Red and Blue (Alliance, Ohio), 1943-01-29

              RED and BLUE
GOOD NEWS WELL TOLD
Vol. XVIII
Alliance High School, Alliance, Ohio, January 29, 1943
No. 9
Bert, Carr Receive Legion Awards
For their character, scholarship and achievement, Bertha
Mae Bert and Herman Carr
were presented the American
Legion awards at Commencement exercises, last evening,
January 28.
This award, a bronze medallion
and certificate of citation, is the
highest honor attainable in high
school life and is awarded to the
outstanding boy and girl^ members of
each   graduating  class.
Herman, however, did not receive
his award in person, as he has been
called into the service of his country to study meteorology at Fori
Hayes.
In his absence, Herman's theme,
"Remember," was delivered by Harold Yeagley, a classmate. Bertha
Mae Bert gave her oration, "O'er
the Land of the Free." These themes
were chosen best from the class.
The Commencement address was
delivered by Kenneth C. Ray, state
superintendent of schools.
Presentation of diplomas was made
by Harvey W. Ball, president of the
Board of Education to the class of
110   members.
Rev. Charles Bair of the Union
Avenue M. E. Church, the mixed
chorus and high school orchestra assisted in the exercises.
Baccalaureate services were held
at the First Methodist Church, January 24. when Rev. Frederick J.
Drew of the Trinity Episcopal
Church, delivered the sermon to the
graduating class and guests.
Students Support
'43 Chronicle Drive
Room 217 carried off the highest
honors in the Chronicle campaign
with subscriptions received from
100% of the students in that assembly. Rooms 201, 225, and 222 follow closely with percentages of over
85. Senior assemblies 204, 221, and
226   are   80%.
At the close of last week, 785 subscriptions were in from the total
enrollment of the school.
"I believe this to be an excellent
number," stated Miss Mary Dilley,
"and still more are expected to come
in the final week of the semester."
The subscription price of $2.00
is to be collected as soon as possible after the beginning of the second semester. The courteous cooperation of the students and teachers
has been appreciated by the Chronicle  representatives.
Band Members Have
Good Cause to Smile
Large A's on their sweaters and
a party, which will be given in the
gym on February 19, has caused the
smiles on the faces of the band
members this week.
These letters will be presented to
the eligible members by the Band
Mothers' club. They are large, red
A's, similar to the athletic awards,
except that they have the word
"band" written on the bar of the A.
Dancing and games will be featured at the party, which is also
sponsored    by    the    Band    Mothers'
club.
This ambitious group will also
sponsor the movie Ice Capades at
the Morrison Theater on February
5. Tickets are available from any
band member.
An Editorial
"Soldiers, sailors, and marines, who recently attended
Alliance High, will be able to keep up with all the latest news,
gossip, and jokes according to a plan adopted by the Student-
Club Council last week," reported Mr. Webb, Council sponsor.
The newly elected group has launched a program for the
purpose of sending the Red and Blue to all service men who
graduated in the January and June classes of '42, and those
students who have joined the armed forces during the present
year.
In order to finance this project, the Council plans to sponsor Frye, the magician, in a chapel program sometime in
March. All of the profits from this performance will go to the
subscription fund. If Frye is unable to make an appearance,
other entertainment will be secured.
Fall in line, fellows and girls. Looks like this Council has
the right idea. I've got relatives in the service; how about
you?   Watch for later announcements.
Courtesy Dimit Bros.
HERMAN   CARR
Courtesy Gochnauers
BERTHA MAE BERT
Assembly Program Will Launch
Victory Corps Membership Drive
"To launch the Victory Corps program and general membership drive, an assembly will be held the second week of the
new semester," announced Clyde Stanley, corps administrator,
Monday.   Mr. Leland Whitacre is making plans for the assembly.
         Soon after, application blanks will
Contestants Place
In a recent nationwide contest
sponsored by Quill and Scroll for
journalism   students,   Julia   Temple,
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fifth in four states on writing editorials. Richard Freuler, of the be-
beginning journalism class was given honorable mention in a sports
writing contest in the same four
states, while Robert Baker, also a
reporter on the staff, was given
honorable mention in a contest
throughout the United States on a
vocabulary test on war terms and
"slang."
Nine   people,   Robert   Baker,   Pat
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Sears Employee Aids
School Safety Cause
When war conditions threatened
to deprive Alliance High's Junior
Police of much needed bamboo flag
poles, Mr. Ridgeway Nuttal of Sears-
Roebuck came to the rescue by supplying the force with a sufficient
number of poles. As a result, the
patrol boys are still able to perform
their job of making Hie streets safe
for all students.
These boys plan to take the Civilian   Defense   Volunteer   Messenger
Service Training as soon as the Boy   activities   have   yet   to
Scouts complete the course.
be distributed to home room teachers. Those who desire, may make
application, providing they meet the
requirements.
To  be  eligible for membership a
pupil   must   qualify   hi   one   of   each _
ol  the   following  points:
1. Pupils must be studying in an
effective manner such subjects useful in preparing for the war effort
as, mathematics, science, industrial
arts, home economics, commercial,
English or social sciences.
2. Pupils must be participating in
the school's physical fitness program.
A physically handicapped pupil or
one prevented from participating in
physical education by reason of his
schedule or by inadequate school facilities, may qualify for the corps on
this requirement by maintaining
grades of  8 0  or above.
3. Pupil must be actively participating in at least one important war
time service or activity as, buying
or selling war savings stamps or
bonds, enrolled as a civilian defense
worker, doing junior or senior Red
Cross work, participating in all
drives approved by school authorities, member of the School Safety
Patrol, lilling au adult's place in
production work, filling an adult's
place in essential wartime activities,
or in school-sponsored extra-curricular activities.
The   details   on   these   and   other
be   approved
by the Victory Corps Council.
Subscription Drive
To Begin Monday
Monday, February 1, a new semester will begin and with it will
come another drive for subscriptions
for the Red and Blue. Staff members and journalism students will
canvass assembly rooms for subscriptions the first week and money will
be collected later. The price asked
is 50 cents.
Miss Mary Dilley, Red and Blue
business adviser, said recently that
"a school newspaper is one thing
that students should support because
a newspaper is, of, by, and for the
high school people."
Miss Lucy McKibben, editorial adviser said, "Those not connected with
the Red and Blue cannot appreciate
the work that it takes to put the
paper out every two weeks. Every
page must be worked out to the last
minute detail and must be arranged
and rearranged until the pages are
:is ;>11 i--ift.iVE> .-is possible Articles
are written with but one thought in
mind—to make them as interesting
as possible  while telling the facts."
Staff members may be quoted as
saying that they appreciate the past
cooperation of the students and faculty and hope that it will continue.
Musicale Is Planned
Stressing a patriotic theme, the
concert to be given jointly by the
band and mixed chorus, will be presented at S:00 p. m. in the high
school   auditorium,   February   17.
The main feature of the program
will be a combined band and chorus
number, "The Voice of Freedom,"
by Cailliet. This is an adaptation
of Rubenstien's "Kamennior - Os-
trow."
Songs to be played by the band include, "Czech Rhapsody," "The
Gypsy Princess," "Stars and Stripes
Forever,"  and "March  3  de Febre-
10."
The mixed chorus will feature
"Star Dust" and "America, My
Own," in a varied program.
The girl's double trio and the
boy's quartet will sing and separate
numbers will be sung by the boys'
and girls' glee clubs.
Reset Your Alarm!
New Term to Bring
New Time Schedule
When the second semester begins
on February 1, there will be a new
time change in junior and senior
high schools. At 8:30 teachers will
be at their place of teaching. Assembly period will start at 8:35 and
the tardy bell will ring at 8:50. The
first class will take up at 9:00.
Morning classes will run from 9:00
to 12:00, and afternoon classes from
12:45 to 3:00 and 1:30 to 3:45.
All pupils who come on a bus,
bring their lunch, or expect to be
dismissed the last period of the day
will start afternoon classes at 12:45
and will be excused at 3:00. Those
going home for lunch or who for any
other reason need a long lunch period, will return at 1:30 and be excused   at  3:45.
Boys taking 8:00 pre-induction
physical educational will be dismissed at  3:00.
Students bringing luncli will g .
to a study hall or conversation room
when their lunch is finished since
this period will only be 45 minutes.
This new schedule enables more
people to leave school earlier so
they may assist in various ways in
the war effort and it means one less
period a day for everyone. The only
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SENIORS EDIT
FAREWELL "PENQUIN"
PMiting the farewell edition of
the "Penquin" was the work of the
"journalists" at the Senior Banquet
which was held Thursday, January
28.. Bob Zink as editor-in-chief was
the toastmaster. Superintendent
Schafer presided ai the city desk.
In charge of the musical news
were Helen Black and Helen Galieti.
Principal Walter Webb edited the
school news while Jean McCready
was society editor.
Miss Ruth Chisholm's column,
"My Day," was an outstanding feature of the program. Ray Aquilo
•pep talked" as editorial writer.
This paper was a "follow-up" of
the three-colored copy of the "Penquin"   which   was   produced   during
Volunteers Help Count
The counting of tax stamps continues. Students in 201 and 101
are volunteering their services either the 7th or 8th period. To accomodate the students, the Home Ec
food lab is being used. The total
amount of 51,270 stamps was counted for the week of January 11-15th.
The Red and Blue staff counted two
periods.
AT BANQUET
their senior play, "Ever Since Eve."
The leading story in their paper
was the coverage of the mock trial
which was presented at their senior
chapel.
This trial was under the jurisdiction of the judges, Ray Aquilo, Bob
Zink, and Joe Gwin.
They found "not guilty" such innocent appearing defendants as
Helen Galieti, Majel Hammond, Nan
Twyman, and Bertha Mae Bert.
Guests at the banquet were: the
Misses Ruth Dowler, Mary Stoneburner, and Ruth Weaver, 12A
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Freshmen to Arrive;
Welcome Scheduled
Alliance High School's third annual Freshman Day is scheduled for
Saturday, January 30, at 9:30 a. m.
The program is as follows: 9:30
—the freshmen, upon entering the
building, get programs from the
head monitor's desk. They will
then proceed to a conference supervised by the dean of girls, Mrs.
Gertrude Pfouts, and the dean of
boys, Mr. Guy Hoover, respectively.
These meetings will be on things
pertinent   to  high  school  freshmen.
Following this they will go to
the auditorium for a program under
the direction of Bob Warren, Hi-Y
president. He will introduce the
cheerleaders, following which, he
will give an address on the high
school from the student's point of
view.
Mr. Walter W. Webb will then
give an address from the teacher's
point of view. He will be followed
by Miss Jane White, who will speak
to students on problems to face
them.
Latin Club Sets Pace;
'Jeep March'  Continues
In one week alone, Latin Club
bought a jeep and then some, with
their total stamp and bond sales of
$1,366.05 during the week of January  18-22.
The Red and Blue staff sponsored
the purchase of bonds the week of
January 11, and took in a total of
$110.45.
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