Bay City Junior College - Crucible Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 16 of the 1945 volume:

THE CRUCIBLE Nineteen Forty-tive Published by the Students of Bay City Junior College STAFF Ruth Mayer, Editor Donald Muentener Crystal Morse James Clark Loraine Schulz Marguerite Hamme Donna Gallant Ke! Miss Howe Mr. Martin Medication To Alice A. Howe whose friendly attitude coupled with her exact- ing scientific technique in teaching has made her students everlastingly erateful to her and the faculty enduringly proud of her. To George L. Martin whose persistent friendliness and optimistic, jolly spirit has filled the hearts of all those who have met him or worked with him during his faithful years of service. To these two faithful teachers who have made science a most in- teresting and valuable study, the Staff dedicates the Crucible Annual of 1945. | J. C. in War and Peace .. . “Let us buiid the Peace” has been the unspoken watchword of our year at Junior Coilege. This watchword remains a dominant part of our college spirit, even though the presence of World War Il has placed a heavy strain on college life. Naturally, all our activities were tem- pered by the war. The ilallowe’en hay ride, the skating party in De- cember, thesJ. C. Mixer in February, and the Open House in March all emphasized the difficulty of obtaining food and transportation. But we still had gay parties, substituting originality for luxuries of past years. Crowning our lightheartedness will be the J. C. Spread, June 12, at which we shall elect an Apple-Pie Boy and an Apple-Pie Girl. The small enrollment, largely girls, was almost lost amid the high school population, and we had to steal through the halls during class hours to avoid being trampled on by the ninth - graders. We were linked more closely together, however, and became a hard-working fam- ily, turning the halls into places of fun and laughter. Besides the usual college activities, the war called upon us to get in and fight. Each week, we purchased war stamps and bonds. Sewing and painting for the Red Cross, becoming blood donors, and collecting clothing were causes which we championed. One by one the college men were called into service, a greater sacrifice than most of us could vive. The laughter was often stilled by news of the death of an alumnus on the battlefield. Twenty-vine from J. C. have now given their lives. Nevertheless, we are attempting to plan the peace. In our weekly assenblies, for example, we have stressed post-war planning by fea- turing programs on such subjects as rehabilitation and inter - religious cooperation. To discuss these problems informally, we organized a I o- ruin, which studied the prospects of compulsory military training, re- ligion in the college, and what to do with Germany after the war. In addition, we actually had the privilege of welcoming several war vet- erans into the college systen. Thus, out of a war atmosphere, we have been looking towards the end of all wars. We join the nations of the world in our cry of “Let us build the Peace!” Crystal Morse and Carol Harbourne Sell AN INFORMAL FORUM MEETING war stamps to Sally Trombley, Milton Back row: James Clark, Dean Butterfield, Thomas, and Robert Woody at the new Crystal Morse, Ruth Mayer, Arlene Stein. red, white, and blue booth im front of the Front row: Nancy Hatch, chairman; Ruth office. Born, Marilyn Nielsen, and Sally Trombley. eee Class of Nineteen RUTH L. BORN Liberal Arts Arpatia Chairman girls’ athletics President Women’s League Treasurer Phi Theta Kappa JAMES A. GILFOY Liberal Arts Crucible Bi-Weekly ’44 Crucible Annual ’44 Tetra Sci NANCY B. HATCH Liberal Arts Mystics leader Crucible Staff Annual ’44 Recording Secretary of Women’s League °44 Treasurer of Socio- Geographic ’44 Student Council Treasurer of Women’s League ’45 Co-chairman stamp: and bond sales Chairman Student Forum Secretary Socio- Geographic °45 JAMES B. McCOY. Engineering Student Council Vice-president, of Rifle Club Assembly Committee Tetra Sci RUTH L. FORD Pre-Law Mystics Socio-Geographic MAXINE T. HARTZ Liberal Arts Corona Socio-Geographic LEAH KARSE Liberal Arts Arpatia Socio-Geographic Red Cross First Aid Chairman Commencement MARIAN A. OBHRG Pre-Education Aurae Crucible Art Staff ’°44 Socio-Geographic MARY CATHERINE F orty-tive Preaek PATTERSON Liberal Arts Corona leader 745 Socio-Geographic Social chairman Student Council Chairman of Lounge Vice-president of Phi Theta Kappa SALLY J. TROMBLEY The most expectant students in J. C. are Business , F S. 5. S. leader ’45 these fifteen graduating Sophomores. After Socio-Geographic Chairman Student two years of college struggle, they are clean- Council ; ; : President Phi Theta ing out their lockers, preparing to move on Kappa Co-chairman stamp and to new surroundings. Although only a bond sales small class, they are a leading class, sedate and dignified. The Baccalaureate service, under the chairmanship of Maxine Hartz ARLENE R. STEIN and Nancy Hatch, will take place in the ine pal Aric Ta ae fara z S$. 5. 8. First Congregational Church, June 10, with Siow Celie cle Student Council an address by the Rev. Robert M. Barksdale. Agserpiy cheiemen r pee President Socio- Leah Karse is in charge of the Commence- Geographic F Phi Theta Kappa ment Exercises, June 18. Dr. John L. Lee Scribe S. S. S. of Wayne University will deliver the ad- dress. In these last activities, the Class of 1945 is finding a challenging symbol, name- ly, that they are about to step into a world that calls to them to build the PHACE. DEVERE CURRAN Engineering Those Without Pictures SALLY A. HISS NELSON W. KUNZ MARJORIE A. TAYLOR Pre-Business Engineering Liberal Arts Sof 5. Sec.-Treas. of Rifle Club . SS) Sait! Calendar and Publicity Student Council Booster Socio-Geographic WOMEN’S LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Back row: Sally Trombiey, leader of $.8.8.; Mary Catherine Patterson, leader of Corona; Ruth Born, President; Marilyn Nielsen, leader of Arpatia and Social Chairman; Isabelle Easterly, leader of B.O.B.A. and Athletic Chairman; Nancy Hatch, leader of Mystics and Treasurer; Ruth Mayer, leader of Aurae; Marguerite Hamme, Correspond- Kunz; Hale, Standing : Arlene Stein, Dean Butterfield, Donald Muentener ; tary. Marguerite Hamme, Patricia Hale, Isabelle Easterly, Lou Marie Front row: Donna Gallant, Helen Wellemeyer, Foreground : Nan TETRA SCI—Back row: James Gilfcy, Quillion McDowell, James McCoy, Dahl. ing Secretary; Marian Hutfilz, Vice President. STUDENT COUNCIL Sally Trembley, chairman; Nelson assembly chairman. Seated: Nancy Hatch, Patricia Isabelle Easterly, secre- sponsor ; As We Get Together Tying our student body closely together is the Student Council, our student government body composed of a chairman and eight members elected by the students. The Council has controlled all student activities: assemblies, war bond sales, and finances. It has also had charge of the calendar, the scrap-book, the college publicity, and the student lounge. It has been responsible for all social gatherings. During the year Coun- cil members have met at individual homes. On June ¢ the members and committee chairmen will enjoy a banquet... . Another organization that has gained increasing importance with the preponderance of col- lege women is the Women’s League. Joint meetings of the League were held three times, but the six individual groups met several times in pri- vate homes. Since the League’s aim is to benefit the college in every Donald Muentener, Morse, Mr. Martin, Hover, Miss Howe, Barbara Kriewall, Burt Barr. Center row: Miss Krafka, Crystal Betty Rathke, Albert Curtis. Catherine Patterson, dent; Far Right ken; Ruth Mayer; president; Karse; Marian ground: Maxine Hartz; garet Guss; Dahl; Blanchard; tary; Miss Hodgson, Nielsen; Miss Mathilda Schroeder, sponsor; Right — PHI THETA KAPPA —Sally Trombley, president; Mary vice - presi- Ruth Born, treasurer. SOCIO - GEO- GRAPHIC—-Seated: Helen Wyne- Arlene Stein, Sally Trombley; Oberg. ite Hamme, vice-president; Ruth Ford; Jacqueline Gliniecki; Nancy Hatch, secre- Mary Catherine Patterson; sponsor; Elizabeth Heath. tise iaseinis . Py es ae aati : PP conti me ea ees Jeet CRUCIBLE BI-WEEKLY STAFF CRUCIBLE ANNUAL STAFF Seated: Loraine Schulz, Patrick Neer- Standing: Donna Gallant, Loraine ing, Nellie May McGregor, sponsor; Nan Schulz, Crystal Morse Dahl, co-editor; Burt Barr. Standing: Crystal Morse, Ruth Mayer, Seated: Nellie May McGregor, sponsor; Marilyn Nielsen, co-editor. Ruth Mayer, Marguerite Hamme. way, it sponsored several projects, the cleaning and repairing of the lounge furnishings, and the mailing of Christmas and Easter greetings to the alumni in service, as well as the maintenance of the student loan fund. Highlights of the year were the Freshman Tea, the Christmas Banquet, and the May Banquet, May 25... . The Crucible Annual and Crucible Bi-Weekly staffs labored under difficulties of obtaining ma- terials and had to be content with Smaller, more concentrated publ- cations .....As interesting as ever, Tetra Sci arranged several instruc- tive programs: talks by Mr. Bebb and Dr. Gamble, and tours of the Allen Clinic and General Hospital. ... The Socio-Geographic Discus- sion Club sponsored a number of projects: a Thanksgiving basket for a needy Indian woman, the sale of Chitstmas gifts for Chinese War Rehef, and pies for the U. S. O. Besides, each regular meeting fea- tured an entertaining program by one of the members. In winding up the year, the club will enjoy the annual picnic and softball game on May 29 and the final banquet on June ll.... At the Pledge Service and Initiation Banquet, Mr. George, Miss Hellmuth, and the three re- turning members of Phi Theta Kappa, National Honor Fraternity, wel- comed eight new pledges: Madeline Nuffer, Patricia Natsis, Helen Wy- neken, Ruth Maver, Arlene Stein, Crystal Morse, Isabelle Easterly, and Loraine Schulz. We Don't Study All the No one ever found il necessary to tell us to take our noses out of our books, especially not with the pos- sibility of a party, a club meeting, or above all, a snack between class- . Mos us carefree and light-hearted, chat- es t of all, the lounge found ting informally about anything but study. Although our social activi- ties lacked splendor they did hot lack happy, laughing faces and a iriendly spirit. Upper left: The lounge is the most popular spot in J. C. Mary Catherine Patterson (second from right) is lounge chairman. Chairman of the Social Committee is Mary Barrett, right. As for athletics, the college women were in their glory, with rifle practice, bowling and swimming every week until warm weather called them outside for golf, tennis, and softball. The college men banded to- vether for football, and later challenged the women to a game of field hockey. The men won, Still gloating over their suecess, they scored an- other victory over the women in a bowling tournament in (he spring. Top right: Chess, Checkers — and Champions? Center right: Jive session in the Little Theater. Lower right: Some like it sweet and some like it swing. DRINK V , Mary Lawler reads fairy stories to kin- Mary Samuels conducts a fifth grade dergarten. reading class. County Normal .. . Teaching is not as simple as it looks, the County Normal students have discovered after a year of prac-ice teaching. This year, however, County Normal students worked under a greater handicap than ever. lor the scarcity of teachers in rural schools forced the State to launch a program of manufacturing teachers in one year instead of two. Con- sequently, the seven graduates have had to sacrifice a leisurely two year course to an abbreviated one year program which carried thein back and forth from Riegel School every day. Practice teaching during both semesters involved interesting play- eround supervision as well as the routine instruction of reading, writ- ing and arithmetic. The students also had the opportunity of learning how to manage children’s games, plays, and parties. Prospective teachers: Thelma Demock, Mary Conley, Jacqueline Longton, Mary Samuels, Evelyn Lange, Mary Lawler, Jennie Griffin; Miss Carolyn White, sponsor. Front row: Barbara Kriewall, Margery Bialy, Carol Harbourne, ‘Doris Lalwinski, Helen Cheslik. Center row: Phyllis Bowman, Marian Hutfilz, Mary Barrett, Nan Dahl, Margaret Guss, Lou Marie Hover, Isabelle Easterly. Back row: James Clark, Russell Jacobs, Richard Bukowski, Wel- ton Fuller, Burt Barr. ihesesereshunems © . Naturally, the freshmen are the wisest people on the campus, that is, until after the first week or so. Oh, the joy of being called College Men and Women! When challenged on the stairs to show their pass to a high school monitor, they say snappily, with a superior tilt of the head, “I don’t need a pass. ['m J. C.!” But suddenly it is time for midsemester marks, and all the freshmen quickly shrink in their own estimation and discover that they know very little of what is to be learned. Humble freshmen, they are, from henceforth, weighed down by all the burdens of the world and bearing, in their belief, more than any college freshman has ever borne before. This year, however, the freshmen have not long remained at the bot- tom, for with approximately sixty-five of them pitted against the fif- teen sophomores, they soon shouldered many extra-curricular respon- sibilities and carried out their duties like veteran college students. Front row: Kathryn Ti- tus, Madeline Nuffer, Carolyn Thorson, James Pomaville. Center row: Patricia Natsis, Loraine Schulz, Helen Wyneken, Donna Gallant, Patricia Hale. Back row: Virginia Wanamaker, Ruth Mayer, Donald Muentener, Mar- guerite Hamme, Patrick Neering, Crystal Morse. Last But Not Least THE FACULTY is certainly the principal leader in our college, working long, strenuous hours without rest; and still, although overburdened with extra war time activities, they have more than ever assumed the task of helping us straighten out our troubles, and of eulding us into channels that will help us to go out and build the Peace. ; Top—-Front row: Miss Royal, Miss Weed, Miss Nichols. Center row: Miss Kessler, Mr. Culver, Miss Schroeder, Miss Krafka, Mr. Martin, Mr. Ten Eyck. Back row: Mr. Speelman, Mr. Stiles, Mrs. Presley, Miss Ewing, Mr. George. Right—-Seated: Miss Howe, Mr. Butterfield, Miss Hellmuth, Miss McGregor, Mr. Garlock. Standing: Mr. Krause, Miss Hobbs, Mr. Tunison, Miss Bishop, Mr. Rogers. Lola L. Bishop, A. B. French George E. Butterfield, A. B., M. A. Dean; Principal of Bay County Normal School; Psychology E. G. Culver, M. E. Mechanical Drawing Meta Ewing, B. S., M. 8. Mathematics Clayton Rv Garlock:B.-S. Physiology and Hygiene J. H. George, B. S., M. A. Astronomy and Geology Erma J. Hellmuth, A. is., M. A. Spanish Ada E. Hobbs, A. B., M. A. English Erma B. Hodgson, A. B., M. A. Geography and Sociology Alice A. Howe, A. B., M. A. Chemistry Libbie Kessler, A. A., A. B., Bewr i. 8S. Librarian; Library Science Elizabeth Krafka, A. B., M. A. Biology Rheinhart Krause, B. S. Shop George L. Martin, A. B., M. A. Chemistry Nellie M. McGregor, B. Pd., A. 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