Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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FORENSIC CONTESTS INSP Year after year our high school has conducted various speech contests which are held in order that those students who have an interest in this field might have an opportunity to demonstrate their ability. Through these contests students meet the com- petition of other students and other schools, and so develop their talent. There are tour contests: oratorical declamation, d r a m a t ic declamation, original oratory, and extemporaneous speaking. ln oratory the student mem- IRE PUBLIC SPEAKERS orizes a printed selection: in declama- tion he memorizes a dramatic reading: in original oratory he writes his own: and, in the last, he speaks unprepared on a timely topic. The local contest winners this year were as follows: in oratorical declama- tion, Keith Pohl and Marilyn Verduin: in dramatic declamation, Ioni New- blom and Paul Calloway: in original oratory, Aileen Seacat and lack Iohn- ston: in extemporaneous speaking, Kenneth Cutler and Iunior Meyers. Standing: Johnston, Cutler, Meyers, Calloway, Pohl. Sitting: Verduin, Seacat, Newblom. Page Eighty-two

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SENIOR PLAY HUGE SUCCESS FOG ISLAND A fog-bound island was the scene for this year's Senior Play. The play was full of suspense and nerve-ting- ling situations. The plot oi the play was about a group of girls stranded on an island over night. On the same island were some criminals holding a man, knowing secrets ot the atomic bomb. In the end everything turned out for the best. The girls persuaded the criminals to give themselves up. The play was held on December 8 and 9, and, under the expert direction of Miss Iulia Royse, Eugene Gillaspy, and Miss Charlotte Wetteroth, was a huge success. 45 tw- ff 'Mt 5 ' A. i gl f A r 5. L S THE CAST Members of the cast were: Glada Reed, Priscilla: Phil Boone, Ierry Martin: Dorothy Bodnar, Mrs. Williams: Bob Cooper, Mr. Williams: Iack Hughes, Sheriff Doolittle: Ken- neth Cutler, Brock: Violet Demos, Hazel Sommers: Mary Lou Ziegler, Mary O'Laughlin: lone Kreuger, Anne Wicliffe: Virginia McDowell, Maurine: Sabra Carl, Iohannah Green. THE COMMITTEES Play committees were: Ushers-Ardis Wells, chairman: Donna Jacobs, Marilyn Veldman, Ioan Schlievet Publicity- Yvonne Pattison, chairman: Emilyn Smith, Charlene Ander- son, Evelyn Workman, Iohn Swett: tickets-Louise Kuzniar. chairman: Carol Teuling, Phyllis Kline, Phyllis Bowers. Marian Meyering: costumes-Lois Scott, chairman: Shirley Hullinger, Betty Kemperman, Claudelle Bollenback: pro- gram fA--f Connie Van Damm, chairman: Pat Lawson, Ianet DeBard: properties-Charlene Anderson, chairman: Paul Nordstrom, Iohn Swett, and Larry McRoberts. Cutler, Bead, Boone I Page Eighty-one

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LIBRARY CLUB OF REAL HELP TO SCHOOL The library is for use by students in their studies and in doing recrea- tional reading. The girls of the club assist Miss Eleanor Kidwell, librarian, preparing books for the shelves, shelv- ing books, and finding material. The club is limited to 15 who maintain a C average, work an hour a day, and are Willing to co-operate. lt allows lf 2 point credit. This club is not all work. It has a social side to it. Every other Tuesday a meeting is held in the school library at 12:30. Parties and dances, the May Top Row: Dopiel, Quirk, King, Bowers. Second Row: Miss Kidwell, Read, Cross, Ambrose, Steele First Row: Freeman, Barton, Pattison, Meyering. tea for mothers and faculty members, provide entertainment. Any girl inter- ested in library science Will appreciate the Work in this club. Officers for the first semester Were: President, Yvonne Pattison: Vice-presi- dent, Carol Sekeres: Secretary, loan Dudey: treasurer, Marian Meyering. Officers for the second semester Were: President, Yvonne Pattison: Vice-president, Vera Freeman: Secre- tary, Emily Barton: Treasurer, Marian Meyering. Club adviser is Miss Elea- nor Kidwell. Page Eighty-three