Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

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FACULTY-STUDENT COUNCIL Foreground: Ragla, Casey, presiding. First row: Fox, L. Foster, Reisito, Mankcr, Demaray. Second row: B. Neu- bert, Robert Branch, Warren, R. Foster, Wensloff, Rich- ard Branch, Birman, Clark. Third row: Bennett, Spill- ane, A. McDonald, Hodges, S. Goodyear, R. Feldpausch, Kendall, Will, Nye, Richardson, Mr. Jones, adviser. Ab- sent from picture Peters, R. Smith, Jensen. GIRLS LEAGUE BOARD Seated: Will, A. O’Connor. Standing: Long, N. Clark,. Ragla, Jaksec, M. Slocum, M. Salton, Benjamin, C. Goodyear, Jones, McKay, Baulch, V. Webb, Mrs. Ham- ilton, adviser, Cappon. BOYS UNION COUNCIL Myers, Kelly, Coleman, J. Slocum, McDonald, O’Con- nor, T. Feldpausch, McKeough, Hodges, Echtinaw, Mr- Taylor, adviser, Blough, Nye.

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FACULTY “What, my dear, you have never met the faculty of Hastings High School? What a tragedy! I shall see what I can do to remedy this sad situation. How about a jaunt through the hallowed halls of H.H.S. to meet the teachers of ‘ye olde institution’? What’s that you say; you don’t wish to inconvenience me? Oh, it’s no bother at all! I have to see Mr. Jones about that test tube 1 broke, return a book to Miss Robson, get the latest gossip from Mr. Gies, and get an admit slip from Mr. Tay- lor, anyway. “Let’s begin our tour on the third floor. See that handsome man in room 311? That is Mr. Knopf, who teaches biology and agriculture. Once upon a time said man had a mustache. The sweet sounds issuing forth from the music room are the efforts of the choir, which is di- rected by Mrs. Lower. Ohhhh, that smell! Bet- ter don your gas mask while we visit this room. Mr. Jones teaches his students how to mix ‘this’ with ‘that’ and get a very unpleasant odor; in the other words, he teaches chemistry and physics. ‘Otra vet por favor’ — in case you are wondering at the foreign words coming from 307, Mrs. Hilson’s Spanish class is in ses- sion. Next, may I introduce you to Mr. Dam- son, history and English teacher. Ha, ha! Looks like that was a pretty good one Mr. King just told, by the way his class is laughing. Incident- ally, Mr. King gets almost as many sighs from the gals around here as Sinatra. Here we are at Mrs. Rundio’s room. Her bookkeeping class looks rather perplexed. Click, clack! Don’t be alarmed at that series of sharp reports. It is nothing more dangerous than the typing class; there is Miss Kaminske in charge with the in- evitable stop watch. I wonder if she has ever been to the races? Oh, here comes Mr. Whea- ter down the hall with Mr. Reinhardt. They seem to be engaged in a serious conversation. I’ll bet it concerns government or economics. “By the weird sounds coming from the band room, I surmise that Mr. Hine has stepped out of the room for a moment. Ted Bennink and Mrs. Wilcox are coming down the hall. They teach part time here at high school. “Well, that takes care of the third floor. Let’s slide down the banisters and make a tour of the second. Wheel This is fun! I’ve always wanted to slide down the banisters. Oops! Here comes Mr. Taylor. Whew! What a close call! He’s principal, you know. Ah, here we are at Mr. Gies’s door. Let’s go in and have a char with our math professor. I can hear Mr. Schilling in the next room telling his speech class to ‘be more specific.’ Miss Robson is list- ening to the baseball game. Want to bet on the Tigers? Miss McElwain’s room is right here. I wish I knew how she keeps her hair so neat. There are Miss Campbell, Mr. Hansen, and Mr. Vanderbrook in the office. No, that isn’t a student coming down the hall; it is Mrs. Hamilton. What a personality! There is Miss Barnes in the library with the ‘well known fin- ger’ on her lips uttering that oft’ heard phrase ‘quiet please.’ “Shall we now descend to the bottom floor and peek in at the gymnasium? Mrs. Burrell is giving the girls in her gym class quite a work- out. There are Mrs. Payne and Miss Dontje in the cafeteria making a cake. By those gruesome sounds coming from the shop I surmise that Mr. Aten’s shop class is in session. Here comes Coach Brozak in from practice with the boys. By the way, Coach is the prize story-teller around these parts. “Now, you have met the people who keep the homefires of ‘good ole H.H.S.’ burning. Sighted teachers; met same. Mission com- pleted!”

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FACULTY-STUDENT COUNCIL The main governing body of the school is the Faculty-Student Council. Meetings are held every Monday, and representatives voice their opinions on matters of importance to the school. A year ago the students elected the officers, with Robert Casey stepping into Ex-Mayor Tom Dolan’s place; Virginia Demaray being elected traffic manager; Burl Valentine, chief justice; Bernard Manker, public service chief; and Sally Goodyear, sanitary engineer. Those selected to serve on the commission were Gloria Hart, Kenneth Smith, and Charles Gwinn, traffic commission; Patrick Hodges, James Burns, John Richardson, and Esther Ragla, just ice commission; Alton Bennett, Douglas Cooper, and Norma Jaksec, public service commission; Patrick Kelly, Anne O’Con- nor, and Neil Will, sanitary commission. Mr. Jones represented the faculty on the council. When school started in the autumn, it was found that the chief justice, Burl Valentine, had moved to Big Rapids. The members of the justice commission immediately assembled and elected Patrick Hodges to fill the vacancy. Later in the year, Virginia Demaray moved to Kal- amazoo; therefore the members of the traffic commission convened and elected Kenneth Smith as the traffic manager. Mayor Casey automatically became chair- man of the council. Richard Feldpausch was elected vice-chairman; Esther Ragla, secretary; and Robert Branch, general treasurer. John Richardson was appointed student athletic treasurer by the Athletic Board. For the second semester Beverly Bradford was elected vice-chairman; Neil Will, secretary; and John Malcolm, general treasurer. During the year the council worked out ways in which to bring students and teachers into closer contact, the main goal of the F. S. C. The council’s chief innovation of the year was a system adopted by the council limiting the number of offices a student may hold at one time. Each office is given a certain number of points, and no one person may hold offices whose point value exceeds six. The point rat- ings are as follows: mayor, 4; president of Boys Union Council, 3; all school officers, 3; presi- dent of F. F. A., 3; president of the Girl Re- serves, 2; Doomsday Book staff, 1; president of Hi-Y, 2; class president, 3; president of Girls League Board, 3; Doomsday Book editor, 3; class secretary, 1; class treasurer, 2; and class vice-president, 1. GIRLS LEAGUE BOARD Every girl attending Hastings High School automatically becomes a member of the Girls League. The girls from each class elect three representatives to act on the board. The pur- pose of this organization is to promote social life and further a democratic spirit among the girls. An all-girl assembly was held at the begin- ning of the year with singing by officers of the League, Girl Reserves, and by a few freshman girls who were initiated. To raise money, the Girls League Board sold school colors to students of the high school. They were worn at the dedication game with Charlotte. An all-school Thanksgiving assembly was planned and sponsored by the Girls League with singing and a talk by the Rev. Leason Sharpe. In February the Girls League presented the Women’s Glee Club from Western Michigan College of Education who participated in an assembly for the entire school. The board members served them lunch before their re- turn to Kalamazoo. A Prisoners’ Ball was the theme for the all- school dance which the Girls League planned for April 5. Balls and chains were used as decorations. Each guest was asked to come with prisoner’s stripes as insignia of identifica- tion. A spring style show previewing Easter bon- nets and gowns provided interesting entertain- ment for a girls assembly April 18. A movie on “Good Grooming” was also shown. The constitution of the Girls League was re- vised and brought up-to-date by the Girls League Board. Officers of the board were president, Georgia Will; vice-president, Esther Ragla; secretary, Colleen Jones; treasurer, Anne O’Connor. The faculty adviser was Mrs. Hamilton. BOYS UNION COUNCIL The Boys Union Council is the governing body of the Boys Union, an organization to which all the boys of Hasting High School be- long. The officers of the council are elected by the boys of the high school, and its mem- bers include a representative of the F. F. A., one from each of the boys sports, and one from each of the four classes. The general pur- pose of the council is to promote friendliness among the boys and between the boys and the faculty, to make all newcomers feel at ease, and to instigate a higher degree of school spirit. The officers for the past year were as fol- lows: president, James Coleman; vice-president, Fred McDonald; secretary-treasurer, Pat Kelly; and sergeant-at-arms, Jack Echrinaw. Headed by this 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 James Coleman, master of ceremonies, that some of the teachers already knew the boys of the freshman class. Perhaps the greatest achievement of the council this year was sponsoring an all-school party, the Sour Note dance. Although there was not an exceptionally large crowd, the dance proved to be very enjoyable. The Boys Union Council also revised its con- stitution, thus concluding a successful year.