Holland High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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gli. THE BOOMERANGi'5O 1 A' Chief Executives Make Good 1913 1911 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1921 1925- 1926- 1927 1928- 1929- 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1921- 1925 1 926 1927 1928 1929 1930 HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL - 1929-1930 JOHN WENDELI, HELFRICK ............ Doctor-Westerly, Rhode Island GEORGE DE WITT ...... Pastor-Reforined Church, Pompton Lake, N. J. SYLVESTER PAULUS ......... Coach-Stout Institute, 1V1enominee, Mich. CLARENCE POPPEN ...... ................. l Joctor-Reading, Mich. PETER VAN DOMMELEN .... .............. 1 iolland Cabinet Company HEROLD HUNT ............... Principal-Rodney Wilson High School, St. Johns, Mich. HARVEY DE WPJERD ..... Profvssor-Denison University. Granville. Ohio HERMAN VANDER VVATER--lwzlrzllgffr-Walgreeii Drug Store. Chicago, 111. GEORGE DAMSON ,,..,,1,.. Teller-Peoples State Bank, 1'1011anc1, 1V1ii'11. Iioisi-Jin' FELL ............ SlLlf!ll'l11-1111511 Nleclical School, Cliit-ago. Ill. JOHN MULDEII ....................... Sluclvnz'-Harvard Law School GEORGE ESSENBURCH lFi1'st Semesterj .......... 1'1o11anc1 Gas Company TOM VAN ZANUEN 1Sf:rOnc1 Senieslorb I Sfllll!'Ifl-1V11C1l1g3Il State Colle-gc PAUL XE'I'TlNliA,,, ,..,.... Slzulmt-Hope College HAROLD BOONE ...... ..1....,.. S tzulenz-Hope College ADELIA BEEUWKES ..... ---Sfurlenf--Miz-higan State College JOHN T. lJoNNm.1.Y--- ........... Smdwit-Notre Dame JAMES Nl-:'1'1'INc:A 1,..... ....... . . ,,..,.. Senior--Holland High School ,f Ay, 4' 1 1 All I ix 'CIF 1' 5 ' A Us-1, j M' , 1 ' .. V-lg 1 1 A 12.1 s' ,uf K- .1 - ' 5 -fmf' I I 151

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'JVQ4' A 1 THE BOOMERANG '50 .- The Foreword HE aim of American High Schools is the existence of democracy which offers opportunity for self-development of character and mind. One of the purposes of education is the teaching of citizenship. We shall become citizens only by being citizens. With this thought in mind. many schools have a form of student participation in the government of the school. Holland High School for the last fifteen years has carried on a system of self- government with excellent results. It has passed the experimental stage, that it is no longer a theory, but a working fact. It is permanently a part of Holland community life. In 1913, the constitution of Holland High School was formed, which provides for wards that correspond to the wards of a city. These certain divisions comprise the voting unit of the students. The officers who govern the school are the mayor. clerk, treasurer, and chief of police, who are elected by the entire school. Fourteen Aldermen, two of whom have charge of one ward, are also chosen. A caucus and an election are held each year. At the former, the nominations for all of the offices are made, and registration of all voters is accomplished. On election day the candidates state their qualifications for ofhce and their platforms. Besides this, a speaker is allowed to represent the four major offices - mayor, clerk, treasurer, and chief of police. Then the voting by secret ballot takes place and the students vote in their respective wards. Two weeks later each oflicer takes an oath before the student body to uphold the dignity and honor of the office. The police force, consisting of the chief of police and four other students, take care of the discipline of the school and enforce all ordinances. If these laws are not obeyed the offender is sentenced. Student officers have supervision of the assembly room. conduct classes if any instructor is absent, and report all tardiness. The court system consists of a private court including the chief of police. the mayor, and the principal of the high school. Any student who violates any ordinance is warned by an oliicer. If the student does not heed this warning the officer makes a complaint to the chief of police. If this complaint is justifiable, the person is tried and sentenced. Many advantages are derived from this system of government of Holland High School. The students undertake their duties with full realization of their importance, living their lives completely and developing admirable qualities of leadership. It establishes individial responsibility. Student participation eliminates the undisciplined by teaching each young citizen to find his work and do it, to keep step with his fel- low citizen, and to be a self-reliant, healthy, and serviceable member of society. It tends for the development of confidence and character in oneis self, and builds up a spirit of unity. The greatest asset of participation is the implication of the word itself, students sharing in common with others and the actual comradeship existing between groups and individuals. It also creates a cooperative spirit between the faculty and student body, verifying the school motto: HThe strength of the pack is the wolf, the strength of the wolf is the pack. So to you, students of Holland High School, we present this book, ever keeping before us the ideal of a Boomerang as the strongest link in the chain of memories of our school years. Inv 4' I iff -L. Q15 ' 5 ' r . X1 ' fm' f ...X S V 'ts f s' figs: -lv, l,1l4Ax:xg 'iii if I H1

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