Clarkston High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Clarkston, MI)

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And Prepare For a Modern World In an exciting game during gym class between two ninth grade teams, Richard Amante and Bill Swayne strain for possession of the ball. Miss Mary Shoup Western Michigan University B.S. degree GAA Sponsor Cheerleader Sponsor Girls Physical Education Mr. Harry McGrath Murray State College B.S. degree Freshman Football Coach Freshman Basketball Coach Boys Physical Education Mr. Lawrence Thibault Northern Michigan University B.S. degree Freshman Class Sponsor Mechanical Drawing Mrs. Lois Thibault Northern Michigan University B.S. Degree Future Homemakers Sponsor Home Economics Home Economics is a mere stepping stone on the road to various occupational opportunities. Background for many occupations in the world of tomorrow lies within this classroom. Not only future homemakers are found here, but writers for women’s magazines, clothing buyers, textile chemists, dietitians, and radio and television personalities. For those pursuing a career in these fields and others, there are unlimited horizons. Our physical education classes provide group participation in many activities, helping to prepare each student to become better physically fit. Teamwork and individual sports instill better athletic skills and standards of sportsmanship in the student. Calisthenics before group sports, such as basketball, volleyball, and tumbling teach the rules of sportsmanship and teamwork. Through active participation each student learns the value of being physically fit and mentally alert. Shelter, as one of the necessities of life, brings into , our scope a new dimension — that of mechanical drawing. Before construction on any building begins, the plans must be blueprinted and put to scale. Mechanical drawing classes prepare the architects of tomorrow for their never-ending challenges. 15 The art of cake baking and decorating is demonstrated by Judy Ragatz, Diane Walker and Margaret Enden.

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Students Learn Intensified Skills.... Mr. Barton Connors Head of Music Department Albion College B.S. degree Honor Band Band and Chorus Mrs. Margaret Campbell Wayne State University Cranbrook Academy of Arts B.S. and M.F.A. degrees Art Club Sponsor Art Mrs. Eleanor Thayer Eastern Michigan University B.S. degree X Librarian Mr. Dave Couture Central Michigan University B.S. degree Audio Visual Aids Club Sponsor Permanent Substitute Civil Air Patrol members promoting the activities of the department through posters are Marshall London, Raymond Ott and Vernon Geeck. The many facilities of the library are used throughout the day by the students of C.H.S. To develop a better understanding and appreciation of the refined arts among students is the main objective of the Fine Arts Departments. Comprehending the values of music and applying them to present knowledge is the goal set by music students, who provide the public with entertaining instrumental conceits and vocal programs throughout the academic year. Arts and crafts enable students to further their perception of life by bringing out creative interests and abilities, Through the use of their minds and hands, students find culture interesting and satisfying. Found within the library are vast shelves of reference, fiction, non-fiction, and periodical literature, designed to help the student with present needs in that field. The vocational file holds the key to future occupations and careers with numerous catalogs and pamphlets. With all this information made easily available, the library functions for the benefit of the students. Our permanent substitute has given hours of time to maintain any instruction in the classroom in the absence of a regular staff member. Under his jurisdiction also falls the audio-visual aid programs. This includes distributing film catalogs to teachers, ordering films and instructing students in the mechanics of operating projectors. Through participation in these fields we gain a vast amount of knowledge and understanding of the culture of our society. 14

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Providing For Extra Privileges In School., Mrs. Marilyn Hanson Western Michigan University MacMurray College B S. and M.S. degrees Girls Counselor Mr. Dom Mauti Head of Physical Education Department Eastern Michigan University B.S. degree Varsity Club Sponsor Varsity Basketball Coach Boys Counselor Mr. Barry Breidenbaugh Indiana State Teachers College B.S. degree Special Education Mr. Ralph Thayer Eastern Michigan University B.S. degree Driver Education Mrs. Lawric Burnette Lambuth College B.S. degree Publications John Knox and Cheryl Cullen are preparing themselves for an hour of driving. Dale Allsop and Dennis Szeremet have just completed their hour at the wheel. Our futures lie as dim horizons until an experienced voice speaks to us with knowledge and understanding, and helps us prepare ourselves for adult life. The counseling staff begins to prepare students in their freshman year to meet the challenges of the future. Vocations, colleges, high school courses and activities are discussed and planned. It is then up to the student to use the advice and counsel to the utmost. With the complicated network of our modern roads presenting greater and greater challenges to the well-educated driver, it is the responsibility of the school to instill in all future drivers the qualities which characterize a good a iomobile operator. The driver’s training staff patiently- prepares pupils for tomorrow’s more advanced automotive mechanics. The Work-Experience Program is provided for the special education student at the senior high school level. In addition to the required subjects which are directed toward job preparation, this phase of the program provides help in specific problems of job preparation during and prior to actual job placement. The special education teacher acts as job coordinator, and works closely with the student, employer, and parents in the process of job placement. Upon actual placement, the teacher continues his coordinating activities with an intensive follow-up. The success of the special education student in actual job placement is one of the major factors in meeting requirements for graduation on the Work-Experience Program. The purpose of speech correction is to help prepare the student for present and future social contact. Speech correction in the Senior High School is available for those students desiring to improve personal speaking habits. Classes are designed to describe areas of weakness to the individual, and methods to strengthen and improve these areas. The individual is given the responsibility of improvement outside of class in normal speaking situations. Preparing for a future in journalism, the members of the publications staff, fulfill to the utmost, their duties as newspaper and yearbook publishers. While practicing individual writing techniques each adds a bit of color to the pages of the Hilltopper or Wolf Cry. Punctuation, capitalization - all the rules of writing must be followed accurately to insure the success of each publication. Newspapermen and yearbook staff members practice daily the rules of writing for the coming enjoyment of the reader of the Wolf Cry and Hilltopper. With the combined qualities of these groups maintaining hard work with a sincere interest in what they are doing today, the Wolf Cry and Hilltopper are turned out in the tradition of Clarkston Senior High. Choosing the right college is of the utmost importance to seniors. The counselors are always ready to go over all Michigan College bulletins at any time with the interested students.