Arthur Hill High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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TUDY AND LEADERSHIP One ol' Miss Gibbs' four speech classes in session with George Michel giving a master- piece from the stage in the Little 'Fheatetz Pure white walls, wide, airy windows ad' mitting plenty of good ol' man Sun makes the room so cheerful and coly that its no wonder speech students get up on the stage and speak with such gusto. Curtain call here may mean the end of a dratuatics playlet or the beginning olf a speech during a public speaking class. Cup- board space. two exits, one that leads into the student activity roetn and a public ad- dress connection, red, white, and blue stage lights all together make a complete back stage ol' the Little Theater. Bill Benson and Florence Carmell ol Mrs. Browns advisory, champion debaters. Second-place winners of debate, Ruth Haulle and Phyllis Graebner ol' Miss Gatz's ad- visory. now to 51, y tt. O stage fright, no and-a's , no knees wob- bling-that's what Johnny and Mary strive for when they meet in lLl1C Little Theatre each day for public speaking. Johnny and Mary acquire practical experience in getting a grip on themselves before a group by giving speeches ol' introductions, debates, sales- manship, imaginary travelogs, declamations, biog- raphies, stories, and poetry. Intramural debating proved especially popular to John and Mary this year when one hundred and four debate-minded verbal experts vied with Shakespeare on the questions: To Have or not to Have a jury and To Be Or Not To Be Isolated. Miss Burnice Gibbs, instructor, thrillingly re- marked that Arthur Hill was the only high school in the state that went in for this entertainment on such a large scale. Competition proved exceptionally keen, and there was many a time when the faculty who acted as judges had a difhcult time deciding whether the decision would be aflirmative or negative, but alter much pondering, out of their hats they always pulled a decision that was agreeable to everyone but the opposite side. For the semi-final, and Hnal debates, outside judges took over the job and named Bill Benson and Florence Carmell as the best debate team. Ruth Hauffe and Phyllis Graeb- ner were the runners-up. Students thought that the question of isolation was an impossible feat to dive into at Hrst, but alter Mr. Gerald Bates, Mrs. James Bruce, Miss Mary Hether- ington, Mr. August Neberle, and Mr. Howard Otto had tackled this problem, the hard working Hillites took on a different atti- tude. So it was that students from every advisory showed up to display their debating ability. Dorothy Ahrens, and Florence Carmell as exhibition clebaters on the question of isolation, Dorothy on the negative and Florence upholding the afhrma- tive, appeared on many alter- dinner programs at churches and clubs. The benefits of democracy, the secret of success, learn to swim, world peace! Yes, Johnny and Mary chimed in to prove their declaiming ability. Calm and reserved, Jim Muehlenbeck, chosen to represent his advisory, talked himself to the title of sophomore declaimer with Arlene Fish as runner-up and Ray Guerin to act as alternate in the district meet. In the district tournament held at Flint Central on April 19, jim Muehlenbeck proved his ability by coming in second, Other participants were Arlene Fish, declaimerg Dorothy Ahrens, extemporaneous speaker, and Donna. Jeanne Francis, orator. 27

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iii? 2 gill fi hgfllfllli li L6 ?t2d,s.zt.,.H.,Hz.sP.f:i5 examine as to learn and understand or memorizeg as, to study law or Ianguagesg to study a lessong a part, or a song. l HE 10B . . . a review of basic grammar . . . the first of the book reports .N . . composition too . . . Then the 10A with adventures in prose and poetry . . . Idylls of the! King and As You Like It . . . not to forget Silas Marner . . Some more grammar as a junior . . . plus modern short stories 'by the immortal O.'I-Ienry, Arthur Conan Doyle . . . spiced with such modern poems as Sandburg's Smoke and Steel, VVhitman's Thc Man With the Hoe, and Maseheld's sea poems . . , Comes the senior year with Higher Levels in grammar . . . when seniors takel a final peek at the seven parts of speech and the rules of punctu ation and sentence construction . . . then to launch out on those Adventures in English Literature hooks for the rest of the year . . . interspersements of themes and book reports . . . which, of course includes the climaxing 1,000 word theme . . . sti pushing on forward in English literature from Beowulf to Chaucer . . . up to the twentieth century writings . . . for the com- mercial seniors . . . there was also a course in business letter writing. Thus is outlined a dehnite and prominent part of every Hill' ite student's subject program throughout his sophomore, jun- ior, and senior years. i Many phases in the English curriculum are individualized in Johnny and Mary's minds by the working of special projects. An interesting one extended the study of Silas Marner in which Miss Mattie G. Crump's sopho- mores displayed novel characteri sketches, drawings of tlievarious characters, and newspaper, Thai Raveloe Weekly. l 26 p PPORTUNITIESFO Top-Miss Irma Stockdale, Miss Margaret Fraser, Miss Ella XfVoodman. Bottom-Mr. I4ICl'lllilll Ramsey, Mr. Earl Smith, Miss Amy Gatz. Study period in the library. An added help to English aspirants in the new school is the social science-English library to aid students in book reports and reference work. For the Hrst time guiding the English department as its chairman is Miss Irma Stockdale. W'ith her, mapping out the program of study and constantly finding new ideas to make the course more in- structive and interesting are Miss Mattie G. Crump, Miss Margaret Fraser, Miss Amy Gatz, Miss Burnice Gibbs, Miss Sally Howell, Miss Mary M. Lewis, Miss Ethel A. Peterson, Mrs. Eleanor Pollard Volk, Mr. Herman Ramsey, Mr. Stanley Schu- bert, Mr. Earl Smith, Miss Helen Spag- nuola, Miss F. Alison Spence, Mrs. Jule Ure, Miss Betty Mlhite, and Miss Ella VVoodman.

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'fllllll 'I' , FACULTY 'PAGE Homecoming was as it ever shall be, with its elec tion of tl1e queen and her z d ltten ants, with tl1e assembly where the queen, Barbara Le two attendants, Florence Carmell and Doris Fischer were formally presented to the student body in an impressing ceremony amidst the loud toot-ta-la-tooting of the school band. ckie and her Homecoming Day assembly with students squeezed in Shoe Horn HE get-to-gether idea for encouragement of pep, entertainment, and honoring our fellow students is a tradition even though we did have to stand up for it at the old building. But standing was .the least of the I-Iillites' worries espe- cially when they Hled into the Annex and witnessed assemblies that will remain long in the memory of all. After the Homecoming assembly with Dorothy Ahrens as chairman, outstanding among the get-to- gethers at the old building was the pre-Thanksgiving assembly. Everyone was accounted for: the team, band, cheerleaders, and queen's court all had their share in giving Johnny and Mary rip-roaring hilarious moments of pleasure. Then the new school with its beautiful, spacious auditorium challenged the committee. A number of varied programs with appeal for all were planned. March 6 seats in the auditorium were- chosen for advisories according to their activity standing. March 7, the air was Filled with a This is our First assembly attitude and when Mr. Brock walked across the platform to the mike and bowed his head the students reverently followed in offering a silent prayer of gratefulness. After a tableau, Vernon Sher- 28 Hall. From poor to wonderful conditions . . . the man, first chairman, introduced Dr. O. XV. Mfarming- ham, an authority on 'Mlorking Out a Philosophy of Life. A week later Frank XfVager introduced humorous yet philosophical Mr. 'fBi11go Brown-who talked on I-Iitchhiking Through Life, giving rules for success which teachers would call a perfect code, namely, Pay attention while in class, Go to school every day, and Do your Own work Today, not Tomorrow! No gong for the lucky amateur winners from all senior and junior high schools in the city who demon- strated talent for Hills, May 11, as a preliminary to a radio broadcast. After an all-school elimination con- test in each school, Dick Blackwell's band from Arthur Hillg a skit group from Saginaw High, ac- cordion and piano solos a violin trio and tln , , 'ee songsters from Webber, North, South, and Central proved to be the Hsurvivals of the iittest Representatives to the Saginaw Valley Speech con- test in Flint, Jim Muehlenbeck, Arlene Fish, and Donna Jeanne Francis with a strain of mui b , sc y Howard Redlern, xylophonist. and Jean Brock ac- . . , cordionist and Bob Page, giving the students a little lg . . 5 j ' ' . astc of ITA Family Fun Night added the saice to a variety assembly, with Ted Schnarr as chairman. first assembly in new building'