Baldwin High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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The question, What will we have for assembly next week? has finally been taken care of. The full responsibility for digging up assemblies has for some time rested on the shoulders of Miss Dorothy Allen, Miss Emily Walker, Miss Barbara Anderson and Miss Alice Ftoulet. But now it has been shifted, partly, at least, to the enthusiastic Assembly Club. The roup organized in Ianuary with 9 the election of officers by the homeroom representatives. At one of the first meetings each member volunteered to be chairman of one assembly, providing a program for the students at least once a week. The chairman is given full responsibility for obtaining and planning the program. Student association cards sold to stu- dents early last fall provide the treasury for the organization. This money is used to obtain outstanding speakers and motion pictures. The club meets at least once a month to get reports from assembly chairmen for that month and to make needed changes. Sometimes it is necessary to meet more than once a month to give the chairmen help and suggestions on their programs. -MARGARET MacDONALD. Top-The officers of Baldwin's brand-new as- sembly club are seen above making plans for bigger and better assemblies. They are Pete Good, Charlotte Mill, and Marilyn Harris. Middle-Something new in war bond rallies was the auction assembly. In the picture are buyer Don Buell, teller Chick Coley, and auc- tioneer Iohn Foley. BottomiOne of the scenes from the clever Valentine assembly features Ioy Stark and lim Lamb posing as Harry Suttle sings Seeing Nellie Home. Harriet Thompson was the de- signer of the beautiful stage setting.

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Top-With the world at war, Baldwin is in there pitching to bring the dav of peace nearer. The officers of the Council are Bill Bones, Bud Gregory, Ieanne Blinn, and Bob Warner. Middle-Suzie Seiler, Hugh Morrow, and Austin Iones are only a few of the com 't rm tee set up for the purpose of plannin f g or the day of victory in Europe. Botton-Pretty Barbara Black uses all her in- genuity and charm to persuade Walter Allison to bu y some war stamps and bonds. ibeknde ounci The Baldwin Defense Council not o l ' ' ny plans and partlcipates in school activities, but also those of citywide interest. The central war service or- ganization of the school, its main func- tion this year has been the war bond and stamp sales. This activity is carried on every week, and the faithful workers often receive little or no credit for their efforts. A most satisfactory and effective plan was devised last year which sets aside a certain day during the week for the purchase of stamps and bonds. Each homeroom selects one representative who collects the money every Wednes- day. Then the representatives take the money and orders to W. S. Toothacker's room where Bill Bones and Bud Gregory I i P .. J receive the orde rs. Dick Halsted and Bill Bones are responsible for taking the money to the post office the same day and k' ma ing the purchases. The next morning the stamps are given to the representatives, who in turn dis- tribute them to purchasers. The defense council also met with representatives of the Birmingham City Defense Council to collaborate on plans for V-E Day. A complete program has been arranged, and the defense council feels th t ' ' a Baldwin is preparedfor that day. -MARY QUINN.

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Ranking high on the list of Baldwin's or gan- izations is the school's a capella choi Th' r. IS year the choir has not only grown in popularity but also in number, Two full choirs had to be formed to tak e care of all the students who wished to join. V .. . ersatrlity is the keynote of the choir. Able to sing anything from the Cherubic H ymn to Surrey with the Fringe on Top, the group has performed 'many times for civic affairs and given its an l ' nua spring concert. Besides playing a big part in the school's variety show, the choir participated with Birm- ingham church choirs in the Messiah by Handel at Christmas time, and also attended the music festival at Ann Arbor this spring. The choir has furnished music for many school assemblies. Soloists for different per- formances have been Gwen Chapman, Ted Mansfield, Ioan Pasher Bill S h , c errnerhorn, Harry Suttle, Clara Gordon, and Bob Erwin The guidin l' h g lg t behind the whole group is patient, capable Victor Ulrich, who has not only been director for the choir but also Mother Confessor for many a discord Mary Iane Stephans and Elaine S 'th h mr ave been the accompanists and merit many thanks- Members are I k ac Appell, Clay Cogswell. Barbara Black, Merrily Bunyan, Ioanne Chapel. jim .Air Sta!! Z? Gwen ,Chapman, Logie Clark, Gene Dalton. Eleanor Ellis, Iohn Dalton, Sally Fortier, Kath- erine Dalton, Lillian Dolin, Robert Erwin, Marilyn Finnigan, Elaine Griffin, Nancy Han- son, Nancy Heacock, Cynthia Heideman, Iudith Hester, Virginia Hood, Dick Ieffers, Iean Kelly, Ioan Kowenski, Mary Anne Kraft, Maxine Le Roux, Claire MacGregor, Ted Mansfield, Vir- ginia Marson, Ann Miller, Doris Minks, Iunann Partridge, Gregory Peck, Martha Penfield, Donna Polczynski, Ioan Pasher, Annette Risch, Bill Schermerhorn, Gladean Schlaack, Anne Spiegel, Carolee Sproull, Viva Iean Steger, lim Tuggey How d W , ar eldon, Tom Dukes, and Mary Ann Wilkenson. Charles Crandell, Don Garfield, Clara Gor- don, Francis Hayes, Vincent Hayes, Iim Holden, Velma Keogh, Elizabeth LaBel1e, Douglas Lay- man, Kathleen Mitchell, Frank Mulholland, lack Munger, Pat Parkin, Pat Quinn, Nancy Richter, Elizabeth Schadt, Kathleen Scheifele, Iirn Sackett, and Harry Suttle. -DONNA POLCZYNSKI. Wrawwwfnyoww 8