Greenville High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Greenville, MI)

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IF you should walk into the private office of MR. MABIE, you will have come into contact with the necessary cog which turns the machinery of this organization. His is a varied job— that of furnishing the contact between the school and townspeople. Always too rushed with too much work waiting he nevertheless takes the time to become acquainted with the individual students and to help them in solving their problems. By the way, who is the humorist on the facultry? Who is it who manages to tell at least three or four jokes in every serious talk? Any student can tell you—Mr. Mabie! His deepest regret is that he hasn t time for teaching, especially history. He is a man of many interests and hobbies —did I hear anyone say fish ? The other gentleman who figures largely in rhe administration is MR. ALLINDER. Don't let the stern look fool you —there's also a sudden smile that catches one off guard. His interest in the students seems to develop just as rapidly as a freshman develops in four years and sometimes you wonder how he can keep tab of everyone so well. For the office girls the burning question is Have you seen Mr. Allinder? Then follows the hunt—from the gym to the lab and probably back again before this elusive gent is finally located and the important (?) business transacted. We'll grant he can out-sprint anyone in the building—that's what keeps him off the list of heavyweights is our guess. In short, versatile and ubiquitous describes our boss ! t

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I BOARD OF EDUCATION Smith Mabie Brown Hall Bower LATE into the night on the first Monday of each month a light burns in the main office. There a scene takes place, little known or little thought of by those of us who tread the halls day after day—unless perchance a whiff of stale cigars reaches our nostrils. There our school board wrestles with problems of operating and financing the school system of Greenville. It is this group of men which provides 4 the conveniences and equipment we so often take for granted. Providing us with efficient teachers, keeping our budget out of the red, continually enlarging our school program are tasks Gargantuan enough for any group, and yet no greater accomplishments could we ask for than those achieved by these six men, in spite of their busy daily lives. Treasurer Smith gives and takes many a dollar without batting an eye. The link between the board and us is no other than Mr. Mabie. At the head of the table sits the genial president— R. A. Mr. Hall presents a new face on the board this year. Nor could any institution be sound without its doctor (Take a bow, Dr. Bower!) Correspondence (oh yes!): Secretary Tower, take a letter to—. (Sorry we can’t see your face!) Thus, with pilots like these our Ship of Education ploughs quietly and steadily to newer and better ports. 10

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NSTRUCTION MARY CAMPBELL received her A. B. degree from Albion College. Sugar, spice, and everything nice —but firm, too! Play casts are still haunted by those snapping fingers and Pick it up! — Take it over! We’ll remember her by our first debate plaques down by the speech room. GEORGE DIBBLE has been with G. H. S. the longest of any teacher. Some of the girls believe that the old adage A way to a man's heart is through his stomach is a sure way to soften him—and I’m not so sure they're wrong. Mr. Dibble doesn't let this make too much difference, however. He stops all disturbances with a test tomorrow! Most of these tomorrows never come, but few realize that! Hailing from Central is FLOYD FERRIS. He made a big hit with all the students, especially after Leander. Judging from the smile on his face everything's Jake. PHYLLIS FREBURG attended college at Jamestown and the University of Michigan and has her Master's degree. After doing a fine job with the Girls Glee Club she took the Boys Glee Club under her wing—and are they sorry? No. sir!! She gets each group underway by suggesting that they start by vocalizing. FRANCIS GARTER came to us from Western via China, with a wealth of stories we'll never tire of hearing. He has won the respect of every student and the lasting friendship of those who have taken the trouble to really know him. Believe it or not, he reads the funnies too—at least Alley Oop. VIOLET HORNBECK got her B. S. degree from Michigan State and if we can judge by those delectable odors from the foods room she really deserved it! Horney would certainly be a prize for some designing male—if males design, too! RUSSELL HOUCK graduated from Central State with a B. S. degree. Mr. Houck will usually be found in the shop doing whatever they do down there. A very quiet and unassuming person (around school at least). We hear he's quite a sportsman, too! MARJORIE LOUTZEN-HISER has her B. S. from Western. Miss Loutzenhiser really moves around—she came to us from Iowa and now rumor has it. she is forsaking us for Virginia. Easy-going, strict, athletic, likable—that's Loutzie. Jeannie with the light brown hair is a fitting epithet for MISS Mc-CONKEY. Who could put more giggling into a story than our illustrious art instructor? She made the girls turban conscious long before the spring styles came in. Absentees? Yes. the sixth hour lit class knows it's MISS McGEE. The name as well as the plaid in her clothes is a dead give-away that she's a lassie of Bonnie Scotland. We wonder where MR. OCKSTADT got his method of discipline. For detailed description just ask some peppy Junior High boy—he’ll know. The influence 12