busi- ness, homes, or in whatever other stations in life they have chosen. Last year Berneice Brown, the 1936-37 G. A. A. president, was the girl selected for this honor. This choice could not have been challenged as she proved herself outstanding in ability, sportsmanship, and leadership throughout her four years in high school, 62 Mary Muster, Jane Varner, Martha Snow, Groves, Jane Row 2 Row 3 JUNIOR AND SENIOR G. A. A. Bottom: Betty Nolan, Ruth Wark. Betty Keck. Helen Garrison, Anne Wharton, Margaret French, Eileen Hurley, Harriett Rex, Betty Stanton, Carrie Shupe, Betty Ziegel, Blanche Belaschky, Janet Take, Ann Lowenstine, Ruby Spencer. Edith Erea, Mary Petralias, Eleanor Story. Emma Dean Berry, Ruth Lowenstine, Donna Shurr, Annadel Maxwell, Rosemary Wertman, Nena Winder, Margaret Horner, Valeria Price, Maryannette Smith, Mary Cleveland, Beryl Ann Brownell. Ruth Book, Mary Frances Johnston, Katherine Kroetz, Evelyn Witner, Dorothy Large, Dorothy Mohnssen, Jean Hippensteel, Martha Jane Johnston, Ardis Otis, Virginia Clifford, Helen Schulz, Marjorie Gilliland, Rosemary Freund, Gladys Spitson. Marjorie Ridgely, Aileen Stoner, Lorraine Salberg, Marilynn Lowe, Irma Wesche, Mildred Beach, Dorothy Klusmeyer, Evelyn Masterson, Marjorie Hamilton, Iva Mae Berkey, Leila Stendahl, Lucille Christopher, Virginia Sanz, Betty Jean Riddle, Waldtraut Pintzke, Marjorie Warner. Rosemary Labrecque. Adelaide Ciesielski, Mary Ellen Bozik, Nathalie Beckwith, Eleanor Hollandrj- worth. Charlotte Cavell, Marjorie Gentz, Betty Dobbins, Hildegarde Koch, Jean Ragsdale. Marian- geneen Helvie, Frances Jones, Phyllis Julian, Martha Joyce Smith, Charlotte Smith. G. A. A. BOARD Bottom: Charlotte Cavell, Nena Winder, Blanche Belaschky, Anne Wharton, Mary Frances Johns- ton, Katherine Kroetz. Evelyn Witner, Mary Cleveland, Lucille Christopher, Phyllis Julian, Martha Joyce Smith. Beryl Ann Brownell, Marjorie Warner, Virginia Sanz, Jean Ragsdale, Mariangeneen Helvie, Charlotte Smith. G. A. A. Board Heads Activities The Valparaiso High School, as well as the Girls ' Athletic Association, is proud of those girls comprising the G. A. A. board, for they stand for the high ideals of the school — sportsmanship, scholarship, and athletic ability. The officers of the organization are elected by the G. A. A. members while the remaining girls on the board are appointed to their positions by a committee consisting of the new officers, the previous board members, and the sponsor. Each board member is given a certain sport or duty for which she is re- sponsible. The G. A. A. board holds special meetings throughout the year to discuss and decide certain points and problems which are then brought up to the members for approval and official sanction. While the board has its own special party, the largest social event of the or- ganization for all members is the basketball banquet at which numerals, mono- grams, and chevrons are awarded for various numbers of points earned by G. A. A. participation throughout the year. A picnic climaxing the soccer season, a beach party near the close of school, and play days at different intervals during the year where different Girls ' Athletic Association organizations of the county and state meet for the purpose of exchanging ideas and companionship rather than for competition, complete the social activities. 63 G. A. A. Offers Many Activities With the reputation of being one of the largest and most active clubs in the high school, it requires the combined efforts of the 152 Girls ' Athletic Associa- tion members to keep the G. A. A. standards high. Of the 152 members, 34 are seniors, 45 juniors, and 73 freshmen and sopho- mores either active or associate in their membership. An active girl is one who enjoys active participation in G. A. A. sports while an associate member is one who is limited to a mild form of exercise and enjoys the G. A. A. social functions. G. A. A. offers a wide variety of activities with soccer, volleyball, basket- ball, and baseball being the four major sports. Archery, tumbling, track, ten- nis, miscellaneous which includes ice skating, roller skating, swimming, and bicycling, and girls ' noonday league, while classed as minor activities, have very large memberships as sports emphasizing individual skills are becoming more popular each year as shown by the increasing number of girls signing up for these activities. As rewards for increasing skill by practice and participation, G. A. A. of- fers numerals, monograms, sweaters, and chevrons each indicating an advance- ment in ability. These honor awards are presented to the girls either at the basketball banquet or at Award Day at the close of school. FRESHMAN G. A. A. Row 1 Bottom: Marillynn Heap, Rosemary Claussen, Mary Green, Lu Jane Wertman, Patricia Wolf, Ada Kilmer, Elaine Magid, Aurelia Tucinski, Lorna Owens, Norma Story, Betty Varner, Margaret Snow, Marjorie Martin, Patricia Dunlap. Kow 2 Frances White, Anna Mary Squire, Margaret McGillicuddy, Ruth Barkley, Carolyn Lindsey, Marjorie Petralias, Hilde Buck, Marian Scoville, Signe Lindberg, Janet Sh auer, Mary Thiesen, Rita Schoof, Gladys Hanson. Row 3 Isabel Fabing, Mary Frances Bloeman, Catherine Spencer, Mary Helen Kenyon, Mary Ellis, Arlene Benson, Eileen Larcom, Marie Morthland, Vivian Parry, Marguerite Snyder, Barbara Martin, Louise Ahlgrim, Ruth Cotterman, Elizabeth Foxworthy, Rosemary Koch. SOPHOMORE G. A. A. Row 1 Bottcm: Martha Crisman, Mary Lois Wilson, Glaydis Basinger, Ann Walsh, Jeanne Stinchfield, Marcele Arndt, Kathryn Field, Mary Helen Shaw, Delia Klein. Row 2 Ruth Billerbeck, Alice Davis, Eileen Sterbenz, Sarah Derman, Beatrice Mann, Gladys Makovsky, Vivian McCann, Nina Houston. Row 3 Rosemary Bradney, Dorothy Ragsdale, Evelyn Anderson, Marjorie Broviak, Ramona Goin, Dorothy Graves, Nancy Howard, Violet Hill, Dorothy Rickman. 64 Belaschky wins her point Edith Erea ready to serve Warner and Anderson hope jor ringers Martha Joyce and Margaret take their game seriously The game is on Leaners bring up the score Belaschky Heads Noon Sports For girls who cannot stay for G. A. A. after-school activities, a noonday league was organized to offer them suitable recreation during the noon hour. The program planned by G. A. A. ' s noonday league chairman, Blanche Be- laschky, consisted of activities both in and out of doors. The winter sports, ping-pong and shuffleboard, were played in the gym, while during the late fall, and early spring, when weather conditions permitted, horseshoes, health ball, and badminton were enjoyed outside. After Marjorie Warner and Mary Muster were crowned champs of health- ball and horseshoe, ping-pong aroused the interest of girls who played in the tournament which was won by Martha Snow with Evelyn Witner runner-up. At the completion of the first tourney, a doubles tournament with sixteen couples competing was run off with Evelyn Witner and Mary Muster outplaying Martha Snow and Ruby Spencer for the championship. A unique class ping-pong tourney was played with each class opposing dif- ferent members of its own class until by elimination a champion was crowned. Then the four class representatives fought it out for the girls ' championship. The spring season was devoted to badminton and bowling with second tournaments in health ball, horseshoe, and ping-pong. 65 Ninety-nine Out for Soccer With the coming of fall two events fill the minds of a great many high school girls. The opening of school, and subsequently, the opening of the G. A. A. soccer season. This year when soccer chairman, Beryl Ann Brownell, blew her whistle to take charge, she found ninety-nine soccer enthusiasts eager to race down the field for a goal. In order that each girl might have the same opportunity for practice and play, teams from the ninety-nine socceresses were picked. Each team met every other team in the ensuing round-robin tournament. Team 9. captained by Frances Jones, won the championship while the other teams, 1 to 8, captained by Jane Varner, Mariangeneen Helvie, Lucille Christopher, Charlotte Smith, Helen Garrison, Betty Riddle, Iva Mae Berk- ey, and Gladys Makovsky were close behind. Seeing that soccer and snowflakes get in each other ' s way, the class tournament scheduled to be played off following the round-robin tourney had to be called off until spring when two weeks were given over to class team practice and play. The captains of the class teams were Virginia Sanz, senior; Nena Winder, junior; Gladys Makovsky, sophomore; and Mary Thiesen, freshman; each hoping that they and their teammates might be victorious in the annual contest. Likewise, the annual soccer picnic, climaxing the end of the season, had to be post- poned until spring. However, although the weather man made things a bit irregular, the season was a most successful one with spring soccer proving quite a unique but welcome activity. Crisman tries for a goal. Goalie Warner staves off defeat. Tweet, Tweet. Closing in. Seems to have been a col- lision. Ginny going up. ' Martha Raye Sam ing open house. hold- 66 Seniors Volleyball Champions Volleyball, with one of the largest numbers of enthusiasts to participate in this sport, began its nine weeks ' activity on December fourth with the ninety-two girls being divided into eight teams. The eight teams, captained by Glaydis Basinger, Virginia Sanz, Iva Mae Berkey, Charlotte Cavell, Jeanne Stincheld, Ann Lowenstine, Kathryn Field, and Martha Joyce Smith, played an elimination tournament, with Team 5 rank- ing first with a record of eleven wins and three defeats, while Teams 1 and 4 were runners-up, both having won ten games and lost four. The seniors batted out an impressive 42-11 victory over the sophomores, while the juniors showed their last year ' s championship skill with a 40-13 win over the freshmen. The class team finals between the seniors and the juniors proved to be a thriller with the seniors eking out a 28-18 victory after a desperate last quarter rally. The class teams were composed of the most skilled girls of the group who chose one of their own team members to act in the capacity of captain. Those four elected were Mary Cleveland, senior; Iva Mae Berkey, junior; Gladys Makovsky, sophomore; and Rosemary Claussen, freshman. The success of the volleyball season was due to the co-operation of all par- ticipants and the leadership of G. A. A. ' s volleyball chairman, Nena Winder. Waiting for the volley. ' Arndt stretches to slam it back. Action and skill give score. Everyone on your toes. Stant on tries for a point. 67 Two bits! Scoville takes aim jor that extra point. What! Virginia and Berkey against each other. Jump! Stanton has Davis bottled up. Seniors Win Tournament With but one day intervening, basketball began where volleyball left off, characterized by the same rousing enthusiasm which symbolizes all G. A. A. ac- tivities. G. A. A. basketball chairman, Mariangeneen Helvie, divided the 114 partici- pating girls into A and B squads according to their skill. A round-robin tournament was played off in both A and B groups. The A champion- ship was not decided until the final game, when Team 4, captained by Lucille Christopher, showed its superiority and won the laurels. The B championship went to Team 8 with Mary Frances Bloeman captain. A gang tournament was organized in the A group with six teams; R. M. Q. ' s, We ' uns, Polygons, Starlets, Viking ettes, Suzie Q ' s, being represented. Al- though the tourney was started, it was not completed due to the lack of time. The class teams were chosen, and the seniors met the freshmen and scored an impressive 10 to 2 victory. The sophomores upset the juniors after an over- time battle which, ending in a tie 7-7, was, with the consent of both sides, de- cided by having three players from each side shoot five free throws and the team making the most was automatically declared the winner. Thus the sophomores were victors by two free throws. The championship game was as well played, both in respect to skill and sportsmanship, as any game played in the V. H. S. gym, the seniors edging out a 4 to victory over the sophomores. She made it! Let it fly! Now, Marge, it couldn ' t be as bad as that. Past chairmen show their skill. Nena plays tennis among the tulips. Waiting the gun.. Baseball on a teenie weenie scale. They must have had a good time. Two ton capacity. Four Minor Sports in G. A. A. G. A. A. offers its enthusiasts a wide variety of minor activities through- out the entire school year. These provide interesting and healthful exercise yet not overly invigorating so that those who are restricted to a mild form of activity may yet know the joy and exhilaration of sports and G. A. A. companion- ship. These minor sports are archery, tumbling, baseball, and track, each essen- tially an individual activity. Fall archery sessions at four o ' clock each Monday and Friday afternoon were under the direction of the G. A. A. archery chairman, Evelyn Witner. In the wind-up tournament of fifty-one contestants, Beryl Ann Brownell was the winner, with Eileen Hurley runner-up. Tumbling, with Virginia Sanz at its head, was given two weeks for its ac- tivity. Of the fifty-one girls who signed up for the sport, ten acquired gymnastic skill sufficient to conquer the frontward and backward rolls, head stand, stomach balance, head and shoulder flip, and apparatus work, and were rewarded by ad- mission to the A squad. Baseball with Marjorie Warner as chairman and Mary Cleveland, heading track, kept the girls busy with tournaments and meets throughout the last nine weeks of school. Miscellaneous activities, though under no direct supervision, were headed by Lucille Christopher. G. A. A. points are given for hiking, bicycling, ski-ing, swimming, and roller skating, which can be enjoyed during the summer months and after school time. 69 vh Autographs