Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

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BOYS UNION COUNCIL Mr. Taylor adviser. Fuller, Long, Pierce, Settles, Coggins. Beck, Coleman, Lord, Keeler, Ironside. Welfare, Murphy. Absent from ficture: Cruttenden, Myers. GIRLS LEAGUE BOARD Cooper Ketcham, Chandler, Doster, Coldren, French, Schantx, YanderYoort, Miss Rowe, adviser, Bachelder. Brandstetter, Endsley, Townsend. FACULTY-STUDENT COUNCIL First row: Fewless, Cortrighl. Drake. Frey, Marble. Zuttermeister, Kelley, Ueliner, Doster, Rose, E. Townsend. Second row: Wagner, Adcock, Thomas, Nelson. Rice, Ketcham, Hill Coats. G. Foster. R. Foster, H. Townsend. Lane, Mr. Jones, Miss Rowe, advisers. Absent from picture: Dolan, Frandsen, Swanson.

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Standing,'. Edwin L. Taylor. First row: Verrol R. Conklin. Herbert J. Reinhardt, Dana Burgess, Roy Garner, Rosalia A. Westcott, Ottilia Kaminske. Second row: Joseph Brozak, Fred S. Jones, Theodore N. Knopf, Marie A. Rowe, Ruth M. Robson, Dorothy E. Cook. Third row: Lyle Bennett, Lewis Hine, Arthur Hansen, G. Avery Aten, Tac P. Gies, Lena M. Leiter. Fourth row: Stanley Wheater, Carl W. Damson, Arthur Lower, Virginia Moore, Grace Butler. Fifth row: Mary E. Campbell, Emily J. McElwain, Barbara Bachelder. Absent from Ficture: Jean Barnes, Eleanor J. Duttweiler. . . . V — P is for petite: it describes her quite well. Of course, we mean Miss Kaminske, one could surely tell. r quiet, and all of you know hat the one I’m referring to is Miss Marie Rowe. for Robson, a veteran teacher. Baseball for her is an outstanding feature. S is for Stanley, now Private Wheater. In speaking, he'll tell you never to teeter. T is for Taylor “big boss” of the school. In most any subject he’d be hard to fool. U is for unusual Mr. Aten, that’s he. He has many talents, I'm sure you’ll agree. V is for victory, let’s stay on the top. Also Verrol Conklin who has defense shop. W is for Westcott, who’s new here this year. But she takes to us greatly, so we need have no fear. X equals the unknown quantity, let’s call it his hair. We mean Mr. Gies, as we’re all quite aware. Y is a hard one to rhyme with, I guess, So I’ll just fill in with Mr. Burgess. Z is for zealous or Miss Dorothy Cook. If you don't think she’s pretty, just take another look. • • • V — Because we ran over, they 're some letters we ll use twice. For instance. Miss Butler whom we consider quite nice. Another we ll use will be Mr. Bennett. He’s our basketball coach, and we owe him credit. His quiet personality makes quite an impres- sion— That's Mr. Hansen of apprentice training profession. She peers over her glasses when a whisper is heard— That’s Miss Barnes of the library where mum is the word.”

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BOYS UNION COUNCIL The Boys Union Council is the governing body of the Boys Union. The officers of the council are elected by the boys of the high school, and its members include a representative of the F. F. A., one from each of the boys’ sports, and one from each of the four classes. The officers for this past year were: president, Francis Goggins; vice president, Bruce Long; secretary-treasurer, Joseph Beck; and sergeant-at-arms, William Lord. The general purpose of the council is to promote friendliness among the boys and between the boys and faculty, to make all new comers feel at ease, and to instigate a higher degree of school spirit. Headed by an excellent set of officers, the council began its season of activities in the fall with a get-acquainted assembly for freshman boys. At this assembly it was proved by Raymond Nelson, master of ceremonies, that teachers did not know the freshman boys. This assembly was so popular among the boys that one senior remarked that it was the best he had ever attended. As the date set for the “Firemen's Bali' 'drew near, the Boys Union was moved by pleas for help from feminine delegates who stated that boys did not dance at school parties. To remedy this distressing condition, the council found seven dancing teams who danced in competition at the ball. From this contest, the basketball and track teams emerged as victors, and the football lads, perhaps below par because of heavy practice sessions, were the losers. The council was rewarded for its work by the praise of the girls, who unanimously declared that it was a swell party; and, strictly off the record, the boys said the same of it. Next, the council sponsored a Christmas mixer and even persuaded a jovial faculty member to act as St. Nick. Back from Christmas vacation, the council, with Louis Myers as chairman, made arrangements for the second boys assembly of the year, which featured a sports quiz. Strangely enough, this quiz exposed the ignorance of many of our athletes and coaches. The Spring Swing was the last successful undertaking of the council. The boys chose “luck as the theme, and such symbols of luck as four leaf clovers and rabbits’ feet were much in evidence at the party. Dancing teams were again organized, and after the party the Boys Union Council added another gold star to its collection for outstanding accomplishments in school activities. THE GIRLS LEAGUE BOARD The Girls League is a self-supporting organization of which every girl automatically becomes a member when she enters high school. The board members include a city and country resident from each class. In order to better acquaint her with the school system when she enters high school, each freshman girl is given a big sister who helps and advises her through her first year ol school. The Girls League also attempts to further the spirit of friendship and cooperation among the girls. It is divided into four units. Each high school girl is placed in a different unit each year until at graduation she has served in every department. The chairman of the various units this year were: social service, Evelyn Townsend; entertainment, Pauline Chandler; vocational, Elizabeth Doster; athletic, Mary Ketcham. The officers who were elected at the beginning of the year were: president, Dorothy Coldren; vice-president, Ella Belle YanderVoort; secretary. Mary French; and treasurer, Bernadine Schantz. Other members were: Audra Endsley anil Bonnie Brandstetter, who represented the sophomore class; and Maxine Cooper and Donna Bachelder representing the freshman class. Miss Rowe acts as adviser for the board. Among the activities of the Girls League board in the past year were the sponsorship of assemblies and mixers as well as a donation to the Red Cross. FACULTY-STUDENT COUNCIL The Faculty-Student Council is the chief student governing body of the school. Through the representatives, who attend the council each Tuesday, it is possible lor every student to voice his opinion and have a say in the way his school is governed. The students elected a year ago to fdl the school offices were: mayor. Evelyn Townsend; traffic manager. Jack Wagner; chief justice, Morris Hill; public service chief, Mary Ketcham; and sanitary engineer, Bonnie Jean Drake. Those selected to serve on the commissions were: Richard Thomas, Bill Garrison, and Doris Lockwood on the traffic commission; Raymond Nelson. William Kelly, anil Arthur Mc- Kelvey on the justice commission; Harold Townsend, Marjorie Hill, and Dean Keeler on the public service commission; and Phillip Frandsen, Joyce Frey, and Harold hidler on the sanitary commission. The mayor automatically becomes the chairman of the council. Those elected to other offices for the first semester were: vice chairman, Doris Coats: secretary, Beatrice Rose; and treasurer, Gail Foster. Second semester officers were: vice chairman, Doris Coats; secretary, Beatrice Tuckerman; and treasurer, Raymond Nelson. Richard Swanson acted as athletic treasurer anil Miss Rowe and Mr. Jones represented the faculty. During the past year the aims of the council have been to promote a higher type of coopera-