East Grand Rapids High School - Interlochen Yearbook (East Grand Rapids, MI)

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IJNCOLN DEBATIING ,,,, ,, ,, Q 6 CLUB Buck RAW' ROUBII Degenill-IT 1'rdHLlS COUIHS Wllllanx kengon Robert Nlacfarlane Louis DeLama1 ter Roy Moore flllfli ROW Nillfk Plellne Th0m1S VEYIBQS RO-Jett I-mth Bruce Nlalr Robert Chamberlam Jack lxelsey Second Ron Robert Gauthier Phlllp DeYoung Kenneth Thompson feorge Brandt Thomas Ford Monte NVelch Front Ron Wallace Hook Norm Jones CPres1dentJ Nlr lfllett fxdxi ery Harm 5UUlhlKlLlx Ben 'lean thsent from In-ture Xvxllmam Welch Thr year mark the end of the frrt ten nur etlstemce of the Lmcoln Debating Club the pioneer Ol'g3l'll73IlOn of the chool The founder ofthe club recognlzed the need of 1 young men s orgamzatron for the cultrvatxon of fellowshnp and the furtherance and mmprowcment of elf evpre non The c members realxzed that a mere text book education IS not enough to prepare a young man to f1cc the problems of the modern busmess world And thus, ln the L D C the young men of our chool are gnven the opportunm to blend work and pleasure mto one extra currrcular ZCIIVIIW The club was founded upon the ldeals and prmcxple of that hxstornc and human frgure, Abraham Lmcoln, and, llke thxs great lender, nt ha endeavored to provxdc a worthwhnle example for others to respect and copy As may be guessed from the rame, the chwel objcctne of the Lmcoln Debatmg Club 1 to dexelop thc members unto better publrc speakers and to ht them effec tn els for crerv phn e of publlc llfe 'I he adn cr Mr Stanton F I llett, offers 1 crmcrl report, nhnch emphasxzes the lI'ldlVldU3l weaknesses of each speech In th: nn the members 1re glvcn mxaluablc experncnce, as well as numerous mstructlve ldC39 Debating actlvltles are ltmaxed bv the graduatmg emor , who wt thelr last meetmg as 1ctrve members present a debate which instructs and msplres the underclassmen One of the hlghlnghts of the soclal calendar IS the mnual Fathers and Sons Banquet, whlch was held this year on Lmcoln s Bxrthdat ln the Wealthy Street Burldmg cafeterna Wllllam Kenyon was general chairman of th1s,banquet Other socnl ewents were the annual house party held ln the latter part of MW, the stag banquet m une, and 1 ltscd dance ln the late sprung 'Ihc new members admlttcd to the club thus tear zrc a follows George Brandt, Francis Collm Phnllp DeYoung, Ru DcYoung, ack lxel ew Bruce Maur, M1rk Pleune, Dougla RuofT, 1nd Wrllmm Welch OI'I'lCI RS FOR 'IHI' Yl XR l rc :dent Norm Jong: Vxce Pre :dent Harry Southwtck Qccretart W1llace Hook Treasurer Ben Dean AdVlSCf Mr Ellett 1 '. - 8 - 1, G - , 7 v 9 5 A' -- L I 1 - r . 1 . I ll D' : ' 'n u l . , .... , . s s - s s . . Q - , . Q Q . Y , . . . . . ' s - , ss' . is - . ' ' ' ' i' 1 . .. . ' . . ., The programs consist of instructive speeches and dgbates by the members on various subjects of wide-spread interest. I 1 4 1 Q . V 1 , , 1 n . , . I . , V . . . . , . . , n , 1 . .h 1' b 5 U: .5 . S, . . V X I U , Q V . Q . . . . 4, . . . 3, . . , .. J .5' ------- .-.- - - ----- - - - 1 . - S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , l .

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503 9 j M' STUDENT -w - T coutscu ana. ma. ,, '9 l 5K8 'Hack Row: Mr Ellett tAdvtsser3 kenneth Thompson Monte Welch Robert Degenaar Second Row Fmt-st Elhs lane Highee William Xvolch Harrs Qnuthwiek Front Ron 'Norm Jones Xxrginim Wants Nancs Vulnvvr Wallace Hook tPre-sidentl With the ponsoring oi a sea on ticltct ale to boot attendance at thc athletic contests, the I1st Grand Rapids Student Council started off an ew entful year Under the guidance of Mr Stanton F Fllett the council ha made progres in student gow ernment and left a model of enterprise to successne student bodies Among its activities the council has undertaken selling cands at all home ba ketball games and establi hung 1 bulletin board at the foot of the senior high stairs On this board appear all announcements of interest to the school fl bulletin board for athletic records 'also has been placed in the lower hall Is c Under the uperusion of the council a log cabin, commemorating our hundred wears of public education in at hrand Rapids was presented to the school Bv means of soluntary labor the cabin was moved from its former locatnon ne1r Lowell to the school grounds, where it was reassembled When completed the cabin will be used as a museum ot -trlw Fast Grand Rapid llfe November brought the Annual Student Mixer, this time in the pmt of the day, a pioneer costume partv Through cl h l h w d a financial as well as social success ln December the council brought holidax cheer to some families who otherwise would have had a Joyless Christma lattr the members were the dmner hosts to all the other tudent councils in the city at a banquet in the school cafetcrm 'l h The council also has been vsorlttng toward increa ed puticipation of the students in school government c creation of a student llbl 1l l'll1 1t noon and 'after school in 1 hrt Icp in thu direction Further change of 1 similar nature are to be made OFFICFRS FOR THI Yl AR Wallace Hook President X JCC Pfecldtfnt Norm one, QCCFCIRYV X irginia Wants Treasurer Nancy Mulnly Sophomore Representatn es First Semester lane H,gbe,. Second Semester Ernest Ell, First and Second Semesters W,l1,3m Welch Umor RCPresentatncs Robert Degenaar, Harrw Southwitk gemof RcPfLsCntatnes lxenneth Thompson, Monte Welch WWC' Mr Fllctt 8 . ,, - Q 2 -- 3 I T 5- --- .Z 2 , 7 I . 1 . 'Q' L Q , X. - S , A-X , P 5 7 Q! - ' ' . '- . ' - . A ' . - I. , ' ,. C v ' , tv , . . 1' ' A. l ' A 5 Q ' A qs s 's ' s ' s ' ' i c 5-L i ., ' ' c . i ' . I ' C. . , . . e. ' .- ' s ' . this project, in which every school organization participate , t e counci ac ie 'e ' ' J.. l ' h S 1 . 5 S . M . . . h ' . '. '. . .i . xs: s s ' 's '-' . s .. : J - - ---- ---- - - - - - - - - - 7' ' ' V - - Q q - ,-,- --..- - - - - - A .A N 1 ' ' ' ' -0-D---- - - - ' .S -.

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PORTIA -nr LITERARH vs. -BC -ili- SOCIETY ' C 9 v8 Back R011 Mtss Audres XWr1ght fAdNlNElJ Jmet I-ord D11n'1 Welch NIar1 Helen Berger Klan louise Klekner Ehsabeth Anne BottJe Thlrd lion Janet Berg Nlargaret Laurence Jane H1 bee hletnnr llmmer Ileltn heeler Orxmal Pherxenka second Bow Mary Delnan Joan Frohne Agnes Shtrkex lem Xldlullen Ftanmes Brarkett Beth lane Ranktn Front lwu Dorm Cook Helen Dean NRDCS 'klulntx 12336 Boon fPlPNld6fl!, Norma Rmhards Beth Perktns 1 1L1r Portn L1t1.r1r1 Nouns 111s XLYX 1ppropr11tLl1 Llllll thc onor of L IIIIIL 111 l1t Gr1nc R1p1 Len ttnntal Booklet The h1stor1 of l 1t Gund Rapxd 11a mllgrttcl 'hrouszh p rsonwl 1ntLr111.11 1nd CXh'lLl tug rt c1rth Fha l'ort1as rcorgmllcd thl n11tLr11l 1h1th vm pul1l1 had 111th tht Ccntnnnml Program Nlan Helen Berger ha been 111 th1rgL of program Such ul'11ut TN co11tLt11por1r1 Cllllfl 111 of mont 111cldr11111, modern short xtorlu, 1nd vtrttgr of humor h11e been lllkllltltl ncw lVIuln1x was hostc c he lort11 mtmlmr thtl 1 h r 1 9 1 Da n M1rth Portt1 ag1111 prt Lnttd II 11u1l l'1t th f 111111 1utn -Xll of tht orgnntfatlon of the sc Xl ttupated 'lht PIC t1 N1 l1l l o 1 ' L 1r11 1l utr gncn tn the h1stor1 of the Por 9 CICIY A few of the p 11l fmturv. rg 1 floor h 1 pm mul l ht LI r tl danung to thc mLlOdlL' of Vcrm Rudolph s Orthutm, 1nd teltgmms 1 11cv1 g1111c lun 'l l1 the mphomon cl1s Xmong tht booth were the fi hpond, 1 1 Y shootlng gallcn c1nd1, uc trc1m, pop 111l ll ll r1 ntl ml the ll'lllIllCl house 'Iht 1oungu gtmrmon were d11 crtcd bw game of 1 more 1tt11c 111turc In the l1tter p1rt of A111 lortm 111111111 ho.1 L 111rt1 11 held t Ott1v11 Beach Bttt1 lLrl11n gcnarou l1 offered her cottage for the con1Ln1tnt1. of the tluh Ihe p1rt1 111 one rf the mo Ll1IOY'll3lC of tht 1car c club u htrtd out the 1 11l 11.1r 111th 1 lo d formal 1t 11h1ch, mtdlu to 111, utrwonc h1cl a 1tr1 good Ittllt D Pl'C4lClL1'lt 32116 Boon X ICC Presldcnt Norma Rlcharda Secretary Bern Perkms Treasurer Nancs MUlHlY Aduser N11s Wrlght 30 A sl ' e'52f5??5 ' fLgIj:'E1f Q .V - 3. :. ., -. 1 ' sgfi' .. C Y .... -. Y 6 - 1, , . 0 5 K' A -4 Q ' ' I ', z ' . ': - ' ' , . .' 1 - ' '.' J . . , ., . I Q V' , . I .: , y A . . . . V . g I 1 I , , ' ,V .: A. - '.-. 1 I I I E., . 2 . ,A , .. . C . , .Y ' ': ' I , - . .' ' . - ' . -' ' -1 Th's '. '. ' -'. V l'1 -:lm 1. 'Ls . l 31ls Y-- 1' ' 'hs . 's 's 1-1. c:. ' ' . 's .V.,1 ' '.s 's- ' -5 - '. . ' - s '. - s.f-s - .' .. Na U' 1 'Q 5 ss tu I ' , '. ' ts, 11r,t c '..lIlCl the t'nc'ult1'nt the .sX1.11unl .t. Patti los yI1. ' A program of contcn1porar1' literature was presented. l . ' '. .' - 's n1 1 . 'stn in u school gi' -5 . . - ' s 'ght l par . ' 1 1' s. 1'.s .e lcvct t l'1.1'c been the 1111:-t s.11'c--,ful 11 1 1. ' - ', ' 1151 .o' . ' s ct . . -s we -:. s 111' I -s'1 -1 ll t -s-11 lf 'assg - 1 ' -' - ' ' - S. - ' . 1 - set 1' - sz - .- ' s - s ' . H'- . ' 'pg . 1' ' . ,. . Aolcor :t.1 sg.1 ' . t ' 1 - '.' '- . ' . .', ..'S1 1 's-4 ' 'ns ' 3 ' . - s' -- 1 - . ' . - . . - . ' ' . K - -t 5 . , 1 St . ' 't , - ' Th ' s ' ' 'si ch: '. 'I . C su 1 1 ,. ' V s ' ' . ' ' -. .M . I' . ' . --------- - --------- - 1 Qs