Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

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GIRLS LEAGUE BOARD The Girls League Board was very active this year with school and civic projects. One of it’s most widely known activities was sponsor- ing the election of a homecoming queen and court. The queen was crowned at a victorious football game with Charlotte and afterwards reigned with her court at a homecoming dance. It also kept Mom—Dad night alive by serving refreshments to the parents of the players at the season s last home football game, played with Ionia. Some of the other activities were distributing baskets of food and toys at Thanksgiving and Christmas, presenting a pep meeting, giving a contribution to CARE for a plow to be sent to India, and a program for supervision of the Girls’ Room. jTe Boys Union Council is an organization of boys who represent all the boys of the high school. The purpose of this organization is to acquire assemblies for the boys during the school year. At the annual assembly in the spring the coaches spoke on their Spring Sports to encour- age more boys to participate in baseball, track, tennis, and golf. Girlj League Board; Third row: J. Johnson, K. Hughes, L. Campbell, J. Whitmore, M. L. Kaechcle, S. Jones, M. Cordes. Second row: J. Myers, M. Ragla, A. Slocum, J. Feld- pausch, A. Newton, H. Birke. First row: P. Cooley, A. Sreury, J. Ragla, C. Tolies. Boys Union Council; Standing. Mr. Reinhardt, L. Beadle. J. Myers. Seated: R. Kcech, R. Lewis, L. Utter, D. Ashdon, D. Zeigler, G. Compton, T. Cleveland. Plans for the spring included an April Fools mixer and a Girls’ Assembly. Officers of the board were: president, Mar- gery Cordes; vice-president, Mary Lou Kae- chele; and secretary-treasurer, Audrey Newton. The faculty advisor was Mrs. Foster. BOYS’ UNION COUNCIL All-school officers: E. Bush, Mayor; A. Belsito, Traffic Manager; A. Newton, Public Service Chief; G. Compton, C hief Justice; T. Cleveland, Sanitary Commissioner. The officers for this year’s council were: Ernie Tooker, president; James Myers, vice- president; and Lynn Beadle, Sergeant of arms.

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Third row: J. Myers, G. Compton, R. Lewis, D. Myers, P. Gallagher, T. Cleveland, E. Rush, A. Bclsito. Second row: C. Chambers, M. Cordes, J. Cotant, J. Whit- more, J. Myers, A. Newton. First row: A. Steury, C. Tolles, J. Barnum, J. Rada, J. Feldpausch. STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council, under the direction of Mayor Ed Bush, has accomplished many things, such as: having the students repeat the Pledge of Allegiance before each assembly; heading the March of Dimes drive which netted $235.70 as compared with the $40.40 total of last year; the establishment of track and baseball as major sports and awarding letter winners of these large letters; and establishing a bulletin board commit- tee. Displaying the flag at basketball games is an- other accomplishment and an induction cere- mony for new council members was written and performed. The council has generally tried to help and benefit all of the school. The All-School Officers consist of: Ed Bush, Mayor, Audrey Newton, Public Service Chief; A1 Belsito, Traffic Manager; Tom Cleveland, Sani- tary Commissioner; and Gar Compton, Chief Justice. All of the commissions have worked hard dur- ing their terms. The Traffic Commission has re- vised the moniter system, helped to promote safe- ty in and around schix'l, and has disconnected dis- turbing passing bells during assemblies. The Public Service Commission co-ordinated with the Traffic Commission to revise the fire alarm system. These Commissions have printed and posted signs directing places of escape The Public Service Commission also established noon hour recreation for boys and girls basketball, ping pong, and softball. This Commission has made pleas concerning assembly conduct, which has improved greatly. The Sanitation Commission has made clean-up drives and has generally promoted sanitary condi- tions around school. The Justice Commission has enforced many laws and has punished offenders of the moniter system. Some punishments were to clean up cer- tain parts of the school.

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AT THE CROSSROADS You to the left and I to the right, For the ways of men must sever — And it well may be for a day and a night, And it well may be forever. But whether we meet or whether we part (For our ways are past our knowing), A pledge from the heart to its fellow heart On the ways we all are going! Here’s luck! For we know not where we are going. Whether we win or whether we lose With the hands that life is dealing, It is not we nor the ways we choose But the fall of the cards that’s sealing. There’s a fate in love and a fate in fight, And the best of us all go under— And whether we’re wrong or whether we’re right. We win, sometimes, to our wonder. Here’s luck! That we may not yet go under! With a steady swing and an open brow We have tramped the ways together, But we’re clasping hands at the crossroads now In the Fiend’s own night for weather; And whether we bleed or whether we smile In the leagues that lie before us The ways of life are many a mile And the dark of Fate is o’er us. Here’s luck! And a cheer for the dark before us! You to the left and I to the right. For the ways of men must sever, And it well may be for a day and a night And it well may be forever! But whether we live or whether we die (For the end is past our knowing), Here’s two frank hearts and the open sky, Be a fair or an ill wind blowing! HERE’S LUCK! In the teeth of all winds blowing. —Richard Hovey