Wellston High School - X Ray Yearbook (Wellston, OH)

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28 The X-Ray His Y Closes Successful Year The Hi-Y Club is one of the foremost boys’ clubs in America, being a branch of the Y. M. C. A. Its purpose is to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community a high standard of Christian character. The four planks of their platform are: clean speech, clean sportsmanship, clean scholarship, and clean living. Eleven new members were initiated at the beginning of the school term. The initiation was public for the first time since the existence of the club. Several members of the faculty, and girls who were prospects for the or- ganization of a Girls’ Reserve Ciub, were in attendance. One of their greatest achievements was the sponsoring of the Father and Son Banquet. This was financed by the dues, assessments, and general cooperation of the members. The Hi-Y picnic has become an annual affair, since the one which was held last year at Dixon’s Mill proved such an enjoyable occasion. This year, the picnic was given for the boys and their invited guests at Ash Cave, near I.ogan. This was a co-ed affair which lasted from 5:00 P. M. un- Upper Row — Ramsey, Stewart, Sproule, Barr, Foster. Lower Row — Wills, Mr. Jenkins, Scott. til 8:00 P. M. They were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Higley, Mr. Raach, Miss Riley, and Miss Bell. The Hi-Y boys have secured club rooms in the Central School building, equipped with pool and card tables. These rooms are open on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. There is not much expense to the rooms, as the furniture was donated, the school board pays the light and gas bills, and the boys do their own janitor work. The officers of the club are: President, Ben Rhodes; Vice President, Fred James; Secretary, Herbert Kesinger; Treasurer, Ar-dyce Bowling, and Faculty Advisor, Mr. Jenkins. Officers elected for next year are: President, Herbert Kes- inger; Vice President, Paul Hogan; Secretary, Leroy Duhl; Treasurer, Swisher Starcher. Hi Y Initiates Seven Members To fill the vacancies which will be left by the graduation of several Hi-Y members, a class of seven was received into the club near the end of the school year. The boys best qualified to comply with the rules of the organization were chosen. They are: Harry Barr, Donald Stewart, John Ramsey, Harry Foster, George Wills, Clarence Sproule, and Clyde Scott. First Column—Wills, W. Rhodes, Davis, Pierpont, Rice. Second Column—B. Rhodes, Bowling, J. James, Sellers. Third Column—Mr. Jenkins, Carey, Pittinger, Duhl, Stephenson. Fourth Column—F. James, Kesinger, Starcher, Reed. Fifth Column—Gettles, Patterson, Callahan, Harper, Hogan.

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Wellstox High School Sixth Year Closes f or Orchestra The Orchestra is one of the greatest assets to We'lston High School, since it has furnished music for various programs and entertainments during the entire year. The Orchestra’s renditions were well received at “Lightnin’,” the Grade School program. National Music Week, “The Whole Town’s Talking,” and the Commencement exercises. This year, which is the sixth for its existence, has shown remarkable improvement over all previous ones. The majority of the members play violins, but there are several wind instruments. Drums were introduced this year for the first time. ORCHESTRA Back Row—Glenora Renshaw, Virginia Jonas, Ruth Wetzel, Dorothy Jones, Olive Plummer, Marjorie Jones, Darlene Wortman. Lower Row—Tom Rogers, Alfred Tisch, Herbert Kesinger, Edwin Harper, Kathleen Morrow. HaiJ the Baby Activity The latest addition to the musical circle is the band. The Holton Band Instrument Company first suggested that there should be a band organized here. Provided the company sold twenty instruments, it guaranteed to furnish a leader for three months. The proposition was accepted with eagerness. About sixty-five pupils from the grades and high school reported for practice under the direction of Mr. Edward Vanover, a very able instructor. The band gave a concert March 26, which was a very creditable first appearance. When Joe Kelly led the band at a Rotary luncheon, the Ro-tarians were quite impressed by the progress that had been made during the past few months. The work may continue during the summer. It is hoped that the band will aid in making next year’s football season a huge success. Hail the Band! High School Members Who are Active: Paul Hogan, Everett Branscomb, Clyde Wilcox, Luther Minnis, Charles Ramsey, Wilbur Long, David Stephenson, John Ramsey, Homer Pittinger, Frank Ix ng, Mary Bierhup, Clarence Pit-tinger, Darlene King, Hiram McCoy, Sarah Hudson, Noma Hughes, Swisher Starcher.

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Wellstox IIi(;n School 20 A very enjoyable program has been carried out during the year, both in literary work and social affairs. The monthly meetings have been devoted to a study of early and modern poets. The outstanding social event of the club calendar was the “Rainbow Party,” sponsored by the Cary and Mishna Societies on March 22. MISHNA STUDIES MODERN POETRY and to foster friendlier relations among the girls of the organization and of the entire high school. At the beginning of the school year, seven new members were initiated, making a total of twenty-nine members. Only girls of high standard character and scholarship are admitted. Upper Row—T. Kontner, Davis, Lockard, Dando, Summers, V. Jonas, Tisch, E. Kontner, Miss Riley. Second Rote—Renshaw, M. Jonas, Reynolds, Webster, Lewis, Gundlefinger, D. Jones, Hunley, Seurlock. Lower Row—M. I.each, J. Leach, Harper, O. Downard, M. Jones, Bellomy, Rogers, Maloy, H. Downard. Cary Mishoa Give Unusual Party March 22, 1929. What an important date it was! Each member of the two literary societies was curling her hair or otherwise making herself beautiful for the occasion. Their boy friends were “dressed to kill” in new suits. The party started off with a bang. An Easter egg hunt began the evening, and Danny Scar-berry found almost all of the eggs. Games were played until enthusiasm waned. Then all joined in the grand march to the domestic science room, where they received refreshments. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. Punch, serpentine, and confetti added to the festivities. Rodney Scott and Miss Riley took turns at the piano. The party was declared to be the best ever given by the clubs and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. CARY HAS ENJOYABLE YEAR Colors: “Green and White” Motto: “Live and Learn” The purpose of the Cary Literary Society is to enliven and help direct an interest in good literature, to promote happiness, The Mishna Literary Club obtained its name from the Hebrew word meaning “learning.” Thus it may easily be seen that the object of the club is the promotion of a higher literary standing and an improvement in the literary tastes of the different members. Therefore, the motto, “Improve.” The first Mishna Club was organized in 1922 and, for the first three years, only members of the junior and senior clases were admitted, but later membership was extended to freshmen and sophomores as well. In 1928, the constitution was revised and made more suitable to present needs. The program of work for the year 1928-29 consisted of an interesting and successful study of American authors, both early and modern. Top Row—Thomas, Collins, Barbee, A. Hamer, Lantz, Sylvester, Snyder, Steele, Bentine, Gundlefinger, Ghast. Second Row—H. King, Scott, Phillips, L. Hamer, Willard, Day, Starcher, Platt, Lindauer, Dennis, Norris, Pittinger, Miss Braley. Lower Row—Patton, Jones, Patterson, Wortman, Morrow, Plummer, V. Kelley, Thorne, Hudson, Littlejohn, C. King, E. Kelly, James.