Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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I i THE RETROSPECT ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I Top row, left to right- Robert Metzger, Robert Siegel, David Oakley. Second Row--Mr. Adams, Vernon Tester, Everett Stroh, Earl Moyer, Delbert Ruck. Third Row—Junior Burk, James Rohrbaugh, John Schlenker, Frederick Koch, Harold Headapohl, William Kaeck, Alfred King. Fourth Row—Daniel Schneider, Leonard Perkins, Delmar Keysor, William Bishop. The local chapter of the Future Farmers of America was organized in 1928. Twenty-three students are active members at present. The officers of the club for this year are as follows: president, John Schlenker; vice president, James Rohrbaugh; secretary, Leonard Perkins; treasurer, Walter Zweibel: reporter, Delmar Keysor; and Aldo Elsass, farm watch dog. This organization was founded November, 1928 in Virginia and was known as the F. F. V., First Farmers of Virginia. It adopted the ideals of Washington and Jefferson, Famous Virginia Farmers. The organization was popular from the start and the idea spread rapidly to other states. At that time, the name was changed to its present title. Thirty-five states and the Territory of Hawaii have more than 1800 local chapters with approximately thirty-five thousand members. The purposes of the organization are (1) to promote vocational agriculture in the high schools of America, (2) to create more interest in the intelligent choice of larming occupations, (3) to create and nurture a love of country life, (4) to provide recreational and educational activity, (5 to promote thrift, (6) to afford a medium of cooperative buying and selling, (7) to establish the confidence of the farm boy in himself and his work, (8) to promote scholarship, and (9) to develop local leadership. The emblem of the club is made up of four symbols: the owl, for wisdom and knowledge; the plow, symbol of labor and tilling of the soil: the rising sun, emblem atic of progress and the new day for agriculture; the cross section of the ear of corn, indicating its national scope. The emblem is surmounted by the American eagle. The official colors are blue and gold. Future Farmers of America

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THE RETROSPECT Top Row, left to right—Zelin Baber, William McCreight, Adrian Balhveg, Fenton Hamilton, Lee Haman, La Rue Metzger. Second Row—Norine Bailey, Donna Metzger, Janelle Weber, Karolyn Neidemire, Iris Bailey, Eldon Jackson, John Louis Smallwood, Richard Wisener, Richard Hiner, John Wisener. Third Row—Bernice Davis, Edith Smith, Vivian Luntz, Emily Swink, Ruth Clapp. Mary Ruth Smith, Margaret Bush, Shirley Kolter, Mona Linder, Rose Buffenbarger, Ernest Cornell. Fourth Row—Orva Cannon, Dolores Case, Ruth Price, Celia Brautigam, Ruth Koch, Dorothy Goetz, Ruth Underwood, Ruby Miller, Eva Buffenbarger, Dorothy Lanning, Cornelius Loew. Fifth Row—Marcelle Bimstein, Marie Bishop, Dorothy Smith, Donna Kauffman, Margaret Seitz, Carmen Shaw, Eleanor Jane Abe, Wilma Jane Shaw, Ruth Hermann, Clarice Underwood, Roland Morris, Ned Dingier. Mixed Chorus The students of Blume High were given a wonderful opportunity at the beginning of this school year. They were offered a chance to join the mixed chorus and a number survived the strenuous, embarrassing tryout. To these we should extend our gratitude because they have shown an enthusiastic spirit throughout. The chorus met twice each week to drill their voices to keener value. No popular songs were sung during the entire year because they contain too much slang. All thought that singing classical songs entirely would become very dull, but, on the contrary, they learned that good classical music really can be appreciated. Thev exhibited their unrivaled performance twice in our auditorium at musical festivals. After the first festival the chorus was divided and nearly all went Christmas carol ing in the different parts of the city. As many from the chorus as could journeyed to Bluffton on December twentieth to hear Handel's Messiah. Although the singing they heard was much better than theirs, there are some in the chorus who have acquired skill that is rare and remarkable. It has been a custom in previous years to have a bovs’ and a girls’ glee club instead of a Mixed Chorus. Although glee club work wasn’t offered this year both boys’ and girls’ glee clubs were organized out of the chorus. Several boys’ quartets, mixed quartets, and girls’ trios were organizedd to try out as representative of the school. Also several soloists were practicing for the Eisteddfod. The tryout was held on March 22 in the Blume Hi auditorium. Two capable musicians rendered the decisions and thev were follows: soprano solo—Dolores Case: alto solo—Margaret Bush: girls trio—Margaret Bush Orva Cannon, Carmen Shaw: male auartet—Ned Dingier, John Wisener. Picard Wisener, Lee Haman: baritone solo—Lee Haman: tenor c0lo—Ned Dingier: violin solo—Cornelius Loew: piano solo--Dean Kohler, and mixed quartet—Lee Haman, Eleanor Jane Abe, Dolores Case and John Wisener. Mr. Steiner was our music instructor this term. Although he is a very good singer, he is still a better leader and we wish to thank him in behalf of the whole student body for his work in our school.

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THE RETROSPECT Top row, left to right—Dolores Case, Donna Metzger, Mr. Taylor, Malcolm Mus-ser, Glenn Bowman, Roger Bailey, Clarence Miller. Second Row—Gertrude Lyman, Emily Swink, Vivian Luntz, Mary Jane Youngs, Annabel Bowsher, Ruth Koch, Jane Seitz. Third Row—Leonard Perkins, William McCreight, Buster Chesbrough, Lula Mae Terwilliger, Lena Ruth Vossler, Caroline Weimert, Mary Ellen Maxwell. Fourth Row—Wynema Slusser, Neva Belle Hoge, Dorothy Smith, Lenora Jones, Shirley Kolter, Elizabeth Cartmell, Mona Linder, Carmen Shaw. The Commercial Club was organized this year under the splendid leadership of the Commercial teachers, having as their basic idea, the identification of commercial students as a progressive group at Blume High School. The purposes of the Club are: To foster a higher and finer social spirit among the students of the department: to present to the students through lectures, plays, programs, the problem of business life and a better conception of the commercial world as it is today; to give awards for typing, which formerly had been given by the typewriting companies but has been discontinued by them; and to sponsor commercial contests which are given each year. The plans of the Club have been retarded this year as the club was organized in the second semester of school, but it is hoped that in the Fall the commercial students may work with renewed energy and interest, and carry it forward surmounting all obstacles. The officers of the club for this year are as follows: president, Clarence Miller; vice-president, Glenn Bowman: secretary, Jane Seitz; and treasurer, Roger Bailey. The Commercial department, an infant member of the school organization, is fast developing into a progressive division of the educational life in the high school and community. I add “community” because we feel that the work of this Department is of vital importance in bringing about greater efficiency and intelligence in the business life of Wapakoneta and its vicinity. Students in the Commercial Department have instruction in shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, and commercial arithmetic. The English Department offers in addition to these subjects, a splendid course in Business English, while economics also holds an important position in the supplementary business training. Commercial