Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS GIRL RESERVES The Girls’ Reserve Club of Blume High School is an international organization and a branch of the Y. W. C. A. The first local club was organized in spring of 1924. This year there are 46 members. The purpose of the Girls’ Reserve Club is, “To find and give the best.” The slogan is, “Face Life Squarely.” The symbol of the organization is the triangle within the circle. The three sides of the triangle represent Spirit, Mind and Body, all held together by the unbroken circle of Friendship. All upper classmen who fulfill the pledge of the organization are eligible for membership. This has been a very successful year for the Girls’ Reserve. During the football season the girls had a “Hot-dog” stand at the games. One of their daily features is the candy stand in the hall after school. The Club sent six delegates to the Girls’ Reserve Conference which was held in Lima. Among the other interesting social activities this year were several parties and a Girl Reserve Alumni banquet. A great deal of credit for the success of the club this year goes to the help and guidance of our club adviser, Miss Postle. TOP ROW—H. Hell. R. Heil. A. Bowsher. Miss Postle, R. Koch, W. Shaw. P. Metzger. SECOND ROW—M. Smith. G. Jarvis. M. Youngs. C. Wei-mert. R. Werst. L. Vossler, K. Wentz, K. Wolf, H. THIRD0ROW—E. C rtmell. D. Kauffman. M. Linder. M. Rinehart, E. Garretson. V. Veit. M. Shaw. E. Lang- horst. Z. Hormann, M. Bimstein. FOURTH ROW—L. Terwilliger. W. Copeland. D. Goetz. M. Schragle. O. Cannon. B. Sheets. P. Feisal, L. Youngs, B. Varner. F. Kantner FIFTH ROW-S. Kolter. Z. Koons. B. Botkin. S. Seitz. E. Abe. M. Seitz. C. Shaw. L. Disney. V. McCormick, M. Naylor. Pres..... V. Pres. Secy.... Treas... Adv..... . .C. Shaw . P. Metzger .. . M. Seitz . .B. Sheets Miss Postle Pres.................B. Chesbrough V. Pres......H. Nelson Secy.........D. Wooll Treas.....I. Chesbrough Adv..........Mr. Bush TOP ROW—F. Jacobs. M. Bowsher. Mr. Bush. C. Taylor, I. Logan. G. Bowman. T. Cornell. J. Churchill. R. Lusk. E. Jackson, D. Kohler, J. Bailey. M. Thrush SECOND ROW—F. Wisener, H. Lanning. E. Stroebel, P. Snyder, H. Haman. D. Woolf, B. Kohler. L. Koch, J. Moser, F. Hamilton HI-Y In nearly every High School there will be found certain boys who stand out clearly for Christian ideals of living in everyday school life. A group of Blume High boys organized themselves in January, 1924, into a Hi-Y club, affiliated with State, National and International organizations. The club today, which is composed of 42 members, has openly pledged itself to support the purpose of the Hi-Y, “To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character.” “Clean Living, Clean Speech, Clean Sportsmanship and Clean Scholarship.” are the four planks of the Hi-Y platform. The Hi-Y does not seek boys to join but simply sets up certain objective standards of mem- THIRD ROW—J. Singleton. H. Nelson. W. Steele. M. Musser. M. Kuck, B. Fite, R. Hiner. J. Taylor, W. Crawford, J. Musser. FOURTH ROW—C. Loew. B. Wenning. B. Martin. J. Chesbrough. B. Chesbrough. B. Clark. E. Crawford. D. Harshbarger, H. Distelrath. R. Swonguer CLUB bership which require scholarship equal to athletic eligibility and an entrance examination. Any upper classman of Blume High School who meets these standards may be admitted into the organization. Regular weekly meetings of the Club are held to transact business and discuss topics of interest. During the football and basketball season the organization maintained the candy stand at all the games. Other activities of the Hi-Y included: Parties, a swimming party at Lima, and the Annual Hi-Y conference. The adviser of the club is Mr Bush, who has aided the boys in a very interesting and successful year.

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OUR WEEKLY PAPER—THE LANTERN The staff of the Blume High weekly, The Lantern, has been working hard all year under the supervision of Miss Eugenia Noble. For the past two years, the Lantern has been published in the Saturday evening edition of the Daily News. This was made possible through the cooperation of the Daily News staff. The problem facing every class that undertakes this project, which has become a sort of tra-(Won, is to try to think of something new and entertaining. In the desire to get something unique ?nd something never before attempted in the Blume High paper, they have created several new columns ir their paper. These have been thought up with the idea chiefly of amusing the students. They outstanding. Our paper as compared with others will show its standing as compared with those similar in regard to type, construction, and method of publication. The members of the staff have been striving every week to make another edition of the paper possible. Work has been started on Monday of each week and carried through till Thursday, when it is sent to the printing office. The Junior class is fortunate in having such capable members, to carry on the class project, the publication of the Lantern for one full school year. Much credit is due the editor, Gertrude Jarvis, and her assistant, Billy Wenning. Both have worked: TOP ROW—C. Fleming. J. Moser, O. Snyder, H. Gibson. B. Bibler, B. Wenning. H. Nelson. R. Miller. SECOND ROW—K. Wentz. F. Kantner, C. Abraham. THIRD ROW—V. McCormick. G. Jarvis. Miss Noble. M. Schragle. E. Abe. C. Loew. contain little secrets or things that are going on among the students themselves. Some of the columns which are of interest to the townspeople are those which tell of happenings in school life. These columns are devoted to educational topics in which the tax payers like to see what is being done with the money they raise to support the schools. To the sport devotees, write ups of the athletic activities carried on at school can be found in the Lantern. From this you can see that they have endeavored to create something of interest to all types of readers. This task has not been an easy one. Every member of the staff has been working in his respective field in order to make every department hard to get the assignments made and completed on time and have written headlines as part of their duties. The heads of the various departments deserve great praise for making the work in their different fields interesting and informative. The business manager, John Moser, also should receive recognition for his year’s work in this capacity. And last, the one who does not belong to the Junior class. Miss Noble, deserves as much or greater praise for her work in the capacity of supervisor. Next year when the present Sophomore class undertakes this responsibility, they will appreciate the work that has been done on the part of the members of the Lantern staff and can say with the others. “Well done.”

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VARIOUS FRENCH CLUB MATH CLUB Pres.........C. Fleming V. Pres...............S. Kolter Ireas.................C. Koch Secy..................T. Cornell Advisors......Miss Noble Mr. Jones W. CLUB Pres....James Singleton V. Pres.. . .Harley Nelson Secy......B. Chesbrough Treas....Glenn Bowman FRENCH CLUB—TOP ROW—R. Swonguer. D. Woolf. R. Hiner, C. Graham. T. Cornell SECOND ROW—D. Jackson. B. Sheets. Miss Postle. D. Long. I. Green MATH CLUB—TOP ROW—L. Rankin. W. Smith. Mr. Jones. V. Veit. Miss Noble. M. Shaw. D. Fritz. C. Copeland. C. Fleming. SECOND ROW—C. Koch. M. M. Fullerton. Shirley Kolter. H. Emrick. E. Bachman THIRD ROW—B. Varner. E. Garretson. G. Williams. C. Underwood. E. Lusk. V. Bowman The French Club consists of the members of the current class only. In as much as there are but a few of them, they have no permanent officers. At each meeting two pupils take charge of the proceedings, acting as hosts and hostesses, and conducting the conversation in French. Miss Postle entertained first, serving refreshments. They find it very interesting to meet about a table spread with attractive tidbits. The food suggests topics for conversation and adds to their pleasure. The committees for the year are as follows: Betty Sheets and Dorothy Long, Tom Cornell and Darrell Woolf, Dorothy Jackson and Charlotte Graham, Roland Swonguer and Richard Hiner, Imogene Green and Miss Postle. The Math Club, is also one of the new clubs organized at Blume High School this year. The purpose of the Math Club is to promote a greater interest in mathematics. To be eligible for membership, a student must be taking or have had at least a year of mathematics. This membership is not restricted to upper-classmen but is open to all four W. CLUB—TOP ROW-J. Sintz. G. Bowman. C. Steman. I. Logan. M. Thrush. Coach Hamm. C. Graham. F. Hamilton. J. Bailey. B. Howell. L. Ruck SECOND ROW—F. Kantner. F. Jacobs. C. Rinehart. H. Nelson. T. Cornell. D. Woolf. C. Phillips. E. Cornell THIRD ROW-J. Churchill. J. Singleton. E. Stroebel. J. Chesbrough. W. Carter. B. Chesbrough. R. Swonguer. R. Hemmeri classes. The different speeches, discussions, and a play made all meetings interesting to the members. Miss Noble and Mr. Jones deserve the credit for the splendid organization and leadership of the Math Club. One of Blume High’s newest, and outstanding organization is the Letter Club. This organization was formed to promote better training, clean living, clean sportsmanship, cooperation, good fellowship, a high scholastic standing, and also enhance a prestige of Blume High athletics in athletic competition and in the class room. All letter-men of Blume High School are eligible for membership. To remain in good standing however, all members must keep up a scholastic standing, as well as good athletic conduct. As a project for the coming year the club has decided to publish a year book of the “Red Skins.” This will contain a summary of each sport and the outstanding players and plays. Mr. Hamm was the very efficient advisor of the club this year.