Hamilton High School - Portrait Yearbook (Hamilton, MI)

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Mrs. Berens explains sentence stnictuie. Short stories and spelling are part of Mr. Folkert ' s class. .«i -ai The word is the singular pillar that elevates man above the beast. Technical knowledge must be acquired — verbs, gerunds, adjectives— how they fit into our world of words. Judgment and critical appreciation of liter- ary values must be considered. Our English Depart- ment through the study of practical English, speech, literature, and writing strives to perfect the skill for and to develop an understanding of effective use of this quality that makes man unique, the spoken and written word. This provides the clues to the mystery of life. Mr. Tanis e.xpounds on American Literature.

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Expressing the thoughts of man in words Mrs. Houseman helps Junior Highers lay out newspaper, TNT. Students are helped with readini skills b Mrs. Sanders

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Tempers and wit bung home District trophs Interpreting the thoughts and words of man Research cards provide impetus to clear thinking. Sports in the past history of H.H.S. have been physically inclined for the most part, but now the im- mortal Hawkeyes has a sport that is mentally inclined for the most part except the vocal bands. These strong minded larynx people have a Varsity and a J.V. team, also. To start off the vocal brawl there are two affirma- tive speakers and two negative speakers. Both teams have coaches and the winning side is decided by a judge. Each person speaks twice. The first time for ten minutes called ' Constructives ' and then a second time speaking for five minutes called Rebuttals ' . Each person can get up to thirty points. The Hawkeyes were placed second in the OK Blue Division League overall. The new team went to State Districts and won 5-1 overall. Then to Regionals but were defeated, losing two in the best-of-three tourna- ment. Among the Varsity are Rudy Broekhuis, Tom Hall- quist, Pat Sternberg, and Judy Geerts— Most N ' aluable. The Varsity scored 10-4 in their league season, J.V. ' s team are all Sr. High Bandsmen, they are Tom Johnson, Dan Grondin, Carl Meyer, Rick Barrett, and Louise Grondin— substitute. The J.V. ' s scored 6-8 in their first league season. Oh, I almost forgot The Name of the Game ' is DEB. TE.