Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

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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 —

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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.

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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.