Edison Institute High School - Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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. -r . -M . f . . A, --uf. , JL. ,f....r.-J. OPERETT -un -.. a......',..1.w..... . .mf MR. TAYLOR E 'II W-A -4i..',-J-:...,- - f N January of 1937, the ever-popular NH. lVI. S. Pinaforen revue was revived by the stu- dents of Greenfield Village and Edison Insti- tute. The operetta was given for the first time in 1933 and has been repeated twice since. As in previous years, the performance was staged under the direction of lNIr. Robert Taylor. He was ably assisted by lVIr. Harold Koch, music director of the school system. , .. ssl-, .411-E.. ., 42

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EDI NSTIT TE COUNCIL nn COUNCIL was organized two years ago. It serves as an executive body for the school. At its regular meetings held weekly it has solved many school prob- lems and has handled whatever discipline problems eame before it with the seriousness and sincerity befit- ting such a group. One of the first aceomplishments of the Council this year was to draw up a constitution which was presented to the student body and ratified. Its organization consists of two representatives eleet- ed from each class in the high school. The council has been very aetive in promoting various activities in the sehoolg such as, organizing committees for the exhibits, arranging for the selection of the school ring, creating a Lost and Found Department. and performing many other functions with great ettieiency. The bulletin board in the upper corridor has been used to inform the students of the activities of the coun- eil and to keep them in touch with every move it has taken. The council has done very good work, and the entire student body respects its decisions. ISABELLE GASSET I' Chairman MR. RUSSELL A dvzsm' S'- +1

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MR. LOVETT OCIAL TRAINING and the ART of DANCING on the past eight years the students of the Edison Insti- tute have been enjoying an activ- ity wl1ich is an important part of their educational training. Be- sides furnishing them with health- ful exercise, dancing has supplied them with grace, poise, and that correct dcportment which is so essential in all their social con- tacts. The pupils are also taught how to hold their partners cor- rectly, and how to conduct tl1en1- selves in the best manner on the dance floor. Ballroom training is the foundation for all that is graceful, pleasing, and unaffected on social occasions. In other words, the student learns how to behave with ease, grace, and con- sideration for the feelings of oth- ers, which are the marks of every true lady and gentleman. This past year the older stu- MRS. LUV ETT dents have had the opportunity of giving demonstrations of their dances in various interchange pro- grams with other junior high schools in Dearborn, and a group of them also took part in a danc- ing exhibition at Fordson High School in the early part of May. 43 Not only have the students been getting a great deal of pleasure out of their dancing classes, but they have been learning some- thing that will be even more valu- able when they grow olderz some- thing which they will carry with them throughout their lives. Mr. and ltlrs. Benjamin B. Lovett have had the training of these children of the Edison Insti- tute schools since their inaugura- tion, and it nmst be a source of gratification to these instructors to see how far their pupils have advanced in physical graces and social accomplishments. Dancing is one of the constituents of a pleasing personality.