Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Mastering Their — First and second year Latin and first year Spanish were the languages offered this year. The Spanish class set up a typical nativity scene for a Christmas project, and practiced on Spanish music. The Latin classes observed Latin Week by making posters to advertise to the grade school students the use of Latin words in the news. Veni, Vidi, Vici El Rancho Grande The energetic freshmen, displaying their talents, took the stage with decla- mation, supervised by Mrs. Irma Heit- man. The sophomores, directed by Miss Elberta Leisure, studied our native lan- guage, and gave declamations and term reports, while the juniors struggled with poetry, modern drama and newspaper work, with Miss Mabel Brown as super- visor. Miss Virginia Cooper ' s studes waded through term reports and themes.

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RAY T. WILES — Besides gaining a thor- ough knowledge of physics, general science, elementary or advanced algebra, Mr. Wiles ' srudenrs benefited by his many anecdotes on human nature. Member of the Kappa Rho Sigma, he was also the assistant coach of football and basketball- As a graduate of Western, he has an A.B. degree. Sailing and fishing absorb his extra hours. FLORENCE E. CORNELL — Mrs. Cornell attended Western and Northwestern University and holds an A.B. degree. She instructed algebra and business training classes and had charge of ticket sales in the school cafeteria. Movies and mystery stories occupy her spare moments outside of library supervision. C. B. MORRALL — Mr. Morrall, after grad- uatmg from Shelby high school, attended Michigan State normal college and U. of M., where he received his B.S. degree. He has had the position of teaching geometry and chemistry for the last three years. His favorite pastime is fly fishing for trout, when he isn ' t busy coaching the juniors. HARVEY L. THOMPSON — An instructor of English, history, science, and speech, Mr. Thompson was always busy. He graduated from Central with an A.B. degree and re- ceived his M.A. at the U- of M. His numer- ous hobbies include hunting and dog training. His sparkling wit will be remembered by all who knew him. — For Their Debut Between Acts Study Hall Some studes have first hour session (And sleep till almost nine!), While others study second hour And get their lessons fine! Yes, some liave fourth liour study, (They get to school at two!) And some skip last hour session Which one of them is you? But we all love to study, And session joy confess; Because it ' s intermission, In the show of I.H.S.! — Richard Burlingame

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— Varied Roles With an increased demand by the army and navy for men equipped with higher mathematical and scientific skill, the limelight was focused on classes of algebra, geometry, advanced algebra and solid geometry. Although advanced math is considered a boy ' s subject, the course attracted a few of the weaker sex. Beakers and Bunsen Burners Micrometers and Meter Sticks In the science department Ray Wiles kept the seniors running in circles with all the little gadgets he had on his desk. In the lab, ten girls and nine boys scrib- bled into their little red books, physics formulae and laws of Newton, Charles and many more. Chemistry students delved into the mysteries of valence, atoms, and elec- trons, which were clarified by Clarence Morrall.