Birmingham High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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'libs Staff Published by the Publications Club of Birmingham High School Volume I Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Literary Department.. Art Editrorsueee eve Snapshots...... ... Typists fCopyl ....... Advertising Manager.. Assistants........... Circulation Managers. Assistants........... Irrol Conley, Leonard Business Manager..... Advisers.... ... May 1935 Number l L ibitorial Staff .......................................Charles Fletcher . ........... . .................. Jane Long and Mary E. Staley Anabel Dahlquist, Victoria Gellatley, Mary Jane Tippett, Elizabeth Wh1te,Ann Keller,Bill Gail,Vincent Holbel, Clyde Bennett, Franklyn Phillips, Muriel Dalley, Betty Atkins. Jane Long, Jack Reynolds, Mary E. Staley, Jack Birthrong, Bill Gail. Bob McCutoheon, Charles Somers. Sherwin Davidson, Pat Ead. '1axQ5 To Q . vcr. ssmg Betty Jane McCormick. Mildred White, ,Mary Quinn, Bob Vinton, Bob Bender, Clyde Bennett, Louis Randall, Mary Jane Tippett, Ann Keller, Bob Jones. Q Girsulation Clyde Bennett and Bernice Sweet. Tim Walton, Neville Ross, George Frye, Franklyn Phill'ps, Howard Blake. I Emecbaazisal Upward, Ernest Winborn, Jim Cummings. Bettie Smith. Editorial and Advertising, Vida B. Mc Giffing Circulation, Dorothy Allen, Mechanical, Miles W. Robinson. The photograph of Yvonne Gay was made by Chilson Studio. All other photo- graphs in this book are the work of Arnold Studios. The Publications IN ACKNOWLEDGEMEHT Club wishes to express its sincere appreciation for the flawless ee-operation of the faculty,the administration,and the numerous student organizations in the composition of this magazineg especially we wish to acknow- ledge the assistance of Esther Rainey, the Birmingham ECCENTRIC, and the Arnold Studios,yithout whose 16 co-operation this publication would not have been possibfa

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l' 41 l W U Verse MY SECRET LOVE I have a little garden Within a high brick wall. In summer sunshine gathers And dead leaves in the fall. The daffodils first gather To greet the coming Spring, And later sweet June roses Cling fast to everything. Sweet pinks with ragged edges And sunny marigold Are still steadfastly with me when summer has grown old. ----Faye Elizabeth Smith HIM His hair is gold and shining, And should he chance to smile, My heart skips in its beating I'm prisoner to his guile He does not dance divinely, He's very poor in purse, Yet I simply can't resist him When he walks out with his nurse. ----Faye Elizabeth Smith SOLILOQUY Oftimes Life seems a dreary thinggand to myself I sigh, WDeath has no fears for me---I'm not a- fraid to die . Little realizing the empty bravery of my words, The false courage. And sighing again, I gaze enviously at birds And butterflies and flowers, with their brief, rapturous span Of life--so fleeting and sc full.Why may not man Live less long---for a few golden hours work and laugh and weep, And, presently, lay him down to a sweet, everlasting sleep? nDeath has no fears for me.u Ah,but inr finitely worse, You are afraid to LIVE, and that is a greater curse By far. Life is a bloody battle,in which to win We must conquer ourselves as well as the fceg And fearless of Death, by the same phil- osophy know We shall as dauntless be 'mid the Life- battle's din. ----Mary E. Staley hw- -+- f , 4 s .1-...T 9 ' ' ! , 1 7- Z x? C - .F 15

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1 E at fuels f x n '6' l ,JE-s X ,X-Jiewx 'uf' sa f9fN f'- , gf f if Q ' ' eva ffl X S , ' 4 A u its ff , A' Q4 ', - t W - FAILURES NEED NOT BE PERMANENT Near the close of each semester many of us start worrying because we have not accomplished all that we should have, or all that we wished to, in our dif- ferent subjects. We either become depressed and lose hope or go to the extreme of studying feverishly,which might cause physical harm. An indifferent attitude dominates some of us,and others temporarily become fatalists and place their be- lief in the idea that Hwhat will come, will comen. Sometimes we will make some miscalculations and things may not turn out as we expectedg as a result, we are the ones who suffer. We should not let a fail- ure or two break our courage and make us become despondent. Let us always remem- ber that we have times that may be compared with the weather---sometimes bright and clear and sometimes dark and cloudy. Just because today is stormy, we do not for one minute lose hope of ever seeing the sun again. So would it not be worth- while for us to apply the same idea in our studying? DAILY RECITATION VERSUS EXAMINATIONS We believe that the methods of daily recitation and examinations in educa- tion can be likened to the methods of cash and carry and deferred payment in business. In our opinion the use of daily recitations is inefficient, and the class period would be better devoted to study. Using this method the teacher would be answering questions instead of asking themg this she can do to a much greater advantage. Much needless duplication would be avoided,for the recitation period is a waste of time to the student who has prepared the lesson. It is only the unprepared student who benefits from class recitations. Therefore,it is evi- dent that the better the class is,the more useless class recitation becomes. The converse of this is equally true, and thus class recitation defeats its own pur- pose. Its continued use lowers the standard of the class and wastes much time. If, on the other hand, the class time were used as a study period, the ben- efits would be immediately evident. The better students would find class time sufficient in which to do their work, and they would not be held back by the slower students. The latter would study under the supervision of the teacher, at the end of certain definite periods, examinations, which are the only effective, impartial index, would be given over the amount of work covered. We believe this would constitute sound educational procedure, at least for the majority of our students. For the benefit of you who are talented, we asked Ty Tyson this question: nwhen does WWJ hold auditions?N The answer is the auditions are held on Friday mornings at 11:00. Albert Coffey is in charge, and an appointment is not ne- cessary. ' 17