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

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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

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F uurteen are Martha Alice Horner, Maxine Atchison, Vern Watson, Owen Barnes and Ross Roach, seniors, and Peggy Rider, junior. The club is distinctly an extracurricular activity. No previous experience in drama is necessary for membership. It is open to any junior or senior in Wyandotte. To beconte a member, a student must prepare a reading tryaout of approximately ten lines to give the committee of judges an idea of the interest taken in the club and the person's ability. The lines may bc taken from any selection desired, but must be memorized. The committee listens to the pupils' trylouts and votes accordingly. Seventyftwo members were chosen, 41 seniors and 31 juniors. Nearly 200 students tried out for the club. Those on the waiting list will replace members who are dropped for absence from meetings or for not paying dues, which is 'Trl cents a year. Any member not attending the first regular meeting without a good excuse was dropped perf manently. Officers are Ross Roach, senior, presidentg Doris Rad' ford, senior. vice president: Martha Alice Horner, senior, secretaryg Maxine Richards, junior, treasurer, and Vern Watson, senior, sergeant'at'arms. The club meets twice a month after school. Standing committees for the year were announced by Ross Roach, president. Members of the playreading com' mittee, who select the play to be given by the club, are Bette Soward, chairman: Dorothy Walinow, james Bingham, and Charles Clary. The costuming committee consists of Lorna Rae Groomer, Mary McCroskcy, Bonnie .lean Pettit, Monte Gillespie, and Betty Good, Maxine Atchison is chairman of the casting committee, Other members are Bob Lucas, Harold Lind, Eva Stillwell, and David Evans. The program committee consists of Patricia Gordon, chair' man, Mary McMahon, Roy Edwards, and Tommy Batty. Members of the publicity committee are Marjorie Moss' man, chairman: Flavia Ann Tharp, Dorothy Marsh, Fred Cooper, Betty Baker, and Lee Surber. The membership committee, which determines the elif gibihty of applicants, consists of Bruce Roach, chairmang Ben Shanklin, Peggy Rider, Ruth Hamm, Helen Figlcy, and Maxine Klingman. The social committee is Clifford Stott, chairman, joan Darby, Virginia Bantleon, Mary Dorsey, Betty Welsh, Gloria Biechele, and George Grindrod, Staging lor the Dramatics clulw play is done by the Boards Club, under the direction of Vern Watson, stage lIIilIliigCr. The Boards club are the guys behind the scene who never get much recognition. They shift scenery and furnif ture and perform tasks that go to make the stage attractive for plays. Members of the club are automatically members of the Dramatic club. All members of this club are boys. Evidently the girl members eouldn't take it. SPANISH CLUB El Circulo Espanol, the Spanish Circle, was reorganized this year under the sponsorship of Miss -ludith Stapleton, Spanish instructor. Each class elected two delegates who act as the governing body of the club. Out of this group the following officers were elected: Robert Lopez, senior, prcsidentx Eleanore Bennett, sophol lllUI'L', vice president: Dorothy Marsh, senior, secretary: and john Arnold, junior, treasurer. Other members of the council are Stanley Lind, senior, and Selby Soward, Irene Hinze, Virginia Godfrey, Jeanette Kasner, Norma jean Roberts, Tom Batty, Irene Wolfe, Les' lie Wolder, Ilene Hall, Libbie Louise Yoakum, and Gwendof lyn Evans, juniors. About eight meetings arc held during the year, one each month. Martha Alice Horner, senior, the program chair man, plans a program for each meeting, and Nadine Knox and Dorothy Kirkham, senior, artists, make the programs and song sheets. Anyone having had six weeks study of Spanish is elegible for membership in the club. If a member has more than two unexcused absences or more than three tardies, he is automatically dropped from the roll, Dues for the organization are 30 cents. The speaker for the first general meeting was Fernand Rueda, Mexican consul. Senior Robert Lopez, president, leads in the Spanish group singing at the meetings. Instead of a regular meeting for December, the club had a Christ- mas party in the recital hall. A Spanish play, Noehef buena, directed by Dorothy Marsh, senior, was given by the members. The cast included Phillip Thompson, jeannette Smiley, Nadine Knox, Helen Eigley, Sidney Smith, Bernice johnson, Mervil Smith, Dorothy 'lean Stowers, Bonnie Lee Bacon, and Harry Shopmaker. Robert Lopez sang two Spanish songs, Afuera and Adentro el Senor. Stanley Lind, senior, spoke about Christmas in Mexico. Everyone sang Christmas carols in Spanish and played the Spanish game Pinata Refreshments were served by the refreshment committee, Clara Mae Carter, Margie Mae Fisher, and john Arnold. A RT CLUB Membership for the Art club, with Miss Frances Hamlin, art instructor, as sponsor, is limited to 35 students A IDENTIFICATION Naismith officers-Edwards, I-Iahn, I-Iukle, sponsor, Boring, Smith. Girls' W officers-Pearson, Nodler, Hamm, Bannister, Godfrey, Phillips, Boston, Baker, Toelle, Swisher, Reynolds. I-Ii-Wives officers-Harvey, Wilson, Neel, I-Ieady. Kay Cee officers-Vessels, Radford, Kelchner, Meeks, Ed- wards, Becker, Lucas, Wiles, I-Ielwig, sponsor, McCroskey, Horner. The group meets every other Wednesday in room 242, Officers are president, Charlotte Provonche, senior: vice president, Betty Boyer, senior, secretaryftreasurer, Bryon Martin, senior, and sergeanbat-arms, Bob Durkee, junior. The program committee consists of Kathleen Murphy, chairman, Byron Martin, Dorothy Mae Kirkham, and Phil Thompson, seniors. On the social committee are Winifred Boomer, chairman, Ellen Grimes, Bettie Capell, and Winifred Wooton. At each meeting lessons on sketchings are included. The year's program is as follows: The first meeting concerned the subject of water colors and Hazel Woodworth and Vera Wyatt, seniors, were in charge, Bettie Capell, senior, and Elizabeth Calovieh, junior, con- ducted the meeting, Dec. l. The topic for discussion was A'Modern French and included the life and work of Cizanne and Monet. The Christmas meeting concerned the masters, Raphael and Correggio, Gloria lreton and Kathleen Murphy, sen' iors, and Bob Durkee, junior, participated in the program.