Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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FOOTPRINTS Classes ...........as the breezes slowly filled the sails the ship of classes left the port. As the time passed by the ship maintained its steady course unmoved by the wildest blasts of wintry winds. Before long the ship seems to reach its destination with its added cargo.......... even so the student. Page Eleven

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FOOTPRINTS The aims in one year of Shorthand are: i. To give the student the theory material of the Gregg Manual, supplemented by Progresshe Exercises, Speed Studies, and the Gregg Writer. 2. To obtain good shorthand penmanship, and transcription ability. 3. To give the stu- dent an idea of uses of shorthand in an office, and personal uses that can be made of the subject. One of the courses entered into with the most trepidation and re- luctance is probably that of Public Speaking. Vet before the end of the year even the most timid are forced to admit an increased facility in expressing themselves befoie others. The larger aim of the course is to guide a student toward an oral expression of his thoughts which is organized, natural and pleasing. With this end in view two more specific aims are seen. The first is to learn a few of the chief fundamentals of good speech, and the second is to apply these fundamentals by actually speaking. To learn, one must do, is particularly true of speaking, either pri- vately or publicly. One may write exceedingly well, and yet speak very poorly. A person must have something to say, but he must also know how to say it. With this in mind, then, students are given every opportunity to speak, using all kinds of speeches. Some of these speeches are: salestalks, debates, business meetings, storv telling, talks on character, vocations, hobbies, art, music, chairmanship, etc. Public speaking is intended to develop in the student an initiative in thinking, an ability to express himself in any class where oial ex- pression is needed, and a practical outlook toward future citizenship. Page Ten

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 ,--------FOOTPRINTS---------♦ SENIORS ■'V Kj Jr t SENIOR OFFICERS President . Eugene O Brien Vice-President .... PaulTerAvest Secretary and Treasurer . . Emma Schmidt Advisor........................ MR- DeJonge COMMITTEES Committe for Class Motto, Class Colors, Class Flower Louise Spinner William Mergener Emma Schmidt George Dinkei. iMargaret Klosterhouse Committee for Announcements and Invitations Margaret Parish Uldene Roth Donald Laug Class Motto—The Elevator to Success is Usually Stuck— Try the Stairs.” Class Flower—White Rose Class Colors—Blue and Silver Page Twelve