Ottawa Hills High School - Legend Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1940 volume:

5 A irix 93' '- ll 4 af N H 1 THE LEGEND GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN VOLUME NO. xv SQHQQL CDTTIWFX HNLLS HXCBH Naseem 3 SEND CDH THE LE wh QW if PAQ MW Editor-in-Chief ' - Lois Sluiter x fff uq n Ki, , Q QQ 1. ,Q -A' ir -A' W Business Manager - AlRypstra Zecizceiim Because of his genial friendliness and enthusiasm and his unusual ability as an instructor of the band and orchestra, we dedicate this l94O Legend to Mr. W. Merwyn Mitchell. f-le possesses qualities of cheerfulness, patience, and broad sym- pathies together with the perseverance to work steadfastly toward his aims. Not only does he fill a large place in the faculty, but he is an inspiration to all who come into Contact with him. Qcwemwc! All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. The drama, laughter, excitement, tragedy, and comedy portrayed on the stage are found in each classroom and at every school event. A new day and the succeeding hours present new scenes in the life of students, or the players as Shakespeare states it. The differ- ence found between the real world of school life and the make-believe world of the theater is not great, and in our annual this year, the l94O Legend, we show the similarity. Like the theater, school life is not all bright lights and laughter. We take you behind the scenes to let you see the hard work and training which takes place before the curtain rises on any successful production. me www .Ywzeallaw . . . ff 7ke WWW . . . ,23 7he Gm!! QQZQJJPAD 417 Adfqswnp. , W 740511 fdoifwizwj , . X5 ,405 ffffgokcvcvl Jffej . . . fa? I Hoyt Kremer, the President of the Senior Closs, has been in the spotlight odl yeolr os he led the activities ot his closs. W 'k i 'lr 317'??'75'i'f5lff?975 :7fi 51'f'!1i.megF' f pw :ss 'K H fu' 'fs 13'-3.5316QULZRSQ rf ' . as H we if ff we L A - ' . f .wshinum I H K Jfwq ,. . .. KB X 1 X if , Q Q W 'wwf .- .- ..q. .LW 'weft We www w .rx 9 ,. ... , magma. .,... i W l i vvsllmifw roll! Ill was . 'wr A, S 9 Ln fef . Q S X ii fl N. X 1 t kv 1 , 4-Ng-v f - .1 . Y f. ,r e- v' L - . jg- 4 ? -, -A ' Q '12 f .im Above: I. Carlson and I. Spencer, presidents of Cordelier and Hi-Y. Below: W. Schantz. R. Hammer, and I. Kett, presidents oi Camera Club, Mimes, and Chemphybio. .ra Above: E. Ide, T. Blackburn, and W. Dixon, captain oi track, number one man on the tennis team, cmd captain ol golf. Above: V. Parmenter and L. Kauf- man. presidents ot Home Eco- nomics and Les Amateurs Fran- cais, with H. Schmidt, head oi debating. Above: F. Razoog, M. Wilson, E. Gounos, and O. lVlcDonold, presidents ot the Boys' and Girls' Senior Glee Club, A Cappella Choir, Orchestra, and Band. Leit: G. McCarger and L. Caro, presidents oi Latin Club and The National Honor Society. Above: B. Pipp, R. Townsend, and I. Spalink. captains ot basketball, wrestling, and football. Right: D. Shook and B. Hersman, presidents ol the Student Council and Girls' Senior League. .-101 Below: V. Schnell, presi- dent oi Quill and Scroll, with L. Sluiter and N. Hey- er. Editors-in-chiel of the Legend and Spectator. -'s.L,. O Directcrs Administration Efuvry play mm! !lll'UU zz fine zlireclor I0 be II szzzfffwx. M r. Artfzm' U . Krzzzwc, Szzjlwfzzzfvlzflwzlt of the Grrmfl Rfzpfzlf Public Sclmols, zliracfx the fclmnl fys- fam. Tlzv jnzifzcfifnrzl ami ffm ffzculfy also zlirvvzf by aiding the xzfudwzfy through- out tlzcir years !LUl'l?. fm Q stem. 4. Q.. M at Mrs. Lou l. Sigler is our assistant princi- pal. She plays an important part in the direction of our high school activities and acts as principal of both the Ottawa Hills and the Alexander elementary schools. Mrs. Sigler has always wanted to organ- ize a league for the girls of the school. This year with the organization of the Senior Girls' League, her hopes are being realized. Besides her work in school, Mrs. Sigler is interested in many outside organizations. She has been president of several city and state teachers' clubs. This year she is presi- dent of the Grand Bapids Elementary Prin- cipals' Club. In 1938 the State Teachers College at Ypsilanti conferred the degree of Master of Education upon her. Mrs. Sigler received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Western State Teachers Col- lege in Kalamazoo. Jewry 23. lfacflf , 74.3, MN. Ottawa Hills is very lucky to have a man like Henry D. MacNaughton sitting in its directors chair, for Mr. MacNaughton is an able leader. lt is, thanks to him, that the school presents such a smoothly running performance to the eyes of the public. ln the fifteen years since Ottawa Hills first opened, he has made it a progressive insti- tution which has grown into a complete elementary and high school with 2,024 pupils and 66 teachers. Mr. MacNaughton is interested in all the programs and projects of the students. The student body is sure to find in him a true friend and a helpful adviser. Mr. MacNaughton received a Life Certifi- cate from Western State Teachers College, and his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Michigan. He received his Masters Degree from the University of Columbia, Teachers College, New York City. Miss Creoser is playing a record made by her classes. Miss Seegmiller is explain- ing cr geometry problem. Lenore Bader, A.B.. M.A. Marie Carling, B.S. Bernice R. Creaser. A.B.. MA. Algebra Arithmetic Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra . ' f 'mm Q ks' 5 I, 7 , A V 5 W Elsie Davis, I-LB.. M.A. Arithmetic, Latin Don P. Toland. B.S. Geometry, Mathematics Alma M. Seegmiller. I-LB.. M.A. Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry fWalQemaZZc4 70,29 cz Qwriafm gall The electricians and the stage crews in a theater would not be able to do much it they did not understand the science of mathe- matics. This is the type of practi- cal application of class work which our mathematics depart- ment under the chairmanship of Miss Seegmiller tries to impress upon the students who are in their mathematics classes. Iunior high arithmetic, a year and a half of algebra, a year of plain geometry, a half year of solid geometry, and a half year of trigonometry are offered at Ot- tawa Hills. ln making plans to go on to col- lege it is often wise to take all the mathematics possible in high school. Miss Creaser's G e o m e t r y I classes have made some phono- -14- graph records for which the pupils themselves wrote the dialogue and read the parts. The pupils in Miss Elsie Davis's arithmetic classes have been studying the travels of checks. Each person in the class wrote a check and then watched its travels through the bank where it was deposited, the clearing house, and the bank on which the check was drawn. For the outside projects which each student must hand in each semester in Mr. Toland's classes, the pupils have made posters showing the uses of geometric de- signs in architecture and engi- neering, they have built models of several types illustrating how the principles of geometry learned in class may be applied, and they have drawn diagrams explaining certain complicated theorems. Ida A. Crego, B.S. Vernise Pruitt, Ph.B. Hazel Zellner, B.S. Fine Arts Fine Arts Fine Arts ,405 Zemin Wake Me SAM Designing costumes, planning stage sets, and decorating thea- ters show different ways in which art and drama are allied in inter- est. Types of work which have been undertaken are the modeling of clay, oil paintings, charcoal sketches, watercolor and crayon drawings, and posters. Miss Zellner's stu d e nts have done carvings, oil paintings, car- toons, character pictures, and panels. ln Miss Pruitt's classes, they have done embroidery on purses and rnade doll heads for collec- tions. Miss Crego's classes have drawn the posters for advertising the first Ottawa Hills Pow Wow. Jawa fccmcamfw 72mm fm 14 The h ome economics depart- ment helps each girl to present a pleasing and a poised personality when she steps out onto the stage of the future. Miss Davis's personal regimen classes have kept notebooks on good grooming, posture, person- ality, and manners. Under the supervision of Miss Iackson, a food budget for a W.P.A. family has been worked out to give the girls practice in planning menus on a limited in- come. The girls look forward every year to going to East Lansing in the spring for the open house which is sponsored by the home economics department at Michi- gan State College. Miss Pruitt is looking at a figure which she modeled. .. ,, .. A fig u-f'..,w ' ,,. . ,MM 4 W. A .:i '4 ' 1u'kb7fn,: iwsil, 1 t , bi, N- 'X9' - l l it ' v in N' 'L ' V? X, ' .usa A' ,W 1 : 1 tp 1 ..-'.?'fF f K 'Hi Lela M. Davis, B.S. Beulah S. Iackson, B.S. Elizabeth Matheson, B.S. Miss Davis helps Frances Clothing, Personal Regimen Foods, Clothing Foods, Clothing, Cafeteria Bolt to qdjust her pattern, -15- First row: Mary Baloyan. A.B.. MA. English, Dramatics Frances Dawes, A.B. English Nina Gissibl, QMrs.D, A.B. English, History Madeline A. Holmes. I-LB.. MJ-X. English Second row: fngffdh Www Zfwlaqe Much that is original and unusual has been ac- complished in the English classes this year based on Work ranging from medieval literature to pres- ent-day problems. lt is in the English department that the great English dramas and drarnatists are read and studied. Some of the older novels have been read and at- tention tocused upon Interesting Words. Scenes have been written to be added to As You Like lt. Both Class and individual newspapers have been compiled and edited. Scrapbooks have been made with literary material of historical and present-day interest. One of the classes studied expense ac- counts and investments. Another class had an ex- hibit ot hobbies at the spring open house. ln addition to student play production, the dra- matics classes have spent much time in constructe ing model stages and making sketches of costumes and stage sets, Third row: Ieannette VanderVelde. A.B. Dan Shook, Ie an Daily. and Ann Ven- nell are listening to Miss Tenhaai read. Florence Kortering, A.B. English Bertha Barbara Lewis. A.B., IVLA. English Elizabeth D. Nash, uvrfsg, B.s. English English Kathryn Zimmer. A.B. Mable c. 're-sheer. B.s. 1311911511 History English No Picture: Belowi Iennie van Dyke, uvife. D. DJ. Elizabeth Termeer, P..B. A.B. English English 6 16- No Picture: Alice Caldwell, Ph.B.. M.A. History A. E. Cook. I-LB. History Saad Science 7aew Zire Que Shalcespeares historical plays and Iohn Gals- worthy's dramas dealing with social problems re- flect the interest of the great thinkers of all times in the study of the social sciences. With Mr. A. E. Cook as chairman, the social science department tries to give each pupil as com- prehensive an understanding, as possible, of pres- ent-day problems and the solutions which have been suggested for these problems. Drawing maps and posters, Writing outlines, and building models of pioneer homes have been the projects ot Miss Watrous's American history and geography classes. Debates of interest to young Americans who wish to take an intelligent part in the affairs of their com- munity have taken place in Mr. Fuehrer's eco- nomics classes. ln Mr. Giddings' history classes several posters have been made which show the trend of the times in political cartoons. .5 B Miss Watrous seems to be interested in the pioneer homes which were made in her his- tory classes this year. I E i I 1 I s I n William L. Fuehrer, B.E.. LLB., Ph.B. Government, Economics Katherine Lalley. A.B. History Henry Ludwick. A.B. Government lean Paxton. ILB. History, Civics I7- Emest Giddings, A.B. History Flossie Loew, A.B. Geography, Penmanship History Katherine McCarty. ILE. History Nellie A. Watrous. A.B. History, Geography W. Merwyn Mitchell, A.B. lnstrumental Music Frank Showers. B.S. Vocal Music Iohn H. Baker, M.A. Physics, Arithmetic, General Science E. E. Hansen, B.S. Biology, General Science Instrumental music under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, and vocal music under the direction of Mr. Showers, comprise the musical department of Ottawa Hills. There are a junior and senior band and an orchestra. They play for assemblies, have programs of their own, and partici- pate in music festivals and contests. Mr. Mitchell also helps each pupil individu- ally. Many of the pupils in Mr. Showers' singing classes try to get in one of the organized groups of singers, the junior or senior glee club, or the A Cappella Choir. Science .feait Zia flfem ZZMQQ Because of the many fields in the mod- ern world which call for some knowledge of science, every pupil who enters junior high at the present time is required to take a year of geography and introduc- tory science. The student is offered the beginnings of biological science as well as the elements of chemistry and physics. ln Mr. Bakers classes, the students have been studying color and infra-red pho- tography, and glass blowing. Some of the students made stroboscopes. Mr. Hansen's classes have made maps showing the geographical distribution of various groups of mammals besides drawings of other subjects which they have studied. They are also making a collection of equipment. Harry A. Richardson. A.B. Lowell Palmer. A.B. Physiology, Biology, Biology, General Geography, General Science Science ff ry, Fl Mr. Mitchell raises his baton to begin the orchestra. Mr. Baker seems to be en- grossed in an experiment in cr physics class. Theodore L. Vander Ploeg. I-LB.. M.S. Chemistry 42854 WM' A at Cornie Koets. B.S. Katharine Sheehan. B.S. Physical Education Girls' Physical Education I As soon as Mr. Koets blows his whistle. E. Ravencroit 7 Qcde The girls' athletic activities, directed by Miss Sheehan, play an important part in the student life at Ottawa Hills. The ninth and tenth grades meet twice a week and one credit is given for each semesters work. ln the eleventh and twelfth grades, classes meet just once a week and only one-half credit is received. G. Fitzpatrick. I. Cable. and D. Hill will start to play a game oi indoor soccer. Some of the work that is characteristic of a girls' gym class is softball, ping- pong, tennis, dancing, pyramids, speed- ball, soccer, volleyball, and bowling. Mr. Koets, the boys' instructor, has the task of teaching the boys the details of baseball, soccer, basketball, highjump- ing, broadjumping, and football. t 1 .Q '- TD M 3 Harry P. Buboltz, B.S. Sidney Eleveld Lloyd F. Hutt. A.B. Bernard I. Kennedy, I-LB Printing, Ioumalism Machine Shop Woodwork, Mechanical Mechanical Drawing Drawing ' Nm 75066 like Jem! Printing, the preservative of Arts, is taught by Mr. Buboltz. ln woodworking, under the supervision of Mr. Hutt, each student chooses his own project. Mechanical Drawing, under Mr. Ken- nedy, gives the student an understanding of the universal language of industry, the blueprint. Mr. Eleveld manages the machine shop, which teaches the boys method of pro- duction and its influence in everyday life. Mr. S. Eleveld. our instructor in machine shop. is busily en gaged in turning out a fine tool on one of the smaller lathes m the department. -18.- J The braille students. C. Burton. P. Reed. R. Beukema. C. Little, L. Berry. and S. Green are hav- ing a musical program. Zora Barnaby. B.S. Advanced Shorthand, Typing David Clcxtworthy, A.B. Business Arithmetic, Typing, Shorthand Bookkeeping, Business Arithmetic Doris Robinson. A.B. Sidney Ryckman, Life Typing' Sfenogmphy Certificate Bookkeeping, Commercial Law Leon I. Miller. ILB., B.C.S. x . t . , MS., .. ,I K my L SN. l Q. A , K - . . ,:',:. D V b V 3, . ' V 5 I3'.' Helen Mount. A.B. Loviscr A. Rorabeck. B.S. Braille Braille gfmiffe Sfncfeffbh Jaw Wailea! Pwfymm In the braille room Miss Borabeck and Miss Mount teach literary, mathematical, and musical braille systems to the students. Besides this, they teach them English, science, social sciences, geography, music, rhythms and games, and sense training. Some of the nine braille pupils, who range in grade from kindergarten to senior high school, are musicians and they often play together. fam 23 Wm 04ZCf1fMCVM The Ottawa Hills commercial department gives instruction in subjects which furnish the students with training in business administration, and every- day business contacts of life. Miss Barnaby's advanced shorthand class won a pennant in an international penmanship contest. lt will be on display in the trophy case. Many ot the girls also received gold pins. Miss Barnaby is showing Shirley Keegstra how to operate the ediphone. -20- Grace I. Beeby Nella May Eikenhout. ILB. Clara Mast, A.B. Miss Mast is straightening up Library Library Library the book shelves. 76a MW 44.4.4 Me SMW To help us use the library so that we can get from it a maximum amount of usefulness, pleasure, and enjoyment is the aim of our library staff here at Ottawa Hills. This staff with Miss Clara Mast at the head is at hand to help us every school QQQMGZL and .fain Y Our language department presents day from eight o'c1ock until four-thirty. On Mondays and on Thursdays the library is open in the evening, Our librarians give lessons in the use of reference material, as Well as in- struction in the use of the catalog file to locate any book. Sinbad club, S.P.Q.R. Mary Horn. ILB. French a varied and interesting program. ln Miss Katherine Smiths Latin Miss Kathleen Smiths French classes put on a skit for an assembly spon- classes, records have been made of Latin plays, songs, and declensions. Miss Elsie Davis's classes have been sored by the French department. Miss Horns classes have shown the correlation between French and other writing Latin stories and dialogues. Miss Katherine Smith and Miss Elsie Davis are the sponsors of the Latin subjects by a series of charts. Miss Horn and Miss Kathleen Smith are the sponsors of the French club. n FIU' Katherine M. Smith. ILB., I-LM Latin Miss Hom shows I. Christensen, P. Coryell, B. DeKoning, L. Dell, M. I. Kirchgessner, D. Darling, D. Deeker, L. Kaufman, I. Kett. P. Lawrence. H. Knape. Kathleen C. Smith. A.B. I. McCarthy. B. Sailors. I. Shields. H. Tiddens. the stage set. French, English -21- 7mffm? Beam an ZZWMZQW During recess this g r o u p gets plenty of exercise. ..x Ole lacobsen Sf.Eg,jf,+2f7 lg4 and Iimmy Haei- 1 Nfc'fff'Eiff3 -fiili-hz g , ax W . . taker practice ,dvr X' .. ,' . -V: ' '- 4 I. -. . - .: n6': Carpentry, af: - iff'-wuF?',v -I '-.fi,. 'eS. ,fS-. . The Ottawa Elementary is a training school and 'workshop for beginners. A variety of subjects is introduced and the children experiment with many different handcrafts. This year Miss Cryder's kindergarteners have in- creased their knowledge of transportation by air- plane, train, and bus. The first graders have worked on projects of their own. In Miss Gordon's room they made gifts for their parents. A study of Mexico interested Miss Spencer's third grade for a few weeks, while in Miss Walter's room they studied early Grand Rapids. The work of the elementary safety squad is super- vised by Miss Karnps, the sixth grade teacher. Mrs. Sigler is principal of the elementary which has 355 students. Gertrude Aster tMrs.l 5-2 and 6-1 Dorothy Cryder, Lite Certificate Kindergarten Elsie L. Gordon First grade Rose Hansen. I-LB., tMrs.l 4-2 Hilda Iohnson, I-LB. Fifth grade Helen Kamps, A.B. 6-2 Martha Pelto, I-LB. l-2 and 2-l E. Leone Sickels Life Certificate 2-2 Elizabeth Spencer. B.S. Third grade Carol B. Walters. Liie Certificate 3-2 and 4-l -22- 1 .., nv IQ? E51 W i f e., Q, Mgr ,V J pei? ? wa? 'X 5 -4 .P ' x ff Q 3 W lx M .W gf W J ? ,A 5 PES. 'Jima' , . Y Q , in ,D Q g 'f f ' ff ni, : i , .x eg 1 , W 1 ,J P r mi N ' riff, v f Q J' is ' 3 sw I 105 ' A ip N' i 'f , 4, W A w. :- -,YL wig ,-if-h 'Q33 The most imporlfml part of zz play is the acting, om! thc stars of our school arc Zfzc .YC71iOl'5. Hera' 'wc fzofue zz dra- matic scene with Pfzyllix Scfzoonbcck, M07I6'flt? Millc'1', Hoyt Kremer, Sally Rzzgir, Helen Kncclzt, Julie Krmc, Karl Sfzzmrt, zmqz' Belly Balljef. Two people who have certainly done a good job this year are Mr. Giddings and Miss Seegmiller. the senior advisers. Ring Committee l i Hoyt Kremer President One-Act plays, C415 Senior Re- view C415 Mimes C415 Latin Club C31, Praetor C315 Hi-Y C415 Stu- dent Council Winiired Slack Vice-President One-Act plays C415 Senior Re- viewg Mimes C315 Latin Club C315 French Club C415 Senior Play5 Band Sponsor C415 Senior Girls' League5 Legend C21. CZ, 3, 415 Senior Play. Betty Hersman Secretary One-Act plays C415 Mimes C415 Student Council C415 Quill and Scroll C3, 41, Secretary C415 Senior PIay5 Girls' Senior League, Presi- dent5 Swimming CZ, 31: Riding C315 Archery C31. Leonard Caro Treasurer A Cappella Choir Cl, 2, 31 Football Cl, Z, 3 415 Track C3, 41 l-li-Y C415 De- bating C415 National Honor Society, Presi- dent5 Spectator C415 Student Council C41. Donald Ayars Benjamin Pipp Arthella Cadey Steven Selby Thomas Droste Philip Seven Hoyt Kremer Iohn Spalink Color Committee Mgfy Buiten Winnie Slack. Leonard Caro, Hoyt Kremer. and Betty Hersman. the lean Anne Dailey Mary Ann Glass Prom Committee Leonard Caro Mary Kirchgessner Iames Davidson Hoyt Kremer Betty Hersman Helen Ogden Winiired Slack Song Committee Margaret Chapman lean Hubbard Elizabeth Gounos Alfred Iohn lean Hook Gordon Lawrence Vivian Mack very capable senior class otticers. present ideas to the senior class. -25- Alice Allen One-Act plays C415 Mimes C415 Latin Club C31, Secretary C315 Hall Duty C411 Legend Cl, 215 Senior Play5 G.A.A. C1, 2, 3, 415 Athletic Awards Cl, 2, 315 Senior Girls' League. I. i Edith Anderson One-Act plays C3, 415 Senior Review C3, 415 Glee Club Cl15 A Cappella Choir Cl, 3,415 French Club C3, 41: Swimming C115 Senior Play C3, , Robert Bannister ffl Glee Club C315 Football C215 Track C31. it C ,E X Dorothy Barendse Glee Club C217 pp 5 Choir 4215 Letm Elaine Bartlett A Ca ella Club C31: HGH Duty C3, 41: Archery C21: G.A.A. CZ, 3, 41 Drum Majorette C415 Senior Girls' League5 Lewa C41. Eleanor Andre Spectator C415 Riding C31. Wylodene Atwater Latin Clu Glee Club Cl, 215 Mimes C415 French Club C2, 3, 415 Swimming Cl15 Senior Play C415 Senior Girls' League. it -26 415 Senior Girls' Mary Beth VanderWiere, Ioan Sharp, Mary League. Fudge. Dorothy Winters. and Rosemary Reiter enioy their work on the sewing crew Stanley Auwers Glee Club C215 A Cappella Choir Cl, 215 Hi-Y 14,7 HGH Donald Ayars DW C411 Stu- Football 42, 3, dent Council 41, Manager5 C111 OMC' KGPPU Wrestling 421, Tauwa Cl1. C11: Girls' Lewa 10 Com- Manager5 Student Council C3, 415 Senior Play. Wy? Ann Behrens Latin Club C415 Athletic Awards C2, 315 G.A.A. CZ, 31. lane Norton, Dorothy Winters. Blanche Freyling. Betty Rood- voets, Lillie Home. Elsie Van Stee. Eleanor VanderWeide. and Mariorie Dykstra take dictation. Duncan Baker One-Act plays C415 Senior Re- view C415 Mimes C415 Legend C415 Camera Club C415 Senior Play. Paul Berry Senior Review5 Latin Club C315 Football CZ, 3, 415 Baseball C3, 415 Hi-Y C3, 415 Hall Duty C415 Camera Club C3, 415 Stu- dent Council C31. Bob Kenyon. Harvey Slopsema. lack Teat, Ed Botts, and Robert Slocum sur- vey and enjoy new bookcovers. Hichard Bethune Glee Club C115 A Cappella Choir Cl, 215 Latin Club C315 Football Cl, 2, 3, 415 Wrestling C415 Hall Duty Cl, 2, 3, 415 Coleman Bishop Baseball C41. Chemphybio C215 Band Cl, 2, 315 Otta Kappa Tauwa C115 Tennis C21, Manager C21. r.,. Robert Beukema I f ' -- iiww' Edward Breen V ff Football C2, 3, - Baseball C2, 3, Shirley Boyd 43' Captain MD: Basketball CZ, 3, 41. Elinor Bouwkamp Glee Club Cl15 A Cappella Choir C2, 315 G.A.A. C115 Senior Girls' League. Mary Glaza. Iohanna Willems, Marjorie Hoon, Ioan Sharp, Doro- thy Griese. Mary Beth Vander- Wiere, Rosemary Reiter. Marianne VerMerris. and Iosephine DeFouw in typing class. Louise Bolt Club C41- Glee Club C111 Donald Bont Maxine Boston Commercial Edward Botts Football CZ, 3, 415 Wrestling C3, 41. Mirnes C415 Glee Club C215 OHS-ACl DIGYS Orchestra C3, 41. C415 Commercial Club C215 Senior Girls' League. 5. Eleanor Brown WW 41, All-State C315 lean Browning Glee Club C41 Latin Club C3, 415 Debating C3, 415 Legend C415 Band CZ, 3, 415 Athletic Awards C315 Riding C3, 415 Archery C3, 41 Senior Girls' League. ll Arthella Cadey if . bil One-Act plays it l I f 41,54 T s ln- 4 at Mary Buiten One-Act plays QC.4.1, Senior Re- vTew5 Mirnes C415 Senior Play5 C415 senior Re- G-A14 W , view. Mimes Senior Girls C415 Hall Dui f Leagues C315 French Cliib l C 15 Swimming 5 ci, 2, 3, 415 n . - Archery Cl1, il A'f N President C115 'I-4.A..,. 0-...Un- Ottawa News a ' ', 'I'- C215 Senior 'BAA' Girls' League. .R 0. L-...,,'l if Law- f-ff-AML Q gil-.A.3..f 'S 4,441-brit' ' 1' Q ...27- ,I lack Carlson One-Act plays C415 Senior Re- VieW5 Mimes C415 Football Cl, 2, 3, 415 Basketball C115 Baseball CZ, 3, 415 Cordelier C3, 41, President C415 Senior Play Ce sont Iulie Kruse, Virginia Schnell, lean Ann Daily, et Betty Margaret Gilkerson. lls presentent Le Chapman Bourgeois Gentilhommef' One-Act plays 1 C415 Glee Club Cl, 215 A Cap- pella Choir C2, 3, 415 Legend C415 Mimes C415 Spectator C415 Quill and Scroll C415 French Club C2, 315 G.A,A. , Cl, 2, 315 Senior Girls' League5 Lewa C2, 3, 41. for- . it r x Marian Cook Commercial Club C3, 41: Otta Kappa Tauwa. Kathryn Crawford Rosejean Cliliord Senior Review5 Glee Club C215 A Cappella Choir C215 Hall Duty C415 De- bating C31: Quill and Scroll C415 Legend C415 Spectator C415 Athletic Awards C115 Senior Play5 Drum Majorette C415 Senior Girls' League. V Dorothy Cobb CJR. - , C A . Glee Club C115 xx A Cappella Choir 42, -3f 411 lean Anne Daily Commercial Qneuqct plays Club C315 Ath- 445: Mimes C435 letic Awards Chemphybio j C215 Archery Cl, 215 G.A.A. Cl, 2, 315 Senior Girls' League5 Lewa C3, 41. C415 French Club C415 Archery C115 Riding C3, 41, President C415 Declamation C115 Senior Girls' League. Commercial Club C31. ames Davidson Senior RevieW5 Track C3, 415 Cheerleading C2, 3, 41, Cap- tain C41. 28 -Allene Colby Helen Collins Debating C415 Senior Girls' French Club C31. League. Lucille De Boer Iosephine De Fouw Here are Theresa Robertson, Eleanor Andre, and Merrie Geld- hoi preparing for the monthly Spectator deadline in the stall room. -28- Phyllis Condon Commercial Club C315 G.A.A. Cl, 2, 315 Senior Girls' League5 Lewa C3, 41. ' 6- x rt' Mary lane De Young Mimes C415 Commercial Club C415 Senior Girls' League. Charles Dillenbeck Spectator C43. Ed Botts, Dick Maatman, Iohn lp ,G Willis Dixon Senior Review, Football Cl, 2, Priscilla 335 Golf C3, 43, Donaldson cumin C43, Latin Club tai, Em Doombos Legend C43, Legend C43g Cordelier C3, 43, Senior Girls' Treasurer C43. League, if M! A. ,ic Spcrlink, Bill Marcus, and Bob Graham get their equipment. ff!! Thomas Droste One-Act plays C3, 43, Senior Review C2, 3, 435 Mimes C2, 3, 43, Latin Club C335 Football Cl, 2, 43, Manager, Track Cl3, Man- ager, Legend C435 Cordelier fwf ix Betty Duiven One-Act plays C435 Senior Re- view, Mimes C431 l-eQ9f1d C432 Spectator C3, 43, Swimming Cl, 235 Riding Cl3g Senior Play, Senior Girls' League. Marjorie Dykstra Commercial Club 43, Home Economics C3, 43, Senior Girls' League. C435 Senior Play CZ, 3, 43. 14 Nicholas Ellis Blanche Freyling David Evans Harold Fletcher Senior Review C3, 43, Football C135 Orchestra C335 French Q wt GM' Herb Knape, Roger Prince, Louis Kaufman, Paul Berry, and Phil Seven were investi- gating a new camera when we took this one. -29- Fudge One-Act plays C435 Mirnes C43, Legend C435 Commercial Club C335 Ottawa News C237 Senior Girls' League. ,161 lean Anne Gamwell Student Council C43g National Honor Society, Vice-President, French Club C3, 43, Vice- President C33. Minnie Ganzeveld Iames Gately Track 1415 Hi-Y 13, 41, Treasurer Lewis Geistert One-Act plays 13, 415 Senior Review5 Mimes 1415 Latin Club 1412 Legend 121: 1415 French French Club Club 1315 Senior 1315 Senior Play Play. 13, 41. Merrie Geldhof Glee Club 11, 315 Mimes 1415 One-Act plays 1415 Spectator Betty Gilkerson 1415 Athletic Awards 11, 2, 315 Archery 1115 Senior Play5 G.A.A, 11, 215 Senior Girls' League. One-Act plays 1415 Senior Re- view5 Mimes 1415 French Club 13, 415 Senior Dorothea Gill Play5 Senior Girls' League. Mimes 1415 Archery 1115 G.A,A. 1215 Ottawa News 1215 Senior Girls' League. Mary Anne Glass One-Act plays 1415 Senior Re- view5 Mimes 1415 Senior Play5 Declamation 1115 Senior Girls' League. Mary Glaza 1 3 . Glee Club 11, 31, Vice-Presi- dent 1115 Stu- dent Council 1l, 2, 3, 41, Vice- President 1415 French Club 1415 Swimming 1115 Senior Girls' or S V Elizabeth Gounos Margie Graf! 1 -P , Senior Review5 One-Act plays Quill and Scroll 13,415 Senior 5 , Tm. 13' 41? Orchestra Review? Mimes Robert Graham Dorothy Griese 1 ' 1 11, 2, 3, 41, Sec? 13, 41: Latin Football 145. Commercial S17 retary 131, Presi- Club 13, 415 Na- Club K3 41. ,335 ' 2 dent 1415 Band tional Honor Orcheshig U 29. 13, 41, Secretary Society, Secre' Senior Girlst' ' Marjorie Haines Esther Haire 1415 French Club tary5 Quill and League Glee Club 111i 12, 3, 415 Ottawa Scroll 13, 41, ' A Cappella News 1215 Otta Treasurer 1415 Choir 12, 31, Sec- Kappa Tauwa French Club 11, retary 1315 1115 Senior 2, 3, 41, Secre- French Club 12, Girls' League5 tary 1315 Senior 315 GAA. 1115 Lewa 12, 3, 41. Play. Otta Kappa Tauwa 1115 Gerald Idema, Donald Bont, SGYUO1' GiTlS' Robert Morg enstern, and LGGQUG. George Kok PUUSG- Hall duty. with Ruth Hodg- es, Irving Kleiman, Elinor League. .,,.,,VA W rr. Robert Hammer One-Act plays 12, 3, 41, Stage Manager5 Senior Review 12, 3, 41, Stage Manager5 Mimes 12, 3, 41, President 1415 Senior Play 12, Bouwkamp. Dick Bethune, and Sally Ragir. -30- Eleanor Brown, lohn Christian, Tom Blackburn, and George Kok diligently drawing. 3, 41, Stage Manager5 Ot- tawa News 111. Virginia Hanney Home Eco- nomics CZ, 3, 41 Secretary C31, President C41, Senior Girls' Mary Fudge. lean Hook. Esther Haire. lean Gamwell. Merry Krummann, Mary Ann Glass. and Cynthia Hester in 212 at noon. Wally Schantz waits on Alice Allen. Hugh Hauser. Kay Snook, lean Hubbard. and Bill Hesse in the school store. LGGQUS' Florence Hansen Waller Hanson Commercial Football C3, 41, Club C31, Senior Girls' League. Manager, Basketball C3, 41, Manager, Legend C2, 41, Senior Play. .A -if we . sa ...I 4 ,. ,rxy . A . -. . -Q. ...92gEC... S 1' .ass 9 . ,fi 52, Hubert Hauseriz Hi-Y 2, 3,- 41, Nicholas Secrgary C31, President C41, Student Council 113 ,1 Heerema Latin Club C31, Hi-Y C41, Treas- urer C41. Barbara Herrinton Vice-President of lunior Class, Mimes C41, Quill and Scroll C41, Legend C41, Spectator C415 French Club C3, 41, Senior Girls' League, One- Act Plays C41. Cynthia Hester One-Act plays C41, Senior Re- view, Mimes C41, Student Council C41, Riding Cl, 21, Orchestra Cl, 2 3, 41, Vice- President C41, Otta Kappa Tauwa Cl1, Secretary Cl1. -ss iss? ,, Edith Heynig Commercial Club C41. Ruth Hodges One-Act plays C41, Archery ull G-ACA' ull Helen Holst Senior Girls' League. 1, Commercial Club C41, Home Economics C41, Senior Girls' lei'-in Hook Lillie Home League. Student Council C31, Spectator C31, French Club C3, 41, Senior Girls' League. Hall Duty C31. Mr. Showers talks about music with C y n t h i a Hester. lean Hubbard, M al c o l m Wilson. lack Vander Hoek, and Edith Anderson in his room. ..31.. Virginia Hoyt Latin Club C41, Senior Girls' League. lean Hubbard One-Act plays C31, Senior Re- view, Mimes C31: Legend C31p Quill and Scroll C41p Riding C31: French Club C41 Swimming C31, Senior Girls' League. Abigail Hurd Marcia Hushour One-Act plays 1415 Senior Re- view- Mimes ' Earl lde 141' SeCfeff1fY Basketball 11, 2, 1415 Student 3h Mimes wh Tom Droste. Karl Shuart. Bill Dixon. and Iim Schields would recommend this type of enioy- ment tor a sunny day. Phyllis Condon. Shirley Keeg- stra. Faye Ring, Steve Selby, and lack Wells exchange books at the school library. Alfred Iohn Orchestra 11, 2, 3, 41: Catherine Iansma Senior Play. Council izli Student Council Quill and Scroll U 2 3 47. Margaret Iohnson Mimes 1415 Archery 1115 Senior Girls' League. One-Act plays 1415 Mimes 1415 Swimming 1115 Senior Girls' Leagueg Senior Play. Louis Kaufman Senior Review 13, 415 Mimes 13, 41, Head Electrician, Treasurer 1415 Student Counc il 11, 2, 415 French Club 141, Presi- 1315 French Club 13, 41, Secretary 1415 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League, Shirley Keegstra Glee Club 11, 21, Secretary 1215 Commercial Club 12, 3, 41, President 1415 Home Econom- ics 12, 3, 415 Senior Girls' dent5 Golf 13, 415 League. Track 111, Man- 5 X Nix ager5 Senior Xb . N Play 12.3, 451.5314 5714-9 Qi J Head Electric- KK Q 3 NT - 13' 417 Legend Traclh 1'l, 2, 3, 41, Captain 141. Gerald Idema Robert Kenyon Norma Nell Kidder Mimes 1415 Home Econom- ics 13, 41, Treas- urer 141, Presi- dent 1415 Com- mercial Club 141, Secretary 1415 Archery 1l15 Senior Girls' League. ian 141, ., A KN Camera Club NQASKL' -3 ,V 13, 41. i5 .im Lf 'f-F--1511957755 J J X N1 133311 J . h , w xv, One ol the senior play posters caught the attention ol Ioyce Tet- ro. Virginia Hoyt, Helen Hoist. Gloria Seitz. and Ioan Sharp here. ..32.. Robert King Mary Iane Track 111. Kirchgessner One-Act plays 1415 Senior Re- view 13, 415 Mimes 1415 Archery 1115 Senior Play, Prompter5 Declamation 1115 Senior Girls' League. Irving Kleiman Herbert Knape One-Act plays C35 415 Senior Review C35 41, Co-manager C415 Mimes C3, 415 Legend C3, 415 Spectator C3, Helen Knecht Merry Krummann One-Act plays C415 Senior Re- One-Act plays C415 Mimes C415 Hall Duty Cl15 Senior Girls' George Kok Basketball C35 41. view5 Mimes C415 Latin Club C31. 415 French Club C35 41, Treasurer C415 Camera Club C35 415Sec' retary C315 Treas- urer C41. Gordon Lawrence Quill and Scroll C415 Legend C415 Spectator C35 415 Orchestra C35 415 Band Cl, 2, 35 415 French Club C315 Library Page Cl, 253541. l..eague5 Senior Play. Edward Koetsier as Burgess Lawson Marian Leitch Football Cl, 2, 3, Band Cl, 2, 3, 415 415 Track Cl, 2, Senior Girls' 35 415 Wrestling League. C215 Basketball Cl, 2, 3, 415 Hall Duty C415 Ath- letic Awards C41. ' Howard Longstreet Daniel Lyric ., ne Act plgys fQ ' 5 NC415 Senior Re-I view CSJX15' 3' Tennis C21. .mx , vs --, 'w Ioyce Waterman. Betty Duiven. Lois Sluiter. Duncan Baker, Priscilla Donaldson, and Wal- ter Hanson at work on the Q. . Della Rykse. Gene- vieve Westra. A n n Behrens, Betty Wood. and Dorothy Velt- house on the steps. Legend. Iuliarme Kruse One-Act plays C415 Senior Re- view5 Mimes C415 Student Council C35 41, Secretary C415 French Club C35 415 Senior Play5 Archery Cl 15 Senior Girls' League. Betty La More French Club C35 415 Senior Girls League. Q Richard Vivian Mack Maatman Senior Review5 Football C35 415 Hall Duty C415 l-li-Y C41. Debating C415 Ioan Hypstra. Drum Majorette C415 Senior Girls' League. Mr. Richards. Betty Overholt, Edith Heynig. Mr. Ackerman, a n d Wyllis Ryskamp enioy a friendly chat. -aa- I Robert MacMillan Treasurer ol Iunior Class5 One-Act plays C435 Senior Re- viewg Mimes C43: Hi-Y C3, 43: French Club C335 Senior Play William Marcus Bob Hammer, Herb Knape, and Hank Schmidt work to make the production Cl SUCCESS. Orville Mc Donald Orchestra Cl, 2, George Miller One-Act plays C435 Senior Re- Betty Manasse View? MUUGS MelV.i.h!Miller f I Latin Club C335 Football C3, 435 Track C335 Wrestling C2, 3, 435 Hi-Y C3, 43. Iohn Mc Court Hi-Y C3, 43, Ser- geant-at-Arms C435 Orchestra C2, 3, 435 Band C3, 43. 3,435 Band Cl, 2, 3, 43, Student Conductor C3, 435 French Club C435 Camera Club C43. William Metcalf Edward Meyers Hi-Y C43. Senior Play. Fl I I 1 Mlf Band U' 233 One-Act laqs C43:i Glee PC1515-'j , .,,Cl,-'33, President, , K 4377 A CG bella Monette Miller Robert William Xchoir Clgpfgf f Mimes C43: Morgenstern Murphy, Ir. W . Bciseball C3123 ' '- 3 Mfxhcxgerg' Bas- XX4 ketball C3,,4'3, , Manage? l , NH Arch' ry 3, 3' xl' Treasurer. Band Cl, 2, 3, Band CZ, 3, 43. Glee Club C335 43: Chemphybio CZ, 3, 435 Legend C435 Home Eco- nomics C435 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League5 Quill and Scroll C43. Orville Mac Don- ald a n d H e n r y Schmidt, complete with Orville's c a m e r a a n d Hank's studious look. walk before Oul' CCIIXISYCI. Annette Van Dore. Charles Vanden- Berg, Roberta Teele. Mary Buit- en. and Bob Van Ess are 9 posters to r t h e senior play. makin Latin Club C3, 437 Baseball Q33 William Dorothy Norton Noordyke Commercial Club C43. 'CC7 .Q 1f.... its Q t 91.4 A lane Norton Commercial Club C4 3. Helen Ogden One-Act plays C435 Senior Re- viewg Mimes C435 Legend Cl, 235 Orchestra 1, 235 Athletic Awards Cl, 335 Riding Cl, 2, 3 435 Archery Cl, 2, 3, 43, Treas urer C235 Vice- President C335 President C435 Senior Girls' League. Marcia Hushour. Mary Iane Kirchgessner. lean Wearanga, Helen Knecht. and A big cr il Hurd in their dramatics class. Alfred Iohn and Hugh Hauser were affected by the grand Spring weath- er the day this was taken. Esther Oosterhof I K f aicliafd ioiwala One-Act plays C435 Senior Re- Thomas Pare 6. Shelby Commercial I Cl b C35 435 Earl Ophollf Holine Eco- ?faclc C325'Wre nomics C435 , ling C35 43511-11' Senior Girls' fD1ityfC43:3' 3 George Ohland League. A!L5fgend'CZ3. viewg Glee Club C132 A Cappella Choir 42, 3, 43, Mimes C435 Senior Play. Betty Overholt Hall Duty C43 Archery Cl35 Riding C331 Senior Girls' League. l. Hi-YC C43.. ,Lift ,yi Parmenter i-1 C , ,,lOrchestra Cl, 2, l ' ' ' 4.631 3' 4l' President Wilma Pastoor Betty Penning Ruth J.' . '-Q97 Ml' National Honor Perschbacher l ' It ' Society5 Com- 4. ' H mercial Club K tx , 3 ' C4l. Clarence Petchauer Leonard Vander Iagt smiles as Earl Ophoft shows him and Eliza- beth Gounos what a gentleman does. -35- lean Phillips Senior shoe iashions for the year 1940 were the old favorite saddle shoes and the new moccasins. Beniamin Pipp President ol lunior Class5 Mimes C415 Senior Reviewg Football CZ, 3, 415 Baseball Cl, 2, 3, 415 Basket- ball Cl, 2, 3, 41 Captain C415 French Club C3, 41, President C415 National Honor SOCiely5 Cordelier CZ, 3, Mildred Ploeg 41, President C415 Senior Play. 1' Theresa Robertson Chemphybio C2, 3, 415 Quill and Scroll C415 Spec- tator C415 Leg- end C415 French Club C415 Ottawa News C215 Senior Girls' League. Harold Rockwel Roger Prince Legend C3, 415 Camera Club C3, 415 Decla- mation Cl1. Sally Ragir Rosemary Reiter One-Act plays C415 Mimes C415 One-Act plays Ieeeend lflli C415 G1 C1 b ommercia 111- M5595 311- Club C415 Senior Chemphybio ' GCSE! gifs 43, Plays' Senior C3, 415 Orchestra President my ' GITIS LQUQUG- gl' Z' 3'P'flf E Baseball C415 emor GY' Student Coun- Ottawa News C215 Otta Kappa Tauwa Cl15 Senior Girls' League. Vern Roggow Senior Revie ' 1' Footbal 1 5 ' bati , , 11' t n C , 3 , s- ' r re ch C , 1, 1 surer C4 Betty Roodvoets Commercial Club C3, 415 Senior Girls' League. cil C31. Roon Commercial Club C41. Robert Rosema Faye Ring One-Act plays C415 Mimes C415 Commercial Club C415 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League. M M 1 si . if Della Rykse Commercial Club C41, Treas urer C41. Bob Kenyon. Dick Talbot. Tom Droste, Roberta Teele. lim S p e n c e r . Si Oppenhuizen. Theresa Robertson, Iack Teal. and Harvey Slopsema walk in the hall. -36- Alfred Rypstra One-Act plays CS, 435 Glee Club C135 A Cappella Choir C135 Mimes C3, 435 Student Council Cl35 Legend C435 Orchestra Cl35 Quill and Scroll C43. Ioan Rypstra Glee Club CZ, 3, 435 Student Council C135 Commercial Club CZ, 33: Wyllis Ryskamp One-Act plays C435 Senior Re- view5 Glee Club Cl, 235 A Cappella Choir C235 Mimes C435 Student Coun- cil C435 Athletic Waiting in the wings in costume and made up Waller Schcmlz for their roles are Dick Oswald. Bob Mac Millan Track C3, 431 George Miller, Sally Vandecar, and Ann Vennell C135 Archery 3: Senior Girls' League5 Senior Play. Senior Girls' League. Gloria Seitz Senior Girls' League. Awards CZ, 335 G.A.A. Cl, 231 - Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League. Stephen Selby One-Act plays CZ, 3, 435 Senior Review Cl, 2 3, Student Coun- cil C3, 43: Quill and Scroll C435 Legend CZ, 335 Henry Schmidt Spectator C3, 435 Camera Club X C3, 43, President C435 School Store C3, 43. 43- Mimes C335 Philil' Seven Football Cl, 23. One-Act plays C435 Senior Re- view' Mimes Iean Schlosser Glee Club C235 A Cappella Choir C2, 335 French Club C3, 435 Senior Girls' League. One-Act plays C3, 435 Senior Review C3, 435 Mimes CZ, 3, 435 Track Cl, 2, 3, 435 Debating C3, 435 National Honor Society, Treasurer5 - Cheerleading 3 C435 Cordelier . C43. U 0- U' A Z M if-Qifiei-fi, ' ., - 5 .i:M:,.-..- - ,f 447.15-Y Q3 43, Sue Sevensma S I 4- Hall Duty C432 Cheerleading C3, 435 Senior Play, ..3'l... lx' . 5 Ioan Sharp One-Act plays C435 Glee Club C235 Mimes C435 Commercial Club C3, 435 Home Eco- nomics C435 Archery Cl35 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League. Paying tees in the office are Mary Buiten, Mary Ann Glass, Merry Krummann. Allred Rypstra, Coleman Bishop, and Seret Ybema. Virginia Schnell Secretary ot Iunior Class5 Mimes C3, 435 One-Act plays C435 Quill and Scroll C3, 43, President C435 French Club C2, 3, 43, Vice- President 435 Student Council Cl, 2, 3, 435 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League. 3. Douglas Shattuck Basketball Cl 3. A Harry Sherwood Glee Club 11, 21, A Cappella Choir 12, 31. 'V . 'lt-v Lois Sluiter Senior Review, Quill and Scroll 13, 41, Vice- President 141, Legend 13, 41, Editor-in-Chief 141, Spectator 13, 41, French Club 13, 41, Senior Play, Senior Girls' League. vjff' , jj Iames Shields Senior Review, Latin Club 131, Football 121, Cordelier 141, Tennis 13, 41. Dan Shook Senior Review, Football 11, 2, 3, 1, Hi-Y 13, 41, Stu nt Coun- i ,.2, 3, 41, r dent 141, ational Honor Society, French Club 13, 41, Legend 141, Assistant Editor 141, Quill and Scroll 13, 41, Senior Play, Spectator 141, Editor 141. X . Harold Rockwell. Iane Steele. Edward Koetsier, Ruth Pershbacher, Norman Krombeen. Bill Murphey. Seret Ybema, Betty Ward, and Earl VanLaan make this look like a model study hall. 1- I XV ,jf ' 1 I 1 , , 1 . I1 U 1 1 S , , ffm' I 'K 11,1 I , 1 1' f ' I I- , Robert Slocum Karl Shuart BCTYIC-1 11. 21- One-Act plays 141, Senior Re- view, Mimes 141, Football 141: Hi-Y 141. .H ,Qt -A , 1' Iohn Spalink 1 1 Football 12, 3, 41, Captain 141, Kay Snook Track 12, 3, 41, One-Act plays 141, Mimes 141, Senior Girls' League. Wrestling 12, 3, 41: Hi-Y 13, 41, Vice-President 141, Band 111. Iames Spencer Senior Review Hi-Y 141, Presi- dent, Student Council 141, Mimes 141, Senior Play. Bob Townsend. Iane Norton, Mar- iorie Dykstra. Dorothy Norton. Genevieve Stevens, and Betty Roodvoets watch a tennis game. -33- Harvey Slopsema Frederick Slot 951 Barbara Zack Starritt 1 lane Steele Stapleton Senior Review, Legend 141, Commercial Orchestra 11, 2, Football 12,131 3 41 Club 141, Swim- 41: Bfgketbati 12, 3 '41, Man- agel-, Baseball M1131 Manager, 'CO1TdelikI' 13, 41, Secidetdry 141. l 1 1 ming 111, Senior Girls' League. . xl alfa.. Genevieve Stevens Commercial Club C43. Eleanor Stiles One-Act plays C3, 435 Senior Review5 Mimes C3, 435 Latin Club C3, 435 Chemphybio C2, 3, 435 Na- tional Honor SocietY: Quill and Scroll C3, 435 French Club C3, 43, Secretary C435 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League. William Swank Wrestling C43. Iohn Sytsma Football C435 Basketball C3, Betty Overholt, Lewis Geistert. Marianne Ver Merris. Mariorie Hoon. and Helen Collins stand in line at the ticket office. Stanley Auwers is selling the tickets to them. 435 Baseball C3, 43. Ioyce Tetro Harold Tiddens Sally Vandecar Riding C3, BG1 lCl C3, One-Act plays Senior Gll'lS' Senior Re- League- view5 Mimes Chmles Richard Talbot Iack Teat Hall Duty C43. Roberta Teele Hall Duty C435 Student Coun- cil C435 Legend C435 Archery C13 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League, Record ing Secretary. C435 Senior Play. Vanden Berg Basketball Cl, 2, 3, 435 Hi-Y C3, 43, Vice-President lack C43. Vander Hoek Glee Club Cl, 2, 3, 43: A Cap- pella Choir 31' Elsfczzrilcger Weide 1 2, 3, 435 Student Glee Club UC: Council C43. Std tC u en oun- . Mary Beth C11 Ml' Vander Wiere Sally Vandecar, Tom Blackburn. Kathryn Crawiord, Helen Beam- er, and Iim Spencer leave school after a busy day in classes. -39... One-Act plays C435 Mimes C435 Senior Play5 Senior Girls' League. Annette Van Dore Senior Girls' League. . QV G ' 15.5 C A Ann Vennell One-Act plays C3, 415 Mimes C3, 415 French Club C3, 415 Archery C115 Riding C41, Assistant Chairman C415 Senior Girls' League. Robert Van Ess Senior RevieW5 Football CZ, 3, 41, Manager5 Track C315 Senior Play. R o b e rt Townsend. Elsie Van Stee. Elea- nor Stiles. lean Schlosser. Henry Schmidt, a n d B o b Hammer enjoy them- selves coming down stairs. Rehearsing to r th e senior play What cr Lite are Phyllis Schoonbeck, Dan Shook, and Winie Slack. All seem right in character. Elsie Van Stee Vernon Glee Club Cl, Van Haitsma 215 Commercial olee Club Cl, 2, Club 43' 471, 3 45, A Cap- Senior Girls Dorothy p'euC2 Choir League. Velthouse Cl, 2, 3, 415 Earl Van Laan Leonard , . Student Coun- Hi-Y C415 French Van Sprung cil C41, Club C31. Band Cl, 2, 3, 41. n- 1 9 '1 f V lack Genevieve Q . Goli 3, 41, Westra Bette Ward loyce Waterman lean Wearanga one-Aer pieye Legend C415 One-Act pieye C3 41- C415 Mimes C35 Senior Girls' C415 Mimes C3, if I - fr i 415 Legend C415 League. 415 Latin Club flhf 5' '-ffvf' J Marianna I Senior Play5 C315 Senior Play5 N5 ,. Ver Meffls Swimming C115 Senior Girls' . ' ' Senior Girls' League. -N .ox 7- -., League, ' A great deal oi practice needed to spell perfection in the show put on by the drum maiorettes. Vivian Mack. Rose- iean Clifford. and Dorothy Barendse discuss new -4D.. routines. it X3 ill Robert Willard Mimes C315 Track C3, 415 Latin Club C31, President C315 Hi-Y C415 Hall Duty C415 Stu- Paul Willets Tennis Cl, 215 Latin Club C3, 415 l-li-Y C3, 41' Iohanna Williams Hall Duty C41.' Kenneth Willyard Dorothy Winters One-Act plays C415 Mimes C415 Hall Duty C415 Chempyhbio C415 Spectator C415 Senior Girls' League. Betty Wood Commercial Club C41. U' , 9 Beniamin Wheeler dent Council C31. 4 1 si' Malcolm Wilson Senior Review5 Glee Club Cl, 2, William Hesse :ieig ghcggp- Roberta Wright Seret Ybema Glee,C1ub U' Cl, 2, 3, 41, One-Act plays Basketball 42, 212 H1-Y C31 41- President C415 C3, 415 Mimes 315 Baseball Thom5:sK3Bond Mimes C315 . C415 Latin Club CZ, 3, 41. Ban , 41: Football C215 Dwggghouse HI3IggztSvX8l'i?eg4 C31, Vice-Presi- Legend C41. Wrestling C215 Senior Girls' end C415Cl1em- gig: ggilrifsncz Orc sim 1 l' League. phybio C415 35, National ' . Quill and Scroll Hamer Society, ' fi C415Frer1ch Club Senio PIG , ' 13' 43' Vice' Senioi Girls' C K ' President C415 League Senior Playg ' 'X' - Declamation ' ' C115 Senior .5 f ' .. Girls' League. K' A .I Clinton Blue Football C415 Wrestling C3, 415 A Cappella Choir C3, 415 flee Club C3, 1. Clayton Rhoades Football Cl, 3, 415 Track C2, 315 Basketball Cl, 2, 31. George Kallil Football Cl, 2, 315 Senior Review. Norbert Senna Wrestling C41. Eugene Kruger lack Madigan Football Cl, 2, 3, 415 Track Cl, 2, 3, 41, Captain C41- Suzanne Swier Mimes C415 Senior Play. Leonard Vander Iagt 41- Robert Mc Connaughey Glee Club Cl, 215 A Cappella Choir CZ, 31. Robert Vander Weide Lavina Olthot 19442, A ,., ff iii., if 3,31 ii Pigiis ' Efflfvmlw in ff 19 orf 14l1F I ,E iiguwiii J 1lpg1zJFl'Fh-441 in 13 umm? 4 j Fil ,,5...ffe W1 13 WL 'i FJJIA' 2-Ly J F llfidgdr f , is QIL1, 13,81 5 I11'f3m'r'1 'f W 'T .Iuf rg 5221 E 1.5 fY'PP1?Ti'3'J3fzq:3fPwmQ.uEJ -Ft E EY J ' 1 35: E VEJQLF W 4 2 5 s I E 32 i.ELi?TEF Sid: 4' 'FH I J . We .Szmcmz Mew, if 1940 ln its star - studded setting the 1940 Iunior-Senior Prom staged on March 22 reached a new zenith in effective decora- tions and grand entertainment. Curt Bunt- ing and his band, occupying the orches- tra pit, provided new and old song hits for the dancers, while the intermissions were filled with a novelty which was new to Ottawa Proms, punch drinking. Pro- grams, which carried out the Stardust theme on their covers and in the names of the ten dances, were given to each girl when she arrived. The students and faculty who were in the receiving line were Miss Seegmiller, Mr. Giddings, Miss Tenhaaf, and the junior and senior class officers. The com- mittees worked very hard, but they were well repaid by a better than usual social event. ln tact, this year's Prom was voted by many to be the best ever. Forming a portion of the receiving line at the Iunior-Senior Prom are Mary Ann Glass, Miss Seegmiller. and Dan Shook. Prom music was furnished by the popu- lar Ottawa alumnus. Curt Bunting. and his band. Heading the line at the grand march are Hoyt Kremer, Mary Ann Glass. Iune Niebor. and Newton Dilley. r- ' ' W-0-0-P B With television in its infancy, the class of l94U took a step forward when it presented its senior review, Station W-O-O-P. The story, which was very well written by Tom Droste, Steve Selby, Ben Pipp, and lack Carlson, concerns Abie Moe- berg, played by Steve Selby, whose radio station is on the verge of going bankrupt because of its lack of sponsors. He is offered a proposition by Actors in the 1940 senior review were: D. Shook. I. Crimmins. W. Ryskamp. A. Cadey. W. Slack. G. Miller, D. Oswald, M. Wilson. H. Knape. H. Kremer. R. Mac Millan. R. Van Ess. P. Berry. B. Pipp, S. Selby. I. Carlson. and T. Droste. lAboveJ Mac Wilson. Hoyt Kremer and Dan Shook listen as Tom Droste emotes. QRightJ Authors: Ben Pipp. Steve by. Tom Droste. and lack Carlson. fLeltl A funny part was this scene with Ben Pipp. as Percy Van Scar and Herb Knape as Dimwit Mc Sel two crooks played by Ben Pipp and Herb Knape Tweedle. Singers. dancers, and other entertainers were: lst row: Arthella Cadey, Elizabeth Gounos, Vivian Mack. Mary Kirchgessner. 2nd row: Dorothy Snider. Cynthia Hester. lean Hubbard. Phyllis Schoonbeck. 3rd row: Tom Black- burn. Harold Rockwell, Iames Spencer. and Iames David- son. but rather than have crooked politicians running his station, he decides to close up. However, three college boys, George Miller, lack Carlson, and Tom Droste, come to him with their invention of a straight television ray, and Abie agrees to try it. When the crooks hear of it, they plan to ruin the broadcast by planting a smoke bomb in the studio. They do so, but are unintentionally locked in a closet with the bomb by Sonny Throttlebottom, one of the college boys, played by Tom Droste. The program turns out to be a success, and Moeberg gets his much-needed sponsor. The crooks are caught by their own smoke bomb, but avoid being jailed by becoming the lame-brained Sonny's body-guards. The acts on the television broadcast included dancing, under the direction of Mary Iane Kirchgessner, and sing- ing by talented seniors. The review was one which will be remembered in the future for its originality and farcial comedy. 144.- NZUAJZ a .fqe The lights were dimmed, the music stopped, and up went the curtain, showing a typical high school office, the center of action for What A Life, the 1940 senior play at Ottawa. This play, which was first produced in New York City, was made into a movie last year, and it proved popu- lar throughout the United States as it had in New Utbovel Monette Miller, who plays the part of Henry York. What A Life, Goldsmith, is the school boy, who office more times boy is in a year. so skillfully written by Clifford story of Henry Aldrich, a high was called into the principal's in a half-day than the average The play is a laugh-producer from beginning to end, with Henry getting very tied up with the disappearance of some band in- struments, a dance, and his girl friend. There are some excellent opportunities for act- ing in the play, with parts almost equally divided between boys and girls. The more important, and some of the very interesting character roles were: Henry Aldrich, lack Carlson, Mr. Bradley, Ben- jamin Pipp: Miss Shay, Phyllis Schoonbeck, Mr. Nelson, Iames Spencer, Barbara Pierson, Bette Battjes and Winifred Slack, Miss Wheeler, Edith Anderson and Virginia Schnell, Mr. Patterson, Tom Droste, George Bigelow, Robert Mac Millan, Mrs. Aldrich, Monette Miller, and Miss Eggleston, Sally Bagir. The play, which was in a very light vein, left the audience chuckling and the students displayed great skill in acting to make What A Life the big hit which it was. -45 lLef0 Here is a dramatic scene from What a Life. showing Iames Spencer and Phyllis Schoonbeck at Central High. Klielowl Monette Miller, Ben Pipp, Vir- ginia Schnell, Phil Seven, and Bob Mac Millan in a tense moment. Aldrich's mother: Ben Pipp, who plays the principal of Central High, and Philip Seven talk over the outrageous conduct of the thief who stole the band instruments. Philip Seven tumed in a good piece of acting as the detective who freed Henry Aldrich from one mess. Senior play curtain call found Dan Shook, Tom Droste, Wyllis Ryskamp, Monette Miller, Robert MacMillan, Sally Ragir, Phyllis Schoonbeck. lack Carlson, Betty Battjes, Ben Pipp, and Philip Seven on stage for the round of applause which followed the play. l s 5 l 1 I l , Y Each year at Ottawa, one outstanding boy of the senior class presents the peace pipe, the symbol of one of the most outstanding tradi- tions at Ottawa, to a boy representing the junior class. This year these two boys are Henry Schmidt, representing the senior class and David Potts, the junior class. The peace pipe carries with it a wealth of importance, for it stands for those important characteristics which go to make a successful class, depend- ability, accomplishment, and honest effort. ln the above picture, the peace pipe is shown with Ottawa's lndian head. Ottawa's peace pipe - a small, unimport- ant-looking object - yet, in it lies the secret that makes this school great, tradition. This pipe, this symbol of achievement and ability, is about to be entrusted into your care. What you will add to its tradition, only time will tell. To what degree you will enhance its glory we seniors cannot predict. The same situation confronted us which is now before you. We, to the best of our ability, strove for that perfection for which this pipe stands, and achievement in scholarship, ath- letics, and friendship is ours. When this moment has ceased, a new re- sponsibility will then have passed to your shoulders. lt will then be your duty to uphold and strengthen these ideals and customs sym- bolized in this pipe. lt is you who will be the leaders, it is you who will set the examples, and it is you who must carry this tradition forward. Therefore, we seniors in presenting this pipe to you, the Senior Class of 1941, charge you to ,Q . strive to do your utmost in developing this tra- dition, believing implicitly that this honor has been left in capable hands. Henry Schmidt peace-pipe 7g Your confidence, l hope, has not been un- duly placed. lf effort, ability, and true respect for these traditions have contributed to your success, I feel sure that we can carry forward the customs and practices represented y this pipe. lt is our sincere desire to lead our' under- classmen in your admirable mann , and exemplify for them the high Q e in cholar- ship, athletics, and fellowsh' at you have shown us. ix ln your departure, Ott sees and feels a great loss, but realizi t at this parting is in- evitable, we can kixjgqhope that each of you will experience tp same marked success in the years to yo that you have attained while among us. We shall n predict our future, but we shall live eachfxday, remembering your example, and concentrate n going our utmost, so that reacliifig th1Qvl.cT f the fft Zhapter in our reat boo f life, e ca ha d this symbol kiln ' 1 , ,riflld h h t te c ingc ,co i enttat we ave jj o Q best. l xi IU kg David Potts lv M ' David Potts is accepting the peace pipe J from Henry Schmidt. 4 C N0 play if cfmzplcnz fwitfzout ffm mp- porfing plzzyem' - ffmsc who will be the xfrm' lnfffr. I I1 our 01111 ara Heian lffiyv, Mil1l'l'UlI Guerin, William Brofwn, Luz! Dzmiclx, mmf George ZVlcCf1rgcr. WWNVWW S4 Y I A 6 I I Q I . Aim , I N. x .NL ai '- ff X . .S 'tl . ,I 4 . . , .f .f J i f w i g 1: , 3 . s' - 9- 2 ,. Y X , vs K , Y ' y I tg , Q K 1. A , 1 ' x ' .V ' I S if if 'XL 'iv - f- -.. :ff ,, . Q Q' . t 1 . 5 y... . if x I is V X . 1 P 5 I. , , .Q . Q V A 6 52 it , X . , lfi it 2, ' v Q., . Q t iling X ,. , - .- X ' ' t . I. - :.k . ,S . L-L: - . t - . :S 'aw - . S S- f v ' fi' ,mg ' -49.- .- J' I H V. vs Reading trom left to right. First row: Cor- nelius Alkema. Patsy Allen, Sue Allen, Hattie Amerongen, Iim Andrews, Eugene Atman, William Audy. Second row: William I-lzkoul. Anna Baar, Ben Bannister, Garnet Barager. Beverly Bartlett, Frank Battjes, Bennie Batts. Third row: Kenneth Beak, Iune Biniord, Law- rence Bernstein, Irwin Berkompas, Marjorie Berry. Frieda Bialstock. Fourth row: Virginia Bishop, Betty Blackford, Henrietta Boeze. Frances Bolt, Ervin Bildervack. Fiith row: Mary Esther Boot, Harold Botts, Lorraine Bouwense. Sixth row: Earl Breen, Ethel Breen. Seventh row: Iohn Breen. Eighth row: David Broderick. Art Brower. Ninth row: Ruth Brower. Bill f'.Brown, Richard Buchanan, Kathryne Buist. will mam glade! rqokieaat Sncceu The junior class of 1940 is well pre- pared to ascend and till the roles left vacant by the graduating performers. While the leaving stars have been waiting their cues on the great stage of life, the understudies have been carefully grooming themselves for the stellar roles, soon to come. As the theatre season draws to an end, the spotlight plays upon a group of players who have stood out in scholastic ability and service to the school. A small number of these future stars are: Newton Dilley, president of the junior class, Helen Wise, vice-presidentg Patricia Lawrence, secretaryg George McCarger, treasurer. Those who have received high honor scholarships are: Patricia Wilcox, Patricia Wilmarth, and Maxine Takens. Tenth row: Harold Burba, Earl Burger, Lois Bums, Geraldine Buskers, Allan Canter, Mae Chandler. Eleventh row: Betty Chrisman, lane Chris- tensen. Carol Clark, Gordon Cone, Graham Cook, Patty Coryell. C h a rl e s Crampon. Twelfth row: Richard Crawford, Frieda Da- bakey. Lud Daniels. Dan Darling. Warren Davenport, Olive De Allen, Betty Dean. Thir- teenth row: Willis De Boer, Dan Decker, Cor- nelia De Fouw, Rencella De Fouw, Adrian De Haan, Clarice Dekker, Betty De Koning. Four- teenth row: Grace De Lan, Lynndara Dell, Kenneth De Maagd. Leone De Ulieg. Iosephine De Iong, Bob Dickinson, Newton Dilley. Lorlean Karsxes Iohn Kett Bud Karanda and Hugh Papke are seen leading a panel discussion in Mr. Grd- dings' history VIII class. First row: Natalie Dingman, Donald Doltin, Kenneth Doltin, Russell Dooge, Dorothy Drewe, William Dykstra, Caro- line Eddy, Donald Edwards. Second row: Frieda Ellis, George Ellis. Margaret Ellis, Wallace English, Evigene Ensing, Lorraine Ensing, Murriel Ensinlc, Dick Ernst. Third row: Robert Etheridge, Iohn Eudres, George Evans, Howard Face, Bob Folz, Arthur Foote, Bette Foster. Carl Frans. Fourth row: Hubert Fox, Tom Freeman. George Ghareeb, lan- nette Ghareeb, Elaine Giddings, Mary Ellen Gill, Arleen Gillet, Clayton Gil- let. Fifth row: Doris Gilmore, Warren Goethal, Charlotte Goss, Betty Grain- ger, lack Grant, Charles Griltin, Mary Anne Grittin, Florence Grummet. Sixth row: Minerva Guerin, Lorraine Hall, Lee Hallemans, Dick Hamilton, Dinny Hams, Barbara Hansen, Margaret Hardy, Eleanor Harshberger. Seventh row: Barbara Hatch, Carol Hedrick, Mary I. Helm, Iacob Helmus, Harold Hendrick, Carl Henry, Knowlton Henry, Beth Hester. Eighth row: Norma Heyer, Rob- ert Hilardes, Elizabeth Hills, Iack Hod- son. Gerrit Hoeksema, Allen Hottman, Irving Howell. f-.n Q Pat Wilmarth is one of the high-ranking students in the iunior class. 'SA ..-- .' I 1' it I pl 1 .e Lv l .Y fit' ful ., . I 'fl 'inf' X. tt.. l MTA' I V Ln , . .r lt! E- Reading from lett to right the junior class officers are: Newton Dilley president: Helen Wise, vice-president: Patricia Lawrence, secretary: George McCarger, treasurer. a-.I 5 ' ' auf- 'M-1 and 4 Miss Horn is explaining the day's lesson to Warren Davenport at the board while Graham Cook, Newton Dilley, Frieda Ellis, Minerva Guerin, Virginia Hall, Mary C. Uldrich. and Richard Manuel listen with attention. 4 fff' ... 51 ... Il.-'I 4 , f X' ,-1' . A At the board, Allen Hoffman and Ioe Damsereau: seated, Mary Educato, Margaret Wil- son, and Molly Manuel. First row: Robert Hughes, Irving Huns- berger, Gena Inman, Lucille Iacobs, Barbara Iennings, Harold lobse, Nor- man Iobe, Carl Iohnson. Second row: Wayne Iohnson, Thomas Iones, Vera Kaashoek. Everett Kamminga, Bud Karanda. Loriean Karsies, Ann Koek- stra, Iohn Kett. Third row: Willard Klei- man, Robert Klevorn, Ruth Koessel, Maxine Rogers, Sylvia Kooi, George Koster, Patricia Krause, Charles Kregel. Fourth row: Dorothy Kregel, Norman Krombeen, Marjorie Kruger, Betty Kruse, Robert Landstra, Evelyn Land- stra. Ramon Lang, Howard La Pointe. Fifth row: Paul Lashbough, Patricia Lawrence Annabell Lawson, Marilyn Lee, Harry Lewis, William Lockwood, Iane Loeks, Iames Lovell. Sixth row: Arlene Luikes, Mary Macdonald, George McCarger, Edward McCarthy, lean McCarthy, Philip McElwee, Kath- leen McGarry, Bud McKeough. Seventh row: Ieanne McVoy, Edward Mack, Dorothy Marchant, Dorothy Marten, Betty Mason, Mary Mastenbrook, Car- lyle May, Norman Meengs. Eighth row: Gladys Meeuwsen, Ice Miller, Coral Molemaker, Virginia Moorhead, Barbara Morgan, Bette Morris. Bob Morrissey. George Evans, George Mc Carger, lean Ziegler, and Har- old Tapp are seen in geometry class. Peering through the miscroscope, Bruce Vinkemulder is studying some ot the mi- nute details of the wonders ol nature. Maxine Takens places high in scholarship in the iunior class. Mr. Baker is explaining to Harold Rockwell the principles involved in the steam engine and the vibrating line. lack Smith is operating the iointer, a machine lor cutting boards to the re- quired thickness. I First row, reading lrom left to right: Harriet Morrison, Elsie Morton, Ernest Mulder, Spencer Morton. Second row: Ray Mulder. Iim Mustee, Ieannette Nanninga, Richard Nauta. Third row: Iohn Medendorp. Dorothy Newhouse. Iune Nieboer, Iohn Oom. Fourth row: Simon Oppenhuizen, Donna Oppes, Marjorie Ornee, Richard Palm. Filth row: Hugh Papke, Elswarth Parker, Virginia Parmentar, La Vern Parter, Dorothy Patterson, Arthur Pedley, lean Pell. Sixth row: Lilian Peterson, Harriet Plumb, Kenneth Pothoven, David Potts, Katherine Potts, Dorothy Powers, Harry Preston. Seventh row: Harriet Raab, Patricia Rathbone, Robert Read, Mort Read, Tim Rehill, Harold Murphy, Geraldine Riemersma. Eighth row: Iacqueline Riste, Phyllis Richard- son, Howard Roberts, Virginia Rogers, Gerald Rosenow, Eleanor Roet- man, Ruth Runnelle. Ninth row: lean Russell, Ebblene Rykse, Barbara Sailors, Barbara Schmidt, lean Schneider, Robert Schnoor. Donald Schoeder. Tenth row: Dick Senseman, Eugenia Setsema, Pauline Shalhoup. Phil Sharp, Richard Shew, lack Shirling, Ianet Slack. Eleventh row: Andy Slopsema, Alice Slot, Arlene Smith, Donald Smith, lack Smith, Shirley Smith, Warren Smits. -52.- ' I Vx-f ' ' - 'Q f V! W , ' A W S K t ul In . Y A X ' x i ,, x ' , A U ,i 1 e s X . is , - 8 af, - I Q Y J' .X , , X 3 v- '- , , As .Wi XJ s r 3 From lett to right: Graham Cook, Mr. Showers, Vernon Van Haitsma, 7 Richard Oswald Robert Hughes, lack Vander Hoek, Simon Oppenhuizen, ' . ' Iohn Tracy Bruce Vinkemulder and Harry Lewis. .SL jo ,v1,43f,pl. First row: Dorothy Snider, Bob Spade. Ruth Spaman, Beatricjgzztinger. Second row: Mariory Stall. Helen Stiles, lim Strunk, Edith Swart. Third row: Clara Swank, Ann Sweet, Albert Sytsma, Maxine Takens. Fourth row: Harold Tapp, William Tausend, William Teasdale, Gretchin Ten Eyck. Fifth row: Patricia Thompson, Geraldine Timmer, Wilma Timmer, Betty Tornga, Bob Townsend, Esther Trankles, Robert Truckle. Sixth row: Elsie Tucker, Mary C. Ulrich, Ianice Vanden Bosch. Wilson Vander Hyde, Edward Vander Kamp, Melvin Vander Kamp. Arthur Vander Mey. Seventh row: Floris Vander Veen, Donald Vande Visse, Mary Vander Wiede, Iohn Vander Woude, Ruth Van Dusen, Tom Van Kuiken, Wesley Van Malsen. Eighth row: Geraldine Van Stee, Peter Velthouse, David Versluis, Lilian Verwys, Melvin Ver Wys, Bruce Vinkemulder, Irene Visser. Ninth row: Edith Vonk. Gertrude Vredeveld. Doris Wager, lean Wakeland, Sue Walker, Iohn Ward, Don Weemhott. Tenth row: Ruth Wessels, Ruth Westerman, Glenice Westra, Helen Wierenga, Eleanor Wiersma, Pat Wilcox, Bette Williams. Eleventh row: Max Willwerth, Patricia Wilmarth, Gerry Wilson, Virginia Swinburn, Betty A. Winkens, Robert Wood, Helen Wise. gs . n 5 ' 6- F v F sf Q - , ' F W - 53 - Warren Goethal is seen operating the paper cutter in the Printing shop. ' Bc-bl--G 1 widest-t-lyua kid .-Busy Il Marian Leitch. Elizabeth Gounos, Rich- ard Bethune, and Gordon Lawrence are practicing under the baton of Orville Mac Danold. First row: Iacquelin Y ton. Ieanette Yonkers, Kate Young. Second row: Iim Zar- emba, Ruth Zaroll. Iean Zieg- ler. Third row: Phyllis Zuider- hoek. Mary Zwald. Elsie Morton and Carol Hedricks are happily engaged in their tasks oi paint- ing and drawing respectively. Both like to work in art class as can he seen from the smiles on their faces. mx em, Un ln a short time the seniors will be leaving this school to go on to greater tasks on the stage ot life. However, it is with joy that they leave, knowing full Well the junior class will carry on the fine ideals and traditions of this school. F r '. ' 1 s sio 5 1 f-1 5 Miss Tenhaafs English class is having a round table discussion with Tom Bond. William Brown. Geraldine Buskers. Frieda Ellis. George Ellis, Minerva Guerin, Miss Sheehan is the girls' gym teacher from Norma Heyer, Robert Hughes, Irving Hunsbergher, Wayne grades seven to twelve. Under her guidance the Iohnson. and Tom Iones. Girls' Meet was a great success. -54- Thelma Abson, Bob Allen. Mary Margaret Allen, Iean Alessandrine, Mary Anderson. Second row: David Applebee. Nick Ball, Phyliss Barns, Fran- ces Bartel. Edwin Batties. Rosetta Battrall, lack Beggs. Third row: Yvonne Behler, Alice Beh- rends. Delores Belanger. Ruth Belstra, Robert Biehl. Dorothy Bishop, Dorothy Bremer. Fourth row: Elene Boelema, Ralph Bonswar. Betty lane Bos, Bill Boyle, Virginia Brecken. Fifth row: Ted Brink, Ward Brown, Shelley Browning. Sixth row: Betty Brummeler, Elizabeth Breenson. Seventh row: loseph Burkholder. Eighth row: Elaine Casemien. Ninth row: Dan Calkins, Ioan Callines, Bruce Chadwick. Tenth row: Bob Chamberlaen. Bob Clark, Marian Cobb, Norma Coleman, Maxine Dailey. Eleventh row: Ioe Dansreare. lane Dean, Adriana De Fauen. Ruth Den Herden, Shirley Derteen, lack De Vlike, Pat De Witt. Twelfth row: Dorothy De Young. Dorothy Dilley, Lois Doornhos. Nancy Doran. Mary Draper, Betty Drier. Thirteenth row: Fred Dabakey, Carl Duvall, Fred Dykstra, Bill Eaddy, David East, Wayne Eberhard, Mary Educato. W Dick Esenwern Margaret Etheridge, Elsie Evans. OJ WM Fourteenth row Fred Edwards, Ted Elferdink, by Iohn Evans, Iirn Foster. f vw studying hard, but in spite of their hard work V ' i to prepare themselves for the future they all L 1 have smiling faces. ln their study of history, English, geometry, clothing, mechanical draw- ing, foods, and biology a foundation is being 9 . g N . laid for whatever field they will enter. lf they P g - ' ' - have not already done so, they are putting the . - if a If s . . I . t . , tv it ., finishing touches on their four-year plans of , The tenth grade students at Ottawa are F work, for it is in the tenth grade that the stu- , . lead to some career, occupation or, if they have 5 f X Xi... 5 3 , T. Q i 9 9 - dents start taking subjects that eventually will .r f -- .i S not yet decided on what type of work they will - choose, these subjects will give them a foun- 1 dation in various fields and make them more ' 1- B . versatile. Though to them, these subjects may I , R .. not seem too important, the tenth grade stu- dents are enthusiastic and ambitious in their various activities. . These underclassmen are just beginning to Q . 3, Q .37 F . T F Q ' ,Fl J T j ' all if F take an interest in the school dances and other A social events taking place throughout the year. ln September and February a few new f scuts to the various clubs may be found f ' among the sophomores. The understudies in the next two years will produce outstanding features. We will look forward to those who will be the stars of 1942 - 55 - with hope and expectation. First row: John Aalsbury, Mildred Abbey, If fs ed Elferdmk. David Shook, Iohn Wyatt. Iack Gard- ner. Bob Frey and Bob Sluiter and Dave East seem to be listening intently to what Miss Caldwell is saying. sf 1 First row: F. Fowler. S. Fuehrer. R. Gane. I. Gardner. D. Gezon, S. Ghareeb. I. Gill. E. Grobel, R. Greenhoe. Second row: R. Greenhoe, K. Gregory, M. Guerin, V. Hall, N. Holst. H. Hanarep, R. Haney, G. Hansen. D. Harden. E. Howe. F. Hendrickson. Third row: I. Hendricks. G. Hersman. R. Higley. D. Hill. G. Hills, G. Hill, D. Hoffman. B. Hoeksema. D. Hoek- water. I. Holst. N. Holst. Fourth row: D. Hoppough. R. Hoyt, B. Huber. D. Hulswit, H. Ianidis, B. Ienson, F. Iohnson. D. Ione. A. Ionsen, G. Karman. A. Kenkstra. Fifth row: D. Kent. M. King, G. Knabe. I. Koenes. A. Koning, N. Koning. Sixth row: B. Kruger. M. Kruisenga, R. Karson, R. Lanelass. I. La Vene, B. Lewis. Seventh row: V. Lewis. B. Lindhoute. B. Marton, C. Mac Inness. M. Mallema. D. Manuell. Eighth row: M. Meeuwig. I. Messer, H. Mosher, M. Moshier. M. Mohr. ,D. Moored. Ninth row: C. Murphy. D. Newington. M. Norden. B. North. G. Ohke. A. Ophoff. Tenth row: C. Palm. I. Pare, R. Pastema. L. Patter. G. Pace. W. Peterson. Eleventh row: I. Phillips. D. Pipp, G. Posey. E. Ravencroft. B. Rawn, N. Read. Richard Palm is in Mr. Kennedy's Mechanical Drawing class the Sth hour. He looks interested in making his blue-printing. -58... an J W gs w Q Q 5 Xi ,Q-Q is 6 ,- 1' Lee Holleman, Carl Henry. Pierce Yardley, Ierry Belfer, and Ray Wheeler are shown working in the printshop with Mr. Buboltz. First row: Dorothy Ackerman, Biddy Allen. Lois Andre, Betty Baker, Betty Bale, Marcia Barnes. Mary Ann Beadle. Second row: Ann Beatty, Ierry Belter, Charles Bertsch, Shirley Biermacher, Mary Clan Bletcher, Morton Blied, Margaret Blok. Third row: Iohn Blouw, Betty Bloxsom. Franklin Bolt, Harry Bosscher, Don Bostelaar, Wayne Bostwick. Betty Brummeler. Fourth row: William Brummeler, Harold Burhow, Maurice Buskers, Lucille Cole, Rob- ert Cole. Fifth row: Robert Collins, Betty lane Cook, Phyllis Cook. Sixth row: Donna Cornelisse. Adrian. Cole. Seventh row: Floyd Cook. gtttt W QGZQMM The rhythmic clank of presses, the hum of motors, ems, picas, cases, forms, and odors of printer's ink - the serious-minded boys in the printing shops! Savory odors waiting upward from steaming aluminum vessels, measuring cups, spoons, aprons, caps, befloured hands, appetizing aromas, a promise of dining de- lights 4 girls in the cooking department! Snip! Nimble fingers, a threaded needle, basted seams, stitching, ripping, cloths ot many weaves - girls in the clothing rooms! Binominal theories that are algebra, the fas- cinating mysteries of the miscroscopic world, art, English, the variegated patterns of Euro- pean history, amo. amas, amat! n'est pas? - all this, and more - the composite ingredients of high school curricula passes swiftly in pana- rama review before the cameras all-seeing and faithfully recording eye. From this scholastic springboard the Fresh- men, having timorously tested the liinped water of learning, stand poised and ready to plunge into the less familiar depths of organ- ized knowledge. Swim well, Freshmen! And, as you look backward and shoreward, tread lightly, and to those not yet immersed, call gaily and sin- cerely: Come on in! The waters fine. 1943 First row: Phillip Cornelius. Richard Courser. Pauline Craw- iord, Yvonne Cutlilf, Doris Darling, Iay Delongh, Marjorie Dell. Iames Den Hollander, Phillip Dennen. Harold DeWitt, Marcelan Doornink. Second row: Mary Duthie, Bruce Duyser, Geraldine Earhardt, Carl Eckman, Lois Eikenhout, Hilda Ellis, Ioseph Ellis, Torn Ericson, Gordon Face, Henry Farrar, Phyllis Field. Third row: George Fitzpatrick, William Folz, Rosemary Fowle. Don Frans, Frank Fry, Dona I. Funderburk, Doris Gage. Tom Gairtner, Marjorie Geekhood, Pat Geistert. Beverly Geller. Fourth row: Francis George, lack Gladstone. Tom Goethel, lack Gorsuch, Garritt Grant. Fifth row: Tom Grant. Gretchen Griffin, Michael Guerrin, Adelaide Haney, Nancy Harkness. Sixth row: Bill Harper, Lois Hedrick, Russ Helm, Bill Hersman, Charlotte Hilarides, Iacqueline Hill, Russ Hills, Muriel Hilton, Virginia Hindersholt. Seventh row: Charles Hitchens. Marilyn Hoel, Carolyn Huber, Carolyn Huizinga, Orville Idema, George Ianidis, Betty Ianis, Walter Iohnson, Wava Iustus. Eighth row: Bob Kleiman, Iudy Klevom, Beulah Knisel, Win- nie Knape, Margaret Krueger, Rodney LaPointe, Shirley Lawan. Delores Lawson, Rover Lazell. Ninth row: Ralph Lee. Barbara Leonard, Charlotte Lielering. Arthur Lindquist, Gerald Lindquist. Tenth row: Bob Linstrom, Bill Lowden, Ianet Luth, Marianne Lynch, Delores Mack. Eleventh row: Molly Manuell, Bill Mac Alpine, Tom Mac Millan, Betty Marchant, Alex Martin. Twellth row: Bob McBride, Ioe McCargar, Larry McKay. Pat McKeough, Earl Mewwren. Thirteenth row: Harold Miedema, Iack Miller, Ruth Miller. Bettyann Mills, Phil Montgomery. 160.- First row: Sarah Moorhead. Glen Moritz. Donald Morrison. Bob Morton. Dorothy Mulder. lohn Nammen- sma, Tom Newby. Iune Norton. Mary O'Brien. Second row: Tommy Ohland. Helen Olson. Leone Oom. Mary Overholt, Pat Palluth. lim Paravantes. Barbara Pease. Peggy Peterson. Margaret Prelontaine. Mary Prefontaine. Clayton Quimby. Third row: Carol Reihmer. Madeline Renc. Ted Rit- sema. Irving Rice. Paul Riste. Natalie Rockwell. Tom Rogers. Bill Rohns. Roger Bosengren. Verna Rowerdink. Melita Ruotsala. Fourth row: Eugene Ryskamp. Henry Schantz, Ed- ward Schneider. Mary Schopps. Mary lean Schreuder. Howard Schuitema. Iim Scott. Kenneth Sims. Mart Slager. Tom Slovinske. Ann Smith. Mr. Miller holds sway over the students in 'A Fifth row: Richard Smith. Wallace Stanard. Bernard Stark. Don Stearns. Dick Steele. Loren Stiles. Clayton Stoutiesdyk. Frances Swenson. Francis Tohaney. Martha Theobald. Betty Theophile. Sixth row: Harris Timmer, Florine Topp. Phyliss Truckle, Gerald Tubergen, Bill Tuttle. Bill Van Beek. Margaret Van Beek. Shirley Van Buren. Roy Vanden- berg. Wallace Vander Iagt. George Vander Molen. Seventh row: Dick Vanderween. Edward Vander Veen. Mariorie Vander Visse, lean Van Laan, Bob Van Ravensway. Carol Veldman. Thelma Vogeler. Barbara Wagner. Bill Wagner. Bud Walker. Alice Wall. Eighth row: Lynn Warner. Bob Weersing. Clara Wel- mers. Ruth Wensink. Ioyce Westrate. Lorraine Will- yard. Thersa Wiltjer. Bill Winstrom. Donna Westrate. Annette Wolfe, Betty Wolfson. Miss Davis helps girls oi all ages with their Session Room 106. - S1 - clothing problems. 7 ' '1.Q1,e,s i m mf' er Vex: ,ix Y QQ is 3 Q 5 ax, I i J V wr ' : 112: - eff 1 5 v- Vg ' rl, 5 ki -' gfggjg C. sg . K. , Q r T, ,. .im v k ,, ,. rf' 1 5 3 .M lv ff 47 7' 'M 7. Vf ,. I' f , ,,' f I I g .ff we is ,a il A B X W', aff , aff' 'Hi .,.., , L ' ,U A 9 B f F 9 i g L W fm' Q U 7-'14 L -F' ' X ff ,5 Y ,L 1 V, ,.,, 3 - , -54 Q '5 ..-4 ,W 'Sk ,gl JU nf' 'Q T il 4 Vivian ' Q, . rx. 5, K Q 'Q s ' s . - , . 'lx' -Q 4 Q r K ft. 3 if i 3,4 Frm K . K .. First row: Margaret Woodhouse, Ioan Woodson, Dale Worlel, Mary Worm, Pierce Yardley, Mary Yonkers, Betty Young, Nancy Young. Vivian Zuidewind. Henry Zylema, Carolyn Craig. Second row: Lester Cross, Iames Cross, Walter Chaffee, Martenus Helmus. Pat Doyle, Bernice Dansreau, Clark Goethel. David Addison, Lorraine Annatogn, Bob Ashton, Iames Belanger. Third row: Clarence Bolt, Tom Boomsma, Marvin Burd, Peter Darchanger, Robert Goebel, Muriel Karsies, Robert Kelly, Iune Kemmer, Irene Koole, Ioan Koolen, Barbara LaMore. Fourth row: Charles Lamphere, Eloise Locklin. Don DeMaagd, Twela Rawlenep. Don Roygow, I-lthene Schroder, Lorraine Spruyt, Virginia Steinbrecker, Henry Van Houten, Gerry Van Wyk, Iohn Vant Hof. ,,f ,. , :fic - A Aa-,Q fs I 4 , 4 4 Y t .mf N . i- x .rr ,gk f k 5 N ,L K K1 Mr. Ludwick keeps i , ' order in 220 at all t - A x i ,j times w 1 t h th o s e , - A - gg! - AS' freshmen. 1 F RA .r gifs Tommy Ohland, Bill Rohns, and Bob Lindstrom are shown conversing by the south door. Dalphne Horton, Marilyn Cook, Alberta Bale, Elaine Cook, and Vivian Mac Cauley are seen in the cooking room where they leam the domestic art. R ,1- uv tri wt 1?- 'fi First row: Iacqueline Ashcroft, Gerald Baas, Gwendolyn Baker, Don Barendse, Iane Barnaby. Philip Bartlett. Second row: Elaine Beak, Warren Bender, Fred Biehl, Bob Blok, Shirley Blake, lean Blouw, Vir- ginia Bolthouse. Third row: Gordon Bonlield. Bob Breen, Ioe Breen, Charles Brinks, Allen Brown, lane Brown, Bernice Brummel. Fourth row: Norma Brummel, Peggy Burba. Iim Burger. Iean Burkholder, Marilyn Burleson. Fifth row: Evelyn Carlson, Winilred Cam,.Iim Caro. Sixth row: Gordon Chamberlin, Bill Clark. Seventh row: Audrey Coates. Unike Siege The students of the eighth grade have been getting ready to enter the spotlight of high school activities as freshmen. They have taken a great step by com- pleting their work as understudies in the great show, school, and have been giv- ing some serious thought to their leading role by making their four-year plans ol work. Although the boys have not as yet held the stage of sports, they have been pre- paring themselves to meet the future. The girls, however, have participated in the annual meet and will later win the ap- plause ot big and better audiences. The students of the eighth grade, there- fore, have brought down the curtain on a great year, with high hopes of what next year will bring, First row: Pat Colley. Second row: Kathleen Cooper, Gaylord Courser. Mona Courter. Third row: Rex Coryell. Milton Craven. Shirley Davis, Merle Dowd, Ioe De Fouw. Fourth row: Elaine De Hoog, Ioyce De Zwaan, Raymond Donaldson, R u s s e l l Duit, Donald Drews, Don Draper, Beverly Drummond. Filth row: Tom Eason, Sidney Eleveld, Dick Foote. Dorothy Fisher, Ioan Fawler. Gloria Fox, Tom Fudge. Sixth row: Marie Gaeler, Lillian Ghareeb, Ioan Gallmeyer, K a t hl e e n Goetnen, Don Graham, Marie Griffith, Iacqueline Harper. Seventh row: Rodger Harrison, Patricia Hazlett. Ienny Helmus. Richard Henry, Lillian Hester, Ioan De Haan. Ricky Griffith. Arithmetic is a very worth-while subject not only for the eighth graders, but for anyone. It keeps the students. Clarence Rahill, Donald Heyer, Ierry Iohnson, and Raymond Donaldson busy with their problems, even though they are given the best of instruction by their teacher, Miss Davis. Arithmetic will aid the students in other subjects which they will later take in high school. W l Mr. Showers' students, N. Brum- mel. I. Rshcrait. K. Seglem, B. Van Butselin, W. Koster, D. Lewis, and C. Little. seem to be enjoying their weekly singing class under Mr. Showers' fine direction. The mechanics oi a machine seem important to Mr. Eleveld and his stu- dent, I. Kirkhof, D. Foote, H. Vander Woude, R. Van Hoi, D. Rodgers. D. Boyd, I. Woodard, F. Toudeuslager, and W. Bender. -84- First row: C a t h e r in e Hibbard. Particia Heth, Bill Hill, Patricia Hitch- cock, Howard Hoeksma, Dolores Koekwater, Ruth Hondorp, lean Hou- man. Second row: Ioyce Hoyt. Ierry Iohnson. David Iones, Naomi Ken- dall, Peggy Kent, Pat King, Gertrude Knight. Walter Koster. Third row: lay Knapp, Adrian Kuyper, Fritz Kramer, Robert Kruit- hoii, Bob Lawrence, Ann Lawrence, Lawrence Lang, Kenneth Leestma. Fourth row: lack Leopold, Gloria Lewis, Dick Lewis, Dan Lewis, Ruth Longstreet, Catherine Lovell, Floyd Marks. Carol Marshall. Fifth row: Ralph Mcl-ilary, Carl McDonald. Elaine Mclntire. Shirley McVoy, Minnie Meeuwig, Bill Mied- ema, D o r o t h y Messmore, Gloria Miller. Sixth row: lim Mitts. Geraldine Mollema, George Morris. Marjorie Hogelkink, G erald Okke, Harry Palmer, Walter Pedley, Vemon Pet- tengill. Seventh row: Evelyn Razoog. Patricia Remmington, Helen Rens. Cyrus Rice, lack Riemersma, Ianet Rietsema, Bill Robertson, Mary Roet- man. , v wi 9 Elaine Cook is taking a great deal oi delight in her recitation. This is line experience for her as it will aid her in many of her subiects in high school later on. With Miss Zellnor's instruc tion. S. Wolf. S. Gounos. B ome 3 Xlorklng on smalllgirord and P Anderso Beebe. M. I. Inman. and K r Hun 9 Pfoleds they haglecis U1 their wood: at the Pres Hosema are doing very well boards Mare footstools me 9 Worked on with orkmg class in their art class. th r HUHS st d gazlhe racks g Suliervxsion f eww :dee QW Some of the main classes of the eighth grade are: arith- metic, English, history, Civics, clothing, foods, Woodwork, ma- chine shop, and drawing. These are important to the students for they will aid them not only in high school, but also in years to come. First row: Mildred Postema, Phil Wall, Bob Binge. Walter Russell. Donald Riet.-stein. Mariorie Rykse. Iim Sailors. Virginia Satin. Second row: lean Samrick, Andrew Schleniield. Barbara Schray. Kath- ryn Seglam. lack Shattuck. Marcia Sherwood. Mary Io Sherwood. Mar- jorie Shellings. Third row: Ron ald Shuek. lim Shuster, D o n al d Schuck. Barbara Sondag. Richard Stearns, Bob Stearns. Bob Steele. Ioanne Stricklan. Fourth row: Delores Smallegan. Maxine Smith. Nancy Smith. Gerald- ine and Iacqueline Smith. Pat Smith. lack Swanson, Ruth Swart, Noreen Swanson. Fifth row: lane Taylor. Helen Teed. Carol Tenbroek. Bob Tilma. Richard Townsend. lean Tyssen. Ardeth Van Buren. Clara Belle Vander Weide. Sixth row: Rosalynn Vandecar. Betty Van Butselar. Marilyn Vander- bout. Marian Vanderweide, Don Veldman. William Velten, Billy Velt- house. Eugene Ver Merris. Seventh row: Neel Vomb. Keith Wagar. La Rue Ward. Oliver Ware. Tom Weimant. Lee Wheeler. Bob Whitier. Annette Williams. Eighth row: Henrietta Willems. Shirley Williams. Pat Wise, Kenneth Wood. Vivien Wright. Sidney Zood- sma. Ray Zieler. Laurence Potter. Fred Debakey, Pierce Yardley, Duane Newington, Dale House, and Charles Crampton are busy setting type, which is the first process of printing. Zzehzk Qmfm pacwe Nfwlziff The understudies ol the eighth grade have made great progress this year. They have been trained and now are ready for bigger and better things, which are sure to be theirs in the future. One of the understudies, Vir- ginia Bolthouse, is sure to suc- ceed later on, tor she has shown her ability in having charge of a group ol people. Another understudy, who has shown his ability in being a student council representa- tive is Kenneth Wood. These students together with their fellow classmates have brought down the curtain on a very enjoyable and Worthwhile year. They have proven to us that they are capable in con- tinuing the line Work which , ',,, Kenneth Wood, who is the Council representative of room 238, is shown studying one oi his subjects. He has proven to be very efficient. they have begun. In this study hall there is some serious studying go- The chairman of room 230 is Virginia Bolthouse. ing on by Elaine Cook, Daphine Horton, Vivien Mac- She has not only shown herself to be reliable at auley, and Delphine Bell. this, but also in her studies. -55.- Jl First row, reading trom left to right: Sid Ammon, Paul Anderson, Dan Angle. Ross Anna- toyn, Carl Andre, lean Barnaby, Alberta Bayle. Second row: Barbara Beelby, Patsy Blake, Del- phine Bell, Donald Berkle, Ioan Berry, lean Bierly, Carrol Bloem. Third row: George Bloem. Dick Bloxsom, Donald Boelema, Bruce Boer, Arthur Boot, Donna Bolthouse, Ruth Bonga. Fourth row: Erma Bouwman, Henry Vanden Broek, Barbara Breas, Iacqueline Brown, Lois Buskers. Fifth row: Elaine Bylsma, Harold Alke- ma. Beverly Cominer. Sixth row: Dick Chaterdon. Eighth row: Marilyn Clark, Sam Clements. Ninth row: Kenneth Colby, Camilla Cook, Elaine Cook, Robert Cook. Tenth row: Ioan Cornelius, Dale Crooks, Alice Crume, Fred Daily, Oliver Dean, Iune Dansreau. Eleventh row: Iames Dell, Margarette DeBoer, Iames DeFouw, Sadie Mae Delongh, Thelma De Ewing Vries, Gloria Dutmer, Mariorie Dykeman Twelfth row: Wilma Dykestra, Barbara Eblmg Paul Eikenhout, David Earnst, Raedelle Evans Carol Frazier, Tom Frey. Thirteenth row: Lee Funder burk, Peggy Gaeler, Lois Gillette, E I Gaza Lezette Gmelick, lim Goethel. Sue Goodrich swim Q swf mf The seventh graders, called the bit players in the theatrical realm, make their debut in the Ottawa Hills Playhouse. Everything seems novel to them as they find their newfound tasks a pleasure. After approximately five years of indus- trious study and coaching by our able faculty, their hopes will be realized - by assuming senior roles. lt appears to be a long period of time, but with the earnest approach which these understudies are taking, it Won't be long until the spotlight will be theirs. In the seemingly long period of preparation, many studies, such as penmanship, English, history, arith- metic, art, music, physical education, home economics for the girls, and all the shop subjects for the boys, are included in their curricula. Under Mrs. Seigler, their competent director, these starlets can base their hopes and aspirations with- out any fear. 35 , .K -,ii . .I .b ,X Q , K , .A V ,, Q ., 1-I . 'I' f' i X . - . . . I Q J' x .' 52.39 1 fi Ziff ' E I fi ' ' . ' , ig V 6 Q in ,. i Q 1- K .V . In ,, - If Y. 4 i f - - I L , . A k F . b .. H I I , I 9 sg Ji . 3 n A Q .I ... -1-- -if . 2 . K x - ' t Q ' I ' N J Q j Y .' l' 1 1 I . f. 1 M 9 7 9 I ' ' ' .-- . .5 2.35 - - .1 V . 37' ,,.. A W 3. , ., N -' '- 1 1 . K . 5 v K ',g1f'f-24.5. - . it in , Q - 1, 1 v I 2 '34 . M it . 'N f , P I .1 .I , , - ' -' , ,, Q 1' ki . v Z , H . M LA . V In 7 1- I W ' I . ' v - X . A I A N, . - . a ,, , ,. f ,. lg Ag 1 I .5 zkv. 1 ., . .. A . .,,.. 5:2 qzgtv. I E EA Q f- 5, , . ., Q I Ar I I A ,I ,ec ' if jx, ,I . ,gh ' . 1. - All . fi - ' ' : 'I fl ' 'fe ' -' FT E f f . If ' f If - 1 L. f i t ., ' X ,g ' , 3 L' 9 ..-14' ' Q . l. x I E ' A , A . 3. L K - w, , 6' 1 I I X 3 , I - Z' ,I . . . y .5 , A 5 .l Iii. , Q , .f 171 ' Tiff ' ' I I '- 'S ' L A -f -1 r , Q NI ,J 55' ' 1 . ttf., fi ..'7ff: 'ff 2 . First row: H. Goris. S. Gounos. M. Haines, I. Hamilton. H. Hansen. R. Hansen. K. Hurshberger. L. Hainey. H. Heinz. I. Henningsen. C. Holland. Second row: M. Homer. P. Hop. G. Horner. N. Huizengu. B. lden. M. I. Inman. B. Ischinger. D. Iabe. I. Iensen. M. L. Iohnson. I. Kennedy. N. Klott. Third row: L. I. Klunder. M. L. Koetsier. P. Kol- koske. C. Krummcmn. B. Lakin. M. LaPointe. D. Leemon. B. Lupton. I. Morsland. D. Marten. G. McAlary. D. Mc Connaughy. Fourth row: L. Mickam. B. Miedema. I. Missed. G. Moore. E. Moses. P. Muir. D. Murphy. P. Nam- mensma. H. Neely. L. Nelson. W. Noordyke, B. O'Horrow. Filth row: L. V. Pierce. W. Pitsch. M. Poelstra. D. Prov- unche. P. Rogers. S. Rogers. K. Rosema. C. Roselle. C. Runnells. P. Ryskcxmp. T. Saye. M. Schurmuck. Sixth row: C. Schaubel. L. Schrcxy. S. Seven. I. Sharp. H. Sharpe. I. Shenemun. G. Sluwson. L. Shuck. S. Smith. P. Snider. T. Snider. Seventh row: S. A. Snider. M. Souder. B. Stapleton. L. Steele. R. Steele. I. Steketee. P. Steketee. A. Storr. W. Stricklen. I. Summers. A. Swanson. A. Swanson. Eighth row: D. Swanson. H. Tate. N. Tiesingcr. G. Teed. G. Ten- broek. K. Ten Eyck. V. Terpstra, B. Tetro, D. Thompson. A. Tornga. M. Ummel. G. Vcm Hoeven. Ninth row: K. Van Leire. E. Van Ravensway. A. M. Vcm Molsen. B. Van Malsen. B. Van Sprung. V. VanderVeen. I. Veendall. M. Velton, I. Viergever. I. Vinkemulder. D. Ward. I. Weem- hol. A. Westing. Tenth row: B. White. I. White. D. Wilson. K. Wilson. I. Yecxkey, B. Yeo. D. Yonkers. H. Yonkers. E. Young. B. Zuremba. H. Zeef. B. Kruger. Eleventh row: V. Macauley. L. Nanninga. R. Ncmtcr. C. Newington, R. Pinder. H. Reitsemcr. D. Rogers. H. Schuub. W. Schuitema. M. Sharp. R. Sytsma. Dorothy Winsemius. 68- 4 W,?f'f'f 1 X l 1 1 'X As Miss Loew's history class pauses to look at the photographer. the following students were caught: Adrian Bruininks, Mariory Dykeman, Herbert Heinz, Muriel Homer, Mary lane Inman, Mary Lou Koetsier. and Donald Murphy. The fact is evident that History is a vital essential and we certainly believe by their industrious approach that they know this. as My t til. i Xxhx W x 4 '--s-....-, These students, Don Angle, Iames Dell. Harold Yonkers. Robert Yeo, Keith Wilson, Robert McAlary. are here running the scales under the direction of Mr. Showers. Under his capable direction these students will be competent singers. -59- - , .ive-7 z K 1 ' Milan An industrious-looking group of students are here found in Miss Carling's study hall. Among them, lack Van Dusen. lim Vercoe. Mary Unnel. Marilyn Cook, lack Hickey, and Iim Droouer can be found. lm... Here we find Dawn Leema, Mary Poelstra, Helen Zeef, Aledaiean Schutt, lean Hamilton, and Barbara O'Harrow among those future cooks who are finishing up cooking activities in Miss Matheson's class. Miss Zimmer coaches her future stars in the art ot Richard Ward. Barbara Beelhy among those who have penmanship. some of whom hope to some day be such high and worthy ambitions such as that of being script writers. Practicing here we find Lois Gillette. a script writer. Donald Murphy. Adrian Bruininks. Richard Provanche. f '5 M I I i f -70.- ws fx! 'QQ W.: 4 'HJR x r, X. ,. v ,xx 4-S I -. WA -,,, 1-MM, , jfs!! O . --ex -rs Y Ad I of 010' 1940 Legwuf if II refuiefw of ffm yvz1r'.f Jports. H era fwa fmfua Rogvr Prince and Robert Sluiter in II ping-pong match. Q15 Mr. Palmer beams as a runner sprints by in rec- ord time. 121 Mr. Vander- Ploeg. our timer at basket- ball games, watches for signals from the referee. Q31 Mr. Ludwick shows his golf team the correct poise for driving the ball. Q41 Mr. Giddings is found man Uillczwa '4 Wen The people that are responsible for Ottawa's splendid athletic teams are the coaches and even though they take a back seat when the honors are being passed out after a successful season the students and the players themselves know that the coaches are the ones that are responsible tor the many victories that we Win. The coaches and players also receive much appreciated support and I advice from the faculty managers and their help to the team as a whole. The coaches of our teams 0- are Mr. Palmer, Mr. Ludwick, Mr. Koets, and Mr. Mitchell. They receive much help from other .... faculty members who are Mr. Vanderploeg and E gg . Mr. Giddings. Mr. Palmer coaches the Football, - x y , Q Track, and Wrestling, and Mr. Ludwick coaches gmgiin the Golf and Basketballg Mr, Koets coaches the ' ' 1 V- Baseball and assists Mr. Ludwick with the Balrsketballhteanhk ITfhe ' N-f .. ot er coac is r. lit- T chell who tutors the gif pw y y Tennis team. These 1 W men are all experts 'li V' y and the time they give '?,g3fi?5f'3??Q-Tiff ' If M is invaluable to the a e- ef - f Dlsvefs- gn A-wr 1 2 - f:6w.aa't3f - TIM! NHT mgn' Wwe u y times working vigorously over the business of football, wrestling. and track. 151 Mr. Koets checks the playing record of many athletes through- out the seasons. while Mr. Mitchell KB? spends nat only his time in directing the orches- tra. but guides the tennis team. 'VI l , . M. Miller and B. Skillings-Us' , ' lf' are the basketball rnanagers:7 X If Hulswit baseball. W. Hansqn and C. Frans are the basket- ball business managers. 'x x x T. Droste, I. Shireling. R. I. Teat and W. Davenp Ottawa's track managers. f ind something of interest in a pair of pants. T h e seldom recognized stu- dents o f Otta- W a a r e t h e m a n a g e r s ot oft' the different athletic teams. There are many types of man- agers and each has his own specific duties that do not re- semble any of the other man- agers. 173- The equipment managers see that the equip- ment is all in order and that none is miss- ingg they also have to repair Roberts. and C. Seitz did a fine job as our football equip- ment managers. t h e damaged equipment. The d u t i e s of the business m a n - agers are to sell t i c k e t s a n d check eligibility lists. Top row: Randall, Botts, E. Breen, Dykstra. Kromheen, Korcmdcx, Reed. Bethune. Berry, Ed Breen. Pipp. Etheridge. Lawson. Frans. Second row: Coach Palmer. Landstra. Stanford, Blackburn. Koenes. Sytsma. Caro, Shuart, Shire- Top: Burgess Lawson, in the Central-Ottawa game, iaunts 78 yards for the second touchdown. Bottom: Ed Breen crashes through the East defense tor cr 6-yard gain. -.14-. ling. Droste. Bottom row: McCcxrger, Ward. Marcus. Grant, Darling. Spalink, Shook. Razoog, Starritt. Iackson. Sitting: Gra- ham. Seitz, Roberts. Sterkenberg. Absent: Mcratman. mmf JWW ew ,aww At the first of the year Ottawa seemed to have a team not quite as strong as in former seasons. However, with the large turnout and with the power, experience, and weight of the boys who returned from last year's season, Ottawa's hope soon doubled. With the fighting spirit and the constant en- couragement of the spectators, the Indians soon overpowered East with a score of 27 to O. A week later Ottawa met Tech, and both teams showed plenty of strength and speed. With the ball in Breen's hands Ottawa sprinted across the line to the goal. ln the second quarter Grant intercepted the ball and raced 60 yards for a touchdown. The game ended in a 13-6 victory for Ottawa. With a hard-driv- ing and scrappy team South High smashed their way to a 7-O Victory. At the Union game the Indians displayed their 1938 championship form. The game was full of thrills from the start to the finish. Tom Blackburn drove the team on long drives, but he failed at the final push. Union also played a fine game, showing up their spirit throughout the game which end- ed in a tie of 6-5. ln a gruelling battle the Ottawa attack got under way many times, but Top row: Truckle, Mulder, Chamberlain, Greenhoe Chadwick, O hofl, Aud . Clark, Zarimba. Second row P Y - Buskers, Hainey, Edwards, Decker, Frans, Bilderbach, was stopped by a fighting Catholic team. The game ended in a scoreless tie. The Ottawa lndians displayed their talent before the Hol- land team a week later. The game was de- cided by an effective pass from Lawson to Pipp. Throughout the game Ottawa's power- house got away for long drives. However, the battle ended in a 6-U victory. A week later the Central Hilltoppers were crumbled to the tune of 19-0. The scores were piled up in the early part of the first quarter by three consecutive aggressive plays. Toots Lawson first plunged for 78 yards and added an extra tally by a place kick. Blackburn then duplicated the play by running off another 60 yards to put the score at 13-U. The last drive was down the sidelines for an 80-yard sprint. During the rest of the game Ottawa's drives continued but to I no avail after the stiffening of Central's line defense. The final score was 19-U in favor of Ottawa. The last game of the year was a slow game which ended in our third tied game of the season at 6-6. Although little was heard from the future varsity of Ottawa, the team completed a very successful schedule. Out of the six games played the reserves won four, tied one, and lost another in a hard-fought battle. 'With many of the first and second team players re- turning our hopes for a successful 1940 season are bright. Boyd, Salm, Chaffee, Everett, Coach Comie Koets. Third row: Lavine, Gareeb, Cable, Streby, Howell, Harvey, I. Breen, Foster, Yardley, Batts, Enders. The freshman team is absent. ,Q Top: Lawson plunges at the Catholic defense and is snagged by three of their linesmen. Bottom: Happily, Tom Blackbum runs around Catholic Central for a 6-yard gain. ..'I5- 8 7mm 57100117921 Ottawa's basketball team under the direc- tion of Coach Henry Ludwick came into the highlights as football faded into the past. Building around Ed Breen and Toots Lawson, who returned for the first semester, plus Benny Pipp, the Indian cagers entered into one of the most exciting seasons of the past few years. Ottawa traveled for their first game, bowing to St. Ioe to a tune of 27-23. The following week Ottawa dropped a hard-hitting tilt to the Hol- land five, 33-31. The Indians playing a more aggressive game trounced Catholic, 34-16, Pipp taking 15 tallies. Tech in a thrilling duel lost to Ottawa by a bucket, 31-29. The team kept going by staving off Creston's last quarter rally, winning 36-33. Sytsma piled up 12 points as Ottawa beat Union 30-25. Then Central toppled Ottawa from unbeaten ranks in the last 5 seconds by a dog shot to win 18-17. With both teams at full strength Chris- tian took Ottawa by a 36-19 score. The team started winning again trimming Catholic by a 3-point margin 38-35. Tech was again crushed in the Indian's gym 37-32. The Indians won from Creston 34-31 to go into a tie with Chris- tian for first place. The Westsiders went down in defeat to Ottawa by a 45-39 count, Pipp and Sytsma bagging 19 and 10 points respectively. Ottawa's chances became dim when Central walked away by a 32-20 count. Before a capacity crowd, Christian piled up the score to 54-38. Ottawa and Central together took second place in the city standings. At the re- gional meet the Indians fell to Flint Northern in a closeibattle, 26-21, which wound up the Indian cagers for the 1939-40 season. HRT 1 I fxtklffll In the top picture we have Ben Pipp in the center circle at the start oi the game with Tech. In this game Ottawa crushed the weaker Tech team by an overwhelming score of 37-32. This contest was a very important one because it put Ottawa in a tirst-place tie with Christian and the overwhelming score that the Indians accomplished this is evidence of a strong team. In this game Pipp scored ten points. ln the center picture we have the Ottawa Hills team that tied for second place in the city standings. The members from left to right are: M. Miller, Mgr.: lim Davidson, Ed Breen, Coach Ludwick, Chuck Vandenberg, Newt Dilly, W. Hanson, Mgr. In the bottom row are Andy Slopsema, Iohn Sytsema, Norm Krom- been. Ben Pipp, Capt.: George Kok, and Harold Botts. In the bottom picture we have Ben Pipp about to shoot a foul in the all-important Union game. It is an important tact that this game not only enabled Ottawa to beat Union for the second straight time but our captain, Ben Pipp, scored 19 points. the highest total any Ottawa player was able to make in any one game throughout the entire season. Other players in the picture are Nonn Krombeen. Andy Slopsema, and Iohn Sytsema. Also in the picture is Fred Linacre, the captain of the Union squad. ,76- Y 1 Mt? In the top picture we have the members oi the 1939- 1940 second team basketball. The boys had a very suc- cesstul season in winning all of their games and scoring 502 points in the entire season. The players in the top row are: Frans. Mgr.: Broderick. Reynier. Veldhouse. Rob- erts, Allen, Coleman, Horn, Skillings. Mgr., and Coach Koets. In the bottom row there are North, Sterkenberg, Harvey, McElwee, Etheridge. Crawford, Sluiter. This was the second year that the team had gone undefeated for a record of 30 consecutive victories. In the center picture we have a jump ball between Broderick of Ottawa and Holwerda oi Christian. This was the last game oi the season for the Indians and it climaxed a brilliant season in line style. Other Ottawa players in the picture are Chuck Reynier. Bob Sluiter, Walt Sterkenberg and lim Horn. In the bottom picture are Ben Pipp and Norm Krom- been, the new captain of the basketball team. Besides both being captains of the teams in successive years the boys were also honored by being elected to the Herald All-City team for the 1939-1940 season. The two boys also were the team high scorers with Pipp scoring 132 points in all. -771 S The triumphant reserves carried on their winning streak throughout the season under the coaching of Cornie Koets. Phil McE1wee, Chuck Reyneir, Richard Crawford, Bob Sluiter, and Walt Sterkenburg led the reserve cagers to 14 consecutive victories, scoring no less than 29 points in every game. During the season the whole team displayed plenty of drive, pep, and teamwork. The second team went along to St. Ioe and took them 30-16. Holland was next on the list, losing 29-14. The indian re- serves in their first city tilt clipped Catholic 36-14. Tech reserves lost to a 36-12 count. The Ottawa live drubbed Creston by a score of 49-6. The reserves continued their winning pace by conquering Union 34-20. On their own floor the lndians duplicated the Union-Ottawa Creservesl score on Central a week later. The Christian reserves were taken tor a ride 35-22. The Catholic quintet gave the team the strong- est opposition of the year until the last quarter rally which gave the 29-19 victory to us. Tech was scalped by the Ottawa reserves 50-8. We continued on winning by defeating Creston 35-8. Union again went down 39-21. Central t-ook to the showers after a 29-9 defeat and the reserves polished oft the season by handing Christians second team a 40-7 knockout. The team scored 502 points for the entire season. Cornie Koets has now to his record 30 consecutive and 3 second team city cham- pionships. Top row: R. Crawford. C. Bishop, I. Carlson. P. Berry. Bottom row: Coach Koets, Mgr. Hanson. B. Greenhoe. B. Pipp, G. Hooksema. H. Roberts. E. Breen, T. I. Wood- I. Hom. W. Sterkenberg. S. Ybema. I. Sytsema, M. Van- ward. H. Botts. Mgr. T. Rahill. derkamp. G. Rosenow, Mgr. D. Hultswit. ,, ,. . , ,-wr e .-,f-3, '., i -KA.. w.. . A' .wife Baseball, a comparatively new sport at Ottawa, has grown in student interest un- til at the present time it ranks second in popularity only to football and basket- ball. Last year the team ended up third to Catholic and Central and played some out-of-town games, most ot which they won. ln the city league the team defeated Union 3-2, Christian 4-U, Central 5-3, South 4-2, and lost to Catholic 3-l, and Creston lU-l while the Davis Tech game ended in a tie. In the top picture you see Harold Murphy about to tag Iim Horn on an attempted steal of second base. These boys are both playing their first year on the squad with noticeable success. In the lower picture you see our ace moundsmcm Earl Breen about to start his wind-up. Earl is taking his brother's place on the mound this year and Coach Koets expects quite a few games from him. -78.- Qmeiell 7mm imma! an The team lost several vet- erans ot previous years ex- perience last year but many ot last year's team will re- turn. Among them are Ben Pipp, Iack Carlson, and Seret Ybema who will re- turn to their infield positions, and Iohn Sytsema will catch and Earl Breen will do most of the mound duty tor the team this year. lim Horn, Bill Murphy, Tom Wood- ward, and Paul Berry ot last year's substitutes will prob- ably tight it out for some of the vacant positions. The team, under the guid- ance oi Mr. Koets, practices every night at Franklin Park and it is especially evident that the practice is such an important factor in the build- ing ot the baseball team. The team does not elect a captain until the end ot the season and last year it was Ed Breen. Wfmilam Gwqaleie .S Serum Wrestling, a sport with four years of 52- W- m success, swung into action in mid r December under the coaching of Lowell Palmer. The wrestling season lasted through March, Ottawa partici- pating in meets with South, Union, East Detroit, and Ann Arbor high schools. With a veteran team back and inter- ested newcomers, the Indian wrestlers successfully defended the city cham- pionship. Much of the success was due to the splendid leadership of Captain Bob Townsend who was working for the best interests of the team and our school. The matmen won five matches and lost three to the opponents. ... . Ian. 12-Ottawa defeated Union 34-8. Ian. 20-East Detroit was pinned by Ottawa 23-18. Ian. 26--South is trounced 39-5. Feb. 3-Ottawa won the Novice meet by 37 points. Feb. 6-South is defeated again 28-10. Feb, lOfAnn Arbor upsets Ottawa 18- 22. Feb. 17-MSC Frosh overcomes Ot- tawa 8-24. Feb. 23-Union takes us 18112-21112. Mar, 6-Ottawa wins its city Cham pionship. Mar. 16-Ottawa places third as East Detroit takes 1940 state champion- ship. f City champions are as follows: C. - Petchour, 95-lb., W. Townsend, 105-lb., j D. Hams, 115-lb.g D. Decker, 125-lb., B. Q Townsend, 135-lb., R. Leng, 165-lb. 1 I in iw' M Back row: C. Petchour. W. Townsend. D. Hams. G. Hansen. E. Schneider. I. Endres, I. Howell. Middle row: R. Bethune, I. Bilder- back. R. Klevorn, I. Spalink, H. Botts. W. Marcus, I. Zarimba. Bot- tom row: W. Swank. D. Decker. K. DeMaagd, E. Ophotf. A. Ophoft, R. Townsend. R. Lung. D. Scxlm, Coach Palmer. Bob Townsend seems to have the advantage upon Dan , Decker with this hold. Wrestling is a sport which develops both 0 Q alertness and strength and tends to keep the athlete in condi- tion throughout the winter. The future basketball tilters came under the camera of sports about the middle of Decem- ber. With plenty of thriving spirit and deter- mination the boys carried home the freshman city championship. The team was coached by Cornie Koets with the assistance of Henry Kruisenga. Ian. 12-Ottawa fell to Burton by a score of 18-14. Ian. 25-Ir. Vocational is defeated 35-25. Feb. 1-South is conquered 34-14. Feb. 6-Ottawa takes Ir. Vocational to a tune of 28-12. Feb. 9-Catholic is whipped 23-4. Feb. 16---Ottawa wins a close one from Burton 26-22. Mar. 4-Burton loses to us in playoff, 18-16. Mar. 7-Ottawa trims Central for second city championship by a 15-12 count. Back row: Coach Koets. R. Lindstonn. A. Martin. M. Guerin, R. Kleinmcm. H. Bosscher. W. Rohns. Assistant Kruisenga. R. Cole. R. McBride, M. Slager, I. Scott, T. Ohland. R. Lee. -79- In the upper left hand corner you see Harry Allen. the youngest man on the squad. who is only a sophomore and is playing the No. 3 position. In the left center picture is Louis Kaufman. cr senior. who is playing his first year on the team and holds down the No. 4 position. In the right center picture is Bill Dixon the Cap- tain ol the team and who plays the No. 2 position. Bill is a senior and is playing his second year. On the tar right is lack Wells who is finishing his third and last year on the squad. Last year lack was the captain of the team and also low scorer. Q , ia... 4 In the circle we have George Evens. Tom Blackburn, and Don Frans, the boys who play the singles. In the lower left hand picture we have Bill Brown and Ed Mack the No. 2 doubles team. The picture in the right hand cor- ner is ot Carl Frans and Iohn Oom ' Q ' the No. 1 doubles team for two years. Qcwlf 7mm Jw cg .Seam The 1939 golf team, captained by Iack Wells, who was supported by Bill Montgomery, Bill Tausand, and Bill Dixon had a good season, placing second in city compe- tition and third in regional play. In city matches the boys averages were for Wells 86, Montgomery 88, Tausand 89, and Dixon 94. ln the regional play they had 88, 87, 92, 94 respectively. Coach Ludwick expects a Wonderful season this year with Wells and Dixon returning, but he is faced with the problem of finding two dependable boys who can give the needed strength to the seasoned veterans. All the players receive minor letters and this year Bill Dixon will captain the squad. 7mm 720,144 f MW The tennis team of Ottawa has always been powerful. Last year was no exception. The team placed third in the city play and second in the regional competi- , tion. The team was composed of only two seniors and so this year's team had ought to be a good one. This year's squad suffered a severe blow when it learned that Norm Wiersing, last year's re- gional champ, had left school. lt is believed, however, that Iohn Oom, Tom Blackburn, Bill Brown, and Carl Frans, some of last year's regulars, will help to lead the team to a successful year. Mr. Mitchell is the coach of the team and his efforts to produce a successful team has met with great response and he is looking forward to another good season. Tom Blackburn is the captain of this year's squad. T ,801 ti in XR.. . ,ll 4. 5 I s ' g , .L l +1 Back row: D. Meengs, A. Canter, C. Hitchins, C. G. Face, F. Razoog, E. Atman, I. I-Iodson, H. Lewis, Quimby, E. Mulder, T. VanKuiken, Coach Palmer, R. R. Truckle, T. Erikssen. Front row: R. Chaffee, R. Mc Slocum, B. Peterson, B. Brumler, R. De Boer, W. Morri- Alpine, H. Papke, D. Emst, L. Daniels, I. Streby, E. son, Mgr. W. Davenport. Middle row: W. Schantz, B. Bilderbach, T. Weemholf, R. Read, C. Gillette, I. Duiven, H. Schmidt, I. Davidson, I. Grant, R. Willard, Zarimba, B. Okee, I. Lovell. vm new sw., gpm Last year's track team climaxed a year that was full of Ottawa's victories and ot Ottawa championship teams by Winning the city track championship and therefore en- abling Ottawa to take the All-Sports trophy in the second year of its existence. It was also a great year for Coach Palmer whose teams won three city championships and one state championship. The team started along rather slow and developed new stars and new point win- ners in every meet and by the end ot the season there were enough consistent point winners that Ottawa was able to Win the regionals. Ot last year's stars there are enough returning so that a good team is expected. This year the team will be without the services of Burgess Lawson, the giant shot-putter who has always been a point winner and last year won first place in the city meet and also first place in the state meet, but it is believed that Gene Atman, Clayton Gillette, Fred Razoog, Hank Schmidt, Iim Davidson, Earl lde, and Harry Miller all ot whom Won points in the city meet last year will lead Ottawa to its second consecutive track champion- ship. The team practices every night at the track in back of school and the long hours that are spent in running, jumping, and in throwing the weights are well used as great track stars are not formed over night but it takes years and years of training. Earl lde is the new track captain who succeeds Eugene Kruger, last year's dash champ. -91- Z ,,-4' In the small pictures we have six of our most consistent point winners on the track team. The three boys that are running together are Clayton Gillette, Gene Atmcm, and Henry Schmidt. The other two boys are Harry Lewis pole-vaulting and Ervin Bilderbach hurdling. Left: Helen Beamer shows X correct way to serve volley- T- ball Right' Katherine M. V,ll.o-2?-5,1 Volleyball is the most important sport in girls C ' fora shoots for U athletics. Above we see the team in action as r a W nl,, ,,,.,,n2 , , I.- AI.. ll..n lane Hendricks. Bette Brummeler. Dorothy Weav- er and Mary C. Guerin are among the many ' badminton enthusiasts. A popular sport which attracts many is riding. N Here we see lean Hubbard. Ann Vennell. and lean -Daily. who is president ot the Riding Club. basket. Camera, steady, the balls are rolling. The girls swing into sports as the curtain rises again on the Legend. One of the fall activities is speed-ball in which the girls learn to dribble, kick, and pick-up last balls. During this round of indoor activities skypilot, soccer, shuffleboard and badminton are also enjoyed in our well- equipped gymnasium. As the cold weather creeps up on us, the scene changes to basketball, in which practice is taken in shooting baskets, passing the ball and pivoting. The spotlight is now turned to volleyball. The team works hard to gain ability in hitting hard and straight, serving correctly, and han- dling net balls. Last year the Senior Girls were city volleyball champions, but this year we lost the jug to Union at the I, C. playnite. Among the important activities in which the girls in the Iunior High gym classes take part are relays, stunts and pyramids. These de- mand pertect co-ordination and balance be- tween the mind and the body, Betty Grainger qndjgice Allen seem to enioy competing in the table tennis Journament. Merrie Geldhoi, like many' other Ottawa- f nians. enjoys bowl- I ing. 23 Mmm Q Helen Ogden. Ruth Koessel. and Annabel Lawson are snapped while waiting lor the tourth to ioin them in a game of tennis. WMM Rhythmic Work plays an important part in all the gym classes. Among the different types of dancing taught are tap, folk, ballroom, and country dancing which provides fun and good exercise. Grace and poise can be obtained by these dance routines which is everyone's aim. For athletic girls who crave keen competi- tion a series of tournaments are held through- out the year directed by Miss Sheehan. Table tennis enthusiasts practice up for the finals which are played at the Girls' Meet, and the winner receives a silver medal. In the spring the annual tennis tournament is held in which thirty-two girls take part. The Winner is pre- sented with a silver cup which she may keep, and her name is engraved on the larger cup in the trophy case. A rather new sport which has made a tre- mendous click is bowling, Nearly every night can be seen at the city's tournament is conducted at are played in the Meet, in is formally recognized. hours a brisk cantor in the a long bicycle ride provides many eager fans bowling alleys. A school and finals which the Winner During carefree country, a hike, or good exercise and jolly fun. Among the spring sports softball heads the list. to provide Q d excise. many hours ot fun and goo ex 5 Perfect formqfi on of - and co-ordination Pyramids demand , , between me mi exact timing hd and the bod y. One Qf the - ' dance ro t,mUlO! functions in ev ' er u mes. which develop gnlglfm Class is and pnise AAg:.f':us:41v ww '-cw' ,xv 't' km' '1 f 5' 'ibn ,, f...1 fx fb M-gf if.,.... . - . A k , xx .., -.- ,, Q Q. .al ' -1, A A 8 . gg lm .wi mt' ' - so - ' l . 3' 'I' ,.,. Y: f, ' Most Ottawa girls look forward to spring V- I and bicycling. These Iumor High Students are lean Bamaby. Gwendolyn Baker. and lane Barnaby. -83- After a hard battle the Mr. Bos of the Recreation Department pre- Relays played an impor- 9th grade tinally came sented the cup to Ruth Koessel, the win- tant part in the evening's through on top. ning manager of the llth grade lor having entertainment. L o i s Hen- the most points. drick, above, is shown in the balance relay. QDLQ' Meal! fel Qfmncf The last act of the year's events in Girls' Athletics is the annual Girls' Meet which was held on Thurs- day, May 2. The gym was filled with many spec- tators who watched intensely the activities of the evening. All the girls from the 7th grade to the 12th grade took part. Wyfllis Ryskamp acted as general manager with the following girls representing the different grades. Aledajan Scutt, 7th grade, Shirley McVoy, 8th, Caral Iean Reihmer, 9th, Mary Margaret Allen, lUthp Ruth Koessel, llth, and Helen Ogden, l2th grade. The curtain call was given and nine girls marched out to show their ability at baton twirling. Several dances were represented by the grades, The outstanding dance of the evening, however, was the country dance presented by the juniors and seniors in costume. There were fiddlers and callers to add to this colorful picture. The main event of the evening was a volleyball game played between the juniors and seniors as the final game of the Senior High Tournament. The girls of the Iunior High took part in the game of hit-pin baseball which proved a thrilling spec- tacle. It is a game similar to baseball, the game everyone enjoys. The spotlight was then focused on some of the girls in the Iunior and Senior High as they took part in relays, stunts, and pyramids. ln these activities the girls get a chance to show their talent which they are proud of because few girls can do what they did. At the close of the meet Mr. Bos of the Recreation Department presented the cup to Ruth Koessel, the winning manager of the llth grade. COQIXUY 1 in We The iots Wok pailul Plante-e - s andlun vew Colo the Seen ' e Senior- was, a dded I0 The . Illn' . which fgglfgh sfudem 6 5 f many 00 Da f - much Spectators' In the sl 'glance whgczlnd tiddlers G 84 applause, and receiiildcsi' Calle' - - 'W X' f X B I d v Q, Act I I brfugf 114' to the 0xt1'a-4r111'1'ic11- tm' zzctifoiticfs. Raprcfentczt here me all fam' ctfmw being lcd by zz xczzior, Wil- liam Mz11'c1z4'. With him are Elaim: Bartlett, IfVlZl'l'U71 Goctlml, and Reed R06L?1'fJ'. 's G. '13'if S- js Que' Gamma Gini 140140149 l-lold that pose! After this year, one certainly can't say that Ottawa students are camera shy. Most of our candid camera fans belong to the Camera Club which, under the guidance of Miss Cald- well, has been furnishing our Spectator with an interesting pictorial feature each month. One of the features in our Spectator showed us the fun they had when they took a snow train to Petoskey. They got in on all the secrets of how a play is pro- duced when they used the production of the Mimes Plays as a feature. The Camera Club Salon was another interest- ing project. Top: The Camera Club members certainly picked a cozy-looking place to have their pic- ture taken. From left to right they are: Louis Kaufman, Paul Berry. Wally Schantz. Duncan Baker, Herbert Knape. and Orville McDonald. Center: Miss Caldwell and Wally Schantz are busily planning the next pictorial feature for the Spectator while Herbert Knape takes a mo- ment off for a candid shot. Bottom: They're just trying to make us envious with those ioyous smiles as they're oft to Petos- key on the snow train. Behind the camera on the left is Orville McDonald. then Duncan Baker, Louis Kaufman, lim Gately. and Wally Schantz. Al Ji-'iiilere are OttawG'5 debaters dltliszirgeacglle Iggy: Tugsnllx . Giddings Us chairman' Ehenard Caro Harold Rockwell, an - ' eo ' Setsma, lean Browning' Schmidt. The debaters on Ottawa's other two debating teams are the following students: Roseiean Clifford, Ianet Slack, Vivian Mack, Dave Potts, Allene Colby, and Willis De Boer. The Home Economic girls certainly look domestic. Pouring tea is Virginia Parmenter. and standing are: Ioan Sharp. Evigene En- sing, Shirley Keegstra, Norma Nell Kidder. Margie -Dykstra, Helen Holst, Nlonctte Millghgnd Iuney-Dnelcker. X v ...88.. man, R. Lanstra, B. Vinkemulder. I. Kett, 1 L. Kaufman, D. Shook. Middle row: H. 1 Ririaxi, D. Winters, I. Daily. B. Hester. I P. Lawrence, R. Clifford. First row: M. Graff. S. Ragir, l. Wilman, D. Vandiken. and D. Slocum. Railroads - did I hear someone ask a question about the railroads? Well, Ottawa's debaters, after a year of de- bating on Shall the government own and operate the railroads, are just overflowing with knowledge. With facts gathered from almost every possible and conceivable source, the teams carried on some very spirited debates with Mr. Giddings offering useful suggestions. So, it was not sur- prising that they won all four of their debates in the Lansing Eastern Tourna- ment. .Science fdwew Qkem ' Mamiya The Chemphybio Club is the science club of Ottawa. Anyone with a B average in a year of science is eligible to join. The club sponsor is Mr. Hansen. The clubs purpose is to help those in- terested in science to go farther in it. Jawa Z ' pfzaoiicaf fmpwflence -The scene shifts, and we see a large group seated at a banquet table, At the Roosevelt Hotel in East Lansing, a convention of home economic stu- dents was held. Shirley Keegstra was Ottawa's delegate and Ioan Sharp, her assistant.. They were sent by the Home Economic Club. They visited Michigan State College, and the Capitol. The girls went Friday and re- turned the next day. Jz-Q ,QM in Smal So thats what goes on in the cafeteria every Wednesday morning before schooll That is exactly what many of you will say after read- ing this piece. By the way, it's the Hi-Y boys' meetings that go on every Wednesday morn- ing. Any boy of good standing in the tenth grade or above is eligible to join the Hi-Y. Mr. Baker sponsors l-li-Y, and succeeds very well in aiding the boys to carry out their pur- pose, which is to maintain and create a high standard of Christian character throughout the school and community. To Hi-Y we owe the order at our assem- blies, The boys carefully and capably usher the students to their places. Among the other things done by the members in a less serious vein are the parties which they hold during the year. They had swimming parties at the Y.M.C.A. several times this year. They have brought quite a few prominent speakers here to address the boys too. lim Spencer was presi- dent of l-li-Y this year, and was very active in Hi-Y's part in the Pow Wow this spring. ---ve U . . --- . 'MW 'f . .8 W . -The boysypicturezl above ioreTFirst row: H. Hauser, D. Shook, P. Seven, 1. Spencer, K. Shuart. B. MacMillan. Second row: N. Heerema, S. Auwers. P. Willits, I. Bilderbock, H. Kremer. I. Gutely. Third row: I. Zorimbcx. B. Willard. B. Marcus. I. Spalink. P. Berry. B. Hesse, and L. Caro. W...-ul The officers and Mr. Baker. the sponsor. willingly . posed for this picture. They are C. Vanden Berg. 'I.ZZvt..g -gwggrgg, .md mc.. ...-- ..-. members is ushering al assemblies Here we see Stan Auwers Kbuck lo the i 5. Mr' Baker' I' spepcer' L' cam' B' Willard' and K I ccxmeral and Bill Hesse ushering at cz recent assembly. L Q 4 . l. Gaiely. I -gg- Qcwcfefim Jmaw Nihfeiw mmf Sckcwfafn If 1.1.1 Top: With the first days of spring, we find the Cordelier boys relaxing on the front lawn after some hard exercise. Seated are: I. Shields, I. Carlson. B. Dixon. N. Dilly. H. Schmidt. B. Mor- risey. I. Wells. B. Teasdale, and D. Broderick. Standing are D. Hams, N. Etheredge, T. Black- bum. B. Pipp tkneelingl and Mr. Ludwick. Center: These are three boys that Cordelier may well be proud ol. They are each All-City in their respective sports. From left to right: Ben Pipp. Tom Blackburn and Iack Carlson. Bottom: Surrounded by B. Morrisey, B. Etheredge. H. Schmidt, P. McElwee, B. Dixon. T. Droste. I. Shields. and I. Wells, we see the famed Cord Athletic Cup. 'L -90- Many of you will be surprised to learn that Cordelier was the first boys' club to be established at Ottawa. In spite of its many years of existence, its purpose, to further sportsmanship, and to recognize outstanding athletes here at Ottawa, has not changed. By having a C average or above, in scholastic work, and being active, either as a player or manager in some sport, a boy becomes eligible to join the Cordeliers. The fellows sponsored a great many parties and dances this year Cas usuall, among them the Bunny Hop at Eastertime, and their annual Bus Ride in May. The Cordeliers also present a cup to their choice of the ye-ar's out- standing athlete. This cup reposes in the first floor trophy case, and if you should happen to glance at it, you would see that last year the cup was given to Burgess Lawson. During the basketball season, the Cordelier boys are kept very busy too. They keep our loyal boosters well supplied with pad- dlepops at the games and do various beneficial things with the proceeds. 4- - - -if s - Lewa girls in the picture are: Row 1: R. Clifford. K. Crawford, W. Ryskamp, H. Beamer, P. Condon. Row 2: M. Omee, H. Raab, R. Behrens, B. Morris. How 3: G. Vredevelde. M. Mac Donald. I. Brown- ing, C. Hedrick, M. Chandler, E. Gounos, M. Geldhof. M. Chapman, M. Helm. Row 4: Miss Sheehan, B. Tornga, R. Van Dusen, S. Kooi, R. Koessel, K. Young, D. Barendse. and A. Allen. I . They look like they're having fun - don't you wish you were ' riding with them? From left to right they are: P. Condon, C. Hedrick. H. Beamer, W. Ryskamp. M. Chandler, and R. Clifford. I ll I I p ln J. - 1 -0 A fem Keep Gm zqcidae Ln Speak This group of versatile athletes meets once a week and under the very able guidance of Miss Sheehan organizes all the girls' after-school sports such as speedball, basketball, and volleyball. Their biggest job of all was that of presenting the Girls' Meet. But, With Wyllis Ryskamp and Miss Sheehan in charge, it turned out to be a pleasant task. The Lewa girls were very active this year. Early in the fall a Weenie roast was held at the Ryskamp cot- tage, later they had a toboggan party, and then this spring they went in for that popular sport of bowling. Not only do the Lewa girls have lun but they try to help others have it too. They succeeded very well in his respect when they presented a dance, i'The Sweater Swirl, in the girls' gym atter the Central-Ottawa basketball game. The Lewa girls were also fortunate ball team from Marywood. After an exciting game, paddlepops were s ved and everyone had such a good time that we hope it will be repeated next year. 'Qin being able to entertain a volley- Every girl who has earned her numerals and has a C average in her studies is eligible to become a member of this club. 161-u' .14 1 1 K Checking over the last details of the Girls' Meet are Carol Hedrick. Mae Chandler. Miss Sheehan, the sponsor: Helen Beamer, and Wyllis Ryskamp. The girls are all chairmen in charge of the Meet. 151.- Among the swirlers at the Sweater Swirl were: H. Schmidt, N. Walker, B. Teasdale. E. Mc Carthy. D. Snider, and D. Greenhoe. ..p. 'SJW 16' cz corner I Uecmor y group. are row. nt req W? llngxunche Helen Ogden, Alice Roberta Wright. Betty Roodvoets. Hanson, if nag, Weider dtex Chap' Wilma Pastoor, Betty Gilkerson, Ruth Pershbacker, and Vivian Mack: behind G ying Marg 5, and ' them are Pat Lawrence, Annette Van Dore. Carol Clark, Shirley Keegstra, Frey D01 Wwilex Margie Dykstra, Eleanor Stiles. Miss Seegmiller, Ioan Sharp, Marian Leitch. , , Betty Hersmcm, and Merrie Gelclhof. mantlorma wide if flfem Semen .fedqae B Svzccwef Girls, there will be a senior girls' meeting tonight after school in room 212, please be there, was the announcement made in the senior session rooms. At this meeting Miss Seegmiller offered the suggestion that a Senior Girls' League be formed to further friendship of the senior girls as a group. The idea made a big hit and its organization began at once. Officers were elected and Betty Hersman be- came president, Marjory Haines, vice-presi- dent, Roberta Teele, secretaryg and Helen Knecht, treasurer. Then the girls were divided into four groups with a Student leader and a faculty advisor Teele, virginia semen. Betty Hmmm, wyms nyskqmpn for each. El6?CII'1OY Stiles and Miss Seegmlller , Miss Bader, Miss Zimmer. Miss Seegmiller, Miss Caldwell, were put in charge of group lg Lois Sluiter and .cmd Lois Sluilef- ' Miss Caldwell of group 2, Virginia Schnell and Miss Zimmer of group 3, and Wyllis Ryskamp and Miss Bader of group 4. lt was decided that once a month there would be separate group spreads and then the last Thursday of the month a tea would be held for the Whole league. The league decided to offer a scholarship of fifty dollars to some senior girl in Iune. The last meeting for the year was a banquet held at East Church on May l3. Each group was in charge of decorating its own table and the theme was a book picked by each group. The girls came in costumes representing char- acters from the book of their choice. For enter- tainment each group gave a skit about its book and the other groups guessed what book ' This was snapped at the last Senior Girls' League tea. NVQ it WGS see H. Clifford, D. Griesc, D. Winters, E. Van Stcc-, M. lohue l ' Son. R. Reiter, P. Donaldson. and D. Bczrcndsc. ,l Batties, 1:-lelenl Knecht. Eleanor Stiles, Mary Buiten. Roberta -92- The girls in Wyllis Ryskamp's group are. from left to right: First row: ' Eu enia Setsma Esther Haire Eleanor Beaukam Helen Beamer A' I .kslfxg 1 dv'-as 'l ' ,, that o Q nf' 9 Il League tea in A Girls' table look ' 9 pfllf dOesn't the I Barends l Irnce. Seated we see: D. 9 - - P- - Wyllis Hyskamp. Ruth Westerman. Helen Knecht. Maryicme Kirch- Cla k 9 Schlosser' E- Setsmq, C gessner and Anne Venell. Second row: Ioyce Waterman. Ruth Hodges. Sally Ragir. Elizabeth Gounos. Katherine Crawford. Dorothy Griese. r . M. B. Xrfgggjrwere, and M: Standing: Iane Steel. Ioyce Tetro. Priscilla Donaldson. and I Dorothy Woodhouse. g The league groups have a spread once each month in one of the members' homes. One of the aims was for each group to raise ten dollars toward the scholarship fund. Another of their good deeds was the Christmas basket that they filled for a needy family. Do you remember being pestered to buy do-nuts, dish cloths, and gum? Well, they were among the many things sold by the girls to raise money. The league also sponsored an informal dance after school one day last winter. lt was different in that no boy stags were allowed. The Senior Girls' League has been a great success and almost every girl in the senior class is a member of it. It certainly accom- plished its purpose -- to promote interesting social activities for the senior girls as a group. At each of the monthly teas, one of the groups was made re- sponsible for bringing an interest- ing speaker. The first group to entertain was group l and as a result the girls received an excel- lent talk on charm. The next speaker spoke on nursing and how to make it ones career. This talk was given by a head nurse at Butterworth hospital. One very important fact about these teas that We feel should be mentioned is that the food was delicious. These girls are in Virginia Schnell's group and are from left to right: First l row: Roseiean Clifford. Dorothy Winters. Dorothy Barendse. Second rowzl Miss Zimmer. Virginia Schnell. Ieanne Anne Daily. Mary Krumman. B. Ward. Third row: Marsh Hushour. Mary Anne Glass. Iulie Kruse. Edith Swart. and Virginia Parmenter. I B. Dean. H. Hoist. L. Bolt. M. Fudge. I. Weirenga. A. Cadey. Second row: E. Oosterhof, N. Kidder. M. Vanderwere. R. Teele. I. Histe. Third row: M. Iohn- son. I. Hubbard. L. Sluiter. H. Worfel. Standing: E. Anderson, M. Graft. B. Luce. G. Wilson. B. l.aMore. I. Schlosserj , ,l -93- puppet show in the auditorium. 'First row: E. Morton. I. Vandenliosch. G. Vredevelde. F. Ellis. M. Ulrich. I. ' Ziegler. N. Dilley. B. Brown, und I. Xett. Second row: l L. Iacobs. V. Parmenter. E. Haire. I. Hook. W. Slack. B. 1' Gilkerson. B. Herrington. P. Wilmcxrth, O. McDonald. . cmd W. Gounos. Third row: I. Daily. V. Schnell, H. l w...4..1. 1. 1-n.i.sa..-1. E. Andaman. E. Bqmeu. L. Sluiter. : 1 l La seance est ouvertef' Translated, ' this up the are usually quickly dispensed with, and the most interesting part of the meeting be- gins ff the entertainment. This year the members were very fortunate in having two talented singers in their midst. They were lean Hubbard and Edith Anderson who sang in French at several meetings. However, the tun didn't end here. At PT ,F means the same as curtain going 2, at a Broadway opening, This is how i meetings of Les Amateurs Francais begun. Alter this, the business is other meetings puppet shows were given, and at still others initiations provided the lun. tainment this year was the play at Christ- mas, at which Pere Noel passed out candy canes to all. The French Club had a very interesting display at Open House, and aided the French department in putting on an as- sembly lor the whole school. All tirst semester A students in French and join year students are extended an invitation. The able French students to become better acquainted with the customs of the coun- try that they are studying. The club is guided by Miss Horn and Miss Smith who are its very able spon- sors. Perhaps the climax of French enter- first year B students are eligible to the French Club. ln addition, all third purpose ot the French Club is to en- l , row: E. Setsmcx. C. Clark. E. Breen. E. Rykse. B. Grain- ger. B. Springer. M. Zwcxld. L. Bums, M. Takens. and ill. Ycxrrington. Filth row: I. Nieboer. H. Rockwell. B. Pipp. H. Kncxpe. B. LaMore. I. Schlosser, P. Wilmarth. iW. DeBoer. B. Lockwood. H. Iopse. R. Senseman. and 'B. Vinkemulder. t vii tto momeh Pause ' io! 5 O en F ench Club exhiim at P ? I , DQS looks orettv 0005- N est ce and Louis mine the 'ew Hcocixse Even hom here -..-..- ,.--...- vs, W.. ,..... . , Francais. From left to right are Harold Rockwell, Herb Knupe. Louis Kaufman. Marcia Hushour. Harriet Wortel. Virginia Schnell, Miss Horn. Miss Smith. and Ben Pipp. -94.- Members of S.P.Q.R. are: First row: M. Hoel, E. Hadley, M. Anderson. E. Brunson. L. Burns, M. Gralf, R. Denherder, M. Moshier, I. Ziegler, and N. Walker. Second row: E. Bilderback, N. Dilley. R. Ieare, B. Rawn, L. Peterson M. Helm, I. Browning. D. Pipp. D. Nitz, and M. Van Dusen. Third row: L. Hedrick, A. Baar, B. Hansen. A. Behrens, D. Potts, L. Daniels. R. Lang, S Kooi, and B. Iennings. Fourth row: M. Griiien, P. Rathbone. P. Allen, L. Streelman. S. Schutt, E. Evans, Y. Behler. B. McCarty, T. Elferdink, and D Shook. Fifth row: W. Brown. B. Hester. B. Hatch, M. Mastenbrook, D. Tennis K. Cole. D. East. and B. Lindhout. Sixth row: R. Larson. G. Knabe, G. Shoup. l. Pare. B. Coleman. R. Roberts, B. Skillings, B. Murphy, C. Frans, and B Iensen. .fafim Gini gawk fmqelf ' All Latin lll and IV students and A students in Latin l are eligible to take part in S.P.Q.R, lt is sponsored by Miss Kather- ine Smith and Miss Elsie Davis. The Latin Club is famous for its unique meetings, where the programs are held observing Roman customs, undoubtedly you can imagine the odd things that can develop from this. The Latin Club is also re- nowned for its initiation cere- monies, where the pledges are formed to imitate anyone from Caesar to his wife. The purpose of S,P.Q.R. is to furnish a pleasant social con- tact for Latin students while en- gaged in activities based on Above: The people in this picture are all members oi S.P.Q.R. In the background is their exhibit on Iulius Caesar that was shown at Open House. Right: The stars oi S.P.Q.R. tor the 1940 season are pictured here. Seated are Miss Smith and Miss Davis. Standing are Barb Hatch, Geo. McCarger, Margie Graff, Dave Potts, Lois Burns, Bill Cole- man. Newt Dilley. Pat Lawrence. Dave East, Pat Rathbone, and Yvonne Behler. -95- the background and study ot the Latin language. This is a pretty big order, but any mem- ber of the club will tell you that they most certainly succeed in their aim. For those of you who have wondered what S.P.Q.R. means, it is 'lsenate oi the Roman people. ' x , t Y 3 -ti 1 ' .1 In 1 I With their batons flashing in the sun as they strut Mczrchant. Marilyn Ploel. Roseiean Cliitord. D?l'0IhY l down the field, Ottawa's Drum Maiorettes make a Barendse. Arlene Lurkes. Annawbel .Lawson Lois Ter ' ' ' ' are: yLois Eikenhout. ,Betty I Haar. and IBC! ' ' w Bmw Wa' Everyone loves a parade and a flashy band, but what would they be Without drum major- ettes. Knees high and batons spinning they really add sparkle and beauty as they strut proudly down the field. pczmli am! gflddfl glue Paint - in the theatrical world it is .usually associated with scenery. But here We see beauty in art. Students in the Paint and Brush Club are furthering their interest in art beyond class hours. They are trying to form a Arlene Luikes looks Clgser fellowship among those Who have Spe- Roseiean Clittdrd. leader ready to go into one of cial talent of Ottawa's Majorettes. those intricate twirling ' looks happy land she routines she does so well. usually ish. Ngllxffvg Jw, The members of the Paint andlrush Club seem Hazlett. M. Andrews. R. M. Hondorls. Wright. serious as they work. They are: Back row. left to iight. Start. Front row: C. Sampanes. W. Cam, Steury.. 'V. Bolthouae. D. Messrnore. Miss Pruitt. the,sponsor..P. , Satin.. I. Quimby. B. Thompson. and M. I. Sherwood -gg- T , , 0 Commercial Club members are, from lett to right: I. Sharp, R. Reiter, Planning a weenie roast for the club H. Morrison, F. Ring. I. Pell, H. Hoist, B. Roodvoets, G. Barager, M. Boon, was a good excuse to take advantage E. Oosterhot. E. Breen. D. Rykse. Miss Barnaby. sponsor: M. Cook, N. of the nice spring weather. Here are: Kidder, S. Keegstra. I. Norton. M. Dykstra, D. Griese. W. Pastoor, E. Haire, Norma Kidder, Gamet Barager, the E. Van Stee. and D. Norton. Norton sisters. Shirley Keegstra, and Esther Oosterhof. Qcwmmezcrdl QM UQMMM zqmaiewz Sham -eAnd now, ladies and gentlemen, we give you the judges decision f the first prize goes to The Four Dukes ot Swing. This is what a student audience was enjoy- ing one afternoon. The Commercial Clulo presented an amateur show managed by Esther Costerhof, Shirley Keegstra, and Della Rykse. For their own entertainment they have spreads, parties and Weenie roasts throughout the year. The purpose of the Commercial Club is to foster education, learn about commercial professions, and to have good social times. Above: In this group are the club's officers and sponsors. They are: Miss Robinson, E s t h e r Haire. Esther Oosterhof. Marian Cook. Miss Barnaby, Norma Kidder, Betty Roodvoets, D ella Rykse. Shirley Keegstra. Left: Do they look nervous? It's just a rehearsal lor the amateur show. The students are: Vemon Van Haitsma, Iack Vander Hoek, P. Kalkowslci, E. Stevens, E s t h e r Oosterhoi, Shirley Keegstra, Della Rykse, C a r o l Clark, Elizabeth Gounos, Harriet Raab, and lim- bering up for her acrobatic num- ber is Gamet Barager, a member of the club. -.9'I.- A... 1 ,r I 5'ZZzcfeM,Q .feafm Seq-Q M Simba! Qcwnodf When three o'clock rolls around on Wednesday of every other week, every Student Council representative will be found leaving class and on the way to a meeting in room 202. Two members are elected from each session room and the presidents of the school clubs are enrolled among the members. The Red Cross collection is one of its good will contributions. This year Earl lde was sent as a representative to the National Red Cross Convention in llVashington. Miss Lewis, the sponsor, has made the council a reliable organization that has done much toward bettering the school. This year, it has sponsored as- semblies, a clean-up week, and a courtesy Week. Top: The Student Council mem- bers are: D. Shook. M. Zwald. G. TenBroek, C. Huizenga, P. Barnes, K. Cooper, M. Hoel, I. Ellis, E. Ide, I. Spencer. D. Post. K. Wood. I. Smith. B. Giller, T. Elferdink, S. Fuehrer, W. Schantz, H. Kremer, D. Potts, E. Haire, M. Guerin, A. Tornga, D. Ernst, L. Caro. G. McCargar, B. Hers- man, V. Schnell. C. Poelstra, D. Foote, A. Martin. R. Larson, I. Gam- 1, well, W. Ryskamp, B. Bilderback, H. Q, Bosscher. D. Worm, S. Stark, Miss Lewis. P. Rathbone, B. Hester, B. Hammer. N. Dilley. Center: Earl Ide, our representa- tive to Washington, is being con- gratulated by Marilyn Hoel, Esther Haire, Hoyt Kremer. and Stanley Fuehrer. Bottom: The Student Council offi- cers and sponsor are shown here. They are Newton Dilley, Mary Zwald, Dan Shook, Miss Lewis, and Esther Haire. Qawzqf Jfa2eWf1QwZZancfSwcJl Quill and Scroll's members pictured above are: First row: L. Sluiter, M. Graff, B. Hersman. V. Schnill. and I. Hubbard. Second row: G. Lawrence, R. Clifford, K. Petts, L. Peterson. M. Ornee. H. Worfel, and D. Shook. Third row: G. Vrede- velde, G. Wilson, N. Heyer, W. Schantz, B. Herrington, M. Chapman, and L. Iacobs. Doesn't that steak look good? This picture was taken at the Quill and Scroll initiation banquet. Notice Mr. and Mrs. Buboltz on the left. -gg.. To promote and further the interesls of high school journalism. This is Quill and Scroll's Well-defined purpose. To receive one of the clubs small, white invitations is justly considered quite an honor by any of the many students of journalism all over the country. Quill and Scroll's members are composed of those in the upper third ot their class who have done out- standing work in journalism. This organization was started a number of years ago by a group of students in some high school. Gradually it spread until now it is all over the United States with heads quarters in Washington. All members are easily distinguishable by their unique gold pins. Quill and Scrolls main activity of the year is the lnitiation Banquet in the spring. At this banquet the lovely candle-lighting ceremony is held. This would be a pleasant group to meet on the stairs. The officers of Quill and Scroll are: Miss Holmes. M. Graff. V. Schnell, L. Sluiter, and Betty Hersman. M. Fudge. A. Allen, D. winters, N. Kid'i der. cmd D. Woodhouse are part of the Mmm Flew .ffmwz MW Smeg The big sign flashed on and off reminding the students passing that Mimes Plays were ready once again. All over the school students were co-operating with the Mimes Club, in publicity, tickets, and in any other way that they could. The art department was busy making the attractive posters which did much toward drawing a large crowd. The members were selling tickets with the able help of Miss Bader. The printing department was busy printing programs Here's a ,scene from The Knczve of Hearts. Everyone. including the king fScxlly Rcrgirl cmd his counselor lBetty Hersmcml. is watching Winnie Slack prepare the Tcrrts. and tickets, but the most impor- tant and hard-working depart- ment Was Mimes itself, and Miss Baloyan, the club sponsor. She is the one individual who was working the hardest and worrying the most. Every year Mimes produces a number of one-act plays. This year proved to be a very suc- cessful one when they pro- duced three truly entertaining plays. They were produced on two evenings, Thursday and Friday. Both evenings the audi- torium Was filled. The ushers patiently guided the crowd in, and anxiously watched their piles of programs diminish. The lights dimmed, the audi- ence hushed, and there was a breathless pause before the curtains rose. Slowly they opened and as the last fold fell into place, a small portion of a Spanish town was revealed. ln one corner was a Spanish church, in the other was a garden. The play told the story of a Spanish radical during the revolution. Karl Shuart and Steve Selby were first-rate as American reporters. George Miller gave an excellent por- trayal of a priest, and Phyllis Gilkerson. H. Hodges, S. Ragir, S.4Vondecarl H. Kremer, . son. H. Knecht. I, Yeirengcx. W. Ryskcxmp. M. Chapman. L C. Hester. B. Hersmcm, T. ,DI9Sf8,,A. Ccxdev. I..C,cxrlson.-,,.,.... .P--LCIWIGIQQG .Lf..B.0B--'.UHd.MiSS BC?.l9Y!1H:- -100- 2 'GM P .S Schoonbeck seemed to live her part as The Flame, a Spanish radical. The play that followed was very dramatic and tragic. The action took place inside a doomed submarine on the floor of the ocean, Submerged was acted by a small group of an all-boy cast. Bob MacMil- lan, through his own bravery, was sent to his death. Karl Shuart did an excellent piece of acting as the coward. Tom Droste was the captain, and lack Carlson and George Mill- er completed the crew. The play succeeded in leaving the audience in a thoroughly pen- sive mood. Extreme lighting effects added to making the play seem more vivid and real- istic. A comedy was the only thing necessary to top off a perfect evening, and so, a delightful comedy was the final play. lt was just the opposite from the preceding play in that it had an all-girl cast. The Knave of Hearts with Cynthia Hester as the knave and Winnie Slack as the queen-to-be was a rollock- ing affair. Virginia Schnell and Betty Battjes were the cooks, PW Sally Bagir was the pompous old king, and Betty Hersman was the Crabby counselor. The costuming, scenery, and acting all deserve equal credit for the success of this charming play. The Mimes Club does have other activities around school besides their annual plays. They stage assemblies for all the departments and each year try to add some new and bet- ter equipment for our stage. The purpose of Mimes is to honor service to dramatics. ...LJ - I..- little onto her arm. I. Carlson and K Shuart watch in an am cxzed fashion 1 Bob Hammer. our efficient stage manager. works seri- ously. Other hard-working members of thc stage crew for the moment are B Dehaan l Evans L X are: H. Ksnape. D. Baker, R. Dooge, B. Schnoor, H. Mac Cmthyl M. Reed' and R Sense,-mm Louls Kang l , Schmidt D-, LYnCh' T' Dmsle' fmd l- Shleldi , 4, M-A maYn,wa1ghes for the cue to awe the signal -101- Here we see Leonard Caro presenting Ioan Fowlex H - . . d ci . and Ross Annatoynhwith gold pins for Outstanding MiireTolandf-nlcliss Bacixegy Mi-fs ?gdglr:1i:l:'!,slJlI:fc:llxci!c work m the lumo' hlgh' Naughton. and Mr. Giddings make up the committee , and lhe Sponsor of the National Honor Somew Um: Henri' Schmidt. lean Ann Gcmwell. Mr. Toland. Leonard Caro, and Margie Gmif, that decides who deserves to become a member of the National Honor Society. Neiman! gffcmm 50104654 fdecceqngalefffqkgckafafnebfz Stars - yes, this time its the real stars. All seniors who are high in their class, are eligible for the honor society. lts purpose is the promo- tion ol scholarship, leadership, character, and service. Mr. Toland suggested working in the junior high school this year so every quarter the National Honor Society awards four buttons to the most outstanding boy and girl in the seventh and eighth grades. To stimulate great- er competition a student will be eligible to re- ceive only one pin a semester. Scholarship is the most important factor and is based on the students quarter marks. Leadership is decided by student election. Character is also considered in choice of candidates, and service is considered on basis ol student contribution to his school. Thi? QYOUP Of intelligent f0lkS 'life me Hl9mb6!S Of the Leonard Caro. Seated are: Eleanor Stiles. Margie Natlonal Hfmof SOCIPW- .From left to flqhf fl'l9Y Ure! Graff, Wilma Pastoor, Mr. Toland, Eugenia Setsma. Dun Shook, Henry Schmidt, Ben Pipp. Iohn Kett. and Robe,-gg Wright, qnd Cami Clark, ' A -102- f I x X an aww xv ' xr. W I . Xi 5 N E X I 'Z 3 f' 5 x fi X5 A 1 '. 5 s 5, 'l :F 15, 3? le i E v 'S n J 'X :sf 3 E i f , i , , ' f 5 fx Q F if I S 4 1 ti , f 5 if 1 I ff 5 J 4 5, f Arg , tiff' f fm-xx SQ. 'y P ?, ' Z V , git 5 - Y ,1 .415 ' 1 551' ,I 'J I f , f K 1 Q N . yawn' 'Gi W T5 1 41 .1 29 is fi 'I 1, , 'G 'rw 'J 1 ': 1' 1 sf ' 4 fl life J! 11 'fx ,-1.5 fu ':-fx. ' '- :wi X-Q:-1 L. ef 'A1:'Q.- my gf- .1 hifi, '?-151- r. , ' E-vw ff-3iif:L1Z+ ' 'M- -,: - : , , nf' .qjiybif 'xg .', W L,'ff:,,.g 'k , ffiff ,'- 1 4 5 si! A. 1 'I ,Y A .2-. ' : '7 5' aff: 1 3 'u :. 1 .4-' 4 f Tbc ffzalc, Act III, portrays the life in and arozmfi xcltool. It ix thc backbone of our Izappy school mcmoricx jmt as the crcwx arc tba backbonc o f an y stage pro- dzzcffon. Sfl0 lU7l in thc pictnrc arc Louis Kaufman, Dtzmcafz Baker, Larry Mc Carlin, Robert Izfammcr, and Robert DUHlI6l71. Here we have a merry group who are enjoy- The Ottawa Safety Players. which are heard over ing themselves at the Punch Bowl. which was at WOOD every Saturday, includes Vivian Mack. Larry Mc the Prom. They are Elinor Andre. Betty Hersman. Cartin, Harold Rockwell. Virginia Hall, and Dave Potts. Ed McCready and Bob Hammer. l HC' V, 1 xi fx 4- T h i s senior X' One of the best-liked scenes in the little skit put CUUPISI which on at the Spectator Vaudeville was this one of Mon- Uuended U19 ette Miller, Dan Shook, and Steve Selby. Prom' are BEUY Lou Provon- c h e e a n d e Simon Oppin- E ' hu zen. .M 'S v if 9 . . t , yy. Here a r e Virginia Rogers The charming Maiorettes are Rosejean Clif- and Cad Frans, juniors, en. ford cmd MC-IrilYl'1 Heel- joying themselves at the Prom. -105- Henry Schmitt has the highest scholastic standing ol the boys in the senior class. -n Q chara Here we have Hank I lean is on her way home from school. cteristic Pose' lean Anne Gamwell has the highest scholastic standing of the senior class. Jewiq Scfpmbii mc! ecm New QQ Jeacf Semtvn The Senior Theater swings open its curtains to present the prompters of the senior class of 1940. Through their four years in high school these two seniors have shown not only the highest scholastic ability, but have. maintained all the qualities that make up a fine character such as: courage, unselfishness, truth, devo- tion to duty, sympathy, kindness, fellowship with the student body and faculty. They have given their able assistance and leadership to the various activities sponsored by Ottawa. Ottawa is honored to announce the senior boy and girl who have achieved the highest scholarship. They are lean Ann Gam- well and Henry Schmitt. As a junior she was taken into the National Honor Society and became a member of the Student Council. She also served as vice- president of Les Amateurs Francais. In the first semester of her senior year she was elected vice-president of the National Honor Society. Henry Schmitt has taken an active part in all theatrical productions directed at Ottawa- such as One-Act Plays, Mimes, and the Senioi Review. He was outstanding as a debator and took part in several state debates. ln his senior year Henry was elected treasurer of the National Honor Society at Ottawa. ., . . . , .. as' ' Ben Pipp was elected by the senior class us the best all-around boy of the senior class. gen mmf 89517 elfazfiffnafn Sefeoiecf gal' 1411-Nfzcwwcf QW and Ottawa's Playhouse proudly displays its two most versatile seniors ot 1940. They were chosen by their fellow classmates who admire their versatility in participating so actively in the numerous school organizations. The Senior Class selected them not only for the great num- ber of activities they have taken part in, but also for their personal characteristics of neat- ness, friendliness, and the willingness to co- operate with others. The services which they have rendered to their school and to their fellowmen have been so great as to warrant bestowing the title of the best all-around senior girl and boy to Betty I-lersman and Ben Pipp. They have both taken part in many extra-curricular activities spon- sored in Ottawa. Betty was in One-Act Plays and Mimes. When a senior she was elected president of Quill and Scroll, president of the Girls' Senior League, and a member of the Student Council. Ben Pipp was given the honor ot the presi- dency of his class when a junior. He is known as an all-around sportsman, having been cap- tain of the basketball team, and received awards in football and baseball. While a senior he was elected president of the French Club and of the Cordelier Club. He has taken part in the senior activities, played the part of a villain in the Senior Revue, and portrayed the part of a high school principal in the Senior Play What A Life. Betty Hersman was elected by the senior class as the best all-around girl of the senior class. Here is Beny W ith he r sunny smile. Ben is seen here in one of his many moods. Here is Carol Clark. who danced in the Minstrel Show. Members of Iunior Girls' Glee Club. First row: B. Drummond, V. VcmderVeen. B. Idem. D. Bell, D. Razoog, I. Barnaby. I. Bierly. M. Umel. I. Dezwaan. Second row: C. Steury, S. McVoy. I. Ashcroft, N. Smith. I. Smith, G. Smith. M. Souder. E. Hazzoog, E. Cook. B. VanButselur Third row: P. Hopp, P. Rogers. N. Tiesingu. I. Vinkemulder L. Klunder, S Rogers. I. Houmcxn E. Bowman Ta lor . . , l. y . Absent Members: C. Bloom, E. Carlson. I. McConncrughy. GZLMM WMA fwiefzwh MQW Distantly the clear melodious tones of mixed voices drift softly to our ears as we pass by the auditorium. Rehearsing patiently throughout the weeks the glee clubs appeared in their an- nual spring concert. Ottawa has long been known to produce fine singers under the excellent supervision and training of Mr. Showers. As a result, many ol the vocal students who once sang in the glee clubs and the choir have upon gradua- tion gone on seriously with voice training. To- day Gordon Van Ry, who was one of Ottawcfs former students, has made a name for himself in the musical world. lt is the desire and goal of all singers in the glee clubs to one day achieve membership in the A Cappella Choir. The vocal department raised money for the purpose of buying new vestments, and with co- operation ol all its members, they secured the required amount. This was done by giving a vaudeville show, selling old newspapers and magazines, and later sponsoring a good, old-fashioned minstrel show. To start out the school year in traditional style the Choir and Glee Club will combine and present an operetta. lt is an Indian legend k who sang ot the Princess Lelawahla. Hoe - k vaneef X Show- W e have q ihxnaielii the Mmstre mam! an old G Members ol Iunior Boys' Glee Club: First row: D. McConncxughy, I. Missod. P. Eckenhout, S. Smith, H. Schucxb. I. Sheneman. R. Ober- hoter. L. Mickcxn. D. Rogers, A. Tornga. Second row: N. Noordyke A. Boot. I. Iensen. I. Druger. D. Boelemcx, D. Heyer, D. Foote, O Dean. Third row: H. Dettling, B. Mcrlkeitz, I. Summers, R. Harrison C. Rehill, B. McDonald. P. Smith, B. VcmKuiken. l - 108 Wmx plow Y Pm! Members ol A Cappella Choir are the following: First row: I. McVoy, E. Anderson, E. Anderson, I. Slack. I. McConnaughy, G. Missod. I. Tracy, I. Vander Hoek, L. Bums. M. Gill, V. Vandenberg. E. Rykse. Second row: E. Tucker, B. Wells. M. Mabin. L. Buskers, V. Van Haitsma, G. Hansen, H. Lewis, S. Openhuizen, M. Anderson, B. Bowman, S. Kooi. V. Hall, I. Hendricks, H. Hughes, D. Oswald, M. Wilson, W. Iensen, G. Cook, A. Ophoff, G. Rosenow. Absent members are P. De Witt, L. Hall, E. Roh, B. Vinkemulder and G. Westra. No production is complete unless there is a musical score. In this case our score is the A Cappella Choir. This great body ot singers has developed a warm tone quality and a style ol its own in interpreting the many national songs they sing. For many weeks the students in the voice Rehearsing lor the Choir are: A. Ander- son, S. Oppen- huizen, M. Wil- son, I. Slack, . and Mr. Show- classes will rehearse the various parts to be ers. sung in the operetta for the purpose of making this production the most outstanding and suc- cessful ever given at Ottawa Hills School. Members of the Senior Chorus are the following: Lelt to right: First row: M. Beadle, I. Rypstra, M. Educato, H. Farrar, R. Donswor, G. Face, D. Wager, W. Timmer, M. Abbey. Second row: B. Lewis, Here Mr. Showers is showing B. Vinkemuld- er, K. Crawford, V. Van Haitsma, and I. Vander Hoek the stage arrange- ment. E. Casmier. M. Doornink. R. Wessels, H. Timmer. I. Ellis, V. Van Haitsma, E. Malkewitz, T. Lyon. F. Batties, I. Brower, M. Norden. Third row: I. Koolen, D. Gage, B. Hesse, K. Winsemius, T. Grant, F. Fry, B. Weersing, D. Salm, M. Vander Visse, B. Leonard. Absent members are C. Bertsch, S. Boyd, I. Gill. C. Iacobsen, H. Plumb, K. Potover, L. Hazoog, M. Wilson, D. Iones, I. Browning, B. Provonche. -103- First row: S. Parmenter. B. Hester, I. Marshland, P. Danold, M. Barnes, W. Coleman. E. Mack, G. Shoup, Cook. I. Iacobson, H. Adrian, C. Royce, D. Tuuk, D. Bone. K. . Cole. Second row: R. Ganer, Y. Behler, C. Hester, S. Ragir, l . . . C. Krampton. W. Everett, B. Kinsal, G. Ten Eck. Mggxg? Eovlgiei ildgggg' H' Fox' R' La Pomt' D' Third row: A. Iohn, D. Woodruff, I. Zevelkink, O. Mc Fifth row: Mr. Mitchell, P. Crawford, C. Veldema. Samba Ummm Qww Mmmm MWA Znfaqmwi From the orchestra pit rise strains of a Strauss waltz or the swelling basso of an operatic aria as the auditorium darkens for the evening's performance. The senior orchestra is composed of musi- cians Whose interests lie not only in playing finer music, but giving them contact with music of a symphonic nature Within the limits of their ability to play it, and acquaint them with musi- cal literature by the great composers. One has to love music to be able to play it. Sidney Lanier said, Music is love in search of a Word. Some of the members of the Stagger Class are I-I. Willemstein, D. Somerdyke, and I. Swenson. Iunior Orchestra. First row: Cellos: M. Gaylor, I. Stucklcmd, I. Harper. Violins: M. Scharmuck, D. McConnaughy. Second row: Trumpets: U. Whating, A. Schutt. Clarinet: M. Velten. Viola: W. Pedley. Violin: P. Geldhof. Third row: Drummer: L. Nelson. Base Player: W. Chaffee. 3? ,nr-w in-mini.. Winifred Slack was chosen by the stu- dent body to be the Band Sponsor. goncf Www cm -Qfefcf Members of the Iunior Band are, left to right: Back row: Drums T. Frey, L. Harvey, G. Horner. I. Steketee. S. Eleveld. V. Pettengill Basses: D. Ziegler, I. Swenson, H. Willemsteim. Trombones: H Wittems, H. Alkema, I. Mitts, K. Leestma, I. Burger. Comets: K Ten Eck, D. Somerdyke. Middle row: Clarinets: R. Kruithotf, I. Swanson, R. Zwingeberg K. Harshberger, G. Abbey. Saxophones: L. Lang, I. Goethel. Bari- tones: N. Ver Merris, B. George. Cornets: T. Heines, B. Velten. K Wood. Front row: Clarinets: I. Huiford. B. Edison. Flute: P. Anderson French Horns: B. Tetro. D. Hens, K. Colby. Comets: C. May. R Collins. Trumpets blare, drums sound, and Ottawa's Band swings down the field to the rhythm of a Sousa march. A glorious spectacle of color and precision. With military bearing the band marches in parades and at football games. The band also won a first rating in a music festival held at Ottawa. Our band distinguished themselves in their International Music Concert. As guest conduc- tor Mr. W. D. Revelli held the spotlight for the evening. The music played represented the many nationalities of the world. A number of delegates went to Ann Arbor to play solos in the District Festival and re- turned with honors. Next year Ottawa's band will march proud- ly down the street in dazzling new uniforms, for through the efforts of a Community group and their Pow Wow it will be made possible. The Pow Wow was an indoor carnival which was well attended by several thousand specta- tors, sift The members of the Senior Band: First row: D. Shiet, Second row: H. DeWitt. P. Bartlett, R. Peterson, M. B. Coleman, A. Gothal. C. Gritter. S. Fuehrer, S. Brown- Drud. R. Harrison, R. Wiarda, R. Buchanon. L. Van ing, Mr. Mitchell. I. Browning. M. Miller, E. Gounos. I. Sprang, H. Adrian, W. Iohnson, B. Boop. A. Vander Gladstone. G. Shew. Mey, M. Buckers, O. McDanold. iii P The students who took part in the Dickens' Christmas Carol at the Christmas Assembly are. Standing: Bob Clark: Sitting: Ralph Bonsworth, Mil- dred Vemaire, Patty Semeyn, and Mary Carmalita Guerin. Here is lean Browning doing a tango at the Pan-American Assembly. Above: We F have Bob Van Ness. with his drums: watch- ing him is lean Browning. Pris- c i ll a Donald- son. and Tom Droste. At the right: Lois Sluiter. Editor of t h e Le g e n d, and Dan Shook. as- sistant editor. 14 ' gawk E h Gounos is an accomplished piano and Elizabet num player. 'W -112- The master of ceremonies announces that special attention has been given to produce finer assemblies for the student body's enjoy- ment. lt gives many students the chance tor recog- nition ot their talents and at the same time pro- vides leisure moments for the pupils. The reason in giving assemblies is to edu- cate and enlighten the student body. ln a passing review ot the numerous assem- blies sponsored at Ottawa this year we chose the following as the most popular: the Christ- mas Assembly, the one observing Pan-Ameri- can Day, the Michigan State Police Demonstra- tion, and the one commemorating Lincoln's Birthday. In the presentation ol every assembly it has brought together a closer understanding be- tween the students and faculty. Responsibility and the willingness to work falls on the shoul- ders ot all who take part in their production. ,Avy The members of the Legend Staff are. on the left: I. T 1 h b h t h 1 ,th th Browning, P. Donaldson. L. Iacohs, B. Ward, R. Clifford, T. wo O t e HoY:'Kw 0 are 3 greg eBpkwl elf Robinson. R. Prince I. Steele. B. Dixion, W. Hansen, M. Fudge, Cameras' are ef nqpe an 'mum G er' H. Worfel: and on the right: M. Chapman, B. Herrinton, H. Reiter, G. Lawrence, I. Waterman, M. Miller. T. Droste. A. Ripstrcx, L. Sluiter, and D. Shook. Mr. Buboltz at the end. Mary Geldhof and Betty Dean, reporters on the Spectator, are getting pointers from Mr. Buboltz. ,S j kkefmfmp ln making every theatrical presentation a success it's necessary to have advertising and publicity of some nature. Our publication department at Cttawa is made up of the Spectator and Legend staff, and the Printing classes. All the necessary ad- vertising for Mimes, The Senior Play, and other school activities is handled by this department. There are- many advantages in taking jour- nalism, Spectator, or Legend Work, Such a course teaches diplomacy, accuracy, initiative, and leadership. lt promotes the use of their creative mind in expressing school spirit and school life. Later in life some staff members find opportunities for securing jobs as report- ers or journalists. Any person who desires to take publications must file application with the advisor. fn the first semester one usually starts out in a minor staff position and learns the fundamental prin- ciples of journalism. By the second semester advanced work in journalism and a major position on the staff is offered. The annual Legend, another part of publication, is pro- duced by the seniors. It is a one-semester sub- ject requiring experienced staff members. lf you feel you have something to offer, if you like to Write, and spend long hours making required projects exact in measurement, and repeating all work that is incorrect, the Legend Staff seeks you as a future member. 'QI'- rhe me b 5' Peterse: its of the S tlilorg, P ' . Heye Pectator S' ifwqlsen' Ci.Mifvli1wee' rfifyclifqndervigiare' on the 1 1 Q'nderB Ifsonl Qreeb' f D, Win! el Chq oschf B D R' Wesfe W- lfzkoj ers. B Andpman. H, Ci? Sim. G. L fmun, T- R ' W. Van' re. iford. K. Brofsvvgensj-e,SM, Cggfgizilin, L ' - chmfd, U f M. ' hd E. -113- f I 'Tx -..x.,V , 't . , 1 , W f 4 '41 . X .X X .Q I 4 t J , t I it ff t W Miss Robinson is giving some help Busily typing are Iohn Medemdorp. Harriet Raab in the front to Virginia Parmenter. Beverly Bartlett, row. In the second row: Melvin Miller and Tim Raahil: also in the and Esther Haire. background are Ed Mack. Kathaleen McGarry. and Ernest Muller. G 25 Marion Cook is making a recording on the Dicta- phone while Margerie Room looks on. Sue Swier and Betty Penny are writing short- hand, keeping time with the music. Ummm swam W rife ww The theater is divided into three depart- ments. They are the technical, the business and the artistic. Each part is of equal impor- tance and cannot get along without the other. Our theater at Ottawa naturally has its financial contracts, accounting, and stenogra- phy. The bookkeepers, typists, and account- ants are all skilled in their particular field. Ottawa's theater box office is the commer- cial department. lt has long been a contribut- ing factor to the future success of many stu- dents. No matter what field of occupation they enter upon graduation, the commercial sub- jects such as typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, and business math have done their part in securing jobs for these young graduates. Almost every occupation requires a certain amount of bookkeeping. These studies are in- dividual ones and may develop student talents along this line, assuring them of future posi- tions in business houses, and developing their accuracy and dependability. The knowledge of operating all business machines is primarily important in business and is taught to com- mercial students in the school. The various business machines are as follows: the adding machine, the accounting machine, the mimeo- graph, and the dictaphone. Every commercial pupil is taught the funda- mentals of office routine such as: the proper position for typing and shorthand, and how to file reports and cards. To encourage the pupils to increase their speed and accuracy in typing special awards are given. -114- g NF' Here Mildred Pleog is typing from the recording of the Dictaphone. Cathrine Iasma is busily engaged at th e Mimeo- graph machine. Congraiulaiions to the Senior Class of 1940 The Printing, Engraving and Binding of this book was done by The Dean-Hicks Company Grand Rapids, Michigan Photography for this book was done by Brubaker Studio Herpolsheimer Company Couiier Studio Robinson Studio Faingolot Studio Van Dyke Studio Gold-Tone Studio, Ino. Versluis Studio KAction Photography by Versiuis Studiol -115- Art . . Assemblies . Band . . Baseball . Basketball . . Braille Department . Camera Club . . Chemphybio Club . Commercial Club . . . Commercial Department . Contents .... Cordelier Club . Debate . . Dedication . Drum Maiorettes . Eighth Grade .... Elementary Department . English Department . Football . . . Foreword . . French Club . Freshmen . . Girls' Athletics . Girls' Meet . Golf . . Hi-Y Club .... History Department . Home Economics Club . Home Economics Department . . Industrial Arts Department Index Iuniors . . . Iunior-Senior Prom . Language Department Latin Club . . . Lewa Club . Library .... Mathematics Department Mimes Club . . . Music Department . National Honor Society Orchestra .... Paint and Brush Club Peace Pipe Oration . Principals .... Publications . . Quill and Scroll . School Lite . . . Science Department . Senior Class Officers . Senior Girls' League . Senior Play . . . Senior Review . Seniors . . Seventh Grade . Sophomores . . Student Council . Tennis . . Track . Wrestling . -116- Autograp v N25 N 4' 1 ,x, ' I r W f ki' N A I X' an xo . i B 6, i .u 1 :' - 4 ' V 'Q :Iwi I . V ' ld AJ 5,1 J ki' N ., 'lt 1 L, 'x ' V' ki. 1 V ko Ll. f , u. J le I 90 C M' i-lv ' .xi 5' o O .1 - 117 - fa Club Directory Camera Club Walter Schantz PRESIDENT Herbert Knape SECRETARY-TREASURER Miss Caldwell SPONSOR MEMBERS: Duncan Baker. Paul Berry. Louis Kaufman. Orville McDanold. Chemphybio Iohn Kett PRESIDENT Beth Hester VICE-PRESIDENT Patricia Allen SECRETARY Halden Adrion TREASURER Mr. Hanson SPONSOR MEMBERS: Elizabeth Brunsen. Roseiean Clifford. Iean Anne Daily. Margie Graff. Bill Iensen. Louis Kaufman. Robert Land- stra. Roger Larson. Gordon Lawrence. Patricia Lawrence. Monette Miller. Sally Ragir. Theresa Robertson. Gloria Ryskamp. Kathryn Schellack. Daniel Shook. Doris Slocum. Eleanor Stiles. Lois Streelman. Iohn Treacy. Donna Van Dyken. Bruce Vinke- mulder. and Harriet Worfel. Commercial Club FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER Shirley Keegstra PRESIDENT Esther Oosterhot Esther Oosterhoi VICE-PRESIDENT Betty Roodyoets Betty Roodvoets SECRETARY Norma Nell Kidder Della Rykse TREASURER Esther Haire Mary Iane DeYoung SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Marion Cook SPONSORS: Miss Barnaby and Miss Robinson. MEMBERS: Garnet Barager. Ethel Breen. lane De Young. Mar- iorie Dykstra. Dorothy Griese. Helen Holst. Dorothy Norton. Iane Norton. Wilma Pastoor. lean Pell. Rosemary Reiter. Mar- iarie Roon. Ioan Sharp. Genevieve Stevens. Betty Wood. and Elsie Van Stee. Cordelier Club FIRST SEMESTER 'SECOND SEMESTER Beniamin Pipp PRESIDENT lack CCUISOD lack Carlson VICE-PRESIDENT Bob Etheridge Bob Morrisey SECRETARY Zack Starritt Bill Dixon TREASURER .Bill Dixon Bob Etheridge SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Benjamin Pipp SPONSOR: Mr. Ludwick. MEMBERS: Tom Blackburn. David Broderick. Tom Droste. New- ton Dilley. Don Hams. George McCargar. Philip McElwee. Henry Schmidt. Iames Shields. Bill Teasdale. Iohn Ward. and lack Wells. Hi-Y Club FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER Hubert Hauser PRESIDENT Iames Spencer Iohn Spalink VICE-PRESIDENT Charles Vanden Berg Iohn Christian SECRETARY Leonard Caro Iames Gately TREASURER Nick Heererna SPONSOR: Mr. Baker. MEMBERS: Stanley Auwers. Paul Berry. Ervin Bilderback. Robert Duiven. Harold Hendricks. Thomas Iones. Hoyt Kremer. Bill Landstra. lack MacCourt. William Marcus. Richard Maat- man. William Metcalf. Robert Reed. Philip Sevens. Daniel Shook. Paul Willits. and Iames Zarimba. Home Economics Club FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER Norma Nell Kidder PRESIDENT Virginia Parmenter VICE-PRESIDENT Hattie Amerongen Shirley Keegstra SECRETARY Clarlce Dekker Betty Morris TREASURER Norma Nell Kidder MEMBERS: Henrietta Boeze. Cornelia DeFouw. Rencella De Fouw. Marjorie Dykstra. Evigine Ensing. Loraine Ensing. Lor- raine Hall. Helen Holst. Monette Miller. Esther Osterhof. Ruth Spaman. Helen Stiles. Phyllis Truckle. Legend Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Lois Sluiter. ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Dan Shook. FACULTY EDITOR: Harriet Worfel. ASSISTANT: Mary Fudge. CLASS EDITOR: Gordon Lawrence. ASSISTANTS: Tom Bond. Betty Duiven. Monette Miller. Ioyce Waterman. SENIOR EDITOR: Barbara Harrington. ASSISTANTS: Tom Droste. Margaret Chapman. ACTIVITIES EDITOR: Roseiean Clifford. ASSISTANTS: Lucille Iacobs. lane Steele. BOYS' SPORT EDITOR: Walter Hansen. ASSISTANT: Bill Dixon. GIRLS' SPORT EDITOR: Rosemary Reiter. ASSISTANT: Betty Ward. SCHOOL LIFE EDITOR: lean Browning. ASSISTANT: Priscilla Donaldson. ART EDITOR: lack Wells. BUSINESS MANAGER: Alfred Rypstra. ASSISTANT: Dick Ernst. PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITOR: Duncan Baker. ASSISTANTS: Theresa Robertson. Roger Prince. GENERAL ADVISOR: Harry P. Buboltz. BUSINESS ADVISOR: Leon Miller. PHOTOGRAPHY ADVISOR: Alma Seegmiller. CIRCULATION EDITOR: Kathyrn Zimmer. Lewa Club Wyllis Ryskamp PRESIDENT Helen Beamer VICE-PRESIDENT lean Browning SECRETARY Margie Ornee TREASURER Miss Sheehan SPONSOR MEMBERS: Alice Allen. Anna Behrens. Dorothy Barendse. Mar- garet Chapman. Roseiean Clifford. Phyllis Condon. Mae Chand- ler. Katherine Crawford. Iune De Young. Bett De Vries. Merrie Geldhoi. Mary Ellen Gill. Elizabeth Gounos. Itlary Helm. Carol Hedrick. Ruth Kessel. Sylvia Kooi. Betty Morris. Mary Francis MacDonald. Helen Ogden. Harriet Raab. Betty Tornga. Ruth Van Dusen. Gertrude Vrede Velde. Katherine Young. The National Honor Society Leonard Caro PRESIDENT lean Anne Gamwell VICE-PRESIDENT Margie Graff SECRETARY Henry Schmidt TREASURER Mr. D. Toland SPONSOR MEMBERS: Stanley Auwers. Ethel Breen. Robert Beukema. Iean Browning. Margaret Chapman. Carol Clark. Marian Cook. Willis De Boer. Newton Dilley. Esther Haire. Barbara Herrinton. Elizabeth Hersman. Louis Kaufman. Shirley Keegstra. Iohn Kett. Herbert Knape. Hoyt Kremer. Betty La More. Patricia Lawrence. Orville MacDonald. Iane Norton, David Potts. Wilma Pastoor. Beniamin Pipp. Harold Rockwell. Eugenia Setsma. Virginia Schnell. Dan Shook. Winifred Slack. Eleanor Stiles. Lois Sluiter. Maxine Takens. Harriet Worfel. Bruce Vinkemul- der. Roberta Wright. Patricia Wilcox. and Patricia Wilmarth. Mimes Club Robert Hammer PRESIDENT Phyllis Schoonbeck VICE-PRESIDENT Marcia Hushour SECRETARY Louis Kaufman TREASURER MEMBERS: Alice Allen. Edith Anderson. Duncan Baker. Elaine Bartlett. Betty Battjes. Louise Bolt. Mary Buiten. Arthella Cadey. lack Carlson. Margaret Chapman. lean Anne Daily. Robert Dehaan. Mary Iane De Young. Russel Dooge. Betty Duiven. Iohn Evans. Mary Fudqe. Lewis Geistert. Mary Geldhof. Betty Gilkerson. Dorothea Gill. Mary Anne Glass. Margie Graff. Robert Hammer. Barbara Herrinton. Betty Hersman. Cynthia -118- Club Directory Hester. Abigail Hurd. Marcia Hushour. Margaret Iohnson, Louis Kaufman, Norma Kidder. Mary lane Kirchgessner, Herbert Knape, Helen Knecht, Hoyt Kremer. Julie Kruse, Merry Kru- mann, Pat Lawrence. Robert MacMillan, Larr McCartin, George Miller, Spencer Morton, Helen Ogden, Richard Oswald, Ben Pipp, Sally Ragir, Morton Reed, Rosemary Reiter, Fay Ring, Willis Ryskamp, Henry Schmidt, Vir inia Schnell, Robert Sc noor, Phyllis Schoonbeck, Phillip Seven, Ioan Sharp, Karl Shuart, Winitred Slack, Kay Snook, lim S encer, Eleanor Stiles, Sue Swier. William Teesdale, Sally Vande-zcar, Mary Beth Van- der Wiere. Ann Vennell, Betty Ward, Iean Wearanga, Dorothy Winters, Harriet Woriel, Roberta Wright. Clay Zuiderhoek. The Quill cmd Scroll Virginia Schnell PRESIDENT Lois Sluiter VICE-PRESIDENT Elizabeth Hersman SECRETARY Margie Graff TREASURER Miss Holmes SPONSOR MEMBERS: lean Browning, Margaret Chapman, Roseiean Clit- iord, Betty Dean, Mary Fudge. Merrie Geldhol, Elizabeth Gounos, Walter Hanson, Barbara Herrinton, Norma Heyer. lean Hubbard. Marcia Hushour, Lucille Iacobs, Gordon Lawrence, Monette Miller. Margie Ornee, Lillian Peterson, Katherine Potts. Alfred Rypstra. Barbara Sailors, Walter Schantz, Daniel Shook. Eleanor Stiles. Geraldine Wilson, Patricia Wilmarth, Dorothy Winters, Harriet Woriel. Gertrude Vredeveld. The Point cmd Brush Club Constance Samnanes PRESIDENT Virginia Satin VICE-PRESIDENT Corinne Steury SECRETARY-TREASURER Miss Pruitt SPONSOR MEMBERS: Marguerita Andrews, Shirley Blake, Frank Bowen. Winitred Cam, Elizabeth Chatlee, Patricia Hazelett, Ruth Mary Hondort, Iohn Q-uimbi. Connie Sampanes. Virginia Satin, Mary Ioe Sherwood. eona Start, Corinne Start, Ruth Swart, Vivien Wright, and Bill Thompson. Senior Girls' Leotgue Betty Hersman PRESIDENT Marjorie Haines VICE-PRESIDENT Roberta Teele SECRETARY Helen Knecht TREASURER Betty Batties CORRESPONDING SEC'Y Mary Buiten SERGEANT-AT-ARMS SPONSORS: Miss Seegmiller. Miss Bader. Miss Zimmer, and Miss Caldwell. GROUP LEADERS: Eleanor Stiles, Lois Sluiter, Virginia Schnell, and Wyllis Ryskamp. MEMBERS: Group l: Alice Allen. Carol Clark, Helen Collins, Marjorie Dykstra, Mary Geldhott, Betty Gilkerson. Virginia Hanney, Florence Hansen, Eleanor Herema. Betty Hersman. Virginia Hoyt, Shirley Keegstra, Pat Lawrence, Marian Leitch. Vivian Mack, Doris McGillen, Helen Ogden, Ruth Perschbacker, Betty Roudvoets. Pauline Shaloup, Ioan Sharp. Winitred Slack. Annette Van Dore. Eleanor Wiersma, Betty Wood, Roberta Wright. Group 2. Edith Anderson. Wylodine Atwater, Garnet Barager. Louise Bolt, lean Browning, Arthella Cady, Margaret Chapman, Betty Dean, Mary Fudge. Margie Grail. Abigail Hurd. Iean Hubbard, Helen Holst. Margaret Iohnson, Norma Kidder. Betty La More. Betty Luce, Esther Oosterhoi, Faye Ring, Iac- quiline Riste, Betty Provonche, lean Schlisser, Roberta Teele. Mary VanderWiere. Harriet Worfel, lean Wearanga, Gerry Wilson, and Mary De Young. Grouo 3: Dorothy Barsendse, Elaine Bartlett, Betty Batties. Mary Buiten, Roseiean Clifford, lean Ann Daily, Evagene Ensing, Dorothea Gill, Mary Ann Glass. Mariorie Haines. Iean Hook. Marcia Hushour, Merry Krumann, Iulie Krause. Monette Miller, Virginia Parmenter. Rose- mary Reiter, Kay Snook, Edith Swartz, Elsie Van Stee, Betty Ward. and Dorothy Winters. Group 4: Elinor Boukamp. Kathryn Crawford, Priscilla Donaldson. Betty Duiven. Elizabeth Gounos, Dorothy Griese, Esther Haire. Ruth Hodges, Barbara Herring- ton, Mary Iane Kirchgessner, Helen Knecht, Betty Overholt, Sally Ragir, Phyliss Schoonbeck. Iane Steele, Ioyce Tetro, Ann Vennell, Ioyce Waterman. and Dorothy Woodhouse. Spectator Stott MANAGING EDITOR: Norma Heyer. ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Lillian Peterson SPORTS EDITOR: George Ghareeb. ASSISTANT5: Gertrude Vredeveld, and Phil McElwee. REPORTERS: Ianice Vanden Bosch, Shirley Smith, Barbara Sailors, Merrie Geldhol. Patricia Wilmortb, Leonard Vander Iagt, Charles Dillenbeck, and Donald Vande Visse. FEATURE EDITOR: Eleanor Andre. ASSISTANT: Ruth Westerman. PI-IOTOGRAPI-IIC EDITOR: Margaret Chapman. ASSISTANT: Betty Dean. ALUMNI EDITOR: Gerry Wilson. ASSISTANT: Ruth Brower. COLUMNIST: Mary Esther Boot. BUSINESS MANAGER: Gordon Lawrence. ASSISTANT: William Azkoul. ADVERTISING MANAGER: Roseiean Cliilord. ADVERTISING SALESMEN: Margaret Chapman, Gordon Law- rence, Iames Muste, Dorothy Winters. Charles Dillenbeck. and Wesley Van Malsen. FACULTY ADVISOR: Mr. Harry P. Buboltz. CIRCULATION ADVISOR: Miss Kathryn Zimmer. FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER Newton Dilley CONSUL George McCarger Pat Lawrence VICE-CONSUL Pat Rathbone Lois Streelman RECORDING SEC'Y Barbara Hatch Davis East TREASURER Bill Coleman SPONSORS: Miss Smith and Miss Davis. MEMBERS: Hal Adrion, Pat Allen, Mary Anderson, Anna Baar, Yvonne Behler, Ann Behrens, Ervin Bilderback, Ward Brown, lean Browning, Elizabeth Brunson, Lois Burns. Keith Cole, Lud Daniels, Ruth Denherder, Ted Elterdink, Elsie Evans, Carl Frans. Rose Gane, Margie Grail. Marianne Gritiin. Eleanor Hadley, Barbara Hansen, Lois Hedrick, Maryiane Helm. Beth Hester, Narilyn Hoel. Barbara Iennings. Bill Iensen. Carl Iohnson, George Knabe. Sylvia Kooi, Ramon Lang, Roger Larson, Bill Lindhout. Mary Nastenbrook. Bill McCarty. Mary Lee Mosl-ner, Bill Murphy, Dorothy Nitz, lin Pare. Lillian Peterson, Dorothy Pipp, David Potts, Beth Rawn. Reed Roberts, Shirley Schutt, David Shook. Gale Shoup, Bill Skillings, Richard Tennis, Marilyn Hoel. Nancy Walker, and Iulie Zeigler. The Student Council Dan Shook PRESIDENT Esther Haire VICE-PRESIDENT Mary Zwald SECRETARY Newton Dilley TREASURER Miss Lewis SPONSOR MEMBERS: Phyllis Barnes, Betty Bilderback. Harry Bosscher. Earl Burger, Leonard Caro, Patricia Colby, Kathleen.Cooper, Willis De Boer, Theodore Elterdink, Ioseph Ellis. David Ernst, Dick Foote, Stanley Fuehrer. lean Gamwell. Beverlv Giller, Minerva Guerin, Bob Hammer. Hubert Hauser, Betty Hersman, Beth Hester, Marilyn Hoel. Carolyn Huizenga, Earl Ide, Louis Kaufman. Charles Kregel. Hoyt Kremer, Roger Larson, Alex Martin, Robert McBride. George McCargar. Shirley McVoy. Esther Oosterhoi, Virginia Parmenter. Beniamln Pxpp, Carl Poelstra, David Post. David Potts, Patricia Rathbone, Fred Razoog, Wyllis Ryskamp, Walter Schantz, Virginia Schnell, Thomas Senseman, Ieraldine Smith. Iames Spencer, Shirley Stark. Raymond Steele, Richard Tennis, Carl Ten Broek. Gordon Van Hoeven, Vernon Van Haitsma. Sue Walker, Betty Williams, Malcolm Wilson, Kenneth Wood, and David Worm. -119- Qmfiwlf . ,W ,jr J EZJJK. frlwff x J -x-A X - XJ-- x x Jil N6 9 J I V X., . J E Ii E, S 5 T Q 1 4