York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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EL cture urea ll E ATTKACTION of York that has been of great interest and bcneiit to the pupils of the high school is the Lecture Course. This is under the nianageinent of one the high school instructors. As an enterprise of this kind is a valuable and ini- portant aid to other educational work, it is desirahle that it should he mentioned in a puhlieation of this cllaracter. The entertainments and lectures that have been given have heen of the highest order and a great credit to all those concerned. The general pnhlic is very enthusiastic over thein. The lll1IIllb0l'0f tickets that have heen sold for the course next year is evidence of this. 1QIt is the hope and aiin of niany of the patrons of the school, that these entertainnients will supplant, at least in part, the entertaininents of a worthless character that might otherwise coine to our city. This end is as desirahle for the pupils of the puhlic schools as for any other class of people. ln fact, it is par- ticularly important that it should he niade easy for anyone, early in life, to hecoine ziecluainted with the thoughts and deeds of the nation's greatest thinkers. Of course this is niost connnonly and Widely done through hooks, hut a hook cannot entirely fill the place nor exert the influence of the great inan who Wrote it. Ile often speaks hotter than he writes. .iS0lIl0 nieasure of success has already heen attained hy the l.ectnre Course. Such nlen as Hebert Mclntyre, Russell Uonwell, and Elhert Hnhhard, and such Women as Ellen M. Stone and Mrs. lVlaud Ballington Booth have heen an inspiration to many. These have all been heard hy large audiences. The pupils of the school have contrihuted largely to the success of this enterprise. fiThe inanageinent presented tickets to the en- tire High school and at another tinie to the Senior class. flThe pupils are looking with wer interest for the announcelnent of the numbers on the course for the coming year, Q89

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Nfficers FIRST QUARTER P1'GSlLl6I1t-NEVA THOMPSON Vice-president-HELEN XRTIGHTMAN Secretary4ARBY HALL TI'G2LSl11'C1'-FLORENCE TIYDER SECOND QUARTER President-EVELYN VAN WICKLE VlCG-P1'6SldG11t-GOLIJIE SCHMELZEL S6C1'Gt9.Y3'-7BERNICE BALDWIN T1'63Sll1'6I'-TVIARY ANDERSON THIRD QUARTER P1'6SlCl6I1t-GOLDIE SCHMELZEL Vice-president-LOLA LINIYH Secretary-MYRNA SEDGWICK T1'83.Sll1'C1'-TVIARY SKINNER FOURTH QUARTER ' P1'6Sld6Ht-ABBY HALL Vice-president-LURA PREST Secretary and Historian-BEss NIAGUIRE Treasurer-HELEN WIGHTMAN 'Ibi5fOl'Q of the ID. lD. El. THE GIRLS OF V. V. A. have had their own soci- ety for three years. Our motto is Truth Conquers A1l,'3 or in Latin, UV. V. A. Vve meet with the N. N. S. girls every four weeks, and our society is also represented every quarter in joint meeting with the L. L. A. and N. N. S. This year V. V. A. has met in the oflice. The programs are in charge of a committee of three appointed by the president. Each program consists of Recitations, Dialogues, Debates, l'arlaimentary Drills, Readings, Picture Studies and Book Reviews such as Ben Hur, Little Men, Little Woiiieii. We were very successful in Parliamentary Drill during this quarter and gave one drill before the N. N. S. girls. We Occasionally have a program entirely devoted to one author A Hllickens Program given in April proved to be one of the most interesting programs of the year. An especially Hue number was the review of Oliver Twist. At the close of the program Miss Reynolds pre- sented each girl with a souvenir appropriate for the occasion. Wliile we would enjoy meeting with N. N. S. every Week, we feel that it is a decided advantage to us to pre- pare all of the programs ourselves, and to appear before the society as Often as possible. After this thorough preparation for society work in the Ninth grade, We feel better prepared to do literary work in the other three years of our High school life. 0 In O 1 , A V

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