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

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'Y Librory periods provide s'ucIen7s with on opportunity for study and reference reading. Senior year As Seniors, johnny and Mary Hillite com- pleted their selected schedules. They met graduation requirements, and had a chance to turn minors into majors or to experiment in elective subjects that interested them. All seniors taking the college preparatory course are required to take English. If they are not planning to attend college they may take either non-college English or refresher mathematics. Every senior has a semester of American government and a semester of In the cornmercitil low class, court is in session with ROBERT WILSON, iudge, SCOTT PERKINS, witness, ond SHELDON BLOOMFIELD, prosecuting attorney. In costume design, MARY BRADY and DOROTHY OSMOND dress o model. economics. Senior boys must take physical fitness, while senior girls may take gym as an elective. ln English, johnny and Mary spent the first semester in grammar, drill, theme writ- ing, and passing the senior spelling require- ment. They read a number of plays, both old and new. The second semester, for the most part, was spent studying English litera- ture. A thousand-word theme, which pro- vided them practice in research and lengthy writing, was the main requirement in com- position. Non-college seniors taking English also studied grammar and theme writing. ln addition, they practiced letter-writing and read modern newspapers and magazines. T bought five thousand shares of Inter- national Nickel at 58 I, S, This statement was not heard on Wztll Street, but in 1945- 46 economics classes. Each of the students maintained an imaginary brokerage account, buying and selling stock. This was one of the many ways in which they applied their knowledge of money, banking, savings, in- vestments, insurance, and cost of living. ln American government class, Tolinny and Mary studied all departments of govern- ment. The management of villages, cities, the national government, the Constitution, Congress, and problems that might arise concerning certain legislation, were features of the course. To apply their knowledge of government management, seniors of govern- ment and economics classes held a munici- pal election to set up a duplicate of Sagi- naw's city government. The thirty-six selected students participated in annual stu- dent day at the City Hall. Seniors taking chemistry this year did research on accidents in daily life, city water problems, and iron and steel products. This work accompanied the daily classwork with formulas and chemicals. Solid geometry helped clarify for advanced math students the mysteries of three-dimen- MRS. LORNA ZIEGLER demonstrates to C1 boys' homemoking closs the proper use of silverware. The ottentive students include HARRY ARMSTRONG, KENNETH GULLIVER, CHRISTIAN MEYER, DAN IVICCAULEY, GALE BREU, JOE WALDERZAK, BEN DONAGHY, JOHN BAUM, ALBERT MOORE, ond DICK VERMURLEN. A girls' gym closs practices colisthenics before the girls begin tests or group gomes. 22 I ' LEGENDA

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In history study, MILDRED WEBER, OWEN REINERT, RUTH LITTLEJOHN, MARY In gymnasium class, DONNA BADOUR and GEORGIANNA CHISHOLM fight ELLEN BLUNT, and BRUCE BECKERT lead their class in an OBSERVER discussion. to bring their relay team the honors. colors, and crayon were developed. Posters and advertising are done in the commercial art classes while good design was stressed in the costume design class through a study of personal costume problems. Crafts classes give students a chance to express their initiative by doing individual planning on their work with whatever ma- terial they wish. The crafts students aided campaigns with Red Cross exhibits this year. johnny and Mary took public speaking in their first semester and radio the next. They wrote, gave speeches, and created programs for many community clubs and organiza- tions. In journalism, students learned the tech- nique of putting their schools activities into print. Every class project is a school service which helps the student discover his journal- istic abilities. During the second, third, and fourth semester credit courses, journalism students use their knowledge and get practi- cal experience in writing and publishing the Arthur Hill NEWS and the LEGENDA. In music, johnny and Mary may study band, orchestra, or choir with an eye to qualifying for these organizations. Working out algebra problems under the direction of MRS. JACOBSON are PHYLLIS FEDDER, GARY DUNHAM, BERTIE SWARTHOUT, RUTH LARSON, JIM HARRIS, and JIM SMITH. In public speaking, GINGER ELLIS is caught in the midst of her ten minute speezh. In journalism class, these students assist editors to bring the Arthur Hill NEWS to Hillites every two weeks. KATHLEEN BUEKER, MARY DAVIS, MARIE VLASSIS, PAT MCLEAN, NONA DAMMANN, LARRY ANGELL, ELAINE SEEHASE, SALLY SEDER, MARIAN YARMUTH, ARLENE SIEGGREEN. Standing: JEAN GRIESE, PAT HINES, BILL COLLVER, JANET SQUIRE, EDWARD GREER, MARY BUCKINGHAM, BILL CAMPBELL, BETTY DONAHUE, and DOROTHY STEFFE. In French class, reading an edition ot the French paper, Le Petit JOURNAL, are BEVERLEE WILKINSON, DUANE NUECHTERLEIN, MARILYN MCLURG, ANNABELLE DUPUIS, NANCY TOFT, ROSEMARY HEINEMAN, BONNIE RICHIR, and DOROTHY RUPP, JUNE, 1946 21

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In o senior English class, MISS IRMA STOCKDALE explains the use of reference cards in theme writing. sional space, and the properties, areas, and volumes of solids. Sine, cosine, tangent, and secant are a few of the properties brought into play in the semester course of trigonom- etry. Non-college seniors, in addition to the English, economics, and government require- ments, choose courses which feature their particular interests and abilities and which will be of practical value in their selected profession. Transcription students take dictation and later in the class period type the material from their notes, Students also compete in In chemistry, JIM MICHEL, FRED BERNTHAL, VIRGINIA DREWS, SALLY YOUNG, HAROLD BERNTHAL, and BOB BECKMAN make tests during lab period. In mechanical drawing, CORDY RUSSELL, BILL LACKER, BOYD CLAYTON, JAMES OGRAM, and DON BARTLETT copy blue prints. HMS 'E I, Q 'I wa, From the government and economic classes, HAROLD BRAEUTIGAM, JIM MICHEL, TOM FRIEDLI, DON HOWELL, ERWIN EICHHORN, DUANE NUECHTERLEIN, RAY MASON, and DON KUSHMAUL represent Arthur Hill student government day at the City Hall. the annual shorthand contest sponsored by the Order of Gregg Artists. Commercial courses include law, sales, and business practice classes. lpso facto, habeus corpus, and other terms which sound like Greek to almost everyone else become every- day language to law students. Among the many phases of salesmanship discussed in sales classes are presenting merchandise, interesting the customer, han- dling contracts, store operation, advertising, and display. Sales classes work with the Retail Merchants Board which helps seniors qualify for retail jobs through a combined work-study program. ln home management, Mary made a dress- ing table for her bedroom when the group- was working on projects. Entertaining, deco-- rating, meal planning, marketing, home nurs- ing, home planning, and nutrition were features of Marys class. A notebook which included a description of a future family and of a desired home with its room plans and furnishings was made by Mary. At the end of three years, johnny and Mary Hillite have accumulated sixteen credits and are eligible for graduation from the Arthur Hill High School. In Spanish class, ALICE RISDON, CAROLINE COBB, DICK MICHEL, CLIFFORD BUCK, RUTH ODROBINA, ALLAN MANDELSTAMM, JEAN HOERNER, GEORGE BURROWS, and GEORGE GATZ read Spanish newspapers. In the solid geometry class, MISS UNA ROBERTSON explains the principle of geometric figures to RICHARD SOVVATSKY and DONALD KOCH. iw aa JUNE, 1946 25