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

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GIRLS' W CLUB Softhall, hasketball, volleyball. tennis and deckftennis tournaments for girls are sponsored hy the Girls' W cluh. Through these activities any girl who earns 600 points receives a small red W: while one earning a I000 points gets a major letter. A small gold pin is awarded for an accumulated total of 1400 or more points. Any girls in Vxfyandotte high school may participate in the extraf curricular activities. By popular vote the meetings of the cluh are held once a month in the evening hefore home foothall and hasket' hall games. Standing: fwliss Helen Barnett. sponsor. and Vyvyan Russell. 'CCl'CLl1Iiy'tl'Cil4IlLCE. Seated: Anna Schwab. vicefpresident. and Frances Gillman, president. GIRLS' LEAGUE The ahsence of Miss Lois Bellinger from our faculty left the Girls' League minus a sponsor, hut Miss Ine: MacKinnon has heen elected to sponsor this large group, which consists of every girl in the school. The meetings started after the Christmas holidays, and the auditorium was the meeting place, since no other room in the huilding is large enough to accommodate this col' lection of girls. The programs are of such an unusual nature that they will he the envy of every male in the school, for it is a strictly feminine gathering. except, per' haps, for the privileged memhers of the faculty who hapf pen to he of the stronger sex. Seated: Bette Van Payne. president: Doris Shull, vice'presif dent: .lo Ann Roberts. secretary: Betty june Thompson. treasurer. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB If you have never seen the Home Economics living room on the third floor, you have certainly missed some' thing. The memhers of the Home Economics cluh take care of this room and have their meetings in its home' like atmosphere. The monthly meetings are planned by the students and each program has a different committee. This cluh was organized for developing personalities and huilding up an interest in homefmaking. The Home Economics girls have a picnic each spring and help dec' orate the huilding at Christmastime. Standing: Miss Effie Adams. lVliss Relna Smitlier. Miss Hill di-ed Cooper. Miss Georgia Oldham. sponsors. Seated: Dorothy Lee Miller. treasurer: lNIarguerite Duer. president: Marjorie Hawkins. secretary: Patty Matthews, vice' president. CLASSICAL CLUB Ad astra per aspera! The memhers of the Classical. or Latin clula to you, not only knoxv the meaning of this popular phrase, hut live it every time they sit doxvn to do a Latin lesson. The approximate eighty memhers of the Classical cluh meet every fourth Vvfednesday for the purpose of getting acquainted and promoting interest in the Latin depart' ment. They make a study of the various phases of Rof man life. art, and history which they donit have time for in regular classes. At the end of the year they sponsor a picnic which is greatly enjoyed lay all. Standing: Barhara Roherts. treasurerg .lulie Loo fxlay. presif dent. Seated: Luther Xhvelsli. vicefpresidentg Kliss Nlary Sellards. :pon-or. Edith May Darhy. secretary

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BOYS' VJ CLUB Two of the major activities of the Boys' Vv' club this year will be to take care of the initiation of all boys who have earned major letters in sports this year and to spon' sor an allfboys' play. A production solely by a cast of boys has never been tried before here. Edgar bl. Ellis, head football coach. promises both will he big events. Meetings are held before school every other Vkfednesday morning at 7:47. Standing: Edgar Ellis. sponsor: :Xl Obee. sergeant-atfarms: Bill Brill. vice'prcsident, Seated: Leo Headrick. secretary: Ray Evans. president: and jimmy Finley. treasurer. TYRONIAN CLUB Tyronian club members go way back in history for their name, but are modern in procedure. To gain experience they are placed in downtown busif ness offices for a month or more. They also act on call as secretary to any faculty member. These students do all stenographic work, including pref paring material for the Wyztiidintte Tuberculosis Society Drive and at Thanksgiving time when over 10,000 people are reached. The third Wednesday of each month at three o'clock meetings are held in the recital hall. Standing: Miss Alta Haynes. sponsor: Marie Grolbert, treas' urer: Winifred Hammond. secretary. Seated: Frank Piekarski. president: Herbert Vvlalker. sergeant' atfarms: and Max Myers. vicefpresident. SPANISH CLUB Do you spika de espanola? If you don't, your chances are pretty slim for getting into the Spanish club, for it is strictly for students inter' ested in learning the language of Spain and also some of its history. The approximate sixty members of this club meet once a month. The Gctober meeting was a joint meeting of all the language clubs, Latin, German and French incluf sive: and the May meeting will be the annual picnic of the language clubs. Standing: Bert Gvercash. program chairman: Bill Meek. treas- urer: Filbert Munoz. president. Seated: Bettie Haberlein. secretary: Miss Judith Stapleton, sponsor: Dorothy Mae Dahlin. vicefpresident. GERMAN CLUB Keeping in step with the other four language clubs the German club has launched on its second year of organ' ization and is sailing right along. The purpose of the club is to stimulate interest in Gerf man conversation and German culture. Speakers are chosen to lecture to the members at their meetings, which are held the last Wediiesdaiy' of each month. Left to right in the picture are the officers: jim Burwell, vicefpresidentz Janet Miller. secretary: Mary Miller, treasurer: Mr. Harvey Humann. spon-or: and Herbert Blessman. president.

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KAY CEES CLUB Honray for our side! These are our sentiments exactly. hut the main purpose ot these red'andfwhitestriped enthusiasts is to inspire the less peppy memliers of this institute ot educational oppur' tunity, The Kay Cfces is one of the school's largest cluhs. hav' mg a memliership ol- ISS. and. to he different. the meet' ings are suhject to call. In addition to the regular activities of the cluh. which consist of cheering at the numerous sporting functions, the Kay Cfees sponsor tl lianduet for the foothall and liasketf hall teams .1t the end ot' each respective season. Sfilndllwi ECld1C Costello. sergezintfaturmsg XX'esley Stoeltzlng. hoys' advisor: Dean Shelton. treasurer: Harold Kalousek. presif dent. Seated: Bette Van Payne. vice' resident: Lois Bannister. urls' , ls advisor1 fvliss Besse Helwig. sponsor: fwlary Palmer. secretary. FRENCH CLUB Ivlesdemoiselles and messieurs ot' the French cluh get together the last Vxfednesday of each month. Wl1y'7 To get acquainted with each other and learn more ahout the suljiect they have in common. Speakers are chosen for the meetings to explain and offer a hetter understanding of different connective topics. Twisting their tongues and making funny faces, as is characteristic of those just learning a foreign language, these students put to practical use what they learn by presenting short plays in French at the meetings. Standing: Vslalter Cook. treasurer. Seated: lvlartha Lou Cahle. vicefpresldenti Miss Nina Howe, sponsor1 and Virginia Pink. president, GIRLS' SWIMMING CLUB Acquatic heauties from the Girls' Swimming eluh will show their stroking and diving ability some of these days in a swimming demonstration in the pool. Girls from the physical education department will assist with added novelty numhers. The purpose of this club is to give girls who are hetter swimmers and who take an active interest in the sport Zl chance to improve. Red Cross Life Saving tests are conducted for cluh members. Every Ivlonday after school meetings are held at the pool. Standing: Miss Ardis Hill. sponsor. and joyee Smith. president. Seated: fwlary Florence Hoagland. secretaryftreasurer. and Bet' ty Chowning. vicefpresident. PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Getting an angle on the suhjeet is the ohjeet of the Photography Club. Price of the cameras of the memhers range all the way from candids that cost ov cents to one portrait camera worth 5240. Recently one of the large storage closets in the hack of room 241 was ohtained and will lie equipped as a dark room for developing films. Booming in its second year of organization the clulfs approximately twenty memliers meet and go on camera hikes. Standing: Mr. Charles C. Jordon. sponsor. Seated: Gladys Powell. seeretaryftreasurer3 Torn Russ. presif dent: and Kenneth Stevens. x1ce'pres1dent. y'X