Wyandotte High School - Quiverian Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Ten The purpose of the cluh is to organize all girls without restrictions as to class-to help each girl with her own per- sonal prohlem-and to develop personality. It attempts to discover the prohlems confronting the high school girl and sponsors social activities. The executive hoard which governs the League is made up of one or more representatives from each of five major cluhs Girl Reserves, Camp Fire Girls, Girls' Athletic Assof ciation, Home Economics cluh, and the Tyronian eluh, in conjunction with the League. and the officers of the League All girls have their choice of the five cluhs in which they wish to participate. They indicated their preference on ballots as follows: Girl Reserve, 'lllg G.A.A., 316: Camp Fire, 111: Tyronian, 88g Home Economics, IW. One hundred and seventy-two had no preference. The nomination committee is composed of representatives from the five cluhs in conjunction with the League, social cluhs, and the girl proctors. The officers are as follows: 1 Nellie Dahlin, senior, president: Thelma Dahhn, twin of Nellie, senior, vice president: Gay Sullivan, junior, secretary, and jeanne Fuchs, senior, treasurer. Miss Lois Bellinger, Latin teacher, is sponsor of the League. Miss Katherine Lee VV'ahlstrom, a national Camp Fire executive, spoke to the girls in one of their meetings in the auditorium. Her topic was Vocational Interests of High School Girlsf' Miss Wxthlstrtini is a descendant of Rohert E, Lee, Civil War general, All girls are urged to attend all the meetings, which are held after school, Friday, once a month. THE KAY CEES The Kay Cees, Vxfyandotteis pep cluh, is one of the few organizations of the school that survived the half'day school sessions of the past three years. But you can't keep a good hunch down. After all, it's up to the Kay Cees to generate school spirit and support all activities. Clad in their red and white striped sweaters, they furnish the glamor and pep of school life. Leaders of the cheering at foothall and haskethall games are Roy Edwards, veteran cheerleader, Edward Anderson, Marvin Greenhaum, and Wxtyiie Barher, seniors: ,loe Lindsay. Boh Durkce, Harry Shopmaker, Wxtyfiie Humphrey, and Charles McCroskey, juniors, Four hoys lead cheering half a game, with Edwards lead' ing throughout the whole game. Dues in the Kay Cees are ffl cents a year, and each memher is required to sell seventeen tickets to the annual play. The entire Vsfyandotte foothall team was in action on thc set of this year's Kay Cec play, The College Widruxx','i directed hy Miss Besse Helwig, sponsor of the cluh. It was the eleventh play given hy the organization. and all have heen directed hy Miss Helwig, who has sponsored thc eluh since its heginning. The play was the first Vyfyandotte production staged in the new auditorium. Proceeds are used to finance the play, the foothall and lwaskethall han' quets which are given in honor of the players: Christmas haskets for the poor, and a scholarship to the junior College. The group has a record memhership of a total of 220 juniors and seniors, each memher voted upon hy the cluh. Because of the increased school enrollment and the need for a higger cheering section, the numher is if greater than last year's memhership. The hoys on the foothall and has' kethall teams are considered as honorary memhers of the organization. The officers of the cluh for the first semester were jim Kelchner, president: Ann Lucas, vice president: Laura jean Wiles, secretary, Boh Radford, treasurer: and Arthur Meeks, sergeantfatfarms. The second semester officers are Roy Edwards, president: Martha Alice Horner, vice president: Ted Vessels, treasurer, Mary McCroskey, secretary: and Alhert Becker, sergeant' at'arms. THE HI-Y The Christian organization for hoys in high school, the Hi'Y eluh, is a hranch of the Y, M. C. A. Since WSU the cluh has heen rather insignificant in size, hut as every other organization in connection with the school grows higger and hetter so it is with the HifY new Last year there were thirteen memhers. This year there are approximately 21143, an increase of sixteen times the former memhership. The VV'yandotte cluh is divided into four chapters, ac' cording to student classification. Each chapter has its own officers and holds meetings once a week. The chap' ters hold a joint meeting once a month, Sponsors are Mr. Lauren Plummer, freshmen: Mr. L. A. Elhl, sophomores: Mr. M. E. Divelhiss, juniors: and K. I. Stuhhlefield, seniors. Mr. The officers of the whole organzation are Bill Lyons, president: joe Radey, vice president: jack Lyons, secretary: A IDENTIFICA'I'lON 'Hi-Y officers-Cummins, Stewart, Bergman, sponsor, Ran. kin, Robinson, Howerton, B. Lyons, Radey, J. Lyons, Mu. Murray, Senior Hi-Y officers-Greenbaum, Latas, Willig, Rankin, Stubblefield, sponsor, Stewart, Bames, Cummins, Robinson, Stewart. Junior Hi-Y-officers-Brown, Beck, Mallott, Smith, Shop- lmlkvfv C00per. Divelbiss, sponsor, Lucas, Protaskey, Harbour. Sophomore Hi-Y officers-Wagner, Everly, Sgikeg, Meek, Hollander, Cass, Hazen, Stevens, E'lbl, sponsor, Ambrose. Freshman Hi-Y officers-Campbell, Shaw, Stamps, Plum. mer, sponsor, Kershner, Erwin, Weddle, Evans, Gray, Ebener. sponsor, Roach, Ireland, Shanklin, Boards eluh-Harrell, Hildebrandt, Greenbaum, Watson, Van Cleave. treasurer. All are seniors. and Clayton McMurray, To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian character, is the purpose of the HifY at Wyziiidrwtte. Mr. Virgil Bergman, English instructor, is the sponsor of the whole organization. Bill Lyons, joe Radey, jack Lyons, Clayton McMurray, Rolwff Cllllllllllli ,lim Rohinson, Williztni jaremko, Kenneth Mullin, and Halhert Rankin were delegates who attended the HifY conference at Paola several months ago, The conference was in preparation for the state confer' ence at Ottawa, where nine mcmhers of the Wyztiidiitte cluh were present. They were Mr. Bergman, Bill Lyons, Clayton McMurray, jim Rohinson, joseph Radey and john Stewart, seniors: Edgar johnson, john McLain, and Arthur Ehener, freshmen. The officers and cahinet memhers of the chapters are as follows: Senior chapter-Owen Barnes, president: Boh Cummins, vice president: jim Rohinson, secretary: john Stewart, treas' urer: Halhcrt Rankin, world friendship chairman: Bill Willig, service committee chairman: Bud Latas, program committeg chairman: Marvin Greenhaum, puhlicity committee chairf man: and jack Stewart, Bihle study committee chairman. junior chapter Boli Lucas, president: Andrew Protaskey, vice president: jack Harhour, secretary: Fred Cooper, treas' urer: Ferril Brown, world friendship committee chairman:

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1- Twelve Harry Sl1tII3III.tIiUl', service committee chairman: ,lack Smith, program committee chairman: Frank Malott, puhlicity com- mittee chairman: and Kenneth Beck, Bihle study committee chairman. Sophomore chapter Kenneth Stevens, president: Wgtyiiie Atnhrose, vice president: jim Evcrly, secretary: Ray CASS, treasurer: VVilliam Hollander, world friendship committee chairman: jerry Bikes, service committee chairman: W1lli.iiii NVagner, program comnnttee chairman: Bill Meek. puhlicity committee cl'airman, and Rohert I'Ia:en, Bihle study com' mitte chairman. Freshman chapter Kenneth Stamps, president: I'Iugh Kershner, vice president: Buford Erwin, secretaryg Raymond Shaw, treasurer: Paul Camphell, world friendship committee chairman: Ralph Evans, service committee chairman: Rolla Vvleddlc, program committee chairman: Arthur Ehener, puhl licity committee chairman: and George Gray. Bihle study committee chairman. The cluh sponsored a father'andfson hanquet in the school cafeteria. This hanquet was promoted hy the Vvlyandotte county I'IifY cluh and included all puhlie lngh schools in Wyiiiidtwtte county that have HifY cluhs, Rev. ,loseph Cleveland presided. Rohert Cummins, senior, acted as toastmastcr, The girls' quartet, directed hy Miss Gwendof lyn Rushton, glee cluh instructor, was included on the prof gram, Speeches were given hy various memhers of the different high school cluhs in Vxfyandotte county. Mr. Olaf Soward, news commentator ot' KUKN, spoke hcfore a general I'IifY cluh meeting in thc recital hall. Mr. Soward's discussion was oi the SIIIUJEIIMIIICSC war. There are six different pins for the mcmhers. sponsors, and otitiieers of the I'I1aY cluh and each ot' its chapters. The pins have a white cross inside a red triangle. the cross signifying purity and the triangle, red hlooded sports' nianship, Pins with certain emhlems attached pcrsoniiy the sponsor or officers of the cluh. A torch is the emhlem of the sponsor: a gavel the presidents: a knights helmet the vice presidentisp a quill in an ink hottle the secretaryis, and a dollar sign the treasurer's. GIRL RESICRVES Any Vtfyandotte girl is ehglhle for memlieislup in the Girl Reserve orgaiuzation, the companion cluh to the Hi-Y. It is a Christian and character'huilding organi:ation for girls. Four girls of the school, ,Ieannc Vvlistlom, senior, and Dorothy Bales, Betty Clements and Annie Iwianson, tuniors. attended the regional Girl Reserve allsday conference held at the Y. WL C. A. in Kansas City. Mo. Dorothy Bates is president of the cluli this year: .lean Patton, VICE president, and Betty Schaeffer. treasurer. The sponsors are Miss Inc: MacKinnon. Miss Lois Bel- hnger, Miss Gladys Beck, Miss Rcva Lint, and Miss Georgia Oldham. The group participated in the Tlianltsgiving sunrise hreaktastu wluch was held hy the city Hill R. and HifY at the Y. M. CI. A. Miss Doris Carpenter. secretary of the city Y. W. C. A., spoke to tht girls at one of the meetings. Her topic was Girl Reserve, Its Meanuig Locally and Internationally CA MI' FIRE GIRLS Sixteen freshmen, ill sophomores. 3: luniors, and Z1 sen' iors constitute the 122 memhers of the Cainp Fire Girls in Vxfyantlotte. The cluh is divided into four groups, according to stu- dent classification. Each month the whole group meets together. Respective groups mcet on the third Friday of each month. The senior group, sponsored hy Miss If. Maude Moles, elected Ruth I'Ianun, president: Corinne I'I.unm.uid. vice pres' ident: I'Ielen I'erkins, secretary: Lela Lord, treasurer: Virf ginia Anderson, in charge oi' the devotionals: Betty NValdner, representative to the Vtfyandotte council. The iunior group elected Betty I'Iarmon, president: Mau' rine Johnson, vice president: Doris Franklin, secretary: Vir ginia Thompson, scrihe: Laura Tucker, treasurer: Christui Knaus, jeraldine U'Brien, and Katherine Fee. rcpresenta' tives to the council. Miss Agnes Pearson is the sponsor. Betty I'Iaherlein is president: ,Iaqueline Loriing, vice pres' ident: Margaret justice, secretary: Sylvia Hichman. treasf urer: .layne Van Zele, serihe, Pauline Quisenherry and Sylvia Irlichman, representatives lo the council ot' the sophomore group, sponsored hy Miss Iinid Vtfherley. The freshmen group, with Miss Dorothy Pulley as sponsor, chose Margaret Breidendolf, president: Charlene Stuart, vice president: Betty june Thompson, scrihe: Mary ,lean Yolish, treasurer: Ruth Edwards, representative to council. Coral Larson is the alternate representative of this last group. The memhers of the cluh selected one representative for each ten memhers in the four class groups to form a Vwfyanf dotte Council. This council has regular meetings at the city Camp Fire headquarters with Miss Lora Parker, city executive. The purpose is that national projects can he carried on at Vxfyandotte, TYRUNIAN CLl'B Because ot' hctter facilities the Tyronian cluh, deriving its name from Tyron, secretary lo Julius Caesar, has hecome in reality a cluh again. Aheut l'lo advanced typists constitute this orgauuzation which is sponsored hy Miss Alta L. Haynes, typing teacher. At the first meeting the memhers elected Catherine Silady. president: .leanne Fuchs, vice president: Edward Eisen' herger. secretary: Vincent Sell, treasurer, and Harriet Col' luis. sergeantfatfarms. All of thc officers are seniors, The purpose of the cluh is to further the interest in com' mercial suhlects and to hring the students into closer con tact with thc husiness classes. Meetings arc on Thursdays in the recital hall. A IDEN'l'II ICA'l'ION Ilramatic club officers-Roach, Harrell, sponsor, Watson, Radford, Horner, Richards. Latin cluh officers-Iioddingtnn, Miller, Baker, Barnes. Girl Reserve officers-Patton, Balt-s, Schaffer, Ile-Ilinixvr and MacKinnon, sponsors. Camp Fire officers-Bridendolph, Haherlino, Harmon, Hamm. Faculty Men officers-Kruger, Connet, Yarner. Boys' UW club officers-Humphrey, Clary, Petr-rsnn, Hahn. Parks and Ellis, sponsors, The s eakcr for the first meeting was lvliss Florence P . Parsons, president of the Business if Ijroiessional VX7omen's cluh ef Kansas City. A Christmas party was given in the cafeteria with Cath' erine Silady, president, in charge of the program. Santa Claus also was present. DRA MATICS CLLB The Dramatics cluh, under the direction ot' Mr, Charles T. Harrell, drama instructor, was the tiirst new cluh to he ttl'g.ll1l.ZCLI in new Vtfyandotte, A steering committee, whose duties were to tiorni the constitution of the organization and list the tpialitiieations for memhership, was elected at the tirst meeting. Meinhers