Handy High School - Occident Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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SCH00l.'S OUT . . . . . . . but underdassmen prepare for i960 For the Class of 1959, high school was over, but, for Handyites of 1960, a new year started in April with registration for the fall term. Students milled around in the gymnasium picking up their IBM cards for Handy's unique, college-type registration. Lockers were cleaned up, and refunds given. Students paid their fines and fees and turned in their books. After long hours of study, finals were over. But for the students who would be returning, it was a beginning. Those who were down credits, or who wished to satisfy requirements so they could take other classes in the fall, enrolled for summer school. The rest left Handy for three months of vacation from school-to work, to play, or iust to lie around in the sun. Whatever they did, that, too, was a preparation for 1959-'60. Mr. Al Bush helps Ray Grobelny find a place in a math class. ,Mrsx'Gloria Manary is happy to see so many students signing up for speech classes although she is one of the teachers who did not return to teach at Handy in the fall. Left, students do not hesitate to enter school, as they go back for the last day, and mother school year comes to an end. i

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,.-9' '59 Seniors bow their heads in prayer at the opening ofthe joint Baccalaureate service for students from both Handy and Central, held in the JC gymnasium. Class of '59 combines with Central for Most seniors, in the course of their high school days, experience every phase of school life. Every day and every class brings them closer to the fulfillment of the dream of their senior prom, fun day, and, especially, commencement. Yet, when the time comes when they are sitting in the Wildcat stadium with the diplomas in hand, and the last speaker is finishing, then comes the realization that it's all over. The goals that the senior had spent four years working to achieve are represented in the small piece of parchment he holds in his hand. Perhaps this is the time he starts musing about the last weeks which brought his high-school career to an end. The class of '59 began its year by pre- senting a play, Dial 'M' for Murder, to raise funds for senior class activities. The end of their senior year really began, how- ever, when the valedictorian, Harry Klopf, and salutatorian, Diane Wood, were nam- ed. From that evolved a series of activi- ties beginning with the senior prom, Para- sol is Pink , and ending with the commence- ment. 'I4 There was the Torch Ceremony, where the Senior class president passed the lead- ership of the school to the junior class. There was the ioint Baccalaureate with Central in the Junior College Gymnasium, the first of its type ever held in Bay City. There was the Senior Banquet, the Fun Day, and the Skip Day. All of these activities ended the night of commencement: June 3, 1959. That day, 420 seniors walked sol- emnly to the platform to receive their diplomas. Some will go on to college, some will marry, some will go to work, but ALL will never forget the four years of their life that they spent in the halls of Handy High School. Citizenship, Scholarship, and Leadership. These are the qualities in which a student must excel in order to attain a position onthe Honor Plaque. i959 Honor Plaque students are: seated, left to right, Judy Tafelski, Leila Buddenbaum, Barbara Gustafson, Janet McGunegle, Kay Bromley, Barbara Malyneaux, Mary Slowinski, Janice Logan, and Marcia Voisine. Standing, left to right, Allen Kuch, Ken Peck, John Lundy, Dan Warmbier, Jim Smith, Reverend John Barker, Harry Klopf, Vernon Veit, Richard Bach, Gnd Ci10l'l8S Brown. Fl' Q9