Holland High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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CNUVDGNUVDGNOWDGNUVDGNUVDGNOVDCUGNOYDGWQIDGWOVDGNUYDCWUYDCWWID SENIORS 1931 - HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL Senior Play . , . . Tmliult, Van Zanden, Yer Scliurc, Price, Klaassen, Ratfenaud, Van Oss, Van Anroy, Elton, Mulder, Vrin Ark, Boone, Lindsley, Boter, Kooiker, Landwehr, Ver Hey, Good, Szekely. THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING HE SENIOR PLAY of '31 under the direction of Miss Lucille Lindsley proved to be a huge success. E During a financial depression, we thought it might be difficult to get crowds for our play, but the audiences of this year's senior play surpassed all previous attendances. People were heard to remark, Let's go to see it again! Miss Lindsley tried a novel experiment with this year's play cast. All major char- acters were honor students. The result of this idea was that she had little difficulty with the cast learning their lines. Ruth Ver Hey, the heroine, who played the part of Ethel Simmons, won the sym- pathy of her audience with her sweetness, while her ardent lower, Edgar Landwehr fChester Binneyj, expressed his dumb sincerity. Virginia Kooiker, as Mrs. Simmons, portrayed the part of Ethel's mother most creditably. Peter Boter, as Mr. Simmons, the jolly prevaricator, rocked the audience with laughter. Sherwood Price, as the villainous Roger Shields, almost upset Mr. Simmons' well-laid plans. Elizabeth Szekely, in the role of Letty Lythe, the movie queen, placed Mr. Binney in a most peculiar situation. john Good, the prize fighter-director, Donald Swift, almost killed Mr. Binney as well as him- self in the famous light in the dark. Lila Wilson, the lithper, and Sally Otis, her friend, respectively Ruth Van Oss and Estelline Tinholt, carried out their characters very well, Crystal Van Anroy, the maid, and Teed Van Zanden, a taxi driver, added color to the performance. Helen Raffenaud took the part of the dancing teacher and put Mr. Simmons and Mr. Binney in a most perplexing situation. Mrs. jackson and the girls, Charlotte Elton, Marion Klassen, Helen Boone, Lucile Ver Schure, Isabelle Van Ark, and Lillian Mulder, made the whole town talk. Miss Lindsley says this year's play cast has left an impression with her that will never die. She says they were among the most co-operative and pleasant people she has ever known, and she loves them all. Here's to the health and happiness of the cast of the Senior Play! l22l

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GWQIDGWOIDGWQIDGNWIDGWOYDGWOYDGWGWOVDGWWYDGNQYDGWOYDGWOYDGWOYD SENIORS 1951 - HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL National Honor Society EARLY every high school student has the ambition to be presented with a torch pin, the emblem of the National Honor Society. Every year fifteen per cent of the members are chosen from the honor roll of the graduating class as members of this organization. The members are selected because of their character, scholarship, leadership and service. Holland High School organized as a branch of the National Honor Society of Sec- ondary Schools in 1925. Since that time many other schools have organized chapters, thereby making it a greater honor for students to become members of the society. The fact that a person is a member of this organization does not give him honor only in high school but after he graduates he is able to get a better position or it helps to give him a firmer footing at college. The society is created not merely to honor the members for past services but to en- courage them for future undertakings. So they light the torch as a pledge of increased devotion to the pursuit of knowledge and growth in wisdom g they bear the torch as a token of enthusiasm for the attainment of unsullied character g they lift the torch as a symbol of desire to render service to our God, our country and our fellowmenug and they fling the torch to hands outstretched as a challenge to other lives to 'keep the faith'. Holland High School is the only school to have an Alumni Association. Thus, the friendships are not forgotten but are renewed at the yearly meetings where the good old high school days are brought to mind. llll

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GWOIUCWUIDGWOVDGNOVDGWQIDGWOVDCDGNUVDGNMIDGNMIEGWUVDCWUYDGWOVD SENIORS 1951 - HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL Tennis Van Kolkcn, Hinga. Landwehr, Leland, XVoltman, Visscher. Basketball Tyssc, Mnrtinus, Klumparcns, Hcusing, Boswortlm, Hinga, Oonk, Garvclink, Norlin, Ottemnn, Vander Poel, Te Roller, Slightcr, Van Zanden, Essenbcrg. Gordon. l23l