Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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Just Beginning Blume's younger generation of '40-'41 is composed of 109 boys and girls. They are divided into four homerooms, occupying rooms twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty-two, and thirty-four. Three officers, chosen by the majority vote of the homeroom citizens, govern each room. Homeroom twenty-three has as president, Stanley Maxson, secretary, Earl Kantner, and service director, Harry Minnich. Twenty-four's officers are Jonathan Emrick, president; Marjory Jackson, secretary; and Delbert Fisher, service director. In homeroom thirty-two, Shirley Davis is president, Nancy Abe is vice-president, and Glenna Orphal is service director. Arthur Swink is president of homeroom thirty-four, Shirley Shaw is secretary and treasurer, and Don Zimmerman is service director. Many freshman boys turn to Mr. Roberts and Mr. Nash with confidence, since they are freshmen boys' advisers. Mrs. Johnson is the freshmen girls' adviser. The freshmen perform many activities around Blume High School. The first dance of the year is the Freshman-Sophomore Dance and it is usually one of the biggest. This year the freshmen sponsored a cleanup campaign at Blume Hi. Early this spring they were out in front of school raking the lawn and picking up papers which were strewn about. Since freshman girls are not permitted to join the Girl Reserve organization, they organized a club of their own. The Red Rectangle Club has been chosen as its title. The four corners of the rectangle stand for friendship, reverence, service, and self-control. Betty Knauss is its president, Rosanna Miller, its secretary, and Ruth Ann Harshbarger, its treasurer. They have not, as yet, planned their program for the remainder of the year but it promises to be a successful and continuous organization. Four freshmen are chosen to serve on the School Council for the second semester. They are Phama Wilkins, Robert Colvin, Rose Marie Smith, and Betty Knauss. First Row: N. Abe, C. Ague. M. Alstaetter, E. Ankerman. M. Bahler, G. Ball-weg. M. Benny. V. Bowersock, A. Bowsher. Second Row: C. Brautigam. C. Brookhart. V. Buddemeyer. M. Burden. F. Burden. C. Chiles. J. Burden. L. Burden. J. Clum. Third Row: B. Colvin. G. Davis. S. Davis. J. Dill. B. Disney. C. Doseck. E. Doseck, E. Doseck, D. Durum. Fourth Row: E. Dumm. J. Emrick, A. Erb. D. Fisher. H. Schultz. N. Garrett. E. Zwiebel, R. Harshbarger. G. Hibner. Fifth Row: M. Howell. L. Huebner, M. Jackson. M. Kailus, D. Kantner, E. Kantner. B. Katter, M. Keller, C. Klopfenstein. Sixth Row: L. Knatz. C. Kentner. B. Knauss. C. Knierim. B. J. Kohler. J. Kohler, A. Lusk, B. Lusk, P. Markley.

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The Underpups E E Glenna Orphal, Nancy Abe. Shirley Davis Jonathan Emerick, Marjorie Jackson. Delbert Fisher Earl Kantner. Harry Minnich. Stanley Maxson Donald Zimmerman. Shirley Shaw, Arthur Swink

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First Row: I. Markley. J. Martin. S. Max-son. R. Mertz. M. McCormick, R. Meeker. W. Metz. L. Miller. R. Miller. Second Row: H. Minnich. C. Newland. G. Orphal. C. Rostorfer. N. Ruck. C. Sawmtller. E. Schmaltz, W. Schroer, L. Seitz. Third Row: B. Seitz. C. Shaw. J. Shaw, S. Shaw. A. Shockey. J. Shuster. J. Sidey. J. Smith. R. Smith. Fourth Row: A. Swink. D. Spurlock. R. Stevenson. A. Streight. R. Tangeman T. Taylor. B. Thatcher. T. Trego, J. Veit. Fifth Row: M. Walls. R. Webb. J. Werner. E. Wildermuth, P. Wilkens, R. Wonser. D. Zimmerman. J. Hole. J. Wagner. Sixth Row: E. Killian. F. Zweibel. Freshmen are also permitted to serve on the Lantern staff during the second semester. Usually two are chosen from the class, after the try-outs are turned in. This year there were four who seemed to have equal ability. Two served the first half of the second semester and two the second semester. Mara Martha Walls, Jo Ann Shuster, Clarajean Brookhart, and Marilyn McCormick were the four who were chosen. Besides these activities, the freshmen also have a considerable amount of studying to do. Their required subjects are English, general science, and citizenship. Elective subjects are home economics for girls, shop for boys, and Latin. Physical education is required for both boys and girls. Extra cirricular activities in which they may participate are glee clubs, band, stamp club, Lantern, and sports. Adios to the freshman of '41. Next year they'll be the sophomores of '42.