Three Rivers High School - Reflector Yearbook (Three Rivers, MI)

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Student teachers first semester: Robert Thill, history; Mike Ewing, history and English; Charles Swartz, industrial arts; Byroii Bond, speech; and Peter Jarrad, mathematics. Mr. Wills organizes his materials prior to the beginning vf a school day. Mrs. Langworthy and Mrs. Cleveland, on Hall Duty, discuss a Home Ec. Dept. problem.

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Upon Retirement, Mr. Roys Anticipates Traveling in U. S. Three Rivers High School will lose one teacher to retirement this year, Mr. Gerald Roys. After a thirty-year teaching career Mr. Roys has long looked forward to his retirement and plans to travel extensively. During his thirty years of teaching Mr. Roys has taught primarily business subjects such as book- keeping, typing, and in some years, economics and commercial math. He has taught in various Mid- west schools: White Pidgeon, Constantine, Ionia, Saranac, and Elgin, Illinois, as well as at a private business college in Ashtabula, Ohio, for five years. Besides classes in high schools, Mr. Roys has also taught adult classes and night school courses. Mr. Roys, who had always wanted to be a teacher, graduated from T.R.H.S. in 1921. He attended Ferris Institute in Big Rapids and Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. One person who has made a lasting impression upon Mr. Roys in attaining his professional goal was one of his instructors in college, Mr. W. M. Ferris, who was the founder of Ferris Institute. Mr. Roys has sincerely enjoyed his years of teaching at T.R.H.S. He has seen the school grow from four hundred in 1921 to the present enroll- ment of two and one half times that size. During his years of teaching he has ably equipped many, many students for work in the modem world. Now that his long awaited retirement has come, Mr. Roys plans to enjoy his hobbies of gardening and antique collecting and to travel over the United States. Perhaps the most enjoyable prospect to Mr. Roys is that he will not have to spend any more cold, snowy winters in Michigan! Gerald Roys

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Harry E. Striker, Steve A. Henderson, Charles S. Riley, Don E. lott. Science Classes Designed To Encourage Students To Progress at Own Rate Please help me adjust my microscope! What ' s the valance of Nitrogen? Where did you put my dis- secting needle? These are typical of the comments heard from the science students in their endeavor to master the subject. From the eighth grade study of general science through biology and physical science to chemistry and physics emphasis is placed on individual research and experimentation to prepare the student for his college science study. New this year is an honors chemistry course which covers principles of chemistry as an experimental sci- ence. The honors biology course initiated last year is progressing very well this year. In this course lab exer- cises and problem-solving techniques are stressed. These two subjects are designed to help the outstand- ing science student progress at his own rate. The main project of the science department for the year is the Science and Art Fair on March 15. Every science student is encouraged to make a project in the science field of his choice. Mr. Striker demonstrates to Dennis Lockwood the reaction resulting from the application of heat to a solution. 20