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

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1948 volume:

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Sponsors | a ae ed jablonski richard flajole CQISSOCIQEBS ...ccccccce rolf westgard. bill reid-bob bhackus FECEUIBS ..cccccccccce Sally gremel tom tripp photography....... don warner perry warner CEIUIEIES .....ccceee Shelia foley.ann roth-doug gordon a word on this annual: it is the product of much toil, worry and combined effort. we should like to mention especially - sally gremel, who gathered the information on the clubs; mrs. watson and the office staff without whose cooperation much of the annual could not have been completed; the warners, don and perry, for their fine photography; and finally, our staff who cheerfully accomplished the tedious typing, correcting and proof reading. to all of them we sincerely say - thank you. now, the crucible presents - the 1948 ga yearbook. in memoriam george d. tunisan feb. 22, 1886-mar. 1, 1948 into their hands is placed the responsibility -- - to keep the student’s records - tomimeographthe countless examinations, assignments, and bulletins - to supply the student with the proper text- books - to recommend the proper future university -to send transcripts of credits to those universities - to listen patiently to the thousand and one complaints of the student ministrat - to be perpetually aware of and to act in the best interests of the student dean george e. butterfield, a.b., m.a.... the directing head of bay city junior college since its inception in 1922. he has supervised the administration and teachers and solved the problems of the students through the infancy of j.c., through the lean years of the depression, into the war years when the enrollment was down to 75, and to the present days when the enrollment borders on 750. mrs. helen c. watson and miss grace e. fettig, recorder and registrar respectively..... few students realize the amount and variety of work completed by them. our present heavy enrollment has placed a large added burden upon them, necessitating their working after hours and during the holidays of the students. it is the work of staffs such as ours that is making the junior college an important cog in the over- all picture of american education. from teaberry chewing gum to t-squares.....paper, pencils, potato chips - you name it. clarence schultz, the bursar, and his three assistants: dorothy arnett, mary pittsley, and the diminutive sally gremel, all at one time or another have tried to serve your school supply needs. among the lesser known tasks that they perform are their handling of tuition payments and student records. clarence schultz with his records. in- advertently, he has become the veteran’s chaplain. he punches their cards for school Supplies and other items. at the beginning of every semester it is his unasked for duty to listen tothe many complaints about the shortage of books. back row - jack dean, bob reif, ralph doan, and charles doan front row - barbara roth, nan clugg, and mary pittsley. (absent from photo - tom soules the stadent coaucel the student council, consisting of four freshmen and four sophmores, is jc’s ‘legislature’’. meeting at least once a week, the council is responsible for plan- ning and financing student activities. since the student union constitution allows it almost unlimited power, it is the most potent organization on the campus. the council is chosen by the students in two elections; one in september and one in may. throughit the student body can give voice to its desires and complaints. this year mary pittsley was president, and, as always, dean butterfield was on hand to caution and advise. the council at work in this college we have a faculty with a wide and varied background. they teach an almost unlimited num- ber of subjects ranging from astron- omy to zoology and are prepared to give a student a suitable training for his future professional career and an education for life. barbara anderson irma anschultz, a.b., m.a. german, latin lola bishop, a.b. jean r. brown, a.b., m.a. french shorthand, typing loren cady, a.a., b.mus., eugene 1. deranah, a.Db., m.mus. . m.S. music radio, physics h.r. evans, b.mus., m.mus, meta ewing, b.s., m.s. samuel j. freed, a.b., m.s. music mathematics chemistry sena french, b.s. g.m. french, a.b., m.a. economics j.h. george, b.s., m.a. erma joan hellmuth, a.b.,m.a. ada e. hobbs, a.b., m.a. astronomy, geology spanish english erma b. hodgson, a.b., m.a. palmer b. kern, a.b., b.s. geography, sociology director of athletics gladys m. klingbeil, (mrs.) h.c. klingbeil, a.b.,m.a. elizabeth krafka, a.b., m.a. a.b., m.a. speech, english biology english Menta nitions i reinhart j. krause, b.s. carl leach, b.s. shop practice physics nellie may mc gregor, a.b., kathleen r. mcemorris, a.b. margaret b. omans, (mrs.) m.a., b.pd. economics a.b english english harry a. parks, a.b., m.a. kathleen b. plum, (mrs.) history, political science b.s. art norman w. risk, bD.s. mechanical drawing fred b. rogers, a.b., M.S. ada i. royal, b.s. physics psychology, physiology, hygiene earl w. smith, a.b., m.a. english e dward stiles, a.b., m.a. history ivan stringer typing pie nceoanes : moe eR walter e. thorsburg, a.b., m.a. mathematics fred j. williams, chemistry louis k. ueberhorst, a.b, m.a., phd. english marion 1. woodford, b.s. chemistry w.a.l. willard, sr., b.S.,m.a. drawing adrian zwemer, a. chemistry bag county normal school under the direction of miss carolyn white, the students pictured above are preparing for future work in education. in the usual order are (back row) phyllis gunther, madeline albright, miss white, eleanor belknap, jean clukie, earl goulet and irene pretzer. (front row): lina martinez, viola pretzer, kathleen keenan, laurine whitney, gertrude doyle, joan richardson and jeanne clarke. one ofthe important features of the course is the actual work done by the students with children before graduation. below (left) laurine whitney and (right) kathleen keenan direct groups of reigel school students in their classwerk. Se i with the graduation of the class of ’48, the largest in j.c. history, incidentally, the results of the great influx of world war II will end. the class was outstanding, not only because of the high percentage of veterans, but also be- cause of the many married students in it. most of the class tended towards some type of engineering or business course; the rest were evenly divided between a scientific and a liberal arts course. to many, the diploma will mean the finish of a formal education; to the rest it will be a step towards a senior university and further education. toall points of the country, even to all the world, they will spread, seeking new knowledge. how- ever, most of them will attend the university of michigan or michigan state. time and ability will determine their success in life. class of 48 madelyn albrecht county normal aurea a cappella choir alan abbs engineering maxine andrzewski liberal arts b.o.b.a. women’s league henry j. arndt business administration kenneth arnett engineering engineer’s club veterans council married peoples club leo j. baczkiewicz general academic leon p. barnett engineering arthur d. ballard business administration eleanor e. belknap pre-education aurea a cappella choir floyd s. boardman pre-dentistry joseph bonem roger bohl pre-dentistry engineering engineer’s club ben j. bonkowski engineering engineer’s club clare brennan pre-business john brieski engineering engineer’s club max broadworth engineering william brown engineering engineer’s club carley b’smith engineering harold butterfield pre-forestry socio-geographic tetra-sci letterman’s club donald burba pre-dentistry h, norman canver pre -dentistry louis w. card engineering otto c. carlson business administration jane chaffee pre-journalism tetra-scl b.o.b.a. women’s league jeanne t. clarke harold chase pre-education socio-geographic club women’s league aurea business administration james 1. conley pre-law social committee jean clukie county normal duane e. cook engineering engineer’s club richard j. darger pre-law phi theta kappa paul r. davis engineering thomas a. des jardins engineering engineer’s club calvin gz. dommke social science social geographic club married peoples club social committee varsity basketball team ames r. duncan engineering engineer’s club thomas f. edlinger pre-business veterans club jack w. dean pre-business student council charles b, doan pre-medical student council social committee tetra sci veterans council gertrude d. doyle county normal cheer leader aurea women’s league leon h. dykehouse pre-business socio-geographic club edward a. elsner engineering gaynard c. farnum pre-dental john d. emery married peoples club pre-law richard j. flajole pre-journalism robert o. fischer co-editor CHeMee ring crucible bi-weekly engineer’s club crucible annual choir swimming team shelia m. foley liberal arts crucilbe staff robert d. fitzgerald engineering engineer’s club william e. gerlach pre-business married peoples club francis f. franz pre-business vern gliniecki engineering engineer’s club edwin t. glaza engineering engineer’s club douglas gordon pre-law crucible staff arthur graham pre-education raymond f. grego engineering engineer’s club ernest gryzbowski pre-law socio-geographic club social committee thomas f. hauck engineering engineer’s club virgil gorzenski engineering swimming team louis greenleaf pre-business roy w. groulx engineering engineer’s club cass m. harrison accounting married peoples club charles e. hitz engineering maxine hoesman liberal arts women’s league phi theta kappa jonathan r. hoesman pre -dental a cappella choir michael hrywnak engineering engineer’s club sam houghtaling engineering engineer’s club robert g. jahn pre-science tetra sci ed jablonski liberal arts crucible roland johansson liberal arts a cappella choir wallace jungerheld pre-law patricia kelly liberal arts socio-geographic club standing committee kathleen m. keenan pre-education aurea patricia kiah liberal arts socio-geographic club a cappella choir james w. kern business administration harold r. kleinert lawrence s. klass i , engineering engineering elizabeth klepser liberal arts socio-geographic club standing committee robert g. la forrest engineering phi theta kappa reinhold laubhan joyce langschwager business administration pre-education thomas le gendre engineering george laur business administration roliand c. licht engineering engineer’s club edward d. lewis pre-dentistry clarence 1. marcoux pre-dentistry lena martinez county normal frederick g. martini engineering engineer’s club robert j. masterson engineering ]. stewart mc coy donald s. mc culloch engineering business administration william g. mc ewen pre-medical tetra sci phi theta kappa James mc grath liberal arts francis mac millan engineering aloysius l. moszyk engineering fred nacarato accounting delores neering pre-education walter h. noble engineering engineer’s club william g. meagher engineering robert e. modders pre-medical tetra sci leo nauer pre-dentistry tetra sci david c. niedzinski general business walter e. omans pre-medical phi theta kappa tetra sci james f. parkinson business administration mary pittsley liberal arts student council women’s league standing committee tetra sci laurence r. prast engineering engineer’s club a cappella choir viola pretzer county normal a cappella choir S.S.S. da willa ramseyer pre-medical tetra sci edward pietryga engineering engineer’s club Clinton r. poellet engineering irene pretzer county normal a cappella choir S.S.S. douglas f. price engineering donald e. rapp engineering robert reif pre-chemistry student council assembly committee varsity basketball william j. reid pre -educational crucible staff joan richardson county normal socio-geographic club george m. richards engineering engineer’s club robert r. rogers business management basketball student manager lawrence a. rogers engineering engineer’s club married students club harry rolka engineering engineer’s club barbara rosekrans business administration ronald r. salbenblatt arthur j. russell pre-business accounting otto schiesswohl engineering william r. saul business administration married peoples club dick f. schmidt pre-business social committee socio-geographic club melvin a. schultz engineering raymond j. schultz engineering engineer’s club social committee robert d. seaman pre-law reinhold sebald pre-medical married peoples club walter o. selley pre-vetinarian lila sinn pre-medical technology phi theta kappa tetra sci allan c. sevener engineering engineer’s club l. annarita smith liberal arts joseph smith pre-medical socio-geographic club virginia snider liberal arts women’s league mystics assembly committee alvin sprague liberal arts swimming team robert b. stephens j. stark edwin j. sta pre -dental pre-law louis e. tarte, jr. hamed w. suffety pre-business pre-law thomas tripp liberal arts crucible staff a cappella choir lois urban pre-education theodore a. urban pre-business robert 1. walther engineering leland r. watrous pre-medicine laurine whitney county normal lois willoughby pre-educational women’s league socio-geographic club donald e. wallace pre-business phi theta kappa eugene watrous pre-law stewart watson conservation eugenia willard pre-medical women’s league tetra sci a cappella choir betty j. wirbel pre-journalism crucible staff corona phi theta kappa marion wojnar engineering engineer’s club robert 1. wise engineering engineer’s club phi theta kappa raymond a. van steenhouse walter wozniak, jr. engineering accounting ralph zeigler pre-business phi theta kappa charles r. young engineering engineer’s club photoless graduates victor r. abels business management francis w. aldrich pre-education william j. beebe accounting louis m. boehm engineering bernard j. brennan general academic rex h. bricker pre-journalism richard h. buell pre-medical lee r. bush jr. pre-dentistry john f. byrnes pre-law peter w. caris pre-law frederick d. chamberlain liberal arts quan chin engineering earlene m. clark liberal arts albert b. collver engineering kenneth r. coon pre-architecture bruce f. corry general academic — 33— john a. craves business management frank p. danak engineering paul r. davis engineering john s. eaton engineering carol i. ehmann liberal arts robert s. fellows engineering joyce m. goodman liberal arts phyllis a. gunther pre-education harold k. harris pre-medical donald j. harwood engineering edmund heinz industrial arts elaine r. hemenway county normal donald herbert engineering robert b. high pre- medical ralph e. hoffman pre-dentistry eugene c. karbowski engineering albert w. kauffold business admin istration john j keaner business administration stewart r. kelley pre-dentistry donald j. koehn pre-business john koenig engineering mason d. koffman pre-optometry eugene m. krieg pre-dentistry henry j. la brosse engineering john g. lalonde pre-architecture jack landane pre-agriculture jerry lewless engineering gustave e. lohrke business administration milton i. lutren pre-business emery g. matthias engineering thomas f. maus pre-law robert m. mccure liberal arts robert 1. mcdonnel pre-business kenneth v. mcintyre pre-dentistry peter c. mer riil pre-business clarence m. mikolajczak pre-law leo 1. novasatko business administration warren |. oldenburg engineering gerald j. parent pre-law ronald r. pawlak pre-law virgil r. piechowiak liberal arts gerald v. plachta pre-journalism harry w. porterfield pre-medical richard h. reinecke engineering wallace e. riethmeier business administration eugene 1. rolka engineering robert m. ruf pre-forestry carl f. schilling pre- -business thomas e. sequin engineering carl sierocki accounting kurt h. starke pre business kenneth b. stephens engineering robert h. surbrook liberal arts donald j. szott engineering william thomas pre -journalism thomas j. thompson accounting william e. thompson engineering john r. van laan pre-business john w. van poppelen engineering louis a. van tyle pre-journalism thomas w. waddel engineering frederick j. walsh pre-medical ernest l. waterhouse engineering charles j. wehner engineering william e. webb jr. engineering jack w. wilson business administration burton 1. wright liberal arts sally ann young liberal arts albin r. za wacki pre-business louis e. zeile pre-social service martha abbott richard abbott royal abraham jane ackerman gwendolyn ahman jeanne alarie alice rae alessi robert allison clyde anderson paul anderson m. clifford anschuctz dorthy arnett (gr.) herbert bach robert 1. backus ethel j. baker leo ballard james balwinski raymond f. barry george bartling david 1. bass marion s. batzer robert belger john benner william bennett james berardo kitty bergen david bergeron richard blenkhorn robert blumenstein robert w. blunt elroy bobolts harry boesnecker dorthy bonem william d. booth william r. borg frederick j. bosco louis bova forest j. bowden jerry bowden rose m. boyer james j. boyle marshall g. brandt faith brashaw carl h. breitkreitz william w. brown jerry bruske tom burger william h. bush jordon byron georgia calopisis clarence carden joyce carey gerald carlson john carmichael robert j. carrier arnold e. catterfeld beverly causley robert t. j. cavanaugh ray chambers harlan clarey john h, clark donald e. cline joseph p. closs nancy clugg forrest colburn james j. coleman eugene 1, compau rose e. compau louis conzelmann ernest j. cook robert j. coo k albert h. cornelius jack f. cote paul cramer howard crevia frank h. davis undergraduates robert davis jacqueline dawson william debbins francis f. deprekel ralph m. dietzel jack a. dirla ralph w. doan ross e. doan jose dorantes manfred doser joan p. downer william drescher loren s. drury john duchaine david dunham gary 1. dutcher robert j. dutcher charles egeler shirley emerson john d. emery gerald d. engwis richard epting donovan a. etchison richard 1. evans william j. felmlee george c. ferguson richard fleming richard b. fletcher edward foss nancy foss jean fowley bert c. fox joe franko william frei truman a. frey john frimberger robert furland ethan galloway arthur gehrls jeanne gephart alfaratta gerard raymond t. gerard allen j. gerken adele gilbert patricia gillman john r. glynn john f. goddeyne elizabeth goldberger earl f. gonyaw earl c. goulet ld robert gray sally gremel william grier john warren grigg george grindahl donald grunder eugene guettler bernice guoan robert n. gustin arthur e. guthaus gordon 1. hacker irving hacker ronald hanson thomas harbourne john haremski thomas harmon edward 1. harris elaine m. harris ric hard hartman gilbert haven judith hayes lee haymaker richard j. hebert norman heiden peggy hemphill marjorie henry william a. hensler william j. heric ruth 1. herriman tom hewes gene r. hibbler max hildebrand lioyd r. hillman laurel a. hine marion hine james j. hoerner robert hoffman jim hogan robert j. holcomb fred a. hover robert hover joseph w. hull horace e. humble willis hurdlebrink allan jacques jack jennings cyril m. johnson david johnson richard johnson r. laidiaw johnson thomas g. johnson donald johnston robert july max a. kaczynski robert karow albert kearly alfred w. kelley robert c. kemmer wiliiam g. kemp bernard t. kennelly james w. kern donald kerr joe kerr alvin keyser arthur j. kinnane frederick f. klass harold kleinert robert w. kluck barbara knight gladys e. knoedler robert g. koch eugene kochaney richard t. koehn eldon kolka kathryn konda}l joseph r. kroc charles a. kuruda robert r. labrenz joan laderach gerald laetz james e. lafrenier george laur tom laur william j. laur earl p. lavoy allen lee leonard lefevre robert a. leger robert leichner gerald leitz joyce leitz john lentz mary e. leonard raymond h. leonard everett c. leppert betty ann lerczak chester a. lesinski louis lewandowski kenneth f. licht james a. likeric shirley lindsay jack w. link tom a. lippert raymond j. loubert joan v. lowthian arnold lucas bernadette lucas william a. lynch peggy mackenzte nancy macmillan bruce macrae thomas h, maher marion makarewicz james p. malloy wayne manary sally martens leonard j. martin virgil martin william martin ellis h. mavis lawrence mccarthy robert b. mcalpine delos mcclew william mceachern raymond s. mcfarland william a. mcgrath bruce mcgregor floyd mcintyre roderick mcintyre james mckitt rick thomas mclellan clark mclaren wilber mclaren william mclean joann mcmullen joyce g. mcmullen joseph meagher james c. melville titus c. mendell emil merkle james messecar elsie meuth donald j}. meyer william w. miller william c. mollhagen mary lou monks walter monson thomas montemayor donald 1. morse frederick b. morse wade morse kenneth mulligan robert mulligan ernest c. muscott william m. musolf laverne nachtman c. m, naylor robert neer john neering edna ann nelson bill nelson robert neuman hiram a. nicholson george nichola phylis nimrao robert h. nitz edward norczyk james f. norris mary lou nowak harriet oakes frank o’donnell john p. o’laughlin marilyn oldershaw george oliver dave e. o’neil henry r. osterhout vern otto robert paczewitz garland 1. palmer kenneth g. palmer kenneth partenfelder ray paul walter pavalski charles pellenz carlton penzien leland periard maurice c. perkins donald permoda lois peterson william phelan john piggott donald pinkerton harold c. plamp james pollum alma popp george popp james rafferty george ralph dawilla ramseyer oscar ranke arthur rapp roger j. rasdorf russell raupp john reardon george reif john reilly joseph remington audry reynolds eldon reynolds william p. richards curtis richmond james riggs vida roberts c. b. robertson floyd robinson fane t. rogers lawrence a. rogers ann roth barbara roth edwin a. rudell harold ruhstorfer john v. runberg charles rupp cordy russell milton joseph ruterbusch john ruthig jerry ryder thomas safford may sams william r. saul jean sayles gaylord t. scanlon theodore schmelzer herbert schmidt joseph e. schrems jack schrepferman james schroer harold schultz jack schultz rogers schultz alfred schwartz robert schwartz william severance james shaffer james shannon roxanne shearer joan sheets kathleen shook robert siegrist gilbert sievert ira simmons john sirich lorraine skelcy john slattery = 36 patricia smiley annarita smith eugene snow thomas soules robert w. specht donald sprygada randall stalker edwin stark forrest stark jack steltzriede harold stenglein richard stewart graham stoner william strachan donald streeter henry c. stroemer ray strong gordon struble robert sullivan chester swarthout christopher swartzendruber john syring a. j. szott devere tacey john taeusch donald techentien lex tetreau william s. thomas claude a. thorsby lioyd trinklein walter trinkiein james f. turbin earl 1, tway edward twarog andrew twork george uhrich robert utter alexander vanderbellen carl vandenberghe albert vanpoppelen johanna wackerle elmer wagner stanley wallis jack walraven donald f. warner perry warner carl washe laurel watson arthur watt frank wedding duane welling jim wendland dick wendland howard wendt herbert werth rolf westgard laurine whitney william wickes herschel wideman george widmoyer john a. wilson ray wineki marion wojnar dean woods marilyn workman walter wozniak edgar wright george wright kenneth wright homer yabrove robert young gerry zajac edward zeitler norman zube john zuniga being aware that college is also a place to broaden their interests as well as to receive training, many students took an active part in the intra-curricular activities. their interest was reflected in the success of the swimming and basketball teams. members of the debate team fared well against debaters from senior colleges. student interest in politics was re- flected in the strong discussions of the pres- idential candidates. several assemblies were heldspecifically for this reason. several stud - ent clubs, defunct during the war years were started anew. more students than in previous years attended the various dances held. all in all, the student had an opportunity to participate in an assortment of activities. back row - virginia snider, bill mc ewan, bob reif, ralph doan front row - mr. williams, mr. parks, miss hobbs, mr. klingbeil this is the group which arranges to keep the student body entertained on tuesday afternoons. they select the assembly programs and See that everything runs smoothly. back row - frank davis, charles doan, bob reif front row - sally gremel, barbara roth, patricia kelly, betty klepser these are the chairmen of the important junior college standing committees; in other words they are the people who make junior college activities tick. ee aRG = back row - left to right, sam houghtaling, jerry lewless, george ferguson, ernest cook, robert fitzgerald, lawrence rogers, allen sevener, jack link, james rafferty third row - don warner, harry rolka, walter noble, raymond schultz, ernest waterhouse, charles: egeler, homer yabrove second row - roy groulx, gerald laetz, jack jennings, mr. risk, thomas hauch, c.r. young first row - ray wineki, william mollhagen, frank wedding, george richards, roger bohl, robert wise, otto engineers club any student in an engineering curriculum is eligible for membership in this club. the purposes of this club are twofold: first, to further the intellectual and social status of junior college; and second, to acquaint future engineers with some of the professional and economic problems which will confront them in actual practice. mr. norman w. risk is the sponsor. student officers are: president, robert 1. wise; vice-president, curtis richmond; secretary-treasurer, otto schiesswohl. schiesswohl, curtis richmond last row - richard reinecke, frederick martini, james duncan, robert fischer, william brown, francis de prekel, ray grego, herbert werth, manfred doser, milton ruterbusch, allen jacques third row - leon barnett, gene cook, marion wojnar, bill musolf, herbert bach, max broadworth, russell raupp second row - robert stephens, charles pellenz, louis card, vern gliniecki, gene karbowski, gene rolka, john zuniga, kenneth arnett first row - robert dutcher, emery matthias, larry prast, robert kemmer, ray van steen house, joan sheets, jerry bowden, rolland licht = back row - clarence mikolajcezak, carl schilling, robert wise, roland johansson, robert fitzgerald, don wallace, ralph zeigler, mr. george ‘front row - walter omans, robert la forrest, lila sinn, maxine hoesman, betty wirbel, richard darger, william mc ewen, not shown - gustave e. lohrke phi theta kappa phi theta kappa is jc’s honor society. each year from the five to ten per cent of students at the top of their class, scholastically, the faculty chooses a group considered qualified for membership. invitations are sent and those assenting are pledged and initiated. the group’s aims are to promote scholarship, to develop character, and to cultivate fellowship among the students. mr. george is the sponsor; mrs. omans, miss ewing, and mr. thorsburg are its faculty advisers. its president is richard darger; vice-president, walter omans; secretary, william mc ewen; and treasurer, carl schilling. back row - jim conley, dick schmidt, don koehn, charles doan, ray schultz, dick stewart front row - pat smily, edna ann nelson, nan clugg, mary lou monks, martha abbot, joan laderach, judy hayes (absent from photo - rex bricker, marilyn workman, bruce correy, marion hine, jack dirla, joan richardson, and cal dommke social functions are under the Supervision of the social committee. each member of this grou p assists onSsome sub-committee in the planning, arranging, and publicizing of student parties and dances. last row - left to right, earl goulet, james conley, al zott, calvin dommke, leon dykehouse, bruce corry, robert surbrook, harold butterfield second row - betty dommke, lois willoughby, carole ehmann, martha abbott, rose mary boyer, patricia smiley first row - patricia kelly, jeanne clarke, car] schilling, e.b. hodgson, joan richardson, dick schmidt, elizabeth klepser socte-geographic clnt organized in 1935, this group meets periodically to discuss the geographic and sociological aspects of world issues. membership is limited to twenty-five and they are selected from among the written applications. the sponsor of the club is miss erma-b. hodgson. officers are: president, carl schilling; vice-president, joan richardson; secretary, jeanne clark; and treasurer, dick schmidt back row - left to right, mr. zwemer, chet lesinski, tom mc clellan, charles doan, alexander vander bellum, bob jahn, ralph doan, john benner, bruce mc gregor third row - delos mc clew, gordon struble, fred bosco, charles galloway, james balwinski, h.a. nicholson, titus mendell, harry boesnicker, albert kearly, raymond gerard second row - george grindahl, james pollum, harold butterfield, william mc ewen, leo baczkiewecz, bert fox, bill debbins, gaynard farnum, bob gustin, bob high first row - walt omans, alfaratta gerard, jean willard, pat gillman, betty ann lerczak, peggy mac kenzie, bob, kemmer, george rief Letra-set clubh in order to acquaint the pharmacy, pre-medical, and pre-dental students with the new develop- ments and the practical factors of their field, this club was reorganized this year. sponsor is mr. zwemer. Officers are: president, walter omans; george reif, vice-president; and betty anne lerczak, secretary. A back row - left to right, maxine hoesman, virginia snider, pat gillman, mary pittsley, gene willard, viola, pretzer, miss bishop first row - trudy doyle, dorothy arnett, maxine andrzejewski, phyllis nimmo, jane chaffee, jean clukie womens league the social and general welfare of j.c. women is the primary interest of this group. through loans and scholarships aid is given to those qualifying. six units make up the league - b.o. b.a., aurae, mystics, arpathia, s.s.s., and corona. automatically, all women of j.c., either students, faculty members, or the wives of the male faculty members are members of the league. this year’s sponsor of the league is miss bishop. officers in the league are: president, maxine hoesman; vice-president, patricia gillman; secretary, phyllis nimmo; and treasurer, virginia snider. back row - charles doan, bob reif front row - dorothy arnett, kenneth arnett a ueterand council to best represent them- selves in issues that effect their welfare, the j.c. veterans have organized. typical ofactivities that the council does in behalf of the veterans was the strong move for increased subsist- ence. those students who went tolansing in behalf of ‘‘oper - ations subsistence’’ were ro- bert high, george reif, robert kemmer, and ernest grzybow- ski. as a result of a cooper- ative effort, the veterans allot- ment was increased substant- ially. the soctal life under the guidance and direction of miss hodgson, social activity was kept in full swing throughout the year. one of the biggest and most successful dances was the crystal ball (dec 19, 1947) over which maxine andrzejewski reign- ed as queen. she is Shown above with two members of her ‘‘court’’, betty wirbel, left, and audrey reynolds. the queen and her court were chosen by popular vote. sharing honors with max- ine were kitty bergen, judy hayes, pat kelly, joanrichardson, mary lou nowak, nan Clugg, shirley lindsay and the afore- mentioned betty and audrey. photo to the right is a bird’s eye view of the dance floor - perry in this case being the bird. another important event given full coverage by perry warner was the christ- mas party given by the married students club, also under miss hodgson’s super- vision. one ofthe evening’s highlights was the arrival of one s. claus who distributed appropriate gifts to all present. (we hope we won’t be spoiling anything by revealing this: it was really nathan doan). he is shown at work in the photo - upper left. below: two of the boys getting away from it all in a relaxing game. the group shot below was taken at the christmas party AUSOE. eons j.c. on this ions in t lve organiza the married students club was, without doubt, one of the most act page we have selected a few more informal shots taken at another of the successful parties given by the club. assemblies the assembly program helped in many ways to round out the school week. the most interesting, according to the crucible reviewer, were those presented by the students them - selves. inthe photo above- ralph doan trilling an irish ballad while betty wirbel clogs. the occasion: the talent assembly. others taking part in the same affair were dorothy bonem, bob allison, mary lou nowak, jack scheferman, harry porterfield, tom tripp, max kaczynski, bob dean and dick schmidt. paul cramer’s band furnished some music. an open forum assembly was presented in december on the question: ‘“are we thinking straight about russia?’”’ ronald pawlak acted as moderater and william reid and dick schmidt spoke on the subject. students in the audience were given an opportunity to say a few words. in april of the last semester, under the auspices of mr. klingbeil, operations ‘‘policon’’ burst onto the j.c. scene. other interesting assemblies featured rabbi apple baum (shown at right with jane chaffee) who spoke on judism and the palestine question; robert friers, a former j.c. student, showed his color film “‘holiday in mexico’’. during the year other motion pictures were shown, ranging in subject from the atom bomb to the symphony orchestra. ea (aoe back row - coach palmer kern, frank wedding, forrest colburn, bob blumenstein, clark mc laren, wayne kelly, and reserve coach freburn james middle row - jim boyle, bill webb, jack landane, milt ruterbusch, kenny palmer, and george oliver front row - bob rief, cal dommke, jack craves, jack wilson, and don kerr the 1947-48 basketball team will undoubtedly go down as the greatest in junior college history led by ex-central and st. james stars, many of them war veterans, the badgers rolluped over a thousand points in 19 games for an average of better than 52 points per contest. of those games we won 11 and lost 8. this record has been bettered by other jc teams in the past, but never has the caliber of opposition been so strong as this season. two players, jack wilson and bill webb, received honorable mention on anall-conference team. jack craves led the badgers in scoring with 159 points, while kerr and wilson were tied for second with 143 points a piece. bob rief usually rounded out coach kern’s starting five, while cal dommke and jack landane were always ready as substitutes. the reserve squad, coached by freburn james had an extremely successful season. playing all types of opposition, it managed to win 11 out of 13 games, scoring 575 points to the opponents 390. cal dommke jack wilson jack craves bob rief es), ae don kerr goes high in the air for a push shot the jackson game (shown above) was one of the two home games that the badgers lost. the other was to muskegon. on the whole jc was well nigh invincible on its home court, winning games by scores as 90-36, 74-43, and 68-35. only on the road did we run into difficulty, losing six games while winning only three. lack of rest between games, strange gyms, and rigorous travel conditions all contributed to our poor success away. although we finished in fourth place with a conference record of nine wins and seven losses, we led the league in total points scored. a bill webb don kerr —4g— milt ruterbusch jack landane junior college......... 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APL te ad ee . 34 enstein. 575 390 won 11 lost 2 free free statistics field throws throws personal total games uarsity ) player goals tried made _ fouls points played free free oliver 54 37 20 11 128 12 field throws throws personal total games _ boyle 32 31 16 17 80 13 player goals tried made _ fouls points played mclaren 26 20 7 15 59 13 ruterbusch 33 36 9 29 75 19 palmer 23 13 6 28 52 10 craves 70 39 19 39 159 19 kelly 23 17 4 20 50 Ie kerr 58 53 27 38 143 19 colburn 17 19 11 10 45 13 wilson 48 72 47 54 143 18 ruterbusch 15 16 7 15 37 7 rief 50 51 24 42 124 19 nelson 7 37 19 24 33 13 dommke 46 51 32 24 = 124 19 molhagen il 15 3 7 a) 9 webb 41 41 16 39 98 12 blumenstein 9 15 4 16 22 13 landane 37 29 15 40 89 19 wedding 7 7 s 1 17 10 oliver 12 10 2 12 26 15 hacker 5) 3 0 2 10 4 gonyaw 5 12 5 9 15 9 webb 1 1 2 2 4 4 boyle 4 10 4 1 12 12 maus 1 1 1 1 3 5 palmer 2 6 4 8 8 5 johnson 1 2 1 5 3 4 kyser 2 1 0 1 4 3 rafferty 1 0 0 0 2 3 kelly 1 1 0 0 2 1 baughman 0 1 1 0 1 e johnson 1 0 0 0 2 2 rogers 0 2 1 0 1 2 nelson 0 0 0 2 0 2 monson 0 4 1 0 1 2 baughman 0 0 0 0 0 1 partenfelder 0 3 1 0 1 6 oe mae, = a a2 ae rechlin 0 0 0 1 0 2 totals 406 408 212 141 1024 19 carden 0 0 0 2 0 3 opponents 359 384 180 318 922 19 — — — — — — totals 233 248 108 177 574 13 opponents 140 264 106 219 386 13 ==49¢= back row - coach palmer kern, chuck egler, jack eaton, milt ruterbusch, al sprauge middle row - bill richards, david johnson, jack schrefferman, george rief, tom laur front row - bill nelson, harry rolka, bob davis, emil merkle the swimming team won the state conference title for the second consecutive year march 13, at dearborn. the badgers scored 42 points to dearborn’s 30 and flint’s 14. these three teams were the only ones competing. chuck egler starred at jc with wins in the fifty and hundred yard free styles. bob davis won the hundred yeard back stroke. jack schrefferman captured the two hundred yard breast stroke withtom laur finishing second. bill nelson won second place in diving and david johnson was runner-up in the two hundred yard free style. = so . « - looks like a strike... . . . watch those pins fly... ... milt ruterbusch gets ready to try his luck... -.. sam houghtaling trys for a spare... | back row kenny palmer, jack wilson, tom mahan, john piggot, don sprygada, dick fletcher front row - coach kern, harold butterfield, gerald plachta, max broadworth, joseph bonen, jack brynes back row - coach kern, rolf westgard, don warner, jack jennings, bob rief front row - jim pollum, ted urban, ray winecki, and jim boyle — 52 — since it might be concluded from the previous pages that the j.c. student spent his outside hours at dances, sports or parties, some pictures are presented herein showing ex-bachelors and their wives. the fellows are veterans. upper left - eugene rose compau; upper right - kenneth dorothy arnett; below - ray alfaratta gerard. (photos courtesy of bay city times) madonna’’ (2nd prize winner - bay city camera club, march, 1948) perry warner practically every photograph in the annual was taken by one or the other of the warners, don of midland and perry of bay city. to show that the photographers interested in other subjects besides life in j.c. we print here perry’s ‘‘madonna’’ and don’s ‘‘scene in northern canada’’. we might add, too, that the photo of perry was taken by don. .... and vice versa. above: don warner right: ‘‘scene in northern canada”’ the crucible feels that ten years from now, maybe twenty, we will have forgotten much about our day to day activities in and around j. c.; and, feeling also that we may want to re- member some day, the following pages we hope might serve as a nostalgic reminder of these our relatively free and easy days. therefore.... j.c. Scrapbook the dull ordinary incidence of today is the bright wonderful memory of tomorrow. the daily grind at j.c. in 1948 didn’t seem to hold much wonder, but it may be discovered in 1958 that those were among the most memorable we’ve known. the crucible, in the following pages, conducts an informal unhurried tour of bay city junior college on a day in 1948 with the idea to capture on film, some of the spirit and life in j.c. the idea was suggested to the staff by benjamin harris. the photography is the work of perry and don warner. =56—: the bulletin board is good.early morning stop. dean butterfield hard at work at his desk.... classes begin. .... for better or worse and miss fettig, too, is hard at work. j.c.’s first registrar, she has the responsibility of keep- ing records straight. oe for that last minute’s studying. .... for that pleasant interrupted conversation. ... join your comrades in the library. ah, those memories of themes, math problems and the like. all com- pleted in these booklined walls. the ivory tower serves as study room, club room and game room.....and comfortable sleeping quarters. see Se, kindly, wise, miss schroeder on hand inthe tower to give anyone a hand with a problem in english. a anine on nnaalneaaenane ‘ get it.....0r - just plain 3 cafeteria - from book worm to erub hound in a few short minutes. corner of the fiesta - including that jukebox, (smoke in the place by courtesy of students) more world issues have been solved and more dates have been made here than in j.c. itself. elon = eabeepes aeRO ae we : s fe mrs. schultz and two assistants on the ramparts. if this was a picture of the noon rush, we’ call it ‘‘the thundering herd’’. | 7 se art class }uC. the plum conducts the new annex mrs. in cal drawing class the annex, mr. risk’s mechani In also Gi == the deanand mr. benjamin kla- ger, superintendent of schools, going over many of the prob - . : 2 | | — oe lems pertaining to the smooth i a _ = — Ff | : running ofj.c. the scene is mr. a . _ ——_ klager’s office inthe board of education building. meanwhile, the reading room is filled again with students. S2SSee Pe Lees Se FPS in the hall, a few j.c.’ers wait for the passing bell. mrs. watson’s. assistants, gerry zajac and edna ettwer, at work preparing final exam forms. ao So mr. stiles, who knows every date in history, calling role. time out for an assembly. speakers, singers, muScians, movies or..... backtoclass..... lana schlogenheimer, coloratura. it is said she goes steady with dick schmidt. ..... miss hodgson’s geography class. to the annex .... (we stayed off of the grass) ee S. being through for the day, we stop ed off at the ivory tower for that last ‘“nause that re- freshes’’. there were several fresh air lovers ahead of us. 5 GA ce — with the advice of miss mc gregor, a new group of students produced their idea of what a student newspaper - thecrucible should be like. assisting miss mc gregor in the capacity of ad- visors were earl w. smith and louis ueberhorst whose ideas prompted many anarticle. the staff was composed of william reid, rolf westgard, robert backus, sally gremel, betty wirbel, mary lounowak, douglas gordon, and sheila foley. heading the staff as co-editors were richard flajole and edward jablonski. the staff of the annual was substantially that of the newspaper. most ofthe elusive crucible staffand two of the advisors. in the foreground seated around the table are, left to right, doug gordon (studying for semester examinations) bill reid, mr. smith, miss mc gregor, mary lou nowak, and betty wirbel. standing in the background in the same order are rolf westgard, bob backus, anne roth and sheila foley. believing that a college newspaper should be concerned with more than ‘‘cuteness’’ in the subject matter and the writing style, the stafftried to present the students’ attitudes on various issues, both national and international. often the editorials pro- voked a mild form of student reaction; however, the co-editors believed that anaroused man is better than an indifferent one and continued their type of editorials - particularly on the political scene - both within and without the school. doug gordon hard at work on the sports statistics. 2 Gio much of the work on the annual consisted of fitting of many seemingly unrelated pieces to- gether. shown on this page are various mem- bers ofthe staffdoing just that. above, tom tripp and rolf westgard check copy. at left, co-editor dick flajole taking a short nap. below, in the usual order, rolfwestgard, tomtripp, mr. parks, ed jablonski and dick flajole. the latter two, as usual are disagreeing on eight or nine points. the interest and cooperation shown by the following saginaw and bay city businessmen, whose contributions made this special issue of the crucible possible, is highly appreciated by the staff. sponsors .... good luck and best wishes... . 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