Hamilton High School - Portrait Yearbook (Hamilton, MI)

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Seniors have only just begun .. Class officers and sponsors: Ted Yoak, Marshall Lohman. Mr. Cotts, Mrs. Maatman. Jerry Kreuze, and T om Hallquist. Members of the Class of 1972 What do 15 million teenagers in America have in common? High School. In school buses and corridors from Boston to San Diego the same pranks are pulled and the same topics are discussed over and over. Thousands of big games are interspersed among myriads of big tests. The cycle of studies, games, club meet- ings, and nights out is universal. Hamilton High School is only a drop in the bucket of American education; but its 1972 Portrait, though produced by and about Hamilton students, is probably a fairly typical pictorial review of small-town high school, U.S.A. True, we have a preponderance of Dutch names, and possibly there is evidence of related values and traditions. These ought to be incidental to the message of this book, however. If, as you peruse this record of a year at Hamilton High School, you discover only empty traditions, subtle ridicule of program and practices, indifference toward those who were here to serve you, then together we have failed in our efforts to make high school the kind of experience it should have been for you. But if pag- ing through this book produces recollections that make you feel good, then our school has attained a measure of success. To the extent that this is true, Hamilton isn ' t just another high school— it ' s something special. I sincerely hope that the pages which follow will bring back happy memories about people who cared and about lessons that have added meaning to your life. Stuart Ellens, Principal