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

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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

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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

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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-