Edison Institute High School - Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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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.

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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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if 41' J HERE are 64 members in the high school chorus. The students ffl! 9 J X X' :ff ft jf! J s Tfrom the ninth through the twelfth classes are included in this group. The chorus is an elective subject and its popularity is evident in the number which chose to join the class. The class is under the direction of Mr. Harold Koch with the assistance of Mr. Robert Zahnow. John Weeks, one of the senior boys, is the accompanist. The chorus has been singing at the different schools in Dearborn the past year in interchange programs. Here the members of the chorus have had an opportunity to observe other choruses and see the type of work they were doing. The chorus quite frequently sings at the chapel services and the student body is proud of its line work. It has been heard over some of our Thursday morning broadcasts, and its greatest experience was to serve as guest artist on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour on May 2. JOHN WEEKS MR. KOCH MR. ZAHNOW 44