Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Madison Heights, MI)

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Salufafory On behalf of the graduating class of Madison High School I would like to welcome you to the commencement exercises. Salutatories and valedic- tories are traditional commencement speeches of greeting and of farewell, but there is nothing traditional about the sincerity which we extend to you-for us it is a new experience. School for us has been a series -of new experiences, and so that those who follow us may profit from our ex- periences I would like to tell you what we think have been some of the most valuable to us. I asked several students what they thought had been their most valuable experiences in school and these are their answers: Working together as a group, as in planning parties or other affairs, becoming better citizens and taking care of themselves and their problems, learning to make friends and get along with people, and helping others. Tonight I believe I'm speaking not only for myself but for the whole graduating class when I say that these experiences which I've mentioned have not been the easiest. We have yet to encounter many other experiences which we will now have to face alone, but if school has done anything for us, it has helped us to meet -these situations. - BILL OLLILA January, 1950

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Valedicfory Tonight our minds are torn by conflicting emotions-although we look forward to new horizons and the exciting sense of adventure, we also feel regret-regret in leaving these halls where we have had so much pleasure. Our days at Madison have given us hope, knowledge, and courage. Tohugh we cannot know what the future holds in store for us, we hope it will be as bright and happy as the past. We would not have been able to reach this goal if it were not for the patience and guidance of our teachers, and if we have been too careless to thank all of you-please accept our gratitude now. Next, We Want to thank our parents for their love, understanding, and devotion. Parents are often taken for granted, but tonight as we ourselves are ready to accept responsibilities-we begin to realize what a wonderful job they have done! We can Xonly hope that we will be a credit to our parents, our teachers, and our community. - CAROLE LONDER January, 1950

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Class fffkfory Here we are on the threshold of high school-the ambition of all ele- mentary 'students-we have become lowly freshmen. Oh well, it isn't too bad-we're still the idols of the lower grades. But now back to the reality, back to where the feared upper-classmen dwell. We were divided into two sections because of the large group of stu- dents. Heading the 9B1 section was Sara Kaufman, newly-elected president, and to back her up, there were Oma Lee Hill as vice-president, Chuck Eil- rich, secretary, and Steve Erdodi, treasurer. The 9B2 homeroom had Harvey McArthur as president, Dorothy Lynch, vice-president, Dick McClellan, secretary, and Jim Marley, treasurer. Our activities that term were confined to separate assembly programs by each homeroom. The 9B1 homeroom did a takeoff on the Phil Baker's Take it or Leave it show, with vaudeville acts between questions-of course there were consequences, and did we enjoy making the upper- class- men take it on the chin for awhile. The 9B2 homeroom did a short play called Billy's First Date. Well, what do you know, we survived that first year. Now, we are- can you imagine, it-sophomores! Here we are, still divided into two sec- tions but raring to go! As usual, the first order of business was the election of officers. The 10B1 section chose Steve Erdodi to lead them as president, while Tommy Eplett was elected vice-president, Loraine Green, secretary, and Sue Frazier, treasurer. Geri Roth headed the 10B2 section as president, with Joyce Strouse, vice-president, Shirley Wade, treasurer, and Joan Neil, secretary. Here it is-that all-important dance for sophomores-the Sophomore Shuffle. We were so eager to start on this because at last we were people who really could step out and do something. Are we proud! We have a first at Madison High School. We organized, for the first time, a Rag Day. Sloppiest and funniest dressed students were blushingly recongnized as Eva Mae Kirkwood and Nelson Diaz. Of all the candidates, these were best. Sue Frazier won out over the other girl candidates to be chosen queen of Homecoming Day. Another laurel for us. Of course we were thinking of other things, too! We originated the idea of the Turkey Trot-a dance we gave on Thanksgiving Day and which proved a big success. We were well represented in the field of sports by Ted Ledbetter, Chuck Eilrich, Dick McClellan, Bill White, Tommy Eplett, Steve Erdodi, Lowell Carr, Paul Myatt, and Bob Diamanti. Oh, can it be true? Not another promotion! Well, wonder of all wonders, another milestone was passed. We are now officially juniors. Gee whiz, it seems we'l1 never get together. We are still in two sections. 11B1 officers were Shirley Deal, president, Chuck Eilrich, vice-president, Ted Ledbetter, secretary, and Sue Frazier, treasurer. The presidency of the 11B2 section was filled by Nick Labedzg as Bill White, vice-president, Cynthia Sawusch, secretary, and Shirley Wade, trea- surer, supported him. Just a short time after school started, we got our activities rolling. This was the ever-popular Sadie Hawkins Day Dance, which as usual always goes off all right. But, of course, because we were handling it, it went off better than usual. Here is something we still cheer about-The Junior Play Watch Out for Spooks which everyone said was one of the best plays Madison has had in years. QContinued in the back of the bookj