Clio High School - Mustang Yearbook (Clio, MI)

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Salufafv y ,4ddrcss by Wayne Sedlow Members of the Board of Education, faculty, parents, and friends, I am privileged to welcome you to Commencement night on behalf of the graduating class of 1958, There is a question in my mind tonight about our educational system in the United States, Are stu- dents in Europe receiving a more advanced education than students in the United States? I feel this is a very important question and after looking into the matter I fear we are falling behind, In this new scientific era we cannot afford to let this happen. I had the privilege of attending a Clio Rotary meeting this past year and listen to an exchange stu- dent from Germany, He compared our two countries educationally, I was amazed when I learned he had taken all the mathematical courses offered in our high schools and was only classified as a junior in our schools, The most impressive fact was that he was not majoring in mathematics, but he was taking a language course, This was composed of seven years of Latin, English, and French, He said the reason the German student is ahead of us is because they attend school twelve months a year with only a two weeks vacation. After listening to his speech I began to wonder about the other countries in Europe and began to do some research, Because Russia is our most important rival, I selected her, Here are a few facts that I found. ' When a Russian student graduates from high school he has had five years of physics, four years of chemistry, a year of astronomy, five years of biology, ten years of mathematics, and five years of a foreign language. Now the question before us is how can America compete with Europe and especially Russia? A good way to do this would be to extend our educational system into a twelve month program with two weeks off during the summer, This system would serve more than one purpose, First of all it would give to each student a more intensified education enabling him to secure more knowledge and graduate at the same time. The more knowledge secured in high school would enable a student to enter college with more ease and assurance, Secondly, it would provide teachers with a year around employment, Thirdly, it would prepare a student more fully for earning his own livlihood. This system should put us at par with Russia, It would be difficult at first, but we must be able to compete with Communism or lose our world leadership and maybe our freedom, In closing, I would like to thank the parents, on behalf of the graduating class of 1958, for the sac- rifices they have made for us to make this Commencement night possible, f maui

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Vzzlcdictvry Address by Barbara Crnolatic Parents, Faculty, and Friends: Tonight marks the beginning of new lives for us graduates, No longer will we rely on our parents to make the majority of our vital decisions. For thirteen years we have been preparing for this point. Now we have reached it. The question of what to do has to be answered, College, marriage, trade schools and the armed forces are all solutions, Or are they? Each of them brings up more questions and presents greater problems than we've had to face, We must adjust ourselves to new ways of life. We must pre- pare to meet the demands society will pose to us as adults. Our country will place many burdens on us. There is a drastic need for teachers. We must try to meet the need. Since Russia launched her Sputniks there has been a cry for more scientists. Our gen- eration will be expected to keep the United States in the lead scientifically. The threat of Communism and tyranny grows nearer every day as was shown by the stoning of Vice-President Nixon on his good- will trip to South America in May, It is our duty to help lead our country and keep it free for posterity. As we face the problems before us they seem to be insurmountable, The fact that there are prob- lems to be solved should be an incentive to us, We should face our problems, but yet we must look be- yond them, for, as Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, When there is no vision the people perish, James Bryant Conant has said Behold the turtle, He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. Like the turtle we must stick our necks out, As we face our problems we will know the fear of failure. Fear is not a new emotion to man, but it does play too great a part in his life at times. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt is often quoted as saying, The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Fear and panic drove our country into the depths of a strangling depression in the 1930's, The 1930 depression was the fourteenth major economic depression in the history of our country, The first one was in 1836, Because of the present economic recession it will be hard for many of us to find jobs, We are not the first graduating class to be in this predicament, and we will not be the last. World peace is on dangerous ground today. The prospect of a third world war looms darkly in the future. None of us wants this war to come about for we have good reason to believe it would be our last. The United States has taken part in 8 wars and the Korean conflict. So, we are not the first graduating class to face the prospect of war. As we face them our problems seem unique, Each of us feels that he is the only one with troubles, The problems we face are not new. They are merely the same old ones under a new disguise. We will never be completely free of trouble, and we would not Want to be, for, as Arnold Toynbee said in his essay, Can We Live In Peace? Trouble, after all, is the necessary salt of life without which life loses its savor. Tonight we bid farewell to Clio High and the happy times we've had here, As we say our goodbyes, we realize that we are Not finished, just begun. Jim

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X W Don Lee Receives the Stuart E, Monroe Memorial Award Y i 1 l 5 l l l W , l TOP ATHLETE - Don Lee has been named the outstanding athlete-scholar of the Class of 1958 and was awarded the Stuart E, Monroe Memorial award last week by Athletic Director Mr. Ellis. Ron Habkirk is president of the Varsity Club. The award is co-sponsored by the Varsity Club and the class of 1956, QMessenger Photol In memory of Stuart E. Monroe, 1956 Clio High School graduate who was killed aboard the carrier Ticonderoga last February, the Varsity Club and Class of 1956 have established an annual award for the outstanding athlete in each graduation class. The first recipient is Don Lee, who was presented with the certificate and an engraved medal at Class Day activities last Wednesday. The presentation was made by Mr, Ellis - Director of Athletics, Ron Habkirk - Varsity Club President, and the 1956 Class Representative, Kay Ringler. A permanent plaque with each winner's name inscribed will be displayed in the trophy case at the high school. ' Selection was made by the coaching staffs, three faculty members and the Principal and was based on athletic ability, citizenship, leadership and scholastic ability, Monroe was an outstanding athlete, student and leader during his school days. In announcing the ' award the sponsoring groups stated, We have established this award in the most sincere hope that it will promote school spirit, team effort and leadership to emulate Stuart E, Monroe's example as an athlete and as a scholar, Lee is an honor student, varsity letterman, in football, baseball and basketball, He also participa- ted in the Class Plays, was a member of the Letterman and the Jet Clubs and served as Student Council Pr6Sid6r1I. Lee was a finalist in the Jaycee Scholarship and plans to attend college to study architectural engineering. , I i i