St Joseph High School - Crescent Yearbook (St Joseph, MI)

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Board of Education Seated, left to right: Mr. Place, Mr. Reddel, Dr. Bliesmer, Mr. Starke, Mr. Honens. Standing: Mr. Herkner, Mr. Sprunger, Mx. Gillespie. Board of Education The Board of Education of the Saint Joseph Public Schools is responsible for educational policy and planning. At a monthly meeting with Superin- tendent Place, they are giving their attention to the reports of the White House Conference on Education. ,u--"- I Here you see a father and son team coming to school. They are Mr. Place, our school superintendent and his son Jim, one of our seniors X. Mr. Luitie, who is administrative assistant at St. Joseph High School and is in charge of student attendance, fills out a pass for Dave Williams, the month's Junior Rotarian.

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of I955- 956 3 JANUARY 3. School resumes- back to the salt mines 6. Holland Christian stops St. Joe, 62-60 6-7. Mixed Chorus presents "The Lowland Sea" 13. Bears whip Dowagiac Chiefs, 54-31 17. Senior boys grow beards 20. Semester ends - linal exams - Down with education! 20. Bears outscore Holland, 67-64 23. New semester begins -On with education! 24. Muskegon Catholic Central falls to the Bears, 75-53 27. Holland Christian edges St. Joe, 64-61 FEBRUARY 3. Bears swamp Buchanan, 80-53 4. St. Joe stops Grand Haven, 79-68 10. Bears push by Niles, 65-64 11. Heartbeat held for Twin City Y-Teens 17. Bears trimmed by Dowa- i giac, 75-73 18. Student Council Variety Show Financial Success 24. St. Joe runs over Mus- kegon Catholic Central, 88-54 24. Sharon Ruthsatz entertains a "few friends" at a in A 'E 3 slumber party 24-25. Lost Weekend!!! MARCH 2. Band and Orchestra take "firsts" at District Contest ,W 7. Tournaments begin, Bears lick Buchanan, 57-44 9' 10. Bears win District, Dowagiac taken, 47-44 15. Career Day! Time Marches On 16. SJHS defeats Allegan in Regionals 17. Bears bow out of tournaments, lose to State High 23. Benton Harbor exchange assembly 24. Thespians go to Kalamazoo 30. Easter Assembly and Vacation - Five days of Freedom APRIL 9. School resumes 13. County Institute-twenty-four for free 21. State Contests for band and orchestra at Ann Arbor 27-28. Junior Class presents Tattletale MAY 11. Orchestra Concert - Sweet strings sing 19. Prom - who needs money? 30. Memorial Day Holiday Mazenblues distributed Lats week of Senior classes and tests JUNE 3. Baccalaureate Sunday 4. Senior Picnic- Who will get a bath this year? 7. ws happy time! COMMENCEMENT 8. Summer vacation begins

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The Educational Program of the School Saint Joseph High School offers many challenging courses to its students. The academic studies give a foundation in the liberal and fine arts as well as con- structive advancement in sciences and mathematics. Basically these subiects furnish the groundwork for further study in colleges and universities. The courses in the practical arts give practice in home management and preparation for iobs in offices and in- dustry. The commercial and industrial arts departments otfer credit for on-the- iob training as well as courses in the basic skills of each department. The high school also offers some special educational helps. The school has a library and a school librarian. A speech correctionist is available for con- sultation and help. The school nurse and her monitors olfer health service. One of the most rapidly expanding parts of the school curriculum is the driver's training program. ln the faculty section which follows, you will see pictures of the teachers at work carrying out the educational plans of the school. "Speak right into the mike, Judi," says Mr. MacKay, the principal, to Judi Jasper, a senior speech student. Here is Your clministration The high school secretaries are Mrs. lindal and Mrs, Welsh. Mrs. Lindal keeps the school attendance records, and Mrs. ' ' Welsh does the bookkeeping for high school accounts. Mn. cron is secremry 'O Mr' more and the Board of Education, Mrs. Scott, who is consulting with her, is Mr Luitie's secretary.