Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1955 — Page 11

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1955

SCHOOL REPORTER (COSTINIDD FHOH I‘AGK 2-A> Carolyn Drake train Monmouth high school, and Julia Hollopeter, from Adams Central. — d. h. >. — The freshman class sports the most new members, most of them from Union township schools. They are Rex Allison, Janice Badenhop, Barbars Bleeke, Leonard Bleeke, Marlese Bleeke, William Bischoff, Saudie Knlttle, Ann Lehrman, Terry Marbach, Eva Mae Plumley, Sue Shackley, John Shaffer, and Leonard Thieme. Other new members are Lenda Crowell from Fostoria, Ohio, and Tommy Richardson, from Wetumpka, Ala. — d. h. s. — The eighth grade welcomes Alice Allweln, from Gibson City, ill., and Carol Bebout, frpm Monmouth. — d. h. s. — Welcome to Decatur high school!

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DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH By Marjorie York The first meeting of the student spiritual council was held last week. The newly elected officers are as follows: prefect, Paul Faurote; vice prefect, Dave Heimann: secretary, Margie York; treasurer, Janice Titus. — d. c. h. s. — Recently, the senior class staged their election of class officers for the coming year. The choice of the students proved to be: Don Rumschlag, president; Rita Heimann, vice president; Paul Faurote, secretary; and Ed Meyer, treasurer. — d. c. h. s. — Last week, Mr. Bremercamp, the representative of Roberts Studio, displayed his samples of graduation pictures to the seniors and filled in the details concerning the various prices, sizes, and picture tones. — d. c. h. s. — Flash!! Seen: Odd looking characters roaming the halls of D. C. H. S. Description: Wearing gun-

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7 , ny sacks, shorts pants, boots and - house slippers, old hats, and car--1 rying umbrellas. This is an au- > thentic decription of the costumes > worn by the freshmen during the annual one day initiation held by the setiiors. A program was given in the school auditorium that afternoon, with the freshmen doing ’ the entertaining. A beauty contest and baby bottle sipping con- - test were some of the highlights of the program. That evening, a party was held for the freshmen at Hanna-Nuttman park. — d. c. h. s. — The juniors have voted for class officers and the results are: president, Dave Heimann; vice president, Ronald Ford; secretary, Nancy Mies; treasurer, Alan Wiseman. .— d. c. h. s. — The juniors have received their class rings, and by the conspicuous movements of their hands, it seems they are well satisfied with the outcome of their investment. Most of the students from the other three classes have seen the rings, and the juniors are to be congratulated on their fine selection. — d. c. h. s. — From the sophomore class, the following students were chosen as class officers; president, Bill Beal; vice president, Phil Reed; secretary, Betty Baker; treasurer, Paul Kohne. — d. c. h. s. — The freshman class have also elected class officers for the school year. They are: president, Kathleen Baker; vice president, Kathleen Kohne, secretary, Paul Gross; treasurer, Dave Kitson. — d. c. h. s. — A patch test to determine the presence of tuberculosis, was given to the freshman students, the

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earlier part of thia week. Each * school in the county participated in this safety measure. i — d. c. h. b. ct- * Besides their daily routine pf school work, the seniors have undertaken a special project; that of selling Christmas cards to : build up their class fund. This was started several weeks ago, and will continue through the month pf October. Judging from the amount pf money brought in, it seems the seniors possess a secret technique in selling. — d. c. h- s. — The chemistry students have recently made glass bends, which were used in the process pf creating oxygen. Then each student had to prove by some experiment, that oxygen was truly present. ■ The making of hydrogen also proved very interesting to the students. i — d. c. h. s. — An added attraction in the commercial room are two graphs, to > show the progress made in first > and second year typing. The fast- ■ est typist in the second year is Joyce Loshe, with 56 words a minute to her credit. Tom Ehler is > the whizz in first year typing with ■ 31 w-ords a minute. I — d. c. h. a. -TQuite a few books have been , added to the school library over the summer months. There are biographies as well as interesting i books of fiction for the pleasure > of the students. , — d. c. h. s. — , MONMOUTH HIGH 1 By Shirley Bleeke Visitors at the Community Center Friday evening, Sept. 16, got i an unexpected treat when, as a - part of their initiation into high » school, several freshmen walked through the building. The treat | was that the freshmen were all ■ dressed and made-up for the initI iation party held for them by the | seniors in the school gymnasium. | Every senior told a freshman or a I new teacher what to wear to the |l party. The two now teachers who | attended were Mr. Wisehart and | Mr. Gehrig. Mr. Landis was unabl< I to attend due to a prpviQUS engage| | ment. After the entertainment, | which was provided by the freshI men, everyone roasted welners | and drank cider. General chair- | man for the party was Sondra | Brown; entertainment was plan- | ned by Stew Schnepf, Fritz Macke, | and Dave Brown; and Norb Witte I was chainpan of the refreshment | committee. Other guests besides | seniors, freshmen.and new teach- | ers, were Mr. Jones, Mrs. Herder- | horst, senior class sponsor, Mrs. | Gehrig, and Mr. Herderhorst. — m. h. s.' — * The class which last year pre- | Rented the smash hit comedy | "Crazy Castles" is back again with | an even better production. Friday | and Saturday, September 30 and I October 1, have been set as the | dates for presentation of the I; “Sweetheart of U Baka Pi.” Both II performances will begin at 8 p.m. 11 and will be given in the school I gymnasium. | The scene of the play is a colI lege campus, and the plot revolves I around the troubles of fraternity I and sorority pledges. Donna HeckI man and Richard Kueneke have I the leading roles and 14 other I members of the senior class comI pose the remainder of the cast. I The play is being directed by Mrs. I Herderhorst, the class sponsor I and advisor. For a night of enI tertainment we know you will all I enjoy “The Sweetheart of U Baka I Pi." I — m. h. s. — I Indies and gentlemen; I come |i before you ... This is a familiar II ring in the senior speech class at | M. H. S. The class is composed | of IS boys and girls. So far this | year the class has used these four | topics for their talks: September | B—" The8 —"The Most Memorable Moment | in My Life,” September 15 — | “Changes in the Status of the Ne- | gro in Recent Years" and Septem- | ber 22 — "Something of Interest | About One Country of the World." | This week’s topic concerns a sum- | mary of a magazine article. | When the members of the class | got up to make their first speech- | es, you could almost hear their

knees knocking and their teeth has been the first man across the chattering. Now, however, there finish line both timgs. Norman has been much improvement, and Davis finished second in the Berne they are beginning to feel slightly invitational. With the heavy part at ease standing in front of the of the schedule ahead, it is hoped class. Who knows? Maybe some- that several of the other Monday we will have a great orator mouth runners will give Hiklein pur midst! • brand and Davis some keen com- — m. h. s. — petition. So far the Monmouth baseball — m. h. s. — team has been, mediocre. Costly Smile! Hold it! That’s fine! errors at critical times have seem- These words echoed through the ed to be the downfall, but the gymnasium on Tuesday morning hitting has definitely been good, when grades one through eleven ,The team has three batters hit- had their pictures taken. Stew ting over the .300 mark. Among Sphnepf, the photographic manathese are Norb Witte, John My- ger for the "Eagle, ’’ was in charge ers, and Clint Fuelling, who is bat- of the proceedings. ting over .700. And today was the big day! The — m. h. s. — seniors had their graduation picMonmouth is looking forward turea taken. The photographer to the cross-country schedule. At was a representative of Robert’s the present time, the team has par- Studio in Fort Wayne, who came ticipated in a dual meet with out to M. H. S. and took the picNorth Side and the Berne invita- turea instead of making appoint tional, and placed second in both ments at the studio. These activmeets, although Bob Hildebrand ities put graduation just around'

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the corner instead of nine months away. — m. h. s. — The dream of all juniors is about to materialize,'for their class rings were ordered some time ago and they are anxiously awaiting the day when they will arrive. To help finance the trip which they will take as seniors, the juniors are presently knocking on doors and selling Christmas cards. The teacher backing up these exuberant salesmen is Mr. Rosier, head of the social studies department They would certainly appreciate your patronage. — m. h. s. ->- v PLEASANT MILI-8 HIGH By Norma Jean Bailey The student body would like to thank the men who have been working on our new school ground the past two weeks. Bob Bailey, Clarence Black, Dent Baltzell, Charles Morrison. Richard Speakman, Wayne Riley, John King, Roger Frey, Harry Martz, John Johnson, Noble Raudenbush, Carl Frey, Floyd Mefferd, Lyle Bailey, and trustee Lester Brunner have been getting the ground, which will be used for a playground for the elementary grades and a sports field, ready fpr seeding. The men were assisted by the following senior boys: Dick Byer, Paul Butler, Darvon Light, and Bob Hirschy. —•*■ p. m. h. s. — The new refrigerator coolers in the downstairs hall always have a big crowd around them. Everyone loves that ice-water! — p. m. h. s. — Mr. Getting has been holding baseball practice almost every | .. ' r -i. -w.r i 1 ... ■

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