West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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nd Writ r STudenTs who enTer The journalism acTiviTies oTTered by our school, do so To pracTice Their knowledge oT English. They wriTe TeaTures, news arTicles, adverTisemenTs, ediTorials, and special columns Tor publicaTion. In This way They apply The grammar and composiTion Teachings which They receive in Their English classes. The Campus Clipper, as The news organ Tor The school, responsibly reporTs every new happening, and in addiTion prinTs several spe- cial TeaTures To capTure sTudenT inTeresT. Miss Ross, Miss l-lerrernan, and Jean Horlamus, ediTor in chieT, supervise while 30 sTudenTs Trom all classes publish The paper. The Clipper was an eTTicienT paper, capably serving sTu- denTs and TaculTy and aT The same Time earn- ing a second-class raTing Trom The NaTional ScholasTic Press AssociaTion. hought The I94I Bend, published by The seniors, was responsible Tor The compleTe summary and preservaTion oT The I940-4l Term. Under The guidance oT Mr. BaxTer, a sTaTT was whipped inTo shape early in OcTober wiTh Mary KuehlThau and RoberT RaTTray as ediTors. Work was begun immediaTely To organize The book. ConTracTs were signed, a layouT planned and a budgeT devised. The sTaTT was posed Tor The picTure below as They casT Their bal- loTs Tor The dedicaTion. The business and Tinan- cial dealings oT The Bend were delegaTed To WalTer Tuchscherer and WalTer Weyres, man- agers oT adverTising and business, respecTively. The Two WalTers were snapped as They sold a subscripTion To one oT The 400 supporTers. Copies oT The yearbook are also disTribuTed To The sponsors lTound on The lasT pagel who have a keen inTeresT in The school's acTiviTies. Top l.eTT, Rear-- E. Schmidt J. Geib, J. Monday, G. PeTe, R. l-liller, J, Horla- musg Fore -- R. BenneTT, V. Geib, R. Jaekel, L. Geib. Top RiqhT-- Miss l-lerreman Miss Ross, Lucille Proeber lseaTedl. BoTTom LeTT--The Bend sTaTT vofes Tor The dedica- Tion. BoTTom RighT-- Business Managers, WalTer Tuch- scherer, WalTer Weyres, Page NineTeen

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earn to Speak . . DebaTe, declamaTion, oraTory, exTempcraneous speaking and reading --These are The various phases oT Torensics ThaT are oTTered in our ex- Tra-curricular program. Each gives one an op- porTuniTy To acquire poise, To Think quickly and clearly, and To express his ThoughTs well. AbouT one-hundred sTudenTs Took an acTive parT in The various speech acTiviTies This year. ln The Tall oT The year DirecTor Olson called TogeTher all who were inTeresTed in debaTe, and work was begun on The quesTion, Re- solved: ThaT The power oT The Tederal govern- menT should be increased. Cases were builT up by The aTTirmaTive and Torn down by The negaTive which only made each sTrive To Tind an invincible argument As conTesTs passed, more and more de- baTers were weeded ouT unTil The squad was narrowed down To eighT speakers. Mr. Olson pondered and aT lasT decided To send John Jaekel, Ralph BenneTT, Dan ElaherTy, and Bob RaTTray To The disTricT TournamenT. This proved To be a wise choice because The Team came Through and wenT To The secTional and Then To The sTaTe where They were vicTorious. ln rec- ogniTion oT Their superior speaking, They re- ceived a red and whiTe banner which now decoraTes The corridor. FiTTeen ouT oT eighTeen debaTes were won in order To geT ThaT worThy piece oT TelT. BuT This was noT The end oT a record sea- son. Bob RaTTray enTered exTemporaneous speaking and broughT home a cup Trom The LiTTle Ten, and in The sTaTe Tinals emerged wiTh TirsT honors, a gold medal. Mr. Olson's parT as coach was indeed an imporTanT one. He puT TorTh every eTForT To give The sTudenTs a chance To gain speaking experience. Top -- R. BenneTT, R. RaTTray, Coach Mr. Olson, J. Jaekel, D. FlaherTy. BoTTom LeTT, Top- Mr. Olson, J. Monday, R. Malzahn, C. Claus, A. KieckhaTer, R. SchachT3 Row 2--D. Ziegler, W. Moilanen, M. Hansen, M. Bohn. J. BoeseweTTer, R. Ben- neTT: Row 3--M. KuehlThau. L. RosenThal, M, Gcnring, G. MarTin, M. PrenTice, V. Tess- mang Row 4--G. Grogan, A. Kluever, N. Reinke, R. Gehl, Miss STanTield. BoTTom RighT-- D. J. Kenny opens The sTudenT congress of The N. F. L. held in WesT Bend. THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FGRTY-ONE BEND Page ElghTeen

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Musical I-leurs The organizaTions which are aT The disposal oT Those who are musically inclined are band, orchesTra, boys' and girls' chorus, and mixed chorus. Nearly Two-hundred sTudenTs parTici- paTe in some Torm OT music acTiviTy. The sopho- mores ouTnumber every oTher class. The Band has become a pad oT The regular curriculum and is conducTed during The second and lasT periods OT The day. A halT crediT is given To all who parTicipaTe. Because oT The large number oT experi- enced musicians, The A band which prac- Tices during The sevenTh hour, is divided inTo Two groups. On cerTain days boTh worlc To- geTher. The band led by The drum-maioreTTes sTruTTed on such occasions as homecoming and The music TesTivals. Mr. ChrisTensen is building up maTerial Tor The TuTure high school band. l-le has a TiTTh and sixTh grade band which perTormed Tor The counTy school board convenTion. Some oT The members had Their picTures Taken wiTh John Callahan, The sTaTe superinTendenT OT schools. As a reward Tor good worlc in music, ThirTy- Tour oT our musicians were Taken To PlymouTh on May IO To wiTness The disTricT music Tourna- menT. In I942 The WesT Bend musical organi- zaTions will parTicipaTe. Each year a Musical VarieTy Show is held aT which The diTTerenT organizaTions demon- sTraTe Their abiliTy. This year's show revealed a loT oT hidden TalenT among The sTudenTs who were asked To presenT novelTy numbers. Cal- vin l-luber's swing band made iTs debuT aT This VarieTy Show and played Tor The dance aTTer The perTormance. Mr. ChrisTensen's special chorus oT TwenTy- Tour voices made a hiT wiTh all who heard Them. This group presenTed an assembly pro- gram aT ChrisTmas Time. They sang old carols Top -- R. SchachT, J. Flaher- Ty, lvl. Nielsen, M. Gon- nerinq, M. Gumm, F. Niel- sen. BoTTom l.eTT--WesT Bend's band, sowin' wild noTes. BoTTom RighT--Mr. Chris- Tensen serves a plaTTer.