West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Sunshine Society Tho Sunshinc Society ol' our high school is a chaptcr of the state Sunshinc Organization antl its me-mhvrship consists ol high school girls. The crccel lwst cvprcsscs our purposc: With low- in my hcart. forgetting sell antl with charity lor all, l will make thc ohject of my lifc hm-lpfulness anal kindness to others. l shall try to lil myself to give intelligent service in making my community a safer and more hcautiful place in which to live. Thus will my own lift- hecomc rich and completof, Una- of our special activities was the annual Foot- lrall Banquet Novomlwr twe-nty-scvcnth. in thc linion Building. llr. Gcorgc llavis serverl as out witty antl vcry capahlc toastmastcr. This hanquct was linancctl hy thi- procl-cds from lllt' Variety Page Ilrrnlv -six Show put on hy the stutle-nts. and hy candy sales at the foothall games. The most important cvcnt of thc spring is thc Mothers' Tea to which cach lllf'llllNfl' invites her mother. Each ycar at the Christmas anal Thanksgiving sca- sons the society sends toys antl food to a fcw poor families. lu previous years a piano. alishi-s. girls' gym mats. hike racks. and pictures have he-cn given to the school. Thc officers for this year were: President, ,,,, , ,lean Burnham Vice-President, , . .Marilyn Mastcrs Recording Secretary . Dorothy Heckard Corresponding Secretary Mary Trimble Tre-asm'cr , Barbara Bradlcy Ron- I Mann. Nl. Ni.-ol. Jones. Scunlou. tlroun-r Ln-r. Gray. Misnrr. Wilkins, Um-ns. lxvrn. l'onlius. Ron' 2 Pnlrirlx. Carbon. lfrriholcr. He-inlon. Fair man. Sexton. Douglas. H. Thompson. Nl. Tlioiupson K. Hnrnham. Cnhler. Roar Il--Hrath. Shu-IZ, Nlrlicc. llarrcn. Morrison St:-clc, Rnln-rts, Heath, Zumstciu. Stigvrs. llvckanl. Run' I Compton. Jcnhins. llotlilritlgv. Knapp llrill. Wilson. Painter. Wicrenga. Carrick. Miss tloul ter. Must:-rs, ur N. .' 4 all W it Ron' I Young, Sr-haupp. l'. llraillry. king. ll llradh-y. J. Burnham. llrt-m-r. Triinlvlr. Suntoril Wilson, George. Williams. Ron' 2 lilwuril. llonham. Slopscinu. Ni-vtton. lfrrv luml. liarnrs, Bosworth. llratly. Wood. llalu-s. lh-kay Iwi-, Mrs. Hamlin. Ron- .T lluynrs. Sanilcrs. 'Klli-u. 'l'homus. llunnon i Nlcliinzic. Nicol. llasis. Wilrlnan. Nolulr, llirxin. 1 Ron' l loorhres. llrry. l.loytl, liraxrs. N. Kash ner, Ri-ed. Ruhenkoenig. .l. Kashne-r. Xerllorwn Remmers. i l

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Speech Arts The Speech Arts Club is an organization to pro- mote and dcyclop a more general interest in speech and dramatics. l'robably the most important single project ol' tht- Speech Arts Club is the sponsoring of the debate tram. Mrs. Mueller was assisted in coaching the teams by Mr. llopkins and Mr. Eddy. The debaters ucrc Lois Ver Hoevcn. Morgan Davison. Treva llavis. Eleanor Slopscma, .lack Abbett. Harry liar- ling. Arnctta Mcliinzie. and Russell lfouts. The olliccrs for the Speech -Krts Club for this ycar: l'rt-sidt-ol llarry Darling Yicc-l'rcsidcnt Tom Slll'lllt'I' Secretary 'l'rcva Davis Treasurer Morgan Davison Sergeant-at-Arms Charles Wolford .lunior Executive llill Ainsworth Sophomore Executive Shirley Wilcman Sponsors Mrs. Mueller. Mr. Hopkins 1 f r ,sl o FIRST l'llITl3lll-I: Row I Gamble. Remley. Caldwell, Walker, Lovell Jackson, Ryder, Hilton, Fullts. Cooley. liorworth Binney, Baumgurdt, H. Hilton. Rau' 2 Slruluel. Deliork, George, Davisuon. Cray Munn. Turnipseed, Terry, .lan-klin, Uyler, Mayer Monroe. Row fl tlulshall, Hamilton. Curtis. Misuer, Geiger Hurley. Alibi-lt. lfrockelt. Smith, Wallace. Mills tfompton, tlripe. Ron' ll Prentice. tlunlield. Hnurngardl, lrnllree llarues, Warren, Hughes, Zartmuu. Morehouse, Cole Keller. Ron' 5 Swindler. Holmes, Bushnell. Elrod, Flir man. Thompson, Caldwell. Fleming. Marshall, Norris Yilelnan. Row 6 Ryder, Topping. tlanong, Schweidler, Don ham, Hughes, Hennetl, Holden, liomingore, Morlln Miller. Gannon. SECOND PICTLRE: Row I Hiner. Newton. Wileman. lluvis. Kauffman Darling. Shriner, Ainsworth. Wolford, Abbott, Baynes Sexton. Ostrander. Hwr 2 Hiler. Lee, lfifer, Mrtlloud, Halter, Hoes Cooley. Mcl'hetrialgze. Craig, 11. Marshall, Montgomery Cray. Ron' 3- Fouls, Geiger. Davison. lflirln, Ludwig Mayer. Mcliinzie. Masters, Allen. Pierre, Howmnn, Row 4' Harnelle, Girvin. Donhum. Ko-mmers. Reed stein. Caldwell. Row 5 Heath. Slullurd, Trimble. Sunlord. Schuupp Rubenltoenig. Slopsemn. Pervine, Lux. Steinmetz Steele. Kee. Wlirren, King. Mnhin. Wallace. Allen. Spitler Floyd. Zum:-Iein, Freihofer. Pierce, Mulvey. Johnson Becker. unior Speech Arts The ,lunior Speech Arts Club was founded lor the purpose ol furthering interest and proficiency in the speech arts. lt is sponsored by Mrs. Leer and Mr. Byrd. Approximately seventy students makc up the membership. The six officers are: President .,,,, ,..... ,,,., ...., , . . Elizabeth Holden Vice-President . , .,...,.. Bob Baker Secretary., , , ,Harry Hudlow Treasurer ......, ,,.,.. L avern Swindler Sergeant-at-Arms .,,.,, . ,, ,. ,,.Edward Barnes Elinor Hilton The club recently held an extemporaneous speech contest with the sponsors acting as judges. The win- ner had his dues paid for the semester. Among thc very interesting speakers we have had on our programs are Professor Ken Carmichael. who talked on producing amateur plays. and Mr. Eddy, who spoke on life in Germany. The club has been paying for four tickets to thc l'urdue Playshop, which are used by the members and Mrs. Leer who attend each production and re- port to the club on characterization, plot. costumes, and scenery. ln order to carry on its activities, social as well as financing one-act plays and tickets for the Pluyshop, the club sells candy. Page tu.'enly-fre Oakes, Colnillpwre. Noble, Elward. Hccltard, Tirmen- Rau' lr YerHoeven. Stigers. George, Wilson, Mc- Ruw : Lewis. Mr. ilupkam, Mr.. Mueller. ML

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Tri-Y Play This year the joint Hi-Y and Tri-Y clubs of the school presented a three act comedy on adolescent youth, Yours Truly W illie. The Cast was composed of Bob King, Mary Ann Click, Barbara Saunders, Pat Ludwig, Doris Nicol, Beth Schaupp, Martha Nicol, Virginia Ulrey, Eleanor Slopsema, Bill Heath, Harry Darling, Morgan Davison, and Steve Baker with Bob Montgomery taking the title role. The play was presented on March 19 and March 21. Due to the skill in direction of Miss Ruth Sinks, whose efforts were greatly appreciated by the cast, it proved a very enjoyable play. The play provided many interesting and amusing incidents. junior Play The Junior Class presented a farce called Hobgoblin House which was directed by Miss Brown. This play was a story of a maiden aunt and her two nieces who went to live in a haunted house. .lust as the servants and members of the family wereplanning to leave the house two friends of the nieces appeared and solved the mystery. ' The members of the successful cast were: Julia Ann Reed, Susan Mayer, Elea- nor Slopsema. Jean Burnham, Ann Newton, Marion Donham, Elizabeth Cirvin, Lorraine Stigers, Phil Demaree, Bill Wallace, Don Cooley, Bob Barnes, Horace McPhetridge, and Don Becker. ' Senior Play The Senior Class presented as its final dramatic appearance June Mad . lt was the story of the trials and worries of a young girl and ber parents when their nephew brings a sophisticated friend holne from college. The understanding and helpful mother was played by Anna Brewer and Esther Steeleg the hardworking doctor and husband, Thom Spitlerg Penny Wood, the little girl who grew up, Barbara Doddridgeg Chuck, the neighbor boy, Doug White: Milly Lou, the small neighbor girl and general ,.,,,,.,,,,,,,,, , Beulah Van Camp: the sophisticated friend from college, Harry Darling and Lynn Bryan: the nephew home from college, Morgan Davison, other members of the cast were Lois Ver Hoeven, Ada McClary, Virginia Graves, Bill Heath, Dean Barnette, Marian Gwynn, ,lack Miller, Wible Hiner, and Robert Geiger. Page twenty-:eve