Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

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Mayor, DeCou. Girls League Board First row: Tuckerman, Mar- shall. Second row: Ketcham, Bush. Drake, Brandt, Jones, Babbitt, Stanley. Miss Rowe, adviser. Faculty Student Council Sealed: Townsend, Foster Ketcham, Wright, Beck. Pur sell. Lancaster. B. Bross, I)e ('oil. Stand ini’: Miss Rowe Coleman. Hill. Ball. Fingle ton, Marshall, Whitmore Brandt. Stamm. Conklin Dibble. Swanson, Mr. Jones adviser. Bross. Commissioners R. Conklin, public service chief : Parker, chief justice; B rand t. sa nit a ry engineer: Whitmore, traffic manager. Boys Union Council Mr. Jones, adviser, Lord, Conklin. Johnson, Whitmore, Saunders, Thomas, Kenyon, Dibble.

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Lyle Bennett At the sound of the Rim When his proud team has won, He is there with the boys To acknowledge the noise Of a victory. Joseph Brozak When he’s asked for a speech. The whole crowd will screech, And they marvel with glory At his slap-happy story Of the day. Dana Burgess “Get set for a test,” Is his only request When you enter the room Called the typewriter’s doom Each Friday. Mary Campbell An expert with the brush When there’s really quite a rush Will you do that? Will you do this?” She works fast, this blushing miss At her art. A Verrol Conklin In the shop he is boss. 'Phose boys gather no moss. They are kept on their toes. Every lx y in there knows What to do. Ruth Cortright ’, She is thrifty, she is wise, And she can economize. A word here, a suggestion there. How girls may beautify their hair. All through life. Roy Garner ( } Tac G,es He coaches the harriers He’s very good at pistol range, And removes social barriers But despite that he needs a change. By teaching social dancing. He teaches us science and math. And his class work is entrancing: What versatility he hath Math and English! lu pursuits. Lewis Hine He can lead his brass band With a swish of his hand, But if you turn to swing. That isn’t the thing He will play. Theodore Knopf He’s a farmer boy at heart. Giving other boys a start On the road to better farming. And it's really quite alarming What he knows. Lena Leiter She is little, but she’s smart. She can really take apart What the shorthand students write And bring their words to light From the tangle. Arthur Lower Of glee club and choir He will never, never tire. For he has a soul Which is. on the whole, One of music. Virginia Moore She has a sweet enchanting voice At which her students all rejoice. For when she begins to sing. Her brilliant voice will ring .Soft and clear. Herbert Reinhardt Playing chess is recreation, Social science a vocation. From early spring to early fall He knocks around a tiny ball For his fun. Vivian Reynolds She is short and she is sweet, She has rhythm in her feet. Commercial students like her style, She’s good business all the while On the job. Ruth Robson •y Every sorting little sophomore A Will surely wish an encore, rkj When she speaks of big league ball M Until the bell out in the hall Says “dismissed.” Katherine Schreiber Latin students often tease her Not to study Julius Caesar. When she teaches junior English, One can easily distinguish She’s relieved. Stanley Wheater To teach dramatics and debate Is his unrelenting fate. But he often glues his eye To one thing that does not lie, A camera.

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GIRLS LEAGUE BOARD “Say-—these records aren’t bad. ‘Frcncsi’, ‘Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar’, and ‘There’ll Be Some Changes Made’.” This student and many others owe their appre- ciation for some of these new records to the Girls League. Although it is not a much pub- licized organization, every girl in high school is a member. Money is earned by candy sales so that no dues are needed. The league, in helping girls and the school in general, has several projects. This year several new records were bought for the mixers and other dancing. In former years each of the four division chairmen had charge of one of the girls assemblies. This year, because there were less boys and girls assem- blies, the league board helped with the mixers. An annual project is the appointing of big sisters” for freshmen girls and others not ac- quainted with the school. The “big sisters” help these girls to become acquainted with the surroundings, rules, and customs of the high school. This work, which is done in the fall, is under the supervision of the social service chairman. Other projects under considera- tion this year include girls shower-room improvements and identification for the Girls’ Usher club. The league is efficiently managed by the Girls League Board, the representation of which consists of one country and one city girl elected for each class. Meetings are held every other Thursday. The officers are Marquita Marshall, president, and Beatrice Tuckerman, secretary-treasurer. Chairmen of the four divisions are Beverly' Jones, athletics; Bonnie Jean Drake, social service; Maxine Brandt, vocations; and Barbara Babbitt, entertainment. Miss Rowe, dean of girls, is the adviser. FACULTY-STUDENT COUNCIL The closing of the 1940-41 school year marks the end of the second year of tutelage under a mayor-commission type of student govern- ment for Hastings High. The persons elected a year ago to fill the school offices were: William DeCou. mayor; Robert Parker, chief justice; Bernard Whitmore, traffic manager; Ronald Conklin, public service chief: and Maxine Brandt, sanitary' engineer. Those selected to serve on the commissions this year are: Bill Dibble, Joseph Beck, and Barbara Shannon on the justice commission; Bruce Long, Joan Erway. and Ray Murphy on the traffic commission; Ray Kenyon, Jeanne Nye, and Arthur Gerber on the public service commission; and Kenneth Lane, Helen Naylor, and Marion Cook on the sanitary commission. During the first semester Evelyn Townsend served as vice-chairman of the Faculty- Student Council. Beverly Bross was the secretary, and Mary Kctcham was treasurer. The second semester officers were: vice-chair- man, Lois Clouse; secretary. Rachel Mal- colm; and treasurer, Bernadene Schantz. Phe mayor is ex officio chairman. In the past year the council has worked diligently in the solving of many school problems. Early in September they were met with the task of finding a way to make the students keep their lockers locked instead of placing the locks on the handles. This was solved by having surprise inspections con- ducted by teachers. Next the council sponsored a ”better-assemblyr-conduct” drive by making and having announcements of what is considered good assembly conduct. Then the council considered the possibilities of having drum majorettes to lead the school band, but after hearing the report from the administration concerning the cost of uniforms and such, it was decided to drop the plan. Other highlights of the first semester were the sponsoring by the council of the December 16 mixer, which was improved greatly over the earlier one. and the purchasing and decorating of a Christmas tree for the school. The first few weeks of the new semester were occupied with discussions concerning a situation brought about by the wearing of athlete’s stripes on school sweaters by various band meml ers. However, due to the lack of student sentiment and the fact that the athletes never met in order to draw up regu- lations governing the decorating of sweaters, nothing ever came of the controversy except discussion. The next few meetings were given over to improving the noon hour program. A committee was appointed to work with Mr. Wheater and public service chief Conklin. The committee achieved good results. Next the girl athletes of the school wished to be allowed to wear gold block H’s for parti- cipating in games after school. Their plan of award was read over the public address sys- tem. and a school-wide vote was taken. In the next meeting, after hearing the reports from the home rooms concerning the vote taken, the council voted unanimously in favor of approving the girls’ plan. Another accomplishment of the 1940-41 council was the sponsoring of a junior boys’ tennis tourna- ment held in the spring, which put into use a gold cup left for such a purpose by Mr. Becker, the former tennis coach. Other functions that the council performs each year are the sponsoring of the fall and spring school parties, the Water Carnival, and liie advertising and publicizing of the biennial dues day and election day. BOYS UNION COUNCIL The Boys Union Council is one of the fore- most groups in our high school. Its purposes are to discuss problems of all school boys and take action on such problems. It is also for the purpose of securing program material for boys assemblies. The officers of this organization are elected by all boys of the high school. The regular members are representatives of the Hi-Y, all boys sports, and the four classes. The officers of this past year were: president, William Dibble; vice president, Donald John- son; treasurer. Raymond Kenyon. Mr. Jones is the Council adviser. Editor's Sole:—Being approached by the adviser who said, Joe, inject some color into this,” the editor searched for said commodity. The only conclusion he could reach was that the Boys Union Council was, sad to say. one of the organizations whose main purpose seems to be to provide people with offices. (Every whack at my scalp will be two-bits.) The words of the eminent vice president, “So far, the council has ! een quite inactive.” seem to bear this out. So do the words of Mr. Jones, who saith. It does nothing. So there you have both sides. Fake your pick.