Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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On Dedication to Mr. King This year, we of the Canoe staff would like to dedicate the yearbook to Mr. Victor King, guidance counselor and German teacher in our high school. In both of these capacities, he has served the student body in the truest sense of the word. Mr. King grew up in South Haven and was graduated from high school there. Immediately afterwards, he was drafted into military service near the end of World War II. During much of his war-time experience, he was in Germany. Returning from Europe, Mr. King went to Western Michigan University with the aid of the GI Bill. After receiving his education at Western, he returned to Germany, the land he had come to know during the war. Here he taught English in the Goethe Gymnasium in Karlsruhe. He made many friends in this city, among them Herr Richard Fischer, an English teacher, who has helped to co-ordinate the exchange program which now exists. After one year. Mr. King returned to South Haven and accepted a position as a teacher of social studies at B.S. H.S. in 1950. In 1956, he was given permission to begin German classes. Before this, in 1955, he had begun the exchange program which he is sponsoring at the present time. This exchange program began in a small way, with one German boy coming from Karlsruhe to study in our school. Then in 1959, Mr. King took eight American boys on a summer trip to Germany to stay with German families in Karlsruhe. Another trip was taken in 1961 by 18 American boys and girls. Each succeeding year, the number of German students has increased, until we now have five exchange students from Karlsruhe in this area. The Canoe staff wishes to acknowledge the fine work which Mr. King has been doing in sponsoring this outstanding exchange program, in his guidance of the student body, and in his German classes. We wish him every success in the future, and dedicate this yearbook to him.

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 The Canoe Staff members are as follows: First row, left to right: Betsy Bennett, Joy Disterheft, Connie Zech, Nancy Bender, Pam Gill, Karon French, Jane Mead, Janie Holmes, Cheryl Hettinger, Marianne Calay, Cathy Jessup, John Dougan, Margie Knuth, and Ann Dargus. Second row: Marcina Krone, Sylvia McLauchlin, Mary Wetzel, Linda McGath, Linda Jasper, Marion Bynum, Sally Stover, Cindy Burch, Tom Gossard, Audrey Knuth, Sandie Bennett, Joanne McNally, Denny Weaver, and Carol Sue Kolhoff. Standing are: Lynn Felder, Linda Custard, Ronnie Ewalt, and Doris Rusch. Statement of purpose We as individuals are only a minute part of a universe—a universe that has no known bounds. Each one of us is in some way different from the other. Each one of us has a dream to fulfill or a cloud with a silver lining to find. In searching for our own personal utopias, we must function not as individuals but as a people. So it is with a nation, a community, a school, and so it is with a yearbook staff. Working together, we have compiled a yearbook of which we hope you can be duly proud, a yearbook which will leave you not only with memories of the past school year, but serve as an example of what individuals bound together in spirit and purpose can accomplish. THE 1963 CANOE STAFF

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 5ne daily routine of student life forgettable pr ov. “Not chop suey, again!” body seen Harvey?” “Clean but then I couldn’t find a tl these are the everyday so1 students of Berrien Sprj School, whose presence give; its own unique personality. By 8:30 a.m. each morni are a beehive of activity, student headed in a differei for a different purpose, as a gins. The three minute bell rin; everyone “scatters”. Suddenly the halls are vacant and quiet—but not for long. When the morning classes end, chaos begins. The thundering herd runs for the lunchroom. Shortly after lunch the couples migrate to the lobby, the girls continue with their gossiping as if they’d never been interrupted, and the fellas head for the gym to play basketball or ping pong. But the fun is shortlived. Once again the students trudge wearily down the halls to attend their afternoon classes. Then at 3:45 p.m. school closes for the day, and the students clear the building, as if there’d been a fire drill. Although these events are seemingly routine and monotonous, they are the activities which have made high school an unforgettable experience. experiences 4