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

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COMMERCIAL STUDENTS ASSIST RATION BOARDS Typing at sixty words a minute didn't baffle Dorothy Garret, Elsie Hach, Mary Michel, Mary Rendell, Marcella VanGines, and Valerie Warsing while a shorthand speed of eighty words a minute was no chore for Lenora Alcock, Doris Anderson, Donna Arthur, Eleanor Collver, Shirley Dye, Arlene Fox, Clara Green, Loraine Hawkins, Leslie LaFlair, Donna Marx, Margaret Matson, Mary Michel, Joyce Parker, Harriet Sarow, Dorothy Stanko, Marjory Reed, Joyce Reeder, Marilyn Riedingler, Sally Trombley, Marcella VanGines, Joan Vermurlen, Barbara Walsh, Genevieve Winiecke, and June York. A speed of 120 words a minute may seem Mercurian but that is the rate many transcription students attain. In former years the students received speed pins, but because of the metal shortage certificates were awarded this year to Mary Kay Chism, Lorine Keinath, Lillian King, Florence Kutsch, Nina Parkin, Lila Pretzer, Ethel Simkins, and Betty Winterstein. Gaining practical skills in stenography and office work, by cut- ting stencils, typing letters and lists, and filing for the office and faculty the office practice class also tabulated the all-school math test. The fate of bookkeeping students lies in their practice sets which are graded at the end of the semster. By assisting merchants who were short of help, salesmanship students received pay for their work after school and on Saturdays. Mock trials were held during class and the students attended trials at the Court House to apply and check information gained in their commercial law study. Seventy-nine girls enrolled in the new blue print reading class with Mr. Ben O. Damberg, instructor. In preparation for work in the war industries the girls learned general terms and practiced reading prints. Mechanical drawing boys training for the industry experienced study in a layout, planning, drawing, tracing, and blueprinting commando course. Students worked on cabinets for the agriculture room, and on the tracing and printing of navigation charts. Shop students were instructed by Mr. W. H. McLeod, first semester, and Mr. Herbert Kent, second semester. Mr. Kent in- troduced a job plan for work in the shop, with job sheets as an integral part. Boys not busy with assigned jobs in metal or wood work, did blueprint reading or special projects, such as making plaques, lamps, coffee tables, trays, bowls, and smoking stands. Actual experience in running the machines was provided each boy to give him confidence in himself, which is necessary in securing a job. l'RAk l'll'Al, otliue experience is gained by llah XYull'g:liig', 'Irene Krause, Betty iiarrett at the llcsli Ruth Nlcl.e:in, Irene Gauze, and litliel Snnkins who help out in the srln-ol oflice. Sl'l'ilClJ eleninns lletty Fox, Kliu'jo1'ie Reed, and lloris Veitengrnlxer take short- llnnrl wlictzxtimi at sixty and eiglity words 11 minute. .Xl l'l'Al.l.Y making sales in Il flown town shop are Sully Lewis mul l.Lnlctt:i Mc-y. XYORKINH for speed, llut Nziisinytli, Lillian Mohr, lilarilyn Sliernizin, :incl .lean .Xnn Neuhaus in Il typing 4 class. LOOKING up Il forgntteii lioultlsecpiiig fl'1l.llS2ICtlUll, is lfllizin King. l i 4 20 LEGENDA

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NEW EMPHASIS ON MATH OFFERINGS With a knowledge of mathematics a requirement in factory and armed services alike four hundred and twenty-two students took courses in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. During the first semester and an inventory of the math knowledge of the school was taken on January 12, when the entire student body was tested in advisories. The results were high. In many cases the sopho- mores rated as high or higher than the seniors. Each grade was divided into groups according to the number of semesters of math each had. The groups ranged from no math to eight semesters. Thirty-three seniors, nineteen juniors, and eight sophomores had perfect scores. The problems which were missed most frequently were in substraction and division. In the group of students who had had no semesters of math the sophomores took first place, seniors second, and the juniors third. Geometry students found interception problems of everyday life interesting and solved approximately two a week. Correct answers were determined by comparison in class rather than an answer book. Bill Eichler made a clever intercepting problem by having an American pursuit plane take of and intercept a Jap bomber. The major project in geometry was the Loci booklets. Stepped up production brought a need and interest in all fields of science along with the introduction of three new courses. Food problems, with a good enrollment of rural students, made a course in agriculture feasible. The activities of the subject are organized through the Future Farmers of America Club of which Ivan Sparks was president. Bill Steckert and Bill Tagget devised an automatic trap nest and Fred Plettenberg and Fred Stubbs completed an electric thermos bottle for chickens. Ivan Sparks and Walter Frahm made a model of a laminated rafter barn as their project while, Carl Weiss and Alfred Klein modeled a modern laying house. Commu- nity classes are organized by the boys and include both students and adults. Four boys are members of the Dairy Herd Improve- ment Association qualifying by a three-day course at Michigan State College. Boys in navigation have learned sailing and nautical terms. The special projects were charting courses and tying knots. In aeronautics future pilots study meteorology, navigation and map charting, general servicing, civil air regulation, airplane construc- tion, and communications. The students took a government test in the subjects required for a private pilot's license. Those pass- ing all tests are given credit by the Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion. Twenty-six Hills are Civil Air Patrol Cadets. The physics course this year was aimed di1'ectly at the war pro- gram. Men trained in the principles of electricity, light, mechanics, and sound are needed in the armed forces. Physics is studied to give the basic rules of machines and engineering and to allow stu- dents to find and develop scientific interests. Throughout the year Lenore Vasold, president of the Alchemists, was awarded the certificate for doing the most outstanding work in chemistry. Other Alchemists included Jessie-May Ahrens. Yvonne Bates, Pat Brock, Faith Francis, Cora Marie George, Sally Holcomb, Mary Kay Joseph, Alberta Krebbs, Donna Leidlein, Zoe Mason, Virginia Peglow, Mary Ellen Ringelberg, and Janice Ward. Ray Smith is president of the Crucibles. club for boys taking chemistry. Ben Damberg, Roy Eischer, Bob Griese. Warren Hay, Tom Lohr, War- ren Oehring, Dave Oeming, Bill Peckover, and Bill Schultz are members. Among the projects of the chemistry classes during the year were notebooks on accident prevention, welding, aluminum, movies, and special analysis work in the lab supervised by Mr. A. G. Dersch, instructor. Tl'1S'l'lNG milk as they were taught in a Michigan State College Agricultural course are lion iValter, Bill VVright, lid l,eaman, and Tom Aspin. DI-ILVING deeply into the cell, plant, and animal structures in their Biology class are Bob Peterson, Margaret Schntierer, Bob Smith, anal Lorraine Mielke. LEARNING how to tie knots as one of their navigation projects are Bob Duive, Charles Thery, ,lim Troniiner, Tom VVadrlell, George VVnln1oyer, Don Boese, XVII- fred Raymond, and jack Schuknecht. CIIARTING an aeronautical course are Ben llaniberg and Gordon Dubay. PROYING that the pressure of a liquid is-independent upon the shape of its container are llill Stenglein and Merle Page in physics class. XVORKlNG in the chemistry lab are Lenore Vasold, Alchemists president, and Ray Smith, president of the Crucibles. EXAMINING loci projects are llave XYoocl, llnane Spence, Colleen WVhite, Dan DeGraFf, Colleen Maquct, Bob F. Braun, and Dale Smith. TAKING a test in Algebra 4 are Albert Ball, Sally iVaters, liclwin Boehm, Gene Engel, and Jim Fonlds. SOI.VlNG wincl clraft problems Ray lfrienil, Roy liischer, and Shirley Courtacle demonstrate in refresher math. BRUSIHNG up on arithmetic fundamentals are Lucille Davis, Vernice Meclaris, Elaine McCall, Nellie lilatakel, XYilnia Martin, Sally McArthur, Bob Ruppel, and Gordon Carrol. JUNE, 1943 C

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