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

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ROSE RUTH SAMRICK Such wisdom as hers she need not flaunt. It bespeaks itself. TRUMPET, Reporter 1: Hobby Club 3, 4: Le Cercle Franqais 3: Girls' Glee Club 3: Mixed Chorus -L CORINNE DORIS VAN OOSTEN Her success as a teacher is assured. TRUMPET. Composition Stal? 1: INTERLOCHI-IN. Room Representative 2, 4: Hobby Club 2, 3, 4. Secre- tary 4: Mimes 1: Girls' Glee Club 1. 2. 3: A CAI'- PELLA 2. 3: GROWING PAINS 4. ROBERT WILLIAM SCHOUTEN Do not disturb me when I seem asleep. I dream great dreams. A CHRISTMAS CAROI, -1: Golf 3. ROBERT LUTHER WAGNER A conscientious, dependable worker. The stuff of which senior presidents should be made. Class President 4: Hi-Y Club 2, 3, ll, Secretary -1: Mixed Chorus 4: Football ZZ, 3, 4: Athlz-tim' Student Manauvr l, 3. LYMAN SAMUEL SHIELDS Such character as his determines a happy destiny. Class Vice-President 21 Orchestra 1, 2. 3, -I: Basket- ball 2, EDWARD ROY WEPMAN A thorough sportsman and a gentleman. Attended Ottawa Hills High School 1, 2, Il: Hi-Y Club 4: GROWING PAINS 4: Basketball 4: Tennis 4. PHYLLIS LYNN SQUIRES Modesty is an admirable quality. TRUMPET. Reporter 1: Hubby Club Z, Il. 4: Girls' Glue Club 2, 3: Mixed Chorus 4. WILSON DOLAN WHITTIER You must look far to find a keener mind or a more likable fellow. Student Council, President 4: Class Secretary-Treas- urer I: Class Vice-President 3: Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3. Vice-President 4: Players' Club 2: Mimes, President IZ GROWING P.-XINS -it Football 1, 4: Basketball 1: Track I, 3. HARRY WEBB SOUTHWICK A fine student! A leader! And no mean actor. Student Council 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4: INTERLOCHEN, Advertising Staff -I: Lincoln Debating Club IZ, 3, 4, Vice-President 3, Secretary 4: Players' Club 2: Mimes 1, Vice-President 1: Boys' Glee Club 2: GROWING PAINS 4: Football 1, 2, 3. -X: Basketball. Manager 1: Track 1. 3, 4: Golf 2. RUTH IEAN WILLIAMS When duty and pleasure clash, what is my decision? Attended Marywood Academy 1. 2: Hobby Club Il, 4. S. D' sn- uv

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Gig I . U. 4 l s X ,it w 's 5:9 WILLIAM G. MINICH Such a rnan accomplishes much Attended Lee Hixzh School 1: INTERLOCHEN. Room Representative 2, Advertising Staff Il. 4: GROVYING VAINS, Properties Committee 4. KATHLEEN MARY PAGE I-Ie-r spirit cannot be subdued. Hubby Club 2, 3. 4: GROVVING PAINS 4. ROY MOORE Under that serious mien he hides asubtle wit. Student Council 122 INTERLOCHEN. School Life Editor 4: Linculn Dt-Ibatimz Club 13, 3, 41 A CHRIST- MAS CAROL 41 I 0utIiall 2, Zi, 43 Ilaskvtball 1. 2, 3: 'l'r:tt'Ifi I, 2, Il, ELISABETI-I PERKINS A superior mindg knowledge is hers, Class Treasurer Il: TRlIMl'l'I'I'. Reporter I: I'nrtia Literary Sur-ivty 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, 4g Girls' Glee Club l. 2. NANCY IANE MULNIX So busy that the days land eveningsl are far too short! Student Council 3. 4, Treasurer 3. 4: Portia Literary Society 2, 3. 4, Treasurer 3: Mimvs I, Secretary l: GROWING PAINS 4. ROBERT IOI-IN PRESTON What a problem this learning isl Class President 2: Class Secretary 4: Hi-Y Club 2. 3, 4: GROINING PAINS 4: Football I, 2, 3. 4: Basketball l, 2: Track l, 3: Golf 2. 4. THOMAS DUNN NIND Give me liberty-or leisurel Attended Jacob 'fume Institute I: Class Vice-I'i'esi dent 4: INTI'IRI.OCHEN, Advertising Stati' 2, Business Manager 4: Buys' Glee Club 2. Zi: Mixed Chorus 4: A CHRISTMAS CAROL 4: Gulf Z. BETTY IANE RANKIN A general Iavorite, Class Tri-asurur 4: 'I'RUMI'E'I', RA-porter l: INTER- LOCHEN. Session Room Editor 3: I'nrtia Literary Society 2. 3, 4, Presitlt-nt 4: Players Club 2: Mimes 1: Girls' Glee Cluli I: .X NICVHEVV IN 'PHE HOUSE I: GROXYING PAINS 4, MARGARET ANNE OBRIEN A happy girl with many friends. Ilrvhhy Cluln LZ. Il. 4: Players' Clulv 2: Mimes 1. DOUGLAS WILLIAM RUOEE Why should one labor in life? IN'I'I'IRl.0CI-IEN, Advertisini: Statf 41 I.in4-nlu Ile- hatinu Club 2, 3, 4: Buys' Glue Clulr 2. 3: . xnnuunt'e- ment Cumniittee 4. I 7 g fs- .4 ,MJ I.: O 5 5 7 U 'Q 1 -. I Q . K., 1 Z A Q. I -f..,Q- O

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Senlor Class Hlstory Our thrrst for knowledge began one autumn day of 1923 wlth more fear I beheve than th1rst Most of us were com forted by pleased parents hoverrng near Grouped around Mrs We11 were Frances Brackett Dons Cook Francrs Collms Elrsabeth Bottle Kathleen Page Bob Fmch lack Loeks Bob Chamberlarn Lyman Sh1elds and last but not least Bob Degenaar Even at thts tender age Francrs too bashful to show h1s whole face was grvmg Dons srde long looks of admrratron W1th noth1ng more happen 1ng than our learnrng to burld houses from blocks we completed the kmder garten successfully The followlng autumn found the aged members s1tt1ng proudly tn the flrst grade room Three new s1x year olds 1o1ned the class and we were all anxlous to g1ve them the once over A qu1et lrttle fel low named W1ll1am Durwood Grngrlch Tom Menees and Or1mal Chervenka entered that year In the second grade occurred a memor able 1nc1dent Bob Degenaar was severely reprrmanded by M1ss Snauble for breakmg the s1lence of the study hall by exclarmrng There s a bear under the tablel Mrs Degenaar however suc ceeded 1n relnstattng her son Clrfford I-lallgren was our only new member 1n the class In the fourth grade our frrst serlous troubles developed Our sp1r1ts were dampened somewhat as Mr Ellett told us we needed a B average to enter the Unrverslty of Mlchrgan Betty Clark lean Llnsey Bob Preston and Maestro Harry Southwlck yorned our ranks We com pleted the year by Mrs Greens g1v1ng us a p1cn1c at Bostwlck Lake We f1n1shed the frfth grade w1th a screechrngly good super super operetta called SPRING GLOW I can strll remem ber Harry Southwrck as The PIXIS Kng and Bob Preston as Master Pollywog Ioan Frohne and Corlnne Van Oosten 1o1ned the merry throng that year W1th much prlde we recerved Cefllll cates from the srxth grade statlng we had satrsfactorlly completed our elemen ary course of study and were now ad mttted to 1un1or hlgh school and The Brg Burldlng We found Barbara Dunham and Bob Wagner amongst us that year wtth Douglas Ruoff and B111 Whlttrer com rng rn the seventh grade As erghth graders we became soclally mmded Many of us attended dcmcxng schools but there were some that were decrdedly bashful It seems Franc1s Col l1ns always had to tre h1s shoe when MISS Travrs approached htm w1th a dancmg partner The freshman year brought us a some what comphcated mrxture of languages and mathematxcs fmy apologles to MISS Delonge for not mentronmg math f1rstD It was here that M1ss Martrndale caused us to see ourselves rn true form by hav mg us d1sclose our l1ves 1n autobtog raph1es Many mterestmg h1ghl1ghts were revealed too There were B111 Wh1tt1er who confessed hts love for H L K Barbara Dunham who always wanted to be a Boy Scout and Dor1s Cook whose amb1t1on 1n lrfe was to be a dennst Our ranlfs grew that year when I e a n F r 1 t 2 Beatrlce Gauthrer Nancy Muln1x Bob Kelly Burly Macfar lane Bobby Schouten and Elward Campau 1o1ned us The tenth grade found us 1n Room lOl where we were able to watch the sen1ors 1n actlon We were told to l1ve by thelr standards and examples Most of us drd so we spent the sprrng afternoons rn detentron hall Tom Nlnd and Karl Markendorf were welcome acldttrons to our class Came the Junror year and W1th 1t the dtffrcult task of ra1srng enough money to entertam the sen1ors Bob Chamberlaln proved to be an able leader of the class as he was the ma1n factor 1n the success of our dance Fltrtatron Walk Senrors at last 1n sprte of ourselves One of the frrst problems facrng us was ra1s1ng enough money to f1nance the INTERLOCHEN Under the dlrectron of M1ss Chase and the 1ron hand rn the vel vet glove of M1ss Waterman a cast was selected for the senlor play GROWING PAINS The play provlded lots of amuse ment-and experlence It was ac clarmed the best ever After that every thrng happened so qurckly that the last few months at East telescoped rnto what seemed llke a few days There were an nouncements to choose and photographs to exchange The INTERLOCI-IEN was outl The juntors gave the annual lunror Senror Receptton Then came Commence mentaxnd we had graduated ROBERT DEGEMAAR I u 1 I ' , 1 ' 1 1 1 I 1 I ' 1 1 I 1 1 1 , . I - I . . 1 - , . - . ., , . ' ' 1 , 1 11 11 - - ' 1 1 1 , 1 1 ' . 1 1 . . r . - 1 . . 11- - 11 . . . 11 1 A I . H . . . . , , ' 1 1 11 11 1 - 1 . 11 - - 11 1 1 1 - 1 . . . . . - 1 I 1 A 11 . 11 . - 1 ' 1 A L - . 1 - 1