Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1940 volume:

I DOOMSDAY BOOK 1940 Published by Journalism Class. Art Work by Art Class, with Shop Classes assisting on Rubber Cut mounting Hastings High School, Hastings. Michigan EdUor-in-Chief. LAUREL PERKINS The printing of the Doomsday Rook was done by the Hastings Commercial Printers, Hastings, Michigan The engraving was done by the Jahn and Ollier Engraving Company, Chicago, Illinois FOREWORD When William I ordered a Doomsday Book to l e compiled in 1086 A. D. for the purpose of learning about the Saxons who comprised his realm, he did not realize that the Saxons of Hastings High School would publish a Doomsday Book in 1940 to record the deeds of the people in their realm. We who are leaving High School for the last time hope that in making this book we have selected the most interesting, vital, and useful in- formation of the last year’s activities. In the years to come may our Doomsday Book provide pleasant memories for all those mentioned therein. DEDICATION We. tlx graduating class of nineteen hundred and forty, dedicate this annual to the perpetuation in the hearts of every one of us of that spirit of democracy which has been the incentive and result of every good and great thing the American people, as a nation, have accomplished. May our contributions to our community, state, and nation prove constructive and may they enable us to show the world that democracy is a living, working reality. DEMOCRACY Democracy means more than just a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. It means that citizens, native-born or naturalized, from the Golden Gate to the Statue of Liberty, from the frozen great lakes of the North to the tropical waters of the South, are free and equal. Whether they be rich or poor, they all have the same rights given to them by the constitution of the United States. However, our country was not always as we find it now. It took many lives and many sacrifices to make our United Stab's second to none among the nations of the world. If some composer could capture the march of America in one great symphony, this is what you would hear. The war-whoop of Indians, the creaking of covered wagons, the ring of the woodsman's axe. and the clank of the surveyor's chain. You would hear the wind whistling through the rigging of clipper ships, the deep-throated snort of the iron horse ami the staccato roar of automobile and airplane engines. Yet we have not reached a point where the saga is finished nor the pioneering complete. There are still new horizons to cross with constantly growing foreign competition. Where will this nation stand a few years hence? With the loyal support of its citizens it will l� e out in front as it is today. We, the graduating class of 1940. are to be a more active part of this great nation. Some of us may be leaders, but all of us, regardless of what part we play in the future, will be working toward the same end. to keep America a great America. May we. the graduating class of 1940, through wise participation in our democracy, further America's greatness. Administration Behind the efficient, smooth-running organization of our school, as in every institution, there is the community and the administration which manages our school and solves our problems successfully. The work of maintaining and improving our high school government and instruction has been the task of our superintendent and his staff of principal, assistant principal, and dean of girls. Behind them stand the board of education, composed of a dentist, a county agricultural agent, an optometrist, a draftsman, and a garage manager. Back of these are the tax payers who elect them to their offices. We attribute to all of these our success as a democratic institution of education. Board of Education Dr. George L. Lockwood, one of Barry County’s best dentists, is a great sports- man when it comes to fishing and hunting and is usually delighted with his results. Mr. ('.arl Wespinter, manager of the Universal (Jarage. is a lover of children and a well-known citizen and Botarian. He delights in eating fresh pop-corn, we are told. Dr. I). D. Walton, an expert optometrist, is a great dramatist find lover of music. As a hobby, he gets great pleasure in learning and presenting new feats of magic. Mr. Hubert Cook, an expert draftsman and an expert partridge hunter, likes to spend his leisure moments on many hobbit's, the best-known of which is mov- ing pictures. He also has one of the best stamp collections in Barry County. Mr. Harold Foster, to prove his ahilitv as Barry County’s agricultural agent, manages a farm of his own with excellent results. His Guernsey cows, which seem to give exceptionally good milk, occupy much of his leisure time. Mr. I). A. Van Btiskirk, who has faith- fully served the Hastings Public Schools as superintendent for seventeen years, is one of the lustt authorities on school legislation in the state. He loves l ooks and spends many hours reading. Mr. Edwin I.. Taylor, principal and journalism instructor, is interested in admit slips. Doomsday Book, and keeping records of his seventy-odd varieties of iris. He also enjoys spending some hours in Imnling and fishing. Mr. Fred Jones, assistant principal and science teacher of the Hastings High School, is interested in student participa- tion in government. As a hobby. Fords seem to dominate and take up some of his leisure time. Miss Marie Howe, as dean of girls, is a friend to all girls. She delights in speaking of English ways and manners and in put- ting on short plays in her classes. Golfing and l owling are two of her favorite pastimes. Mrs. Bulb Becker, with her charming and interesting personality, is an efficient and well-liked secretary. Though she has great interest in planting and caring for plants and shrubs during her leisure hours, it has not dulled her ability in the office. FACULTY FACULTY Jean Barnes, librarian, occupies a warm spot in all our hearts in spite l the I’aet that she i- set OD having no talking in the library. Miss Barnes’s chief hobby is the felines, Peter and Petunia. Lyle Bennett is especially popular among the male mem- bers of the student body. The school is proud of this fine coach. His wonderfully wavy hair is the envy of many. Joseph Brozak, physical instructor for the boys, has a weakness for telling stories during assemblies, much to the students’ delight. He coaches varsity baseball and second team sports. Dana Burgess is the newest member of our faculty in the commercial department. His speed tests in typing come regularly each week. His encouraging cries may lx heard on the tennis courts where he spurs on the Saxon netters in his capacity as tennis coach. Mary Campbell, art instructor, has the artistically inclined members of the school to cope with. She is seldom seen in the high school building, as her headquarters is at Central, but she’s largely responsible for the good looks of this annual. Kuth Cor fright, with the cooperation of A. J. Cort right, has eliminated the confusion caused when it was necessary to designate her as Miss Rul i Campbell. She has been quoted assaying. I like married life very much.” Possibly this is because she teaches home economics. Vcrrol Conklin, shop instructor and mechanical drawing teacher, chooses radio engineering as a hobby and is very successful at it. He is especially attached to his fur cap which appears every winter, occscionally accompanied by an attractive mustache. Carl Damson will be remembered by any student who ever sat in one of his United States history classes and listened to his interesting stories. Outside the classroom they say he can do almost anything efficiently. His present interests range from Barbara Jean to the Hi-Y. Boy Garner, a gentleman farmer, is cross country coach and in his lighter moments he teaches freshman English and mathematics. There has been a special lilt in his tenor voice since the advent of Sally O’Nance Garneron March 22. Tae Gies is the devoted out-of-doors man of our faculty. I Iis indoor sport is telling yarns about his days as a ranger. He is popular with many for his wit. clever answers, and amusing pranks. Mathematics and biology are included in his duties as a teacher. Lewis Hine is our very capable band and orchestra di- rector. You may have seen him parading with the band in his striking white uniform. His hobby is home-made musical instruments that actually make music. Among other things he plays an oboe, has a patent on a clarinet, and teaches history. Arthur Hansen, apprentice training teacher, has made a most favorable impression on the students In comes in contact with by his quiet, likable personality. He is from tile Upper Peninsula and is giving All. Jones some compe- tition as a Ford specialist. Theodore Knopf is our handsome agricultural and biology instructor. He doesn't like gum-chewers, and the penalty for this offense is to treat the class. His hobbies run to fishing, tennis, and landscape gardening. Lena Lei ter, one of our smallest but most vivacious faculty members, teaches shorthand and other commercial subjects. Her favorite expression is ‘Oh, sugar.” Bernice Lc Master in her duties as school nurse and health teacher concerns herself with the health of all the students. Her pleasing accent makes us want to visit her native Iloosier state. Arthur Lower devotes his time to teaching vocal music and civics. He has done much to promote our music de- partment. the major improvement being a regular choir class. He firmly believes that “talking ruins pitch.” Jean Lower was one of our few married feminine teachers. She taught grade music and girls glee club and Swing is definitely out of her line. She resigned April 1 to devote her time to her home. Kmily MeKIwain, who is herself a graduate of Hastings high school, teaches English and French. One of her ac- complishments is the freshman library in her room. She is admired for her polite, charming manner and poise. Herbert Reinhardt for several years has had the senior economics and American government classes to contend with. He coaches golf and the Chess and Checker club. He can’t l eat his golfers, but the chess players can’t l eat him. Vivian Reynolds can l e seen bustling around the com- mercial department most any time of day. She is little but energetic, and once you hear her merry laugh, you never forget it. Ruth Hobson teaches English classes which every sopho- more attends. She insists that two plus two equal five and cannot bo convinced to the contrary. One of her interests is big league baseball. Katharine Schreiber has contributed much to the school by starting a Latin newspaper since she came here three years ago to teach Latin. In good weather she may be seen briskly pedaling her bicycle up and down the streets. Kuth Sherwood, girls physical education instructor, is about the jolliest person on the faculty. She is adviser of the Girl Reserves and the Booster club. The latter club she herself organized. Stanley W heater is teacher of the speech and dramatics classes and director of the class plays. In the fall of every year he is often observed vainly attempting to Ik heard over a roomful of too-well-trained debaters. Virginia Moore took over the duties of Mrs. Lower April 1. As yet she is not very well-known by the majority of have won her many friends. GIRLS LEAGl E HOARD First row: Townsend, Steckle, president. Perkins, vice president. Matthews, secretary. Second row: I.auhaugh. Edwards, Ketcham, Miss Rowe, adviser. Kidder, treasurer. DeWeerd, Endres, Rose, Pierce. Public Service Chief-—Shultz. Chief Justice—Dibble. FACt LTY-STUDENT COUNCIL First row: Wagner, treasurer. Weaver, athletic treasurer. Hush, chairman. Tinker, secretary 1, treasurer 2. Second row: Miss Rowe, Wilcox. Rush, Kenyon. Ilelmer, Schultz, Shultz, Whitmore. Johnson, third rote: Brower. Kenyon. Erway. Bross, Steckle, Mr. Jones, adviser, Vaughn. Larsen. Hush. Also members during year: Marble. Otis. Snyder. Beck. Babbitt. Cook, vice chairman 1, Donovan, Keteham. Edmonds. DcCou, vice chairman 2. Tazelaar, Fisher. Campbell, Murphy, French, Conklin, Webb, secretary 2, Jones. Mayor—Bush. Traffic Manager—Whitmore. Sanitary Engineer—Hush. HOYS UNION COUNCIL First row: Hush. Keeler, Fingleton, Stamm, McDonald, Clark, secretary-treasurer. Edmonds, president. Second row: Mr. Jones, adviser. Snyder. Shultz. Cole, Sothard, vice president. Absent re nt picture. Crawford. - 8 — Democracy In School Government Girls League The Girls League, of which every high school girl is a member, is governed by the Girls League Board. The purpose of this league is to promote the social welfare of the school. Some of its activities are assigning Big and Little Sisters to assist freshmen girls in getting acquainted with the school, giving assemblies and mixers, sponsoring cake and candy sales, and presenting the Girls Scholarship Cup. The league is self-supporting and uses its money for a special purpose each year. The Girls League Board is comprised of eight girls, two from each class, one each from the country and city, who are elected by tin League. These eight girls select four additional members to head the several units. These units and their chairman for the past year were: social service. Elvira DeWeerd; athletic, Evelyn Townsend; vocational. Beatrice Bose: and entertainment, Lucille Endres. The advisers of the respective units were Miss McElwain. Miss Sherwood, Miss Schreiber, and Mrs. Cortright. Each girl in high school is a member for one year in each of these units. Some of the past year’s activities were purchasing new records for dancing in the gym, purchasing games to be used at noons and at mixers, providing music for mixers, and improving the appearance of the session room stage. Faculty-Student Association Faculty-Student Association achievements for the past school year present an interesting and remarkable record. A new system of student government, devised a year ago, was developed quite satisfactorily this year. New student officials included a school mayor and four commission chairmen. At the all-school election last spring Clara Bush was elected mayor and automatically became chairman of the Faculty-Student Council. The four commission chairmen and the personnel of their commissions were elected as follows: Traffic Commission, Bernard Whitmore, chairman, William Heed, Cleo Jacobs, and Beverly Dryer; Justice Commission. William Dibble, chairman, Catherine Davies, Harold Kimmel. and Palmer Osborn: Public Service Commission. Robert Shultz, chairman. Kenneth Tinker, Mary Ketcham. and Richard Fingleton; Cleanliness Commission, Robert Bush, chairman, Jane Snyder. Gordon Sothard, and Veta Rice. Under this new and successful method of student-government the council has cooperated closely with the commissions. Their combined accomplishments have resulted in promoting better student-teacher understanding and have aided materially in working out school problems w hich directly concern the student body. Novel and outstanding accomplishments in council work during the past year are many. Among them could l e noted improving the 1940 annual by increasing class assessments to the necessary amounts, thus making it possible for every club to have an annual picture, and changing the name of the year book from Fortnight Annual to Dooms- day Book. The council sent two representatives to the Student Official’s meeting at Grand Rapids-Union high school. It inaugurated Property Preservation Week, instigating an active campaign to promote better treatment of school property. The council sponsored lively student discussion of such matters as the new assembly seating arrangement, the petition system of nominating school officials, the purpose and treatment of the three-minute period for study halls, and the proposed hall monitor system to insure quiet and courtesy in high school halls. These discussions were intended to promote better understanding among students of the aims and intentions of regulations upon school life. In addition to all these added activities the council also carried out its customary yearly obligations. It encouraged Thanksgiving and Christmas donations, provided for school parties and mixers, arranged the yearly Water Carnival, named semester dues days, allotted candy concessions, and supervised class elections. In an added effort to bring the council and student body into closer cooperation a weekly report of council proceedings was given over the public address system each Wednesday during half-hour period by the mayor, and home room discussions followed. A review of the council record for the past school year clearly indicates that great strides have been taken toward student responsibility in school affairs. Through active council work students are preparing for cooperative respon- sibility in the democratic country of future years. Boys Union The Boys I nion Council, which is the governing body of the boys’ organization, the Boys Union, meets to discuss ways of improving boys assemblies, of establishing better school relationship among the l oys, and of promoting sports. This organization puts on the boys assemblies every other month and cooperates w ith the Girls League and the various classes in putting on the mixer assemblies that supplement the 1k� s and girls assemblies. The Boys Union Council is made up of one representative from each class, one from each athletic team, the Hi-Y, Varsity Club, and other hoys’ organizations. The officers are nominated in the spring by the Council and voted upon by all the boys in the school. The officers for this year are president, l� rcn Edmonds; vice president. Gordon Sothard; sergeant-at-arms, Robert ('.lark. Mr. Jones is the faculty adviser. JOHNNIE'S LAST YEAR AT HASTINGS HIGH September— 4-7 Johnnie attends the fair. 11 Johnnie starts to school. 22 Johnnie watches first football game. Varsity beats Grand Ledge 20-0. 29 Johnnie hears 117 talkers at the Debate Forum and gets a little bored. October— 6 10 25 26-27 Johnnie and “Our Town” watch and listen at the annual Spotlight. Johnnie loosens his joints at the cross country meet at Battle Creek. Johnnie misses the first honor roll. Robert Roush has an all-A record. Providence smiles on Johnnie. Teachers institute at Grand Rapids. November— Snakes! Dreams? No. Johnnie goes to assembly. Johnnie views the gym as a granary for Ag-HE _________________ Johnnie sees last football game. Varsity lost j HBfelding 0-12 in the mud. Johnnie says everything’s in tune. Fall i Concert. Here’s your chance Johnnie. Fall Frolic to a sports theme fJoluuii. ‘ eats turkey foi Oh! Oh! I Q. Poor John. December— I Seniors have ‘‘Heart Trouble”, Johnnie. 1 Johnnie views basketball game. Allegan’s by 33-18. 17 Johnnie hears teachers carol merrily. 27 Johnnie says, “Not Miss Campbell. Mrs. Cortright.” January— 11 Johnnie hears Tunney. 15 New officers. Johnnie says, “Shucks! He lost.” 26 Shake, shimmie. and shiver! No, not a chill. Just semester ending for Johnnie. 29 Back for second semester. February— 3 Johnnie weeps. Comstock ends debaters’ title hopes. 12 Gettysburg Address. Guess why, Johnnie. 13 Nope! No monitors, Johnnie. 16 One-act Play Night. Johnnie sees Palmer cop hemors. 23 Johnnie goes to last basketball game. Mg’s 35-27. March— 1 Tournament time! We makeTl points! (Eaton Rapids made 49). 9 Johnnie's not included. Girls play day. 13 Johnnie, buy a Fortnight Annual? No. a Doomsday Book. 18 Johnnie decides on life work for it’s Vocations Day. 22 25 Johnnie has four days to recover from spring fever and wear new clothes. April— 5 Johnnie wins a pot of gold and a dinner for thirty-five cents. “Spring Swing.” II 12 Johnnie’s confused. Juniors are “Little Women” instead of “Little Men”. 17 Sorry, Johnnie, you’re out. Clara and Palmer lead honor list. 18 Pick your school, Johnnie. College day. 19 Johnnie watches Saxons beat Greenville 5-1. baseball. 26 Johnnie attends “Hollywood Extra. Big night for Elaine and Bob. 27 Hastings Relays. And does Johnnie run! May— 3 Johnnie gets entertained by Juniors at J-Hop. 24 Johnnie takes his drums to Woodland for band exchange program. 28 Johnnie joins the caravan of cars that moves to the Water Carnival. June— 2 Johnnie wears cap and gown to Baccalaureate. 6 Johnnie hears the upper one-fifth of his class present the program at Class Night 7 Johnnie gets his sheepskin. At last! 7 Johnnie greets fellow-alumni at Alumni Banquet. Note the dignity. SENIOR .«belle Adroiinie, life shall go on”. Glee club 1, 2. 3; Spotlight I. 2; Fortnight 4; annual staff 4. Clubs: Girls Sports 1; Social Ac- tivities 2. 3: Hit Parade 4; Usher 2. 3. 4. Hetty Allerding, simple arul unaffected”. Soccer I, 2; basketball I, 2, 3. 4; baseball, 1, 2; volleyball 1. 2. 3: tennis 2. 3: “Heart Trouble”; Spotlight 1, 2. Clubs: Girls Sports 1, 2; Camera 3; Booster 4: Girl Reserves 3, 4. Jacquelyn Bachman, dignity and courtesy . Spotlight 1; Girls League board. Clubs: Aeronautical 1; Scribblers 2: Esperanto 4 (secy.). .arl Baldwin, and he had reasons”. Glee club 2. 3, 4; choir 3, 4; operetta 3, 4: “Hold Everything”; Spotlight 3. Clubs: Boys Sports 1. 2; Tumbling 3; Folk Dance 4 (treas.). Lawrence Beckwith, he lives to learn”. Basketball I: “Heart Trouble”, sound effects; Spotlight 1, 2. Clubs: Leathercraft I; Outdoor 2. 3, 4 (V.P. 2, 4; seev. 3). W ilbcr Belson, ardor of youth”. Glee club I. 2. 3, 4; choir 3. 4; operetta 3; Spotlight 1: Ag-HE winner 4; Ag-HE chairman misc. div. 4. (’lubs F.F.A 1. 2, 3, 4. Aaron Blanek, will graduate in 1941. Wanda Bower, why stand we here idle”. Basketball 1; choir 4; operetta 3. 4; Spotlight 3, 4; Fortnight 4. Clubs: Personality 1: Movie 2; Booster 3; Hit Parade 4; Usher 3, 4. Norma Bryant, “whereof she dreams”. Basketball 1. t: ‘Hold Everything”: “Heart Trouble”: F.S.C. 2: Girls League board 2.:Fort- night 4; annual stall 4. Clubs: Girls Sports 1, 2; Dramatics 3: Booster 4. Beulah Bush, the friendly welcome of the wayside well”. Spot- light 3. Clubs: Usher 3. 4; Camera 2; leathercraft 3; Adv. leathercraft 3: Home Ec. 4. Clara Bush, courage and will, perseverance and skill”. Valedictorian; Mayor 4: glee club 3, 4; choir 3. 4; operetta 2. 3. 4: trio; debate 2. 3, 4: declamation I: oratory 2. 3: “Big Hearted Hcrltert : Heart 'I rouble ; F.S.C’. I. 3. 4 (secy. 3): Girls league board 3; class pres. I: class secy. 3: Fortnight 4: annual staff 4; scholarship cup 4. Clubs: Vocations 1: Aeronautical 2. 3 (secy. 2, pres. 3): Esperanto 4 (pres.). Hubert Bush, ' shall road with jazz bands . knot hall I. 2. 3. 4; basketball I, 2. 3. 4; tennis 2. 4; band 2. 3, 4: orchestra 1. 2; F.S.C. 3. 4; class .P. 3: sanitary engineer. Clubs: Tennis 1. 2, 3. 4 (pres. 1): Boys Usher 3, 4: Varsity 3. 4; Hi-Y 3, 4. Patty Calkins, love can never lose ils own”. Soccer I, 2; basketball 1, 2. 3. 4: Spotlight I. 2. 3; Girl Reserves 4. Clubs: Sports I, 2: Camera 3: Booster 4. Bonnie Carpenter, of unfaltering fail h”. Glee club 2. 3; operetta 2. 3; Spotlight I: class V.P. I. Clubs: Com- mercial 1; Social Activities 2: Camera 3: Hit Parade 4. James Carpenter, faithful his will, clear his sight”. Glee club 3, 4; band 1. 3: orchestra 3. 4; Spotlight 3. Clubs: Leathercraft 1: Tumbling 2; Outdoor; Folk Dance 4 (violinist). Hex Casey, “Casey's visage shone”. Ag-HE chairman potato div.; Ag-HE winner 1. Clubs: Outdoor 1; F.F.A. 2. 3. 4. 12 Robert ('lark, my heart is warm with the friends I mike”. Football 1, 2, 3, 4; all-S.W. Mich end 4: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Boys Union council 2, 3. 4 (secy. 4); class V.P. 3; Fortnight 4. Clubs: Hi-Y 2. 3, 4; Social Activities 2. 3 (pres. 3); Booster 4; Sports 4. Dorothy Cogswell, “a charm from the sky . Soccer 2; baseball 2. 3; Girls League board I. Clubs: Leathercraft 1; Sports 3; Camera (secy. 4). Lucille Cole, hearts are light and life is new”. Soccer 2: basketball 2; volleyball 2; class secy. 2. Clubs: Girls Sports 2: Folk Dance (secy. 3); Leathercraft (pres. 4); Usher 2, 3. 4. Imogene Cooley, “strong. melodious songs”. Glee club 1. 2, 3. 4; choir 3, 4; operetta 1. 2, 3, 4; trio. Clubs: Girls Sports 1; Aeronautical 2 (treas.); Music 3 (V.P.); Hit Parade 4: Usher 3, 4. Eileen Daniels, abide in simple and noble regions”. Baseball I; operetta 2: Spotlight 2. 3. Clubs: Usher 3, 4: Folk Dance 4; Girl Reserves 4. Catherine Davies, life is real, life is earnest”. Soccer 1; basketball 1. 2, 3, 4: volleyball 1. 2, 3; baseball I. 2. 4: declamation 1, 2; “Hold Everything”; class treas. 2. 3; J-Hop gen. chairman. Clubs: Dramatics 1, 2. 3. 4 (secy.-treas. 4); Usher 2, 3. 4; Girl Reserves 2. 3. 4 (vice ores. 3. 4). Roy Dennison, and he dances, and he yells”. Golf 4; baseball 1; glee club 1. 2. 3; operetta I; band 1. 2, 3,4; oratory 4. Clubs: Stamp 1. 2 (treas. 1); Aeronautical 3: Booster 4. Mary De Vries, altogether delightful”. Soccer 1; tennis 2; glee club 3. 4; choir 3. 4; operetta 3; trio. Clubs: Social Activities I: Tennis 2; Camera 3: Hit Parade 4; Usher 2. 3. 4. Elvira DeWeerd, “clear and pure”. Basketball 2: baseball I: (iirls League board 4. Clubs: leathercraft I: Dramatics 3, 4; Usher 2. 3. 4. Jean Dicker- son, full of light”. Baseball 1; Spotlight 2. 3. Clubs: Camera 2: Leathercraft 3 (pres.); Adv. leathercraft 3 (secy.-treas.); Home Ec. 4; Usher 4. r Jr Cs Jo •A etc republic than to teach and instruct our youth? —Cicero 19 4 0 Loren Edmonds, he was six fool o'man. .4-1“. Reentered from Owosso senior year. Football 4: basketball 4; baseball I. 4: band 1; F.S.C. 1. 4: Boys Union council I. 4 (pres. 4): class pres. 1: class treas. 1. Clubs: Boys Sports 1: Booster 4 (pres.); Hi-Y I: Varsity 4. Marie Eggleston, mist laughter with the serious”. Basketball I. 2: volleyball 1. 2; “Hold Everything”; “Little Women ; F.S.C. I; Fortnight 3. 4; annual staff 3. 4. Clul)s: Usher 2. 3. 4 (head usher 4): Girl Reserves 2. 3. 4 (secy 2. pres. 4): (iirls Sports 1; Booster 2, 3, 4. Lucille End res, “especially a friend . Soccer 1. 2: track 1: basketball 1. 2; volleyball I. 2: baseball 1. 2. 3, 4: debate 3; “Hold Everything”: (iirls League board 4. Clubs: Girls Sports 1: Dramatics 2. 3 (secy.-treas.); Home Ec. 4 (pres.): Usher 2. 3: Girl Reserves 2, 3. 4. Earl Engle, ” still my old opinion keep . lold Everything”, bus. mgr.: bus capt. 4. Clubs: ( hit door 3; Dramatics 4: Chess and Checker 4; I sher 4: F.F.A. 2. Donald Fingleton, of such as he shall Freedom's young apostles be”. Golf I. 2. 3. 4 (capt. 4): “Heart Trouble”; F.S.C. 1. 2. 3 (ath. treas. 3); Boys Union council 3. 4: class pres. 2: Fortnight editor 4; Cheer Leader 1. 2. 3. 4. Clubs: Leathercraft I (V.P.); Chess and Checker 4 (secy.-treas.); Hi-Y 3, 4; Varsity 2, 3. 4. Ruth Ford, Ite content”. Entered from Battle Creek senior year. Home Ec. club 4. Dorothy Foreman, “sings in high realms . Glee club 2. 3: choir 3. 4: operetta 2, 3, 4; “Little Women”, (dubs: Leathercraft 1: Dramatics 2. 3. 4. Jack Francisco, and thou art satis- fied . Football I. 2. 3. 4; basketball 1. 2. 3, 4: track 4: baseball 2 (mgr. 3): band 1. 2. 4. Clubs: Boys Sports 1. 2. 3. 4 (pres.); Varsity 3. 4 (V.P. 4). Shirley Frederickson, and simple faith”. Track I; basketball 2; volleyball 2; baseball 2. Clubs: Booster 2. 3: Leather- craft 4 (pres.); Folk Dance 3. Merle Fruin, so live that when thy summons comes . Entered from Battle Creek sophomore year. Spotlight 4. Clubs: Folk Dance 3, 4. — 13 — Dori� Gamble, high hearted”. Entered from Jackson senior year. Glee club 4; Spotlight 4; Fortnight; Spring Swing program chairman 4. Clubs: Hit Parade 4. Lyle Gillespie, shun not the struggle face it”. Spotlight 4: Ag-HE winner 2: Ag-HE chairman of fruit div.; bus rapt. 3. Clubs: Outdoor 1: F.F.A. 2, 3, 4. Clara Gillctt, she was merry and brave.” Spotlight 2. 3, 4. Clubs: Sports 2: Folk Dance 3: I athercraft 4 (V.P.). Maurice (Greenfield, every sentence began or closed with the name of----”. Band 1, 2. 3. 4; orchestra 1. 2. 4: “Big Hearted Herbert” chairman property comm.; Spotlight 1. Clubs: Tumbling 1, 2; Folk Dance 3, 4 (secy. 4). Virgcne Guy, “there are dreams in your eyes”. Entered from Nashville senior year. Glee club 4. Dawn Hampton, “you are a sunrise”. Soccer 1. 2 (capt. 2); basketball 1, 2. 3, 4; baseball I. 2, 3. 4; (capt. I. 2, 3); track 1; volleyball 1,2. 3; tennis 3; glee club 1, 2, 3: choir 3. 4. Clubs: Personality 1. 2 (secy .2): Social Activities 3: Hit Parade 4. Martin Hawthorne, for action ready font.” Cross country 3; “Big Hearted Herbert”; Spotlight 1: Fortnight 3. Clubs: I eathereraft I: Conservation 2: Camera 3; Chess and Checker 4. Jerald Haynes, those calm solitudes '. Clubs: Science 1.4: Radio 2: Aeronautical 3. Betty Hayward, blithe as the orchards and bird. Entered from Middleville senior year. Clubs: Folk Dance 4. Leon Hclincr, manly pride and friend- ship . Clubs: Tumbling 1, 2, 3; Safety Patrol. Education is a better safe-guard of liberty Fred lliil, give me a battle to fight . Track 2. 3. 4: cross country 4: baseball 2. 3. 4. Clubs: Skive and Thong 1: 3) Tumbling 4. alter Hobbs. “let us not deceive ourselves”. Football 3, 4; tennis 3. 4. Clubs: Varsity 3, 4: T tivities 3; 1 ennis 3. 4: Hi-Y 3. 4. onda Hoffman, a wis'fut took she backirard cast. Volleyball 1: glee dub I. 1.2. 3.4: Spotlight 3. Clubs: Girls Sports I: Personality 2 (secy.): Boosters 3: Folk Dance 4. Evelyn Hunt, you Band 2. 3, 4; orchestra 1. 2. 3. 4: String quartette 4: F.S.C. 2. (dubs: Music I. 2. 3 (seey.-treas. ): Toy I Hyde, “generous thought and deed . Soccer 1: basket ball I; Spotlight 1, 2. 4 (script writer 2): F.S.C. 2: Fortnight 4: Girls Sports I. 2: Social Activities 3: Folk Dance 4: Usher 3. 4. Jacobs, ‘truly a wonderful man”. Entered from St. Bose junior year. Tennis 3. 4: traffic comm. 4. Clubs: Jarman, and the glad skylark”. Glee club 2. 3, 4; choir 3. 4; operetta 2. 3. 1: trio, se xtette: quartette: Spotlight I. 2: Music 3: Hit Parade 4: I sher 2. 3. 1. da Johnson, ever the same . Glee club I: Folk Dance c lub 4. earnest, prompt to act . Soccer 1.2: track I: basketball I. 2. 3. 4 (capt. 4): volleyball I. 2. 3. 4: Baseball I. 2. 3. 4: 2.3. 4: Hold Everything : Spotlight 1.2. 3. 4: F.S.C. I. 2. 4: class treas. 4: J-Hop refreshment comm, chairman. 3, 4: I sher 2, 3, 4: (iirl Reserves 2. 3. 4 (V.P. 2). Klnora Kant tier, so little it takes to make us glad . Glee club 3 2: Spotlight I, 2, 3. 4: Ag-HE chairman of rural schools. No Dale Keeler, “‘g ire me but room to fight my way . Football 4; basketball I, 2, 3, 4 (capt. 4):baseball 1. 2. 3, 4 (rapt. 4); “Little Women”; F.S.C. I. 2. 3; Boys Union council 4; class V.P. 1; class pres. 3; class treas. 3; class pres. 2. Clubs Hi-Y 3, 4; Booster 4 (treas.); Boys Sports I. 2: Varsity 1.2. 3, 4; Social Activities 3. Darrell Keller, to cheer us . Baseball I; Glee club 1. 2. 3, 4; choir 3. 4; operetta I. 2. 3. 4; orchestra 2. 3. 4; quartet. Clubs: Leathercraft 1; Adv. Leathercraft 2; Camera 3. 4: Folk Dance 4. Kuth Keteham, a full rich nature, free to trust . Volleyball 1. 2: Spotlight 2. 3. 4; Fortnight 4; annual staff 4. Clubs: Girls Sports 1; Dramatics 2: Movie 3: Folk Dance 3; Booster 4. Robert Kidder, more is required to make a man than merely growing up . Glee club 4; orchestra 2. 3. 4: Fortnight 4. Clubs: Chess and Checker 1; Movie 2: Aeronautical 3; Toy Instrument 4. Esther La Ballister, “ large, sweet asking eyes . Soccer 1,2; basketball 1.2.3.4; baseball 1.2,3.4; volleyball 1.2; tennis 3.4‘.Spotlight 1.2 (script writer 2). Clubs: Girls Sports I. 2; Camera 3: Booster 4 (V.P.); Girl Reserves 4. Keith Lancaster, the hunter still the deer pur- sues . Golf 2, 3. 4: mgr. baseball 1; Glee club 1, 2, 3. 4: operetta 1, 2. 3. 4: boys quartet; Spotlight 1. 3; F.S.C. 1; Fortnight ad man 4. Clubs: Chess and Checker 1; Boys Sports 2; Stamp 3 (pres., secy.): Hit Parade 4: Varsity 2. 3. 4. John Larsen, majestic pride . Basketball 1.2; tennis I. 2. 3. 4 (capt. 4); band I. 2. 3. 4: orchestra 3: music letter; F. S. C. 4: class V.P. 4: Fortnight 3. Clubs: Tennis 1, 2. 3. 4; (pres. 3); Usher 1. 2; Social Activities 2. 4: Varsity 2. 3. Eva May Manby, “I would he true . Volleyball 2: Spotlight 2, 3. 4; Ag-lIE chairman household goods dept. 4. Clubs: Personality 1: Leathercraft 2; Booster 3: Folk Dance 3. 4. Beatrice Matteson, a perseverance that ivould not falter . Soccer I. 2: basketball 1.2: track 1: volleyball 1. 2: baseball I. 2. 3. 4; Spot- light 2; F.S.C. 2. Clubs: (I iris Sports I. 2: Camera 3; Home Ec. 4 (secy.-treas.). Dale Maurer, transferred to ashville senior year. Charles McDonald, hi it he and strong . Football 1. 2. 3. 4 (capt. I); basketball I. 2: baseball 1. 2. 3: “Hold Everything , manager: annual staff 3. I art. Clubs: Aeronautics 1; Stamp 2' Chess and Checker 4 (pres.): Camera 3: Usher 3. Virginia McLaury, joy comes, grief goes . Clubs: Personality 1: Girls Sports 1: Folk Dance 3, 4. Hortense Meade, the angels not half sit happy in heaven . Clubs: Girls Sports I: Personality 2; Booster 3: Folk Dance 4 (treas.'. Leona Mesecar, and faith will trust Entered from Lake Odessa junior year. Home Ec. Club 4. Carol Miller, prompt at Duty's call . Orchestra 2, 3, 4: operetta 2. 4; string quartet 4: Spotlight 2: bus capt. 1. Clubs: Leathercraft 2: Music 3. Camera 4; Usher 2. 3. Lois Myers, serene maturity Big Hearted Herbert”; g-HE chairman candy 3. program . Clulis: Girls Sports 1; Movie 2; Scribblers 3: Home Ec. 4. 15 Dorothy Nash, ‘7 am always ready to listen”. “Hold Everything”, cast comm.; “Heart Trouble”, cast comm.; Girls League board 1. Cluhs: hoik Dance 3: Leathercraft 4. Rosanna Nash, with a heart for any fate”. Girls Sports club 1. 2: leathercraft club 3; Home Ec. club 4. Marjorie Nevins, litre and life”. Glee club, 1. 2, 3, 4; operetta I. 2: Spotlight 3. Cluhs: Social Activities 2. 3; Hit Parade 4. Palmer Osborn, the fame whereof went far and wide”. Salutatoriam F.S.C. essay winner 4: poetry contest winner 2: track 4; cross country 4; glee club 2. 3; choir 3; operetta. Clubs: Science 1 (secy.): Aeronautical 2 (seev.); Camera 3 (V.P.); Dramatics 4 (pres.); Hi-Y 2, 3, 4 (V.P.4); Usher 1,2, 3.4. Philo Otis, hut sleep stole on. as sleep will do”. Entered from Jackson junior year. Football 3, 4: baseball 3, 4; debate 3, 4; oratory 3; h .S.(. 4; class .P. 4. Clubs: Social Activities 3: Booster 4. Kenneth Ottosen, they only lii'e who dare”. Track 3, 4: cross country 3, 4. Clubs: Usher 2. 3. 4; Boys Sports 1; Science 4 (secy.): Leathercraft 3. Elsie Palmer, youth replies. can”. Soccer 1: basketball 1: baseball 1: olleyball I: Spotlight 1, 3. Clubs: Leathercraft 1: Dramatics 2: Camera 3: Folk Dance 4. Laurel Perkins, the dreamer who's making the dream come true”. Glee club 3. 4: operetta 3: sextet 4: F.S.C. 1.2: Girls League hoard 4 (V.P.); class treas. 1; Fortnight 4; annual editor 4. Clubs: Scribblers 2: Art 2: Hit Parade 4: Usher 4. SENIORS Upon the education of the people of this Norman Perkins, in dread silence re toses”. Tliyla Perry, stands tall and fair”. “Little Women”; choir 3. 4. Clubs: Music 2: Hit Parade 3. 4. Ix� is Pfeiffer, thine earnest ntice”. Entered from Sunfield sophomore year. Baseball 4: Little Women”: Fortnight 3 Clubs: Leathercraft 3: Home Ec. 4. Virginia Phillips, nothing of regret”. Entered from Vermontville sophomore year. Clubs: (iirls Sports 2. Women”. Clubs: Tumbling I. 3: Sports Appreciation 2: Booster 4: leathercraft 3. Band 4; orchestra 3. Clubs: Chess and Checker I (secy.); Gun 2; Outdoor 3. Harold Rogers, rich in tote of Jietds and brooks”. — 16- Kenneth Rose, ‘7iw cheerful, self-reliant way . Golf 3, 4 (rapt. 4); Spotlight I, 2; annual stair bus. mgr. 4: Fortnight 4. Clubs: Gun 1: Leathercraft 2 (Ireas., V.P.); Conservation 3; Science 4 (pres. ); Varsity 3. 4. Robert Roush, “a prompt, decisive man”. Band 2. 3, 4; orchestra 2, 3. 4: debate 2. 3; declamation 2: oratory 3; extempore 4; F.S.C. 2. 3 (secy. 2. ath. treas. 3); Fortnight 4; annual stalT 4 (photo editor): Scholarship cup 4. Clubs: Gun 1: Leathercraft 2 (pres. ): Camera 3. 4 (secy. 3. pres. 4): Dramatics 4: Ili-Y 2. 3. 4 (treas. 4): Usher 2, 3, 4. Magdalene Schcib, activity that knows no rest”. Soccer I, 2: basketball 2; volleyball I. 2: baseball I, 2; choir 4: operetta 3; debate 2. 3: declamation 2: extempore 3. Clubs: Girls Sports 1; Dramatics 2: Scribblers 3 (secy.); Esperanto 4 (V.P.); Girl Reserves 2.3. Helen Seobey, Ihegay will laugh”. Soccer 1,2: baseball 3: glee club 3. 4: operetta 3: Spotlight I. 2. 3, 4. Clubs: Girl Reserves 4: Aeronautical I: Dramatics 2. 3, 4. Robert Shultz. ”thy step is as the wind”. Basketball I. 2. 3, 4: track I. 2. 3, 4 (capt. 3, 4): cross country 3. 4: Spotlight 1. 2. 3. 4; class pres. 3; Public Service Chief 4. Clubs: Boys Sports 1: Outdoor 2: Social Activities 3 (V.P.); Booster 4; Hi-Y 3, 4 (secy. 4). Doris Smith, “and a smile”. Basketball 1; glee club I. 2: choir 3. 4: operetta I. 2, 3: class secy. 1. Clubs: Girls Sports 1: Dramatics 2. 3, 4: Girl Reserves 2. 3, 4 (secy. 4). Vincent Smith, if I but knew”. Entered from St. Rose junior year. Football 3. 4; baseball 4: track 3. Clubs: Tennis 3: Chess and Checker 4. De Forest Snyder, by patient toil”. Fortnight 4. Clubs: Usher I. 2. 3, 4 (pres. 4)- Stamp 1 (V.P.); Science 2. 3 (secy. 2. pres. 3): Folk Dance 4: Chess and Checker 4; Ili-Y 4. Jane Snyder, still achieving, still pur- suing”. Soccer I. 2: basketball I. 2. 3. 4: volleyball I. 2. 3; baseball 1, 2: tennis I. 2. 3, 4: F. S. C. 1. 4: class treas. 4: class secy. I: class V.P. 2: Girls League board 2. Clubs: Girls Sports I. 2 (secy. 2): Social Activities 3: Booster 4 (secy.); Girl Reserves 2. 3. 4 (V.P. 4. treas. 2). Carroll Stamm, wrought puzzles out”. Basketball 2. 3. 4 (capt. 4): baseball 3. 4: cross country 3: Spotlight 1. 2: F.S.C. 2; Boys Union council 4; Fortnight 4: Annual sports editor. Clubs: Tumbling 2: Aeronautical 3 (pres.). country the fate of this'depends. --- Disraeli Ruth Stauffer, “duly keeping pace with all”. Soccer I : basketball 2: baseball I. 2: glee club I. 2. 3. 4; choir 4; operetta 2. 3: Spotlight I. 2. Clul� : Vocational I: Reading 3. Dorothy Stcckle, the mice if reason”. Spotlight 4: F.S.C. 4; Girls league Iwiard 4 (pres.). Clubs: Art I (pres.); Leathercraft 2: Booster 3: Folk Dance 3. 4 (V.P. 4): Usher 2. 3. 4. Lucinda StePTes, yet lore will dream . “Little Women”, student director: Spotlight 4. Clubs: Folk Dance 4. Frances Sutton, the lover watched”. Tennis 2: glee club 2, 3. 4: operetta 2, 3; “Heart Trouble” Girls league board I. Clubs: Socia! Activities 1; Tennis 2; Camera 3: Hit Parade 4: Usher 2. Vir- ginia Tebo, there was work to be done”. Basketball I. 2: “Little Women”; Spotlight 2. Clubs: Art I (secy.); Camera 3; Folk Dance 4. Kenneth l inker, independent you are made”. Football I. 2. 3: tennis 2, 3. 4; “Heart Trouble”; F.S.C. 4 (secy.-treas.); class pres. 4. Clubs: 'Pennis 4; Hi-Y 4 (treas.). Kdith Tobias, a household mate . Volleyball 2: Spotlight 2. 3. Clubs: Camera 2. 3: Home Ee. 4. Maxine Tookcr. incredible diligence”. Girls league board 3. Clubs: Art I: Leathercraft 2. 3 (pres.); Folk Dance 4 (V.P.): I sher 3, 4. Donald Townsend, will power to increase the load . Spotlight 2. 3: Ag-HE winner. Clubs: Outdoor I: Tumbling 2. 3 (V.P.): Science 4; Usher 3, 4. Kathryn Townsend, beloved in life”. Girls Sports club 1; Social Activities club 2, 3. — 17 — Robert YanDenburg, thou art secret as before”. Baseball 3.4; Ag-HE winner 2. Clubs: Leathercraft 1; Rod and Gun 2; Outdoor 3. 4. Dorothy YanPatten,“for she was ’jes the quiet kind”. Entered from Freeport senior year. Adv. Leathercraft 4. Voight YanSyckle, in such a solemn way”. Ag-HE winner; Ag-HE chairman misc. 3. corn div. 4; F.F.A. Florence Wassenaar, “found welcome where- so'er she went”. Spotlight 2. 4; F.S.C. 1. Clubs: Social Activities 1: Adv. leathercraft 2. 3; Square Dance 4; Usher 2. 3. 4. Miles Waters, ”so he it”. Track 2. 3, 4; Spotlight 2. Clubs: Outdoor 1, 2; Gun 3: Hit Parade 4; Usher 2. 3, 4. our republic is to be found in the intelligence Bet tie Weaver, I would befriend of all”. Soccer 1,2; track 1: basketball 1, 2. 3. 4; volleyball 1.2 glee club 4; “Hold everything’ ;“Heart Trouble”; Spotlight 1.2. 3. 4 (script writer 1. 2) : F.S.C. 4 chairman: gen. chairman Spring Swing 4. decorations chairman 3; Fortnight 4; annual staff 4. ties 3: Booster 4: Girls Usher 2. 3. 4 (head usher 3); Girl Reserves 2, 3. 4 (treas. 3. 4). Game know”. Soccer 1. 2: basketball L. 2. 3; volleyball 1. 2, 3; baseball 1, 2, 3. 4; glee club 4; “Hold Eve F.S.C. 4 (secy.); class secy. 4; Fortnight 4. Clubs: Girls Sports 1. 2; Camera 3; Folk Dance 4 words, hut of actions”. Track 3; “Hold Everything”; “Little Women”. Clubs: Outdoor 2, 3. Track 4: cross country 3, 4; Fortnight 4. Clubs: Varsity 4; Camera 2. 3; Conservation 3; Adv. Usher 3. Herbert Whitworth, from the hunting trail we come”. FoptbCI-4r baseball 2. 3. 4 Trouble”: Ag-HE winner; Fortnight 4. Clubs: Tumbling I. (TreasT JI) Varsity 3. 4. . 3: baseball 1. 2, 3. 4; tennis 1. 2, 3. 4: (ath. treas.); class secy. 4; J-Hop music Clubs: Girls Sports 1. 2; Social Activi- t Webb, “the hidden spring we may not •ry thing”, student director; Spotlight 3; ; Usher 2. 3, 4. Max Wellfare, not of 4. Karl Wellfare, “wit and wisdom”. Leathercraft 4 (pres. ); Gun I ; Radio 2; : debate 3; Hold Everything”; “Heart Iris W ilcox, the womanly atmosphere of home” 1. Clubs: Girls Sports I: Home Ec. 2: Folk basketball, track 4; glee club I. 2: operetta I. Sports 1.2: Leathercraft 3: Booster 4: Hi-Y. spelling champion 3. Clubs: Girls Sports 1; Annual staff 3. 4 (art). Clubs: Outdoor 1 . Adv. leathercraft club 2. Elizabeth Woodman, time hath a taming hand”. Spotlight Dance 3. 4. Paul Adcock, yet certain am I”. Football 2. 3. t; track 2: mgr. football. 2: Hold Everything : Heart Trouble”, student director; Little Women . Clubs: Roys 4. Louise Conklin, 1 cord truth”. Basketball I. 2: volleyball I. 2. 3: Spotlight 2. 3. 4; Movie 3: hoik Dance 3; Home Ec. 4 ( .P.). I)a id (look, the eagle soars in might . 2. 3. 4 (pres. 2, 3. 4). Robert Cooper, the pulse of life”. Glee club I. 2. 3, 4: Spotlight I; operetta 4. Clubs: Tumbling 1. 2. 3. 4 (pres. 2. 3. 4). Doris Craig, “all the hope of future years . Heart Trouble”, program chairman: Spotlight 2; soccer I: operetta I: tin. mgr. gym demonstration. Clubs: Girls Sports 1; Home Ec. 2: Adv. Leathercraft 3: Dramatics 2. Rex Foreman, in wondrous merry mttod .' Glee club I. 2. 3: operetta I. Clubs: I ambling 1. 2. 3, 1 (pres). Elenor Haven, grow small and surd”. Baseball 1. 2: volleyball I. 2; tennis I. 2. 3 t: glee club 3; choir 3; band 3, 4; orchestra 4: German band 3; Spotlight 1.2. 3: F.S.C. 3; Girls League board 3: class seev. 2: cheeHeadei 3. Clubs: Tennis 1: Girls Sports 2: Camera 4. Erwin Havens will graduate in I ‘HI. 1« James Hoiightalin, “powerful of the earth”. Track 4. Clubs: I eathereraft 1: Tumbling 2: Adv. I eathercraft 3: Conservation 4. Doris Ingram, services faithful and persevering”. Volleyball 2: S|M tlight 4. Clubs: Girls Sports 1: Home Ec. 2. 4: Camera 3: Folk Dance 3. John Isenliath, I shall speak forth my sentiments”. “Big Hearted Herbert”; Spotlight 1. 2. 4; class secy. 1. CIuIjs: Aero- nautical I. 2. 3; Camera 3. 4 (V.P.). Gordon Jacobs, “your logic, my friend. is perfect”. Entered from St. Bose junior year. Tennis 4; oratory 4; Spotlight 3; debate1 4. Clubs: Tennis 3. Agnes Johnson, calm and gracious”. Choir 3, 4; glee club I. 2: Spotlight I. 2. 3 (script writer I); Fortnight 4: annual stall' 4. art editor. Clubs: Girls Sports I; Social Activities 2. 3; Hit Parade 4. Leo Johnson, of my free soul” Band I. 2; Spotlight I. 2. 3. Clubs: Boys Sports 1 (secy.); Tennis 2: Vocational 3 (secy.-treas.). Nella Lyons, the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts”. Soccer 1: track 1; basketball 2: Spotlight 1. 4. Clubs: Girls Sports 1; Booster 2. 3 RS Geneva Marshall, sweet piece of hashful maiden art”. “Hold K erything”. Clubs: Dramatics I. 2. 3. 4: Personality 2: Camera 3; Adv. I eathercraft 4. Bex McCarty, in altitude stern and defiant”. Camera club 4; Gun club 2. Bohcrt Bced. grace and soberer tone”. Football I. 2. 3; class secy. 2. Clubs: Science I: Aeronautical 2 (V.P.): Camera 3 (secy.); Conservation 4 (secy.): Hi-Y 2. 3, 4 (pres. 4); Usher I, 2, 3. 4. Thomas Itobinson, an undisputed thing”. Band 2. 4: orchestra 3. Clubs: Tumbling I. 2. 3 (secy.-treas. 3). Thelma Sponseller, speak softly”. Home Ec. club I: Leathcrcraft club 2 (secy.): Camera club 3; Folk Dance club 4. Lynn Sledge, from forest, hill, or plain”. I eathercraft club I, 2; (inn club 3; Conservation club 4. 10 CLASS OF 1940 Motto Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted. The chances hare just begun. For the best jobs haven't been started And the best work hasn't been done. Colors—Drown and Green Flower—Lilac First Semester Officers Kenneth Tinker President Second Semester Officers Kenneth Tinker John Larsen Vice President Bet tie Weaver. Secretary Willo Jones Treasurer lluth Sherwood A drisers Stanley Wheater Senior Honor List 1. Clara Bush 2.97 2. Palmer Osborn. 2.947 3. Rol ert Roush 2.945 4. Beulah Bush 2.65 5. Robert Reed 2.62 6. Joyce Hyde 2.54 .. Donald Fingleton 2.51 8. Maxine Tooker 2.50 9. Laurel Perkins 2.478 10. Louise Conklin 2.472 11. Carol Miller 2.39 12. Elaine Jarman 2.38 13. Philo ()l is 2.34 14. Imogene Cooley 2.33 15. Jacquelyn Bachman 2.30 16. Catherine Davies 2.28 17. Marie Eggleston 2.25 18. William Reed S3 I S3 l 19. Magdalene Scheib 2.17 20. Wanda Bower 2.155 21. Lucille Endres 2.152 22. Robert Bush 2.151 23. John I arsen 2.14 24. Bettie Weaver 2.05 25. Lucile ('ole 2.03 26. Florence Wasscnaar 2.01 27. El ira DeWeerd . 2.00 28. Dorothy Steckle 1.99 The Senior Honor List includes the top twenty per cent of the graduating class. SENIOR HISTORY On September I, 1936 A. I)., a large group of adventurers, some coming on busses, some in cars, some riding bikes, and others walking, met at Hastings high school to start a four year journey through the “Jungles of Education ' in the country of Democracy. At the head of this bold group was Captain Clara Bush. Gerald Garrison was the captain’s right hand man. John Isenhath kept the records, and Ix ren Edmonds was in charge of dispensing the rations for the first part of this dan- gerous journey. For guides the group had those two seasoned explorers, Mr. Garner and Miss McElwain. To keep their spirits up and to show others that they were not afraid, this hardy band, who were called freshmen because they were new to the jungle, gave a genuine old-fashioned barn-dance at the annual Spotlight. Later they saw that they would need all the courage they could muster when they found themselves caught in the long, grasping tentacles of Latin conjugations and surrounded by tricky algebra problems. But they soon revived their drooping spirits with the freshmen mixer, to which they invited the other groups of adventurers who were exploring the jungles. All went well with this brave band until they came upon the snarling semester exams. Undaunted, however, they slowly and painfully fought through them and continued onward The spring season was now upon them and the freshmen celebrated with those more experienced explorers, the Upper Classmen, at a native festival called the Spring Swing. After passing through more frightening tests, they settled down in a quiet little glade to rest before continuing their adventure. By fall these courageous souls were ready to renew their explorations. The first hazard they met was the mocking Latin conjugations who still seemed to take great delight in tormenting them. A new enemy faced them also when they were attacked by the fearful insect, sophomore English. A few had been bitten before, so they were quite careful how they handled it. Beating back this ever-attacking foe they struggled on until they came to the first Fall Frolic. After an evening of fun and laughter they took up the trail again. The group passed through rivers of geometry problems and swamps of French verbs. By this time the band. wrhosc mental intellect was increasing daily, had discovered that alnmt twice a year they came to cleared spaces in the jungle which were perfect for dancing, and they now took advantage of this discovery. Shortly afterwards Catherine Davies, Donald Fingleton, and a few others entertained the rest with the comedy, “Elmer.” The terrors of the jungles had done their best to snatch away from the weary wanderers the last vestiges of civiliza- tion. and that this aim was largely accomplished was shown by the fact that at the first freshman-sophomore party ever to be held in the jungles the two groups frantically indulged in that barbarous tribal dance, ‘‘The Big Apple.” After cleaning up the mess made by the party the group forged onward. Lo and behold, they discovered another pack of exams coming toward them. Seeing a river near at hand they jumped in and began to swim. Stroking with all their might, they finally reached the other side with but a few drow ning. I fere by this river they decided to rest With half of their adventure completed, knowing that the next half would certainly be tougher! After three months the group approached the third year of their travels with renewed vigor, because they were now half finished and the edge of the jungle seemed very near. They had secured new guides, Mr. Wheater and Miss Sherwood, as the old ones had turned back to direct newer arrivals through the dangerous perils that they had just conquered. When the bands of explorers met for their yearly Spotlight entertainment, this group, now called juniors because of their advanced knowledge of the jungles, presented “The Old Family Album.” With this brief period of play ended they started more serious explorations. Besides the horrors of United States history the adventurers were beginning to be worried by a group of natives called the Cannibals of Time, who were creeping upon them. A cause for celebration was the great tribal ritual called “Hold Everything.” Norma Bryant. Marie Eggleston, Catherine Davies, Herbert Whitworth, and Paul Adcock won new laurels The English insect was very bothersome and kept them busy until they arrived at a secluded glade where they decided to invite the seniors to a J-Hop. The underseas theme at this very exclusive party was in keeping w ith the morasses through which they floundered. However, they were bothered with a few sophomores, who intruded and insisted on showing off by doing their war dance, “Neath the Spreading Chestnut Tree.” The next time the group of ex- plorers met was at the Water Carnival where they all gathered at a quiet lake and had a picnic and shared rations. The Cannibals of Time had crept so near to them by now that, the band took to flight toward a sheltering hill. When they reached it they were so exhausted that they dropped down for a short rest before attempting to surmount it. These explorers, seasoned at last, called themselves seniors and bought large new jungle hats from the natives. They had just gotten started when they came upon a huge boulder. There were two paths around this stone. One was marked “Economics' and the other “Government”. After flipping flapjacks, their diet for strenous work, they divided into two parties, each taking a different path. The government trail was a swamp where every imaginable hardship existed. The economics road passed through the most dense part of the jungle. Determined not to turn back, they began the grind. The strangest thing about these trails was that they were always uphill. Struggling, stumbling, always fighting, they made their way. Those few souls who had had courage enough to brave a fight with physics aided the others by applying the principle of the lever to help them up the hill. A brief pause for the senior play, “Heart Trouble,” proved to be a successful venture, though Clara Bush. Donald Fingleton, Palmer Osborn, Norma Bryant, and Bettie Weaver had serious heart troubles. As time was growing short, they sped on their way. — 21 — These travellers who had taken the economics trail could hear a terrible monster roaring in the distance. As they moved on, the noise became more audible. Suddenly they saw it! Such a horrible creature. They couldn’t imagine what it was. until some of the head scouts explained that it was a 1500 word essay. Some fainted, and all wanted to run the other way. Others figured that as long as they had gotten this far they might as well go on. Cautiously i li« advanced upon this monster, who made more and more noise as they neared it. Then they realized that the battle wasn’t so bad. The monster’s bark was considerably worse than his bite. After looking over the situation they sped M I Im hill C s becoming steeper. Tom-toms could be heard in the distance. They knew, these wise wanderers, h:it wa milling The examination cannibals were having a war dance. A week later there was a battle. The . ii nil aL turned ! ► � the hideous pack who left the group gasping for breath but undefeated. M.niiig on the group came to a “Pot of Gold,” the theme of the Spring Swing. There the waltzers waltzed, and the jitterbugs jittered. I hat part betrSId them, the wanderers moved to an entertainment which was a real party. I lies. seniors, dressed in their finest, wc entertained by the lesser juniors for one whole evening. The fair damsels were now e en fairer, and the handsome lads finked their finest at this occasion. t last the wanderers reached the edge of the jungles Waiting was a huge reception committee who gave them caps and gowns to wear and told them that they were to make a public appearance in a Central Auditorium on Friday, June 7. 1940. At this gathering the tired but happy explorers were praised for thor strength and endurance, and Clara Push and Palmer Oslnirn were gi en special awards for their outstanding capability in the Jungle of Education. After this the whole group marched across a platform where each member recci ed a The gathering dispersed and upon leaving the building they were seized by the clrnnibals of Time, who wished to ! oil them in the oils of trial and tribulation. Tightening their grip on their sheepskinseMa swinging right and left, they drove the cannibals into hasty retreat. Feeling sure the cannibals would In back agaiuTlhey turned with the glint of battle still in their eyes. Then they set out. each going his own way, determined to conquer the world. Senior Titles of Nobility Although this is a democracy and title's of nobility may not be given to our citizens, the titles herein awarded were bestowed in a most democratic manner. Everyone knows “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight”, so the question of how to select the persons to receive these honors was put before him while he was taking one of his nightly walks. This great exponent of democratic government replied: “The most democratic, wisest, and fairest method of choosing these seniors is for you to stand by the flag pole as they go by. I say the flag pole because that is our symbol of democracy. The first senior girl and boy who walk by the flag should receive the title of best-looking, the next two that of best dressed. Continue in this fashion until your list is complete.” Hus advice proved most helpful and the results are listed below. If there remains any doubt as to the worthiness of any of these individuals for their respective titles, do not blame us, but take the matter up with our familiar Mr. Lincoln in the hall. Boy Title Girl Fred Hill Best hook ing 1 );i vn lliminttin Leo Johnson Best Dressed 17« U II X 1 11 1 111 I HI Agnes Johnson Donald Fingleton Cutest Catherine Davies I .«■( in Helmer Quietest Maxine Tooker Dale Keeler Best Athlete Jane Snyder Lawrence Beckwith ..... .... 1. .....7..;...- Best (him '.heirer Doris Smith Carroll Stamm . . ........... Bret lies Byes Esther LaBallister Jack Francisco 1 i h ish er Lueile ('ole Loren LdrnomL Best Spot I (iarnet ebb Philo Otis Deepest Sleeper Nella Lyons Darrell Keller Happiest Hortense Meade ('Ico Jacobs Prettiest Hair Laurel Perkins John Larsen Neatest I-ois Myers Kenneth Tinker Most I ndependent Lienor Haven Keith 1 .am a-U r Best Singer 1 Maine Jarman W illiam Itee H Quickest Temper lint h Slander ( .ord III Jac || 7 Most Talkative Bet tie Weaver Hobert m Den burg Soberest Elvira DeWeenl 1 Libert lieed. Most Studious Jacquelyn Bachman Palmer Oslsiril Best Speaker Clara Bush lb Ter I Bush Best Musician Carol Miller Mar tin Hawthorne Wittiest Mary DeVries M' i le Fruin (ireatesl hirers Lucinda StcfTes J' hn Isenhath .Most Argumentative Magdalene Scheib 1 ioy Dennison Best Dancer Ruth Ketcham Norman Perkins Most Bashful Dorothy Van Patten A—r J $ ti J unior ci ass Tin juniors, thinking that the junior year was the time to be joyous, had a merry time from the start under the leadership of Joan Erway and her assistants, vice president Beverly Bross, secretary Ix is Kenyon, and treasurer Donald Johnson. They lent a joyful air to the Spotlight with a ) oys dancing chorus and a real car drawing in their act. “Our County Fair.” Beal toy cars we mean. The mailman played Santa Claus to the juniors lucky enough to get the order for their junior rings in early, but the others had to wander around awhile longer without the ring which marks them as upper-classmen. The Spring Swing attracted many juniors, who sang Penny Serenade” for their part in the singing contest and did it so realistically they were showered with pennies. The juniors slipped up on their class election the second semester almost as hadlv as the freshmen. The presidency was the only office con- tested. When the battle was over, Joan Erway arose again victorious with Bill DeCou vice president, Ruth Beck _ _. ip[ ljt_______ tJs- _ i Junior Boys unior Girl First row: Mrs, Cortright, adviser, Dorothy Schantz. Beverly Bross, Loretta Dryer, Lucille Boylan. Florence Wright, Beatrice Ball, Mildred Sponse Her, Connie Sinkler, Wilhelmina Pranshka, Evelyn Manning. Margie Matthews. Marjorie Cogswell. Marquita Marshall. Second row: Ruth Beck, Cyntheal Reed, Betty Friedrich. Ila Reed. Alice Rice, Pearl Roush. Greta Benedict, Margaret Hopkins. Frayne Gross, Bertha Bechtel. Rachel Malcolm. Eleanor Struhle, Kathleen Daniels. Caroline Hansen. Third row: Rose Peake, Betty Kidder. Mary Dunn. Helen Naylor. Maxine Brandt. Joan Erway, Maxine Ayres, Elaine Knapp. June Leary, Barbara Johncock. Frances Blivin. Doris Bauman. Beverly Jones, Betty Tungate. Fourth row: Jean Deakins, lx is Kenyon, Betty Woodmansee, Lois Clouse, Cosma Newton. Lorraine Beadle, Doreen Miller. Doris Radford. Dorothy DuBois. Catherine Reaser. L. T. Jarrard, Gertrude Flayton, Greta Cogswell. Fifth row: Edna Wurm, Rievia McClintock. Thelma Ball. Fern Moore. Barbara Babbitt. Betty Lane, Agnes TafFee, Mabelle Hauer. Mildred Gaskill. Iona Shaneek. Phyllis Jar. fer, Verabelle Golden, Pearl Wait. Lois Anderson. Not in picture: Doris HofTmnn. y' K h irst row: Mr. Damson, adriser, Marshall Furrow. Richard Fingleton, Robert Moore, Ret 1 ndcrhi If. Eugene Bennett. Carl Belson. Lorren Abbott. Donald llildebrandt. Harold Kimmel. Joe Thomas. V «r$lM Fiaxvt horne. Second row: James Mulder, Alden Burgess. Max McCarty, Ronald Conklin. Joe Wilcox, Duaneawielarr, Donald Conklin. Albert Smith. Jack Schreiner, I,ewis Bolton. Jack Brownell, Michael Ulrich. Third row: Gfeoffreyr uun. Roberta Parker, Richard Sherman. Donald Johnson, Duane Jarman, Darrell Dean, F'loyd Martin. Chester MclvK4(on. Lyle Hathaway. Arthur Gerber, Harold Webb, William Morgan. Fourth row: Harold Potter. WiHiai DibbteT John Birman, Gordon Sothard, Hubert Fuller, Wendell Todd, Wayne Hill, Edward Slocum. Frank Hobbs. Triton Qwfe. Neil Buck. Rex Walters. Fifth row: Howard Bliss. Bernard Whitmore, William DeCou, Dale Henry. JohnJ.ock- wood, Don Beid. Max Myers, August Herbstreith, Gerald Hull. Darwin Swift. Lawrence W illiams. F'red U bill. Not in picture: Merlyn Courtney, Robert Fisher. Gerald Garrison, Richard Hinklcy. Raymond Hull. Merle Lancaster Wesley Manker, Edwin Meisenbaeh. Robert Abbey, Dayton Fruin, Stanton Strieklan l. secretary, and Barbara Babbitt treasurer. During this second semester the juniors became very serious when they realized that entertaining the seniors at the J-Hop would 1m expensive. While in the serious mood they presented “Little Women” as the annual junior play. They filled their treasury with the returns from the play and, with all the juniors jolly again, general chairman Florence Wright busied her chairmen with J-llop plans. The theme was “By a Wishing Well.” The gym was decorated with a wishing well in one corner while stars twinkled brightly here and there. Still jolly they looked happily toward the W ater Carnival, but their jollity turned again to seriousness when they learned it was their job to assist with graduation plans. The juniors, realizing how momentous the pend- ing graduation was for the seniors, kept their sober mood for the rest of the year. After all they will be seniors soon, so why not? 1) q riC sWKj (V ; ' CJa- k- omore scsa 4?( % Oul of the “freshie’’ stage this year and determined to let everyone know they were hack again, the sophomores began the year with a hang. Marion Cook was president. Mary Ellen Mulder, vice president, Jeanette Pierce, secretary, and William Donovan, treasurer. They attracted attention at the Spotlight with “Our Church Choir Practice’’ dated hack in the gay nineties. Marjory Sclieib. as a local girl who made good, sang a solo. W illiam l)ono an ended the act with a novel rojn twirling act. Taking advantage of Leap Year, the sophomores enter- tained the other classes at a Leap Year mixer, which kept chairman Marion Cook running hither and yon making last minute arrangements. The gals receive! a taste of how a boy feels when he asks a girl to dance. All girls who danced each of the first seven dances with a different boy were eligible for the dancing prize. Jitterbug Helen Scobey % 'V J, 2( Sophomore Boys First row: Mr. Garner, adviser. Wendell Strickland. George Alexander. Frank Cole. Russell Nash. Arthur Stauffer, Otis Hill, Kenneth Demond, Alex Usborne. William Donovan. Waynard Wing. Second row: Morris Hook. Neale Rees, Charles Manker, Jack Laubaugh. Van Bauman, Russell Byers. Harry Wood, Wayne VanDenburg, Donald Nevins, Trevor VanHoutcn, Dale Ncubcrt. Third row: Donald Wellfarc, Richard Callihan, Roger Otis, Glenn Carnes, Russel Shellenbarger, Hollis Isenhath. Max Keller, Bob Vandenberg. Robert Osis, Archie Vaughn. Fourth row: Keith Sage, Robert Falconer, Harold Cheeseman. Arthur McKclvey. Thomas Tazelaar. Jack Wagner, Orville Cooley, Harold Sherman. Bruce Ix ng. John Bush. Robert Pranshka. Fifth row: Alvin Cruttenden, Eugene Haywood, William lx rd, Robert Clinton. Robert Saunders, David Goodyear, Kenneth Saleno. Jerald Curtiss, Jack l arkin, David Settles. Not in picture: Richard Bennett. Keith Chaffee. Lewis Guernsey, Gilbert Townsend, Kenneth Beck- with, Thomas Knrr, Vern McMillon, Louis Hinckley. Immanu Sophomore Girls First row: Miss Robson, adviser. Jeanette Pierce, Dorothy Stanley. Nvla VanSyckle, Dorothy Kenyon, Melva Clagett. Bonnie Jean Drake, Veta Rice. Agnes Cunningham. Evelyn Townsend, Ruth Palmatier. Marjory Scheib. Beverly Dryer, Claudine Gross. Second row: Rosemary Weeks, Wilma Garrett, Ruth Cox, Doris Strimback, Mary Ellen Mulder, Selma Johnson, Jean Wallace, Priscilla Harrington, Roselcnc Cooper. Maurene Haavind. Donna Aspinall, Marguerite Kidder, Maxine Leslie, Jane Clark. Third row: Nina Brisbin. Jeanne Nye. Jessie Jarrard. Elsie Edwards, Bonnie Boorom. Jean Brownell, Marie Homan. Juna Ferris, Violet Norton, Muriel Brady, Dorothy Ingram. Thelma Weyerman, Beatrice Rose, Marjorie Reynolds, Thelma Gibbs. Fourth row: Nita Coleman, Neva Warner. Retah Hummel, Marjorie Hill. Helen Thompson, Maxine Jarman, Gwendolyn Althousc, Agnes Benson, Josephine Eaton, Wilma Blanck. Ella Tyler, Jean Campbell, Marion Cook, Gertrude Dimond. Mildred Wolff. Fifth row: Carol Fuller, Marjorie Tasker, Jacqueline Thomas, Doris Coats, Phyllis Knickerbocker. Frieda Stine, Jean Smith. Harriett Bab- cock. Virginia Robinson, Edith Reneau, Mildred McClelland, Elsa Pease, Lucille Denny, Geraldine Ellsworth. Not received that honor and had her picture taken with the mayor. The sophomore's showed up the upper-classmen with their entirely successful election for the second semester. They elected William Donovan president, Evelyn Townsend vice president. Retail Hummel secretary, and Sally Johnson treasurer. Doris Strimback won the declamation contest and gave to the sophomores the honor of having one of their number represent Hastings in the sub-district contest. Every sophomore had to toil through the required library course which Miss Barm's gives to each new crop of sophomores. They were happy little song birds at the Spring Swing, with “Somewhere Over a Rainbow” winning them the singing contest and the prize. Mr- erv-tA. z_ fV{ yr m UJijj£ -=—-V jt A-is _ . Thc freshmen began their first vc ar in high school amid the usual cries of “freshie” and “greenie”. They quickly adapted themselves to their new surroundings and elected Raymond Kenyon as their first president. Roger Bennett vice president. Mary Ketcham secretary, and Pauline Chandler treasurer. After settling their politics and losing most of their shyness, they entertained the rest of the school at a gay mixer. The surprisingly intellectual baby in their “Man on the Street” act for the Spotlight greatly amused everyone. Throughout the year the fourth hour freshman Fnglish class ran competition to the Fortnight with the Observer, which contained mostly news of the freshman activities. This freshman class was the luckiest class in years, as the declamations were not compulsory this year. A large number of freslqjieu entered the coatest anyway, with one of their number, Claude Cutler, einerg- 7 Freshman Boys 0 Richard Beckwith, Ifow’anrfia$upckvr Richard Yargcr, Gale Slocum, John Bechtel. Karl Dean Keeler, Clifford Boorofrf. Cflffujd T-a ffiar. George Cash more.. Duane Keller. Aj A First row: James Endslc Eggleston, Donald Keeler George Roush, Howard Birman. Second row: Mr. Lower, adviser, Ltnyd Frey. Richard Swanson. Robert linker. Ray McNinch, Clarence HofTman. Malcolm Pierce, Roderick Newton, Drvilfe Bush, DonaldClark, Karl Lewis. Louis Wensloff, Duane Walters, Martin Guernsey. Robert Gaskill. Keith Hurless. ■- Third rytir. James Malcolm. William Shellington, Sterling Carney, James Strickland. Douglas Wilcox. Robert Cook, Clarence Gross. Elmer Johnson, James Fruin. Kenneth Garrison, Kdwin H i ir. Wil ® Reyn( l i . Allen Hook. Fourth row: Raymond Kenyon, Harmon Wilcox, Stanley KueippeL Marvin Haynes, Roger BenjjgtU Robert Murphy, Max Francisco, Roy Wilcox, Albert McIntyre, Floyd Healy. KennvOiLs ti fWffSh Rcck Vcrn DePricstcr, Karl Pufpaff, Neil Isham. Fifth row: William Kelly, William Garrison, Harqjd' Knickerbocker. Ray Fompkins. Henry Ford, Keith PufpalL Ward Woods. Gordon Ironside Keith Brady.j'jJ am? Stamm. R.ussa SiJjbee. Kidder, Robert Gardner, Ronald Jinderhi] Donifthl Britte . George Checsema nr Ken h' Hiltf NoFin i : m. Hc lwt flawing ton, Albert Segur John Sch Claude Cutler, Donald 1(1 Bl Freshman Girlsf yk x First row: Enid Crofoot, Ilia Garlinger, Ortha Hawblitz. Lavonatine Kinney. Wanda Kndsley. Gladys Kckman. Dorothy Goodenough, Geraldine Morgan, Iris Baldwin, Marjorie Laubaugh. Maxine Daniels. Nora Gillons, Ruth Struble, Sybil Wooduiansee, Elaine Winslow. Miss Leiter, adviser. Second row: Fern Fruin. Marycllen Hale. Virginia Hook, Dorothy WollT. Mabel Strickland. Bernadene Schantz. Freda Butolph, Juanita Belson, Evelyn Tobias, Mary Gardner, Betty Singleton, Hilda Shawman, Senta Furrow, Joyce Frey, Elizabeth Doster, Gladys Hildebrandt Third row: Rosemary Marshall, Dorothy Williams. Reva Austin, Geraldine Tietz. Catherine Scott, Mildred Helmer, Carol Sinclair. Juanita Swift. Virginia Kelly, Louise Sinkler. Mildred Taggart. Rose Mae Higgins. Ila Oliver. Betty Ketchum. Marjorie L. Boyes, Loretta Leonard. Vesta Golden. Fourth vu fpve yn Brower. Dorothy White. Barbar Shannon, Wilma Guy, Marjorie Palmer. Izola Casey. Ge Roberts. Donna Todd. Edna Randall, Ruth McNinchJ Fifth row: Joyce Newton, Martha Mesecar, Nallie Me Geraldine Hammond. Betty Smith. Donna Clouse, Beverly Brown, Mary Ketcham, Pad bell Hallock, Patty r’ £yi Marjorie Norton, Katherine Stutz, Delphini orerMarjorie E. Boyes, Constance Thomas. • .Ji . _ t? i__ m___� 1... vt__ e dr Lancaster. Eunice Fisher, Martha Maus, abeth French, Jean Loppenthien, G Not in picture: Marjorie Dryer. Mara Mary Vaughan. Betty Hurless, Virginia ing as alternate for the sub-district contest. The trouble really began for the freshmen when they held their second semester elections. Election day rolled around, but there was no candidate for president or treasurer. The only officers elected were Betty Ketchum, vice president, and Elizabeth French, secretary. What to do! The freshmen were wandering aimlessly around without a leader or a financier. The Faculty Student Council finally decided to give them another chance to make good. It was successful! Raymond Kenyon was re-elected president and Mary Ketcham became treasurer. The freshmen showed more interest in the Spring Sw ing than most of the other classes. There they entered the singing contest, singing “Playmates”, a very appropriate song for the babies of the school, ight now they are all working hard to pass exams and become sophomores. $ t . I in — 29 — aJL coJoJ U? YUl P Orchids to the Underclassmen A pretentious counselor like Abraham Lincoln is most proper and fitting to declare by what means we shall choose titles to fit our seniors. But for the under-classmen and the juniors he is far too famous. We could not bring our humble selves to ask such a noted person to tell us how to add a line after some of our noted freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. So we just made them up by ourselves from our ow n inspiration. You know w ho we are. You under- stand we can’t 1m taken too seriously. So with all due thanks to the gracious seniors, who so kindly allowed us to take up a page in their annual to bestow orchids upon the under-classmen and juniors, we give a few honors to some luture seniors. May they be as kind and generous in their treatment of future under-classmen as the class of 1940 has been to them. And so we give our flowers: To Barbara Babbitt Beatrice Ball Joseph Beck Joan Erway Bichard Kinglet on Carol Fuller Fravne Gross Marjorie Hill Maxine Jarman Donald Johnson Donald Keeler Mary ketcham William Lord. Bay McNinch Cyntheal Beed lln Beed For Active participation in extra-curricular activities. Dependability in the Folk Dance club. Initiative in helping in the biology laboratory. Capable work in the girls division of the Ag-HE. Using his head to prove that a country boy can play basketball. Being active in Dramatics club plays and making a good showing in declamation. Enthusiasm in making the Latin paper a notable edition. Ability to play the piano for the boys glee club. No offense, boys. Conscientious, neat, and accurate work. Showing that it takes more than broad shoulders to make a football player. ■Poise in dancing at the Spring Swing. Football heroes could profit by this example. Proving that freshmen have intellects at the Professor Quiz program. Good sportsmanship. I he new spirit he helped instill in the Saxon cheering section. Devotion and cooperation with musical activities. Her creative art work which you may see on magazine covers some dav. Evelyn Tow nsend Jack Wagner Donuld Wellfare Virginia W heating Bernard Whitmon Interest and ambition in school work. .Marksmanship on the reserve basketball team. His salesmanship ability which he displayed selling Latin paper .Contributing new ideas and innovations in class. His efforts to eliminate traffic hazards in the halls Football first row: Sothard, Johnson, Henry, Keller. McDonald, captain. Clark. Whitmore, Bliss, Bush, Abbey. Second row: Fingleton. Dibble, Hobbs, Adcock. Francisco, Rogers, DeCou, Whitworth. Parker. Smith, Mr. Brozak. assistant coach. Third row: Mr. Bennett, coach. Otis, Kelly, Lord, Sherman. Hathaway, McMillon, Pelham. Underhill, Bush. Edmonds, manager. Fourth row: Kenyon, manager. Isham. Payne, Wilcox, Underhill, Fuller, Shellenbarger. Keller. Bush, Keeler, manager. Basketball First row: Johnson. Soth- ard. Abbey, Keller, cap- tain 2. Bush. Stamm, cap- lain 1, Clark. Francisco, Shultz. Underhill. Second row: Bennett. Ilohhs. Un- derhill, Edmonds, Bliss. DeCou. Morgan, Fingle- ton, Lord. Nevins. Third row: Mr. Brozak. reserve coach. Adcock, manager. I aubaugh, Wagner, Shel- lenbarger. Ix ng. VanHou- ten, Sherman, manager. Mr. Bennett, coach. Track and Cross Country First row: Wei I fare. Waters, Ottosen, Shultz, captain, Martin. Rogers, Abbey. Second row: Fisher, Dibble, Kelly, Clark. Hill. Osborn, Cooley. Third row; Mr. Garner, cross country coach. Belson, Gardner. Eggleston. Vaughn. Mr. Bennett, Ira k coach. V2 Football Playing all their home games before large crowds that were made possible by the installation of lights at the fair- grounds, the Saxon football team went through a disastrous football season. Six out of eight games were lost, three of which were league games. Therefore the Hastings elev en ended in the cellar of the West Central League Belding, who won all three of their games, won the title. Ionia was second with two victories and one defeat, and Greenville third with one victory and two defeats. The nineteen l oys who received awards were Captain Charles McDonald, Captain-elect Donald Johnson, Hubert Clark, Jack Francisco, Howard Bliss, William Dibble. Dale Henry, Bobert Bush. Cordon Sothard. Robert Abbey. Dale Keeler, Bernard Whitmore. Walter Hobbs, Gerald Rogers, Paul Adcock, Vincent Smith. William DeCou, Richard Fingleton. and Philo Otis. The Saxons opened their season against Grand Ledge at the fairgrounds in the first night football game ever played in Hastings. Scoring touchdowns in every quarter but the first, the Blue and Gold defeated the Grand D dge gridders by a score of 20-0. Greenville, 1938 champions of the West Central League, was the next team to face Hastings at the fairgrounds. A touchdown in the last four minutes of play gave the Saxons their first league defeat, 6-0. The second defeat of the season was at the hands of Lowell on their field. Scoring two touchdowns in the second quarter the Lowell eleven built up a 12-0 score which the Saxons could not overcome. (Continued on page 36) Basketball Six let termen returned for the 1939 40 basketball season and. with a winning second team from the previous yeai, prepared for a winning season. When the final count at the end of the season was taken, the Saxons showed six games won and nine games lost, including the defeat by Eaton Rapids in the first round of the district tournament at Charlotte. Two victories and four defeats in West Central League competition placed them in third place behind Belding and Ionia in the standings. Twelve letters were awarded by Coach Bennett to the following players: William DeCou. Fred Underhill. Carroll Stamm. Jack Francisco, Richard Fingleton, Dale Keeler, Rol� ert Shultz. Robert Clark. Robert Bush. Rex Underhill. Gordon Sothard, and I oren Edmonds. Carroll Stamm was captain during the first semester. Dale Keeler during the second semester, and William DeCou was elected captain for the 1940-41 season. The second team under Coach Brozak continued their winning ways of last season by winning eleven out of fourteen games. The Saxons began the season with four straight losses l efore winning. Allegan and Lakeview both defeated Hastings 33-18 in the first two games, which were played on the opposition’s floor. The next two defeats, on the home court, were at the hand of two league rivals. Ionia and Belding, by scores of 18-21 and 21-24. Both games were close and were lost only in the final minutes of play. After the four consecutive losses, the Blue and Gold began a winning streak of five gauu s by defeating their county livals. Middle ville and Woodland, on consecutive nights. A zone defense kept the undefeated Middleville team to 2« points while the victory hungry Saxons scored 27, and Woodland could only make 16 to the Blue and Gold’s (Continued on page 36) Track Only four lettermen returned from the 1939 Saxon thin clad squad to form the nucleus for the 1940 season. Captain Shultz, who placed sixth in tin 220 at tin state meet last year. Ottosen. distance man. Waters, dash man. and Abbey, field events, were the returning veterans. The problem of developing a new track squad was faced by Coach Bennett, and the situation was quickly improved. The outcome of their first meet, when Hastings beat Allegan 62 2 3 to 41 1 3. showed that another good team was in the making. From a total of twelve first places Hastings won nine in the Allegan meet. Hastings point-winners in the Allegan meet were the following: Whitmore won the high jump and the 120 high hurdles, and Shultz broke the tape in l oth the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Ottosen won first in the mile and Martin followed with a third. In the half-mile Vaughn, l ord. and Haynes took the first, three places in order. In other field events Martin and Gard- ner took first and third place in the shot put, and Helmer won first in the broad jump. Hastings won the relay with 33 (Continued on page 36) Baseball First row: Cutler, Swift, Hill, ('lark. Keeler, captain. Whitworth, Edmonds, Parker. Sothard. Second row: Mr. Aten. assistant coach. Hill, Abbey, Underhill. Bliss. McDonald. Olis, Underhill. Smith. Mr. Brozak. coach. Third row: Adcock, manager, McMillon. Cole, Todd, VanDenburg, Schreiner, Sherman, manager. Golf Ironside. Lancaster, Fingleton, captain, DeCou, Fingleton, Mr. Beinliardl, coach. Wagner. Tennis Larsen, captain, Jacobs, Wilcox, Bush, Crawford, Hobbs, Jacobs, Tinker, Kimmel, Mr. Burgess, coach. Varsity Club First row: McDonald. Whitmore, secretary 1. Hobbs. Lancaster, Clark, president 1. Keeler, Francisco, rice president 1. Shultz. Bush, Johnson, rice president 2. Second row: Fingleton. Otis. Waters, Ottosen, Hill. Stamm. Bose . Edmonds, Whitworth, Rogers. Wellfare, Smith. Third row: Mr. Bennett, adriser. Cutler. Parker. DeCou, Swift, Henry, sec- retary 2. Bliss, Dibble. Martin. Fingleton. president 2. Mr. Brozak. adviser. 34 - Baseball The 1939 baseball season continued the success of 1938. The team again won the West Central league championship by taking three out of five games while the other teams ended with lower percentages. Six players, first baseman Stamm, short-stop Hyde, catcher Castelein. and pitchers Smith. Craig, and Skidmore were lost by graduation. Nine lettermen are still available in the squad of fifty-two boys who reported to Coach Brozak at the opening of the 1940 season. The letter-winners. Darwin Swift, Herbert Whitworth, Dale Keeler. Robert Clark, Fred Hill, Cordon Sothard, Claude Cutler. Loren Edmonds, and Robert Parker were known factors as a foundation for tin 1940 team. The Saxons played their first game at the local fairgrounds with Greenville and won by the score of 5 to I. The Hastings lineup for the Greenville game was Cutler 2b, Swift, cf, Whitworth ss, Clark rf. Keeler p, Edmonds 3b, Hill If. Sothard lb, and Parker c. Captain Dale Keeler pitched a three hit game, while Bob ('lark led the hitters with two out of three. The second game was with Middleville there and again the Saxons won. The score was 13-1. Golf With golf in tin West Central League discontinued, the golf team looked at a new and different, golf schedule under the coaching of Mr. Reinhardt . In spite of losing two members of the squad, some new and promising talent was uncovered in William DeCou and Gordon Ironside. Captain Don Fingleton. Richard Fingleton, and Keith Lancaster are the returning veterans from last year’s league champions. When the West Central League decided to drop golf, matches were immediately arranged with Paw Paw and ('har- lot te. The schedule called for seven matches, five on foreign links. The Saxons defeated Allegan in their opening meet 10 2 to but were defeated by Battle Creek Central in medal play 339 to 403 in the second match. On the basis of early season practice and matches Dick Fingleton rates the num- ber 1 position. Number 2 is held by Don Fingleton while 3 and 4 positions are regularly contested for by DeCou. Lancaster, and Ironside. Late results IwTore going to press show 12-0 victories over Paw Paw and Allegan. Tennis With five of last year’s lettermen back the Saxons, 1939 net hopes look very promising in the matches remaining. Lettermen back this year were John Larsen. William Crawford, Cleo Jacobs, Kenneth 'l inker, and Walter Hobbs. Other members of tin squad returning included Harold Kiinmel. Jack Laubaugh, Robert Bush, and Gordon Jacobs. New candidates for the 1940 squad were Harmon Wilcox. Kenneth Lane, Roderick Newton, and Orville Rush. As we glance through a year of Saxon net wars, we sec history repeating itself. One year ago the Saxon netters had to postpone their first match because of rain; this year a postponement resulted because of snow. Last year the first match played with Lansing Eastern was a 3 to 3 deadlock, and on April 20 this year the Ottawa Hills meet, our opening match, also ended in a 3 to 3 tie. The second match held this spring with Battle Creek Central was another example of history repeating itself. Just as in the Battle Creek match last year. Hastings lost all five singles matches and won the two doubles matches. Incidentally that doubles combination of Tinker and Hobbs went to work as they did in “39” and were responsible for one of the victories. Cleo Jacobs and Robert Bush were the combination re- sponsible for the other win. Against East Lansing the Blue and Gold lost5to2. winning the number 1 matches only. The last game before going to press was with l.ansing Eastern, which the Saxons won, 6-1. Varsity Club The Varsity Club was originated under the sponsorship of Coach Lyle Bennett. He introduced the idea in his second year here and spoke of a number of possibilities which would promote athletics and school spirit. During the past year the club has continued its policy of recognizing former letter winners and its work along the line of standardi- zation of varsity sweaters. Another project was to gather all track records made by these former lettermen and build a plaque for the school to be engra ed with the year, name of the person, and the record he made. A further project of the club is to add names of lettermen to the permanent file of letter winners. This is now complete and it will eventually be on file in the library. The club also aided the Athletic Association by selling candy at all tin home basketball games. Football—Continued The following week the Saxons journeyed to Lakeview, Battle Creek, where, as a result of two intercepted passes the Blue and Gold lost, 11-12. Charlotte, who had not been defeated or scored upon up to the Hastings game, was the Saxons, next opponent at the fairgrounds. Accompanies! by their 70 piece band the Orioles put on a thrilling spectacle in defeating the Blue and (Jold, 19-0. The defeat seemed to awaken the Saxons and the following week at Allegan came the Saxons’ second victory, 6-0. The Hastings eleven outplayed the Allegan eleven on a wet sandy field to gain the victory. I lie next, two games were league games. Ionia met the Saxons at the fairgrounds and defeated them 6-0 before a shivering crowd. A 30-yard pass midway in the second quarter scored the only touchdown by the Ionia Bulldogs. I he last game was played at Belding and a victory for the Blue and Gold would have lifted them from last place. The Bedskins of Belding would not accept defeat however and the Saxons lost, 12-0. Basketball—Continued winning 26. The next three victories were over three Class B opponents. Ionia was defeated on their own court by a 24-21 total, while Allegan and Greenville lost at Hastings, 31-16 and 33-22. Four defeats and one victory marked the rest of the season. The Charlotte game, last of the season for Carroll Stamm and Jack Francisco, was lost, after the Saxons led for three-fourths of the game, by a score of 21-19. In the next two weeks Lakeview defeated the Saxons, 26-13, and Charlotte was nosed out by a 28-26 score. Keeler, captain for the second semester, scored 16 points in the Charlotte victory for the season’s high record. Greenville and Belding completed the regular season for the Saxons in two league games. Greenville won their only league victory 37-29, and Belding caused the Saxons’ eighth loss with a 35-27 victory. The 49-42 tournament loss to Luton Bapids closed the season with the enthusiasm and spirit that had appeared throughout the season still showing. Track—Continued aters, Osborn, Belson. und Shull on the team. Osborn took second in the 440, and Waters came in third. Johnson and Francisco won second and third in the 200 yard low hurdles. Wagner and Wellfare took thirds in the dashes. In the next meet Battle Creek Central beat the Saxons 78 to 25. This powerful Class A team shut Hastings out with out a first place. In the unnual Hastings Belays, April 27, the Saxons look ninth in a field of eleven of the state’s most powerful Class B squads. Last I rinsing won the title. Hastings then lost dual meets to Grand Bupids Union 69 to 34] 2, and to Charlotte, 63to 40 . Cross Country The 1940 cross country season was not successful. The Saxons lost to Battle Creek and Niles, in each case failing to finish a man among the first five. Floyd Martin, who led the Saxons in each of their meets, was the only meml er to receive a letter. The boys who were out for cross country were Shultz. Ottosen. Osborn. Hill, Casey, Sage. Waters, K. Wellfare. Morgan. Wagner, Cooley, Cook,Crawford, Haynes, Martin. Bennett, Williams, Fruin, M. Wellfare, I). Wellfare. and Myers. 36 First row: Bryant, Davies. Snyder, sports manager. Jones, senior captain, Weaver, Allerding, La- Ballister. Second row: Malcolm, Clouse, Kenyon. Babbitt. Jones, junior captain, Warner, Brady, Cogswell, Wright, Erway. Third row: Jarman, Cunningham. Clark, Woodmansee, Wallace. Johnson, sophomore captain. Rose, Ix ppenthien, Strimback, Stanley. Sinkler. Fourth row: McNinch, Williams. Lancaster, French, Whitmore, Ketcham, freshman capta in, Ketchum, Fur- row, Brown, Roberts, Chandler, Miss Sherwood, director. Girls Sports The Saxon girls interested in sports are always anxious for the starting of soccer, basketball, and baseball. Although less is heard al out the girls’ division of sports than about that of the l oys. nevertheless sports are greatly enjoyed by those girls participating. The most popular sport enjoyed by the girls this year was basketball. Class teams were organized, and these teams played interclass games each Friday night. The seniors, captained by Willo Jones, emerged from the contest as champions. The juniors came next in the contest. Their captain was Beverly Jones. Sally Johnson was sophomore captain, and Mary Ketcham freshman captain. Basketball teams were not organized to play noons, but anyone desiring to play or to practice had the use of the gym on Tuesday and Thursday noons. Another important feature of the girls’ sports were the play days held by the different schools. Hastings girls attended two of these play days at other schools. The first one was at Greenville. Ten of the Saxon girls represented Hastings. The second one they attended was held at 1.0well. A bus took twenty girls from Hastings to this play day. Two play days were scheduled to be held at Hastings during March, but it was necessary to cancel the second one. The one held took place on March 9. About sixty girls from Greenville, Lowell, and Ionia attended. Willo Jones acted as general chairman. The day’s activities consisted of get-acquainted games, non-competitive basketball, and dancing. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the days' program. The girls gym demonstration was another high light of the sports year. 'Phis was held on April 19. Tumbling, a soccer game, progressive dodge ball, square dances, and a novelty act, The Toy Shop”, made up the program. An audience of about 1000 people packed the gymnasium to see the demonstration. Soft ball teams were organized in the spring, and all girls who wanted to participate in baseball came out nights after school to play in the tournament. Teams were organized by classes. A ping pong tournament was held during April for any girls who cared to enter. Twenty contestants played in this tournament. 37 DcVreis, pianist. Mrs. Lower, director. First row: Singleton, Carl. Leary. Webb, soprano: Mulder, Wheating, Rice. Brower, Mulder. Marble. Scheib. Hale, Gross. Frey. Cooley, second soprano: Perkins, Boyes, Soobey, alto. Second row: Boyes, Clouse, Jarman. Norton, Wurm, soprano; I Lancaster. Jarman, Kelly. Sever- ance. Jarstfer. Tungate, Guy, second soprano: Gamble, Sutton, Weaver, Bush, Miller, Johnson, alto. Boys Glee Club Hill, pianist: Mr. Lower, director. First row: McNinch, tenor: Nevins, second tenor: Keeler, Malcolm, Stauffer, tenor; Bab- cock. Johnson. Manker, Keller, baritone: Havens, bass. Second row: Cooper. Baldwin, Beid, second tenor: Underhill. Lan- caster, Sot hard, baritone: Mc- Donald. Carpenter. Rogers. Bennett, bass. Girls Glee Club Choir First row: Holl'man. Hansen, Reed. Beck, soprano: Jarman. Scheib. Perry. Prentice, Mesecar, second soprano: Lane. Hampton, Smith. DeVries, Bross, Cooley, alto; Mr. Lower, director. Second rote: Foreman, soprano: Lancaster. Rogers, Murphy, Bush, bass: Brady, Burgess, Cooley, Keller. baritone: Baldwin. Cooper, second tenor: Nash. Conklin, Osis. Clark, tenor: Bower. Bush. alto. Vocal Music There was real progress in the musical achievements of vocal groups this year. The girls glee club completed another year of musical progress which began under the direction of Mrs. Lower and was completed by Miss Virginia Moore after April 1. The glee club made but two public appearances as a group, at the fall concert, November 17, and at Commencement. June 7. However, there were numerous occasions when trios and sextets sang for special performances. The main diversion from class work was the annual Christmas carolling party. In the fall there was a great deal of solo work and they received several new songs to be learned. In the spring with the help of Miss Moore several members tried their hand at directing and learned that it wasn’t as easy as it l x ked. The girl’s trio, Elaine Jarman. Imogene Cooley, and Clara Bush, with their accompanist. Mary DeVries, as a climax to a year of special appearances, broadcast a fifteen minute program over station WKZO in Kalamazoo on April 22. The boys glee club, under Mr. Lower’s direction for the fourth year, opened a successful season November 17 by giving their conception of the minstrels of the early years of the twentieth century. Then came a period of inactivity when Mr. Lower concentrated on improving the glee club in tone quality and blending. Tenors and basses were once more in friendly relationship after a year of rivalry, and the improvement was great. Their final performance was to be their appearance at Commencement, June 7. The choir enjoyed their first year as a credit class, making their debut on December 21 with the presentation of the cantata “Bethlehem.” Several performances were given at the churches and before other organizations of Hastings. March 21 another success was chalked up when the choir offered the Easter cantata. ‘The Seven Last Words”, with Mrs. I� wer, Mr. Ix wcr, and Mr. Burrell as soloists. The major performance for the year was April 26. when, under tin direction of Mr. Ixnver and with an all-star cust led by Elaine Jarman and Rol ert Cooper, the choir produced the two-act operetta. “Hollywood Extra”. Ronald Conklin. Ruth Beck, and Imogene Cooley did character roles especially well. A most eventful season was ended at the annual commencement exercises. Instrumental Music The fiddles, the drums, the horns, and all the other instruments which compose the band and the orchestra put in a very successful year under the competent direction of Mr. I line. The band performed at all the home f x� tball games, gracing the field with their intriguing formations and adding much to the spirit of the football crowds. The gym reverberated with its strains at some of tin basketball games. The mass concert at Woodland was another event in which our band participated, and the band is to be present at the Knight Templars’ state conclave held at Battle Creek. One of the most interesting features of the band’s program was its spring street marching, which was heard but not generally seen by the first hour classes. The first hour session room also had rhythm daily. The orchestra appeared at all of the school plays of the past year and added much to the audience’s enjoyment. The orchestra was also called upon for several outside engagements. Fifth hour session room inhabitants lent ear to its strains. Two extra musical activities were added during the past year. One of these, the string quartet, had not been formed before because of the absence of a viola player. That individual, however, appeared this year, so the string quartet was made a musical activity of our school. It played at various school and outside functions. Its personnel is Keith Strickland. Carol Miller. Wesley Manker. and Evelyn Hunt. The other new addition to the music program was the clarinet quartet, which, although this was its first year, was a joy to the heart ol Mr. Mine and a source of entertainment to all who heard it. It is made up of Alden Burg� ss. Beverly Jones. Elaine Knapp, and John Lock- wood, all of whom will return next year. 39 Band First row: Knapp, Lockwood, Burgess, Brown, clarinet; Wil- cox, piccolo; Bush, French horn; Dryer, Robinson, cornet. Second row: Jones, Dimond, Weyerman, clarinet; Moore, Hinkley, saxo- phone; Tazclaar, Carpenter, Wood. Haven, trombone; Strick- land. Crawford, baritone; Bush Schultz, cornet. Third row: Ottosen, drum major: Rogers, drum. Clark, cymbals: Hunt, bass drum: Cook, Bliss, drum; Myers, tuba; Henry, bass horn; Mr. Hine, director; Ironside, Lewis, cornet. Orchestra Mr. Hine, director. First row: Miller. Carpenter, first violin; Manker, viola; Gaskill. Hunt, cello' Kelly, Dunn, second violin. Second row: Campbell, Byers, first riot in; Greenfield, Hinkley, saxophone; Knapp, clarinet; Schanlx. piano: Norton. Strick- land. Jlule; Tasker, Boorom, second violin; Rogers, drums: Beed. bass; McMillon. Irani Itone; Long. Schultz, cornet; Blivin. Kidder, second riolin. Insert—Some of the annual stall in conference. Jo urnalism First row: Murphy, Wilcox. Bower, Dennison. Second row: Fingleton, Bose. Snyder. Lancaster, (iambic. Third row: Bryant. Beckwith. Reed, Kidder, Jacobs, Clark. Stamm. Fourth row: Webb! Bush, Weaver. Ketcham. Hyde, Thompson. Fifth row: Bennett, Belson. Adcock. At table: Mr. Taylor, adviser, Roush Perkins, Johnson. Absent from picture: W hitworth, Jacol s. Adrounic. Eggleston. — 40 — Journalism With modernized headlines and arrangements, the first semester editors. Laurel Perkins, Hubert Roush, and Donald Fingleton, made many changes for the betterment of the Fortnight. Under a new system Donald Fingleton was editor of each issue of the Fortnight for the second semester. W illiam Heed as assistant editor, Clara Hush as news editor, Robert Clark as sports editor, and Keith Lancaster as ad manager headed an efficient staff. The change from the system of having different editors for each issue has made the Fortnight more the responsibility of the students than the adviser. While Mr. Taylor was ill. the editors carried on effectively without confusion. Since then the permanent stall’ has done nearly all the work involved in the publication of the paper. The annual which comes to you with a new name and with many new pages and modern ideas, is the result of many hours of work and worry plus many brilliant inspirations, most of w hich w ere red-pencilled by one of t he staff. Through a new plan more pictures have been made available and modern coloring has been introduced. Laurel Perkins as annual editor has, among others, tin problem of getting assignments in on time and was aided with her work by Joyce Hyde, the associate editor. Norma Bryant and Carroll Stamm, the latter assisted by Robert Clark, were the girls and boys sports editors. Kenneth Hose, as business manager, conducted the campaign to sell Doomsday Books. Clara Bush and Joe Wilcox, club editor and feature editor, also assisted in several other departments. Robert Roush had charge of the picture schedule and took many of the pictures himself in filling the photography editorship. Donald Fingleton. Bettie Weaver, and Ruth Ketcham were senior historian, senior editor, and class editor respec- tively, and Agnes Johnson and Marie Eggleston, art editors, contributed a large part to the Doomsday Book under the direction of Miss Campbell. All other members of the journalism class aided these editors and also performed special assignments of their own. Dramatics Two class plays are presented each year at Hasting high school. The first play, put on in the fall is sponsored by the senior class. The juniors present their play in April. In spite of the hard work it takes to give these plays, the junior and senior classes always look forward with anticipation to participation in these theatrical efforts. Mr. Wheater directs both plays. The seniors presented “Heart Trouble”, a domestic comedy, as the annual senior play i oveml er 30 and December 1. Raul Adcock acted as student director. The cast included Mrs. Morrison, Clara Bush: Junior Morrision, a problem child of adolescent age, Donald Fingleton: Patricia Morrison, the family Cinderella, Norma Bryant: Laura Morrison, the older and more sophisticated daughter of the family. Bettie Weaver: Mr. Morrison, a father with two more or less old fashioned ideas. Palmer ()sl orn. Other members of the cast were Mr. Tyler, Kenneth Tinker: Tommy Caler, Herbert Whitworth: Lenore Appleby, Frances Sutton, Jethro Appleby, Lawrence Williams: and Beatrice Tyler, Betty Allerding. After sympathizing with Junior and Patricia, scorning Laura, and heartily approving of Mr. Morrison, the audience left as the curtain closed on the third act, feeling that they had seen one of the best plays presented here in years. The junior class gave as their play a stage presentation of the well-know n Little Women” on April 11 and 12. The cast had as their student director Lucinda Steffes. The cast and characters of the play included Meg- Cosma Newton; Jo, Dorothy Foreman; Beth, Florence Wright: Mrs. March. Neva Warner: Aunt March, Caroline Hansen; Mr. M arch, Paul Adcock; 1-aurie, Lyle Hathaway; Mr. Lawrence, Dale Keeler: Mr. Brooks. Max Wellfare: Mr. Bhaer, Gerald Rogers; Hannah, Marie Eggleston; and four friends and neighbors, Margie Matthews, Thyla Perry, Lois Pfeiffer, and Virginia Tebo. As the audience watched the ploy it brought them back to the times they read and wept over the book “Little Women”. Mrs. Cortright and her clothing classes made it possible to have especially good costuming for the play. Clothes which fitted the period perfectly were used. The cast interpreted a difficult play, including Beth’s death scene, most convincingly. 11 y c 7 a - f ’ £ - ' ZX -4C , OjxX d i J- sO-4L Speech Finalists: Otis. Wilcox, Fuller. Cutler, Mr. Wheater, coach. Fuller, Osborn, Str ini bach, Jacobs. I.illle Women : Cogswell, Foreman, Newton. Wright. “ Heart Trouble : Miss Sherwood, adviser, Adcock. Osborn, Bush, Whitworth. Bryant, Allerding. Weaver, Williams, Sutton, Tinker, Fingleton, Mr. Wheater, coach. Debate: Mr. Wheater, coach, Osborn, Reed, Bower, Bush, Newton, Strimback, Jacobs, Wilcox, Fuller. Otis. Speech The 1939-10 debate squad for the third time in four years talked their way into the state elimination contests. This year they had the topic: “Resolved, that the federal government should own and operate the railroads.” Those debating in contest debates were Philo Otis, Hubert Fuller. Clara Bush, William Reed, Palmer Osborn, Joe Wilcox, and Cordon Jacobs. Hastings also entered a number of non-decision debates. Those taking part were Wanda Bower, Cosma Newton, Doris Strimback. June Leary, Joe Wilcox, and William Reed. The Saxon debaters won from Niles twice, and from Paw Paw, Three Rivers, Mattawan. and Otsego once each. They lost to State High. Allegan, and Comstock. In the second West Michigan League tournament the team composed of Osborn, Bush, and Reed defeated Three Rivers and Mattawan, and the team composed of Otis, Fuller, and Jacobs defeated Niles and Paw Paw. Thus the Saxons were able to compete in the first elimination contest. Those taking part in the state elimination debate were Osborn, Fuller, and Otis. They were defeated by Comstock, thus ending the season’s debating. Oratory Fourteen students entered the annual speech contests. The extempore speaking contest was held before an econo- mics class. Palmer Osborn was victorious, speaking on the topic “Does America Want an Allied Victory?” Joe Wilcox became alternate, and Hubert Fuller placed third. The contests in oratory and declamations were held in Central auditorium. Palmer Osborn received first place in oratory, to add to his extempore laurels, with Gordon Jacobs as alternate and Philo Otis third. The title of Palmer’s oration was “The Case for Passive Resistance.” In the declamation contest Doris Strimback took first place honors with the oration “A Vision of War and Peace.” Claude Cutler was alternate. Carol Fuller placed third. The victories in the school contest entitled the winners to enter the sub-district contests held at Fast Lansing. There the Hastings representatives took third place in each division in competition with representatives from Ionia. Fast Lansing. Charlotte, and Lowell. 42 - You’ve viewed a lot of extra-curricular activity in this hook, hut when most students «“liter the well known portals at the top right, they come, not for extra-curricular work, hut to lalx r hard at the daily grind. And to work hard on the daily grind, one must have a place to study, so we have the good old session room. It's true that Elaine and Retail don’t seem to be studying, hut |x‘rhnps they’re discussing a matter of the utmost importance. That exam maybe. And Vincent is watching the unusual sight of Boh Roush taking pictures in the session room. Anyhow, look at the clock—quarter to four. Just twenty minutes left. Courses available at Hastings High School are general, college preparatory, agricultural, commercial, and apprentice training. On these pages are some of the sights in various classes. Many more classes just as popular as these an omitted for la«‘k of space, but each may reconstruct and treasure in memory for himself the classes in which he worked and suffered and learned. Waving hair, sewing, ironing with a mangle, and measuring dress lengths are just a few of the many activities carried on by the home economics classes. We envy the man who gets one of these future home-makers for a wife. Just look at Bertha being Ix'autilit'd and Kdna being measured. That biology class may be looking at anything from a bug’s eye to a grasshopper’s toe nail. Your guess is as good as mine. Mr. Knopf seems deeply interested in what those girls ar doing. (We wonder who they are). Maybe they’re on the verge of making a momontous scientific discovery. Rolx rt Shultz. Bettie Weaver, Dawn Hampton, or some other members of our typing classes may be the country’s leading secretaries in the future. From the looks of them here you’d think they were headed in that direction. These typing classes run a (Jose second to the shop in noisiness, but where would the Fortnight lx without them? Maybe one of these bright days in the future, you’ll be looking at murals painted by a member of this art class. Or the scenery may h “ blocked by a billboard desigii«‘d by Agnes Johnson. And again, where would this annual be without tlx art class? Here you see the art editors and their able assistant, football captain Chuck McDonald, mounting the senior pictures. Rack from Central and the art class. Listen don’t look, for their picture isn’t here, to Miss Schreibcr asking her Latin I’s to con- jugate “amo” and to that algebra class handling ’s. Think how much they will know! 13 And in passing along the hall from class to class, what, is it we dis- cover on the east session room landing but the trophy case, it’s the place where everybody congregates at noon and where a lot of tickets are sold. The trophies are the hiigal oo of all new Varsity club members who clean them. What an initiation! If you want additional information al out the trophies, see Bob Clark. He knows all and tells all on page 3 of the Marh 19 Fortnight. Getting back to subjects again and the noisest classes in school. You've guessed it. Shop! Boy, are they loud! Sometimes we’ve thought the Germans were coming, only to find it’s some lx ys at the anvil or someone working the planer. But look what they turned out for the Open House last fall! Some of those exhibits were real masterpieces. And there’s Harold Knickerbocker, Don Wellfare, and Harold Sherman at the forge. Forgers! But the right kind. Our future expert mechanics or steel workers. Shop’s not a softy’s subject either. Whence that peculiar odor? Smells like .... Ah! Chemistry class is making sulphide again. And there’s Don Reid and Bill Crawford making all the fuss. We pity them. Even if the chemistry l oys don't make much noise, they sure make them- selves known. Chemistry tests are known to lx? some of the toughest in school, it takes brains to figure out all those figures and letters. Another place where industrious students may Im seen at any time of the day is in the mechanical drawing room. There you can observe such gentry as Max Myers, Bob (What! Again?) Shultz, and Kenneth Tinker busily measuring and drawing. They’ll lx our future engineers, architects, and airplane, auto- mobile, and train designers. They’ll be building our roads and planning our skyscrapers. They’ll 1m drawing the plans for new schools. And some of them might even be teaching other people their line. You’ll be puzzling over their blue prints for your new house or your custom-made auto. Mechanical draw ing is devoid of girls. Can that lx why some boys don’t take it? It’s not pictured, but when Miss McKIwain says “Bon jour, mes eleves,” would you know w hat she means? The French students would. The French classes are among the most enlightened in sch x l. “Think of it,” they say. “we can speak French! Now bring on your Frenchmen.” Y’est pas! But French is still pretty hard to pronounce. Splash! Splash! Splash! That’s the last big social event of the year, the Water Carnival, at which everybody gets wet and a swell time is had by everyone. - 44 — cd co c r o GIRL RESERVES Standing: Eggleston, president. First rote: Weaver, Snyder. Smith. Second rote: Davies, Calkins, Knapp, Thompson, secretary, Sinklcr, Stanley, treasurer. Third row: Daniels, Hill. Babbitt. Gaskill, Ayres, vice president. Dryer. Fourth rmv: Jones, Endres, Kidder. Fifth row: Jones, Warner. Wright. LaBallister. Scobey, Allerding. Absent from picture: Fuller, Mulder, Wallace, Tuckerman, Winslow, Leary, Clark. Shannon, Sinklcr. HI-Y Standing: Heed, president. First row: Osborn, rice president. Tinker, treasurer, Shultz, secretary. Mr. Damson, adviser. Second row: Parker, DeCou, Fingleton. Adcock. Snyder, Hobbs, Dibble. Third row: Burgess. Lord, Bush. Cole, Boush. Heed. Sothard. Swift, Conklin. Fourth row: Whitmore, Edmonds, Clark. Keeler. Absent from picture: Gerl� er. Johnson. BOYS I SUER CLUB First row: Clark. Wood, Shellenbarger, Murphy. Birman, Osborn, Roush. Waters. Slocum, Yarger, Engle, Yanllouten, Hush. Second row: Mr. Conklin, adviser. Beck, Donovan. McKelvey, Heed, Heed, Ottosen, Snyder, head usher. Bush. Haywood, Jarman. Sherman, Townsend, Kenyon, Bennett. GIRLS USHER CLl B First row: Jarman. Bower. Webb, Jones. Cole, Adrounie, DeVries, Wright, Beck. Boylan. Dickerson. Smith. Town send. Cooley. Second row: Miss Rowe, adviser. Jones, Babbitt. Snyder, Daniels. Steckle, Bush. Prentice, Davies, Kidder, Eggleston, head usher. Bush. Weaver, Hyde. Absent from picture: Fuller. Johnson, Miller, Perkins, Phillips, Stanh y, Tooker. Wassenaar, Clouse, Cogswell, Daniels. Johnson, DeWeerd. — 46 — CLUBS Turning slightly aside from the serious business of preparing themselves for service and responsibilities as citizens of a democracy, about ninety percent of the students in II. II. S. pursued the object of their especial interest in twenty-two different clubs during the past school year. Girls Usher Club The Girls Usher Club, organized in 1933, ended another year of polite, efficient service to the public as ushers at con- certs. plays, and other school activities. The forty girls who are members of this club have maintained a high scholas- tic standard throughout the school year. As it is essential that ushers l e courteous as well as capable, the girls are instructed on good ushering etiquette at the beginning of each year. Boys Usher Club Alternating with the Girls Usher Club in service at school functions, the Boys Usher Club has impressed patrons with its courteous service. The l oys of this organization are selected from the honor roll and during the past year fifteen new members have been added to the club. Girl Reserves The Girl Reserves, a sister organization to the Hi-Y, held formal candle-lighting services to initiate new members in October and April. They have been active in aiding the county health office by making clothes for the needy and collecting old clothes for mending. The girls sent representatives to the County Rally at Nashville and to the Mid-Winter Conference in Battle Creek. They entertained at a Mother’s Tea in March and at a Mother and Daughter Banquet on April 29. The girls formed the Women’s Council which helped to plan a week for Barry county Girl Reserves at Kellogg Camp for the summer of 1940. During the year the girls held several joint parties with the Hi-Y. Hi-y The Hi-Y program for the past year was extensive and enthusiastically carried out. During the summer the club was represented at Camp Hayo-Went-Ha by Robert Reed and Palmer Osborn. The earliest business handled at a regular meeting was the acceptance and initiation of four new members. On Hallowe’en tin Ili-Y built a large bonfire for the boys at the evening celebration. Thanksgiving brought the customary delivering of baskets prepared from contributions brought by school children. In early December four members attended the Older Boys Con- ference at Flint. A dancing party at one of the newly-built camps near Gun Lake was one of the year’s highlights. A particularly enjoyable January evening brought the Charlotte Ili-Y group to meet with ours for games and re- freshments. In February, nine new members were accepted and initiated. Several lectures were heard during the year, an outstanding one being by L)r. Graflin late in April. TOY INSTHl MKM CLI B McNinch, Jones, Kidder, Knapp. Murphy, Shelling ton. Tasker, Clark, Brady, secretary-treasurer, Cooley. Muni, president. Mr. Mine, adviser. Absent from picture: Lockwood, vice president. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB First row: Mrs. Cortright, adriser. Anderson, Cunningham. Coleman. Tobias. Second row: Bechtel, Sponseller, Sinkler, Drake, Garrett. Mesecar. Third row: Tyler. Malcolm, Conklin, Ingrain, Pfeiffer, Bush, Dickerson. Fourth row: Malteson, president 1, secretary-treasurer 2, Kndres. president 2. Clouse, Ford, Mesecar, Nye, W olff. Absent from picture: Landon, Garrett, Aspinall, Kurr. SCIENCE CLI B—Mr. Jones, adviser. Ottosen, secretary. Hose, president. Haynes. FOLK DANCE CLI B First row: Nash, Fruin, Ulrich, president 1. Mull. Bishop. Kidder, Francisco, Carpenter, violinist. Rees, Walters, Keller, Malcolm. Snyder. Second row: Cogswell, Hayward, Heed. Boylan, Pranshka, Sponseller, Tebo. Nash, Homan, Brady, Kekman. Manning. Erway, Wassenaar, Baldw in. Beck, Hansen, Meade, treasurer 1, Gardner, Wait. Third row: M iss McElwain. adviser. Jarrard. Ball, president 2, Bauman. Jarrard. Ball, Norton. Blanck. Hay ton. Palmer, Woodman, Hyde, Stcckle, vice president 2. Manby. Daniels, Dunn, pianist. Thompson. Brownell, Palmer. Fourth row: Van Syckle. Ingram. Clagett, Pierce, Steffes, Newton, secretary 2. Shaneck, Eaton, Townsend, Hose, Hammond, Ferris, Tobias, Belson, Kenyon, Sinclair, Laulmugh. Goodenough, McMillon, Mr. Taylor, adviser. Fifth row: Webb, Tookcr. vice president 1. Golden. W olff, Schantz. Williams, Shaw. McLaury, Johnson, Johncock. Heneau, Leslie, Clark. Todd, Greenfield, secretary 1. Stutz. Struble. Endsley. Daniels. Friedrich. Baldwin, treasurer 2. Absent from picture: Fisher, Singleton, McClintock, Robinson, Blivin. Hoffman, Carl, Marble, Endsley. Edwards, McNinch, Mulder. Tucker- man, Smith, Dryer. 48 — Toy Instrument Club I he Toy Instrument Club reporter tells us that “this club is composed entirely of toy instru- ments”. We’ll take her word for it. but in that picture those “toy instruments” look suspiciously like people. Anyway, the group meets primarily for the pleasure of playing together on their various toy music-makers, such as tonettes, ocarinas, cigar box fiddles, whistles, and jugs. Mem- bers say that some interesting musical ideas often result. The club made a trip to the V. C. Squire string factory this year at Battle Creek to watch the manufacture of strings for musical instruments. Folk Dance Club ‘‘Form your sets! Form your sets!” The Folk Dance Club is rapidly becoming acquainted with the many different folk dances. Though the girls have no little trouble in attempting to get a partner for each from the few boys enrolled in the club, still the club is happily specializing in American square dances. Mary Dunn. James Carpenter, and Keith Strickland were faithful in providing good music. Mr. Taylor. Merle Fruin, Chester McMillon. and Erwin Havens were the club’s prize callers”. (Mr. Taylor very often became hoarse and regretted his “loud position in the club.”) Dances which soon became favorites were “The Ocean Wave,” “The Grapevine Twist”. “Standard Quadrille No. 1”. “Dip the Oyster”, and several others. Al- though the club has been organized only one and one-half years it is now the largest club in school, proving that the new “jitterbug” dances are not taking the place of older dances altoget her. Home Economics Club I he Home Economics Club has invested their club time in a varied and interesting program. The girls started the year by presenting short dramatic skits on family relationship to the other club members. Club hour discussion included the art of applying make-up and attaining be- coming hair styles, personal grooming, and manners and courtesy at home and elsewhere. The girls also learned some fancy stitches in embroidery work. In the preparation of food the girls concerned themselves largely with candies for special occasions, sandwiches for school lunches and parties, and salads of all descriptions. Science Club At its first meeting this year the Science Club decided to prepare its programs as group interest suggested. 'I he result was a series of interesting and instructional programs. The club was interested in a demonstration of a static machine, the chemical reactions illustrating colors and precipitates, inducted currents as applied to induction coils, a demonstration of an ammonia fountain, and motors, direct current and two and three phase models. The boys feel that en- tertainment and instruction can be successfully combined as they have proven through the Science Club and its achievements. — 4 J — DRAMATICS CLl B A scene from Portia: Jones, Mar- shall, DcWeerd, Neubert, Wil- cox, Burgess, Cooley, Saleno, Dibble, Manker, Osborn, presi- dent, Smith, Leary, Kidder, Hinkley, Babbitt. Absent from picture: Davies, secretary-treas- urer, Foreman, Hill, Laubaugh, l ng. Isenhath, McMillon, Roush, vice president, Vaughn, Crofoot, Fuller, Fruin, Fulelr, Scheib. Reed, Miss Robson, adviser. HIT PARADE Bush, pianist, Mr. Lower, ad- viser. First row: Butolph, Hale, Kinney, Hawblitz, Shannon, Boyes, Arnold. Gerber, Klls- worth. Bower, Jarstfer, Bross, Gross, Winslow, Perkins, Whit- more, DeVries. Perry, Tietz, Bad ford. Carpenter. Sutton, Lane, chairman. Norton. Third row: Osis, Stauffer, Bennett, Mulder. Waters. Prentice, Nev- ins. Campbell. Gamble, Hamp- ton. Adrounie, Taffee. Absent from picture: Nevins. Johnson, Casey, Walters, Moore, Hnlloek, Myers, Morgan. Jarman, Dryer, Marshall. Lancaster, Hurless. BOOSTER CLl'B Strimback. cheerleader. First row: Edmonds, president 2. Bryant, Stanley, Cook, Kantncr, Kelly, Ketcham. Wrig! Ketchum. treasurer 1, Clouse, Aspinall. Robinson. Boyes. Hildebrand!, Williams. McClelland, Fingleton. secretary Otis. Kelly. Second row: Shultz. Naylor, Brandt, Palmatier. Woodrnansee, Warner. Weaver. LaBallister, vice president 2, Eggleston, Coats, rnoTiL) 1 lauer, i as kill. Furrow, Frey, Sherman. Third row: Clark, sergeant-at-arms 2, Rogers, Haven. Lancaster. Brown, Loppenthien, Snyder, secretary 1, Calkins. Allerding, Swift, Struble, Daniels, Shawman, Doster, Brower. Dcakins. Miller. Keeler, treasurer 2. Fourth row: Adcock, Francisco. Kenyon, Woodrnansee, Weyer- man. Thompson, Beadle. Roberts. Helmer, French, vice president 1, Ketcham. Chandler, Stine, Knickerbocker, Beaser. Miss Sherwood, adviser. Bliss, sergeant-at-arms 2, Sothard. Absent from Picture: Ayres, president I. Lyons, Wheating. Guy. Smith. — 50 — Dramatics Club “The p'ay is the thing!” Believing this, the Dramatics Club has embarked upon an enthusiastic program of “art for art’s sake” and has contributed some unforgettable dramatic work to this year’s programs. The club has presented three outstanding offerings in the field of drama. Scenes from Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” were presented at a school assembly last fall. “Why 1 Am a Bachelor” was given at One-Act Play Night. At the April 24 assembly. “Stars, Stripes, and Maidens,” an original play written and presented by members of the club, was produced. Besides these plays the club has discussed several current dramatic hits and the traits necessary for success in the field of drama. Miss Dorothy Cook gave an interesting review of the play “The Artist” by Milne. The club was organized in 1921 in order to stimulate appre- ciation of the realm of “make-believe”. Booster Club 'Phis year’s Booster Club took upon itself a heavy job. In the absence of any other type of social activities group, it fell to their lot to lx “guardian angel” to every social beat of old H. II. S’s lusty heart. They fulfilled their job admirably. Among their accomplishments they can list selling candy and hot-dogs at the football games, joining the Folk Dance Club in one club hour of social dancing, sponsoring the Fall Frolic and Spring Swing, encouraging school sports and other school activities, and discussing school spirit, its benefits and its best expression. Hit Parade The Hit. Parade Club, after attracting a large group of interested members, rounded out an active and enjoyable club year. Their aim was the better understanding of popular music and they approached their goal by diversified paths. Among the methods used to aid in the better under- standing of popular music were playing phonograph records of “hit” tunes, studying the jargon of popular music, participating in a music quiz, reading and discussing articles written by and about those in the popular music field, making an analysis of | opular music and contrasting •t with classical, and enjoying vocal solos by Keith Lancaster and piano solos by Robert Bush. Chess and Checker Club There has been a steady growth of interest in chess and checkers due to this club. A checker “ladder” was made at the beginning of the school year with club members’ names in alphabetical order. Later a chess ladder was worked out. Several club members and teachers have ordered chess sets through lr. Reinhardt. As a final project this year the club plans to sponsor a bracket elimination contest to determine the best chess and checker players. CHESS AND CHECKER CLUB Sealed: Parker. Fingleton, secre- tary-treasurer, Hildebrandt, Cur- tiss, McDonald, president. Dc: Cou, vice president. Standing Wensloff, McIntyre, Gaskilh Gross, Woodruff, Hawthorne, Smith. Reid, Townsend, Mr. Reinhardt, adviser. Absent from picture: Goodyear. Keeler, En- gle, Lewis. ESPERANTO CLUB Schcib, Bush, president. Benson, treasurer. Babcock, Miss Schrei- ber, adviser. Bachman, secrearty. Absent from picture: DifTIey, li- brarian. CONSERVATION CLl B First rote: Usborne, vice president 2, Stcdge, Falconer, president 1, Reed, secretary. Beckwith, rice president I. president 2. Mr. Gies, adviser. Second rote: Van Den- burg. Hook. I ewis, Schultz, Cook. Third row: PufpalL Brit- ten, Houghtalin, Garrison, Cheeseman. Callihan. Fourth row: Pranshka, Clinton, Cheese- man, Gerber, treasurer. CAMERA CLl B Kneeling: Lane, Keeler, Kenyon, Haynes, Bogart, president I. Keeler, Eggleston. Standing: Bechtel, Mr. Wheater, adviser. Thomas, president 2. Keller. McCarthy. Isenhath, Matthews, vice president I. Cogswell, secretary-treasurer 1. Miller. Weeks. Cogswell. Moore. Absent from picture: Johncock. Pierce, McNinch. Cooley, secretary-treasurer 2. Esperanto Club Organized in order to promote a better understanding of Esperanto, the international language, this club has widened its horizons to include promoting better understanding of our world today. Its small but intensely interested group of members have studied the language itself and have devoted considerable time to reading about the lives of others in foreign lands. The most popular method is the practice of reading a book or lenghty and authoritative article concerning some foreign country and sharing it with the other club members on club day. Countries reported in this manner include Spain. Iceland, Alsace-Lorraine, and Lapland. Conservation Club The Conservation Club is made up of sixteen boys intensely interested in hunting and fishing. The club discusses personal experiences in hunting and fishing and enjoys movies showing Michigan outdoor life. The boys are quite proud of their combined success at hunting. Give them half a chance and they will tell you about their combined kill which amounted to 113 rabbits, 24 ducks, 24 pheasants, 44 squirrels. 123 muskrats, and one deer brought in by their adviser. Mr. Gies. The club has aided many members in more clearly understanding the game laws of Michigan. Camera Club The Camera Club has discussed the future in commercial photography, has enjoyed walking lectures when the weather permitted, and has been instructed in the use of the school's movie projector. Its members have spent some club hours snapping pictures about the school grounds. Plans have been made to attempt developing some photos as a club project, and a snapshot contest has been suggested during club hour discussions. Photography is an interesting hobby and some say that one bite by the “camera-bug means life-long enjoyment of a worthwhile hobby. Advanced Leathercraft The twenty-live members in this year’s advanced leathercraft group, called the Skive and Thong Guild, selected their own projects in leatherworking. In addition to ordinary leatherwork they learned to tool and enamel leather. The leathercraft hobby is one enjoyed by all ages and can be followed with enthusiasm throughout life. It is a con- structive and useful hobby, usually resulting in many beautiful and worthwhile articles for gifts, sale, or personal use. The display of the Guild’s work at last fall’s Barry County Fair attracted much attention. Aeronautical Club Organized six years ago to acquaint members with the history, progress, and future of aviation, the Aeronautical Club has grown to include twenty-five members. As a rule club hours have been devoted to discussions on the mechanics of aeronautics and its possibilities as a vocation. Outside acti it y of club members has been centered on construction of models, not only personal models, but also cooperative contruction of the gas model which the club purchased last year. — 53 — BEGINNING LE ATII E R CR A FT CLl B ADVANCED LE ATI IEKCR AFT CLUB First row: Marshall, Benedict, Brishin. Smith, Bice, vice presi- dent 1, Wurm, Jarman, treasurer 2, Miss Reynolds, adviser. Second row: Van Pat ten, Ran- dall, Reynolds, Althouse, Boo- rom. Thomas, Dryer, Kidder. Third row: Newton, vice presi- dent 2, Frey, Wagner, treasurer 1, Birman, Wellfare, president 1, Garrison, DePriester, Van Hou- ten, Bush, secretary 1. Absent from picture: Lewis. KRON A I TICAL CLI B First row: Carney, Jarman, vice president 2, Yarger, Bush, Shel- lenbarger, Sherman, president 2. Second row: Sage, secretary 1, PufpafT, Payne, Isham. Slocum, Bennett, treasurer 2, Wood, sec- retary 2. Mr. Garner, adviser. Third row: Hawthorne, president 1, Woods, l arkin. Guernsey, treasurer 1. Wing, Wellfare, rice president 1. Absent from picture: Hinckley, Tinker, Tompkins, Neubert. ‘ ■ • f First row: Gross, Cooper, secretary-treasurer I. secretary 2. Nash. Oliver. Leonard, Miss Leiter, adviser. Second row: Vaughn, Newton, Frederickson, president 1, Roush. Hook. Third row: Smith, Gillons, Golden, Hammond, Gillett, vice president 1, Cole, president 2. Fourth row: Hurless, Hill. Tazelaar, Alexander. Heath, Tazelaar. Absent from picture: Nash, Craig. Dryer. - 51 - Beginning Leathercraft Club Students who join the Beginning Leathercraft Club learn how to cut and lace leather and to fashion it into such things as purses, l ookeovers, belts, card cases, billfolds, and key cases. After one semester in this club students may join the Advanced Leathercraft Club for further training in leather work. F. F. A. Our F. F. A., the l x al branch of a national organization, is now four years old and has seventy- one members. Some of the outstanding activities of the year were the planting of 6,000 ever- green seedlings at the school forest east of Yankee Springs, the 18th annual Ag-IIE Exposition, and their Parent’s Night Banquet in April. Many of the group attended Farmer’s Week in Lansing, and the club sent two delegates to the State Convention at Michigan State College and one to the National Convention at Kansas City. Hastings entertained the other F. F. A. chapters of Barry County here in October. Out-of-Door Club The Out-of-Door Club has lx en very fortunate this year in obtaining outside entertainment and instruction. The club has l een shown films on conservation of wild life and natural resources. Conservation oflicer Ceorge Sumner gave an interesting lecture on pheasant rearing and led a discussion of our local game and fishing laws. A demonstration on tieing fishing flit's was given during one club hour. During the year a bird identification contest sponsored by the club was won by David Cook. Tumbling Club The Tumbling Club gave public exhibitions of its skill in tumbling between the halves at basket- ball games and at the boys gym demonstration. Club hour always means extensive drilling at high diving.rolling, standing on heads, and building pyramids. The latest practice work has l een done from the newly completed spring-board. F. F. A. First row: Mr. Knopf, adviser, Swift, secretary 2, Schreiner, treasurer 2, VanSyckle, president, Meisenbach, reporter 2, Cole, nee president 2. Second row: Bechtel, McCarty. Brownell, PufpafT, Cruttenden, McKelvey, Smith, Conklin, Conklin, Ilealy. Bolton. Third row: Casey, Haywood, Slocum. Hobbs, Herbstreith, Gillespie. Williams, Hill, treasurer 1. Hathaway. Reed, Courtney. Absent from picture: Blanck, secretary 1, Abbott, refjorter 1, Belson, Maurer. OUT-OF-DOOR CLUB First row: Drake, secretary 2, Cook, president. Beckwith, nee president, Mr. Damson, adviser. Second row: Shellington, Roush. Wellfare, VanDenburg. Beck. Absent from picture: Kurr. treasurer 2, Green, Silsbee, Cole, Strickland, Haight, Ford, Pranshka, Roush. Johnson, Swanson. Guy, Higgins. Taggart, Potter, Lord. TUMBLING CLUB First row: Demond. Martin. Foreman, president. Hill, Gardner. Webb, Fisher. Hill. Second rote: Cooper, treasurer, Birman, Donovan. Third row: Bauman. Keller. Fourth row: Wilcox, Sinclair, Byers, Nevins, Garrison, Wilcox, Fruin. Absent from picture: W hitworth. Brunt. Reynolds, Greenfield, Mr. Brozak, adviser. — 56 —