Marine City High School - Mariner Yearbook (Marine City, MI)

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Plans For New Gymnasium — The Board of Education has practically completed plans for the new $20,000 gymnasium to be erected where the McLouth Hall now stands. The building will be about sixty-three feet by eighty feet, having a hard- wood floor, basement, and balcony. The balcony will be large enough to seat one hundred and , twenty-five people, and the whole building (including balcony) will seat about seven hundred and fifty. A large dining room, kitchen, showers, and lockers are planned for the basement. Plans for future improvements for the benefit of those who are working for an education will be continued and carried out whenever possible and wise. — E. G. THE ROTARY CLUB By Alta Boughner (This article was originally an English 12 class assignment. Supt. Greenman had been interviewed by all the students collectively, and material thus gained was written up in the form of an interview, the students pretending they were reporters.) SIGNIFICANCE OF ROTARY The Rotary Club started in 1905, is a national and international organization which is rapidly gaining in popularity. Already there are twenty-eight countries enrolled. The name Rotary was suggested by the fact that the meetings rotated from one place of business to another. The wheel, expressing the rotary idea, was chosen as the symbol of the club. PURPOSE Rotary was organized to promote friendship among the various business men of a community. It aims to better the members, the members’ businesses or pro- fessions, and also has some influence over their families. MEMBERSHIP Membership is somewhat limited. Only one man in each line of business can join. By this arrangement the spirit of rivalry is eliminated. The cost of belonging is $40 the first year, and $20 each year thereafter. Applicants are voted on before admittance to membership. A member must serve his fellow men and must be willing to apply the golden rule to his business. MEETINGS EACH WEEK Rotary usually meets at noon each week, that being the most convenient time for all the members. Sometimes meetings are held at the dinner hour instead of noon, but this is on special occasions. In Marine City the club convenes at the Episcopal Church House, that being centrally located and, therefore, most con- venient. Faithful attendance is necessary, and four consecutive absences will drop a member. If one is unable to attend in his own town, he may go to a meeting in another community. The program for the meeting is simple. A short business meeting follows the luncheon, guests are introduced, and the meeting is then turned over to the program committee, who usually provide a speaker. FEES AND REGULATIONS Besides the regular yearly dues, fines are imposed on the members for various offenses. These fines, ranging from ten cents to five or ten dollars, are used for charitable purposes. 20

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Marine should welcome the foreigners, for it would show that the people are broad- minded, and it may bring forth an era of progress that would not be amiss here. Marine City has great advantages over other towns of like size, and if the citizens are broad-minded and far sighted enough and have vision to see the possibilities of Marine, we may yet see in the near future a prosperous, progressive and growing city with varied industries and with work for all. Those who call themselves citizens should take for all time the motto, ‘‘Boost Marine.” Here’s to our future! PROGRESS OF THE YEAR IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL (As Seen by One of Our Senior Reporters) Boys ' Trade School — In this departmen t, introduced into our school for the first time last September, there are five branches of the tradework offered — namely, masonry, plumbing, carpentry, electricity and wiring, decorating and painting. This course was opened mainly for eighth grade boys, but since this is its first year and others have not had a chance, some in other grades have been included. Each day one period is spent on one of the trades and one on trade mathe- matics. This year’s course is of an exploratory nature — that is, it is planned to give the boy a chance to get some training in each of the trades, so that he can better decide which one he wishes to go on with. The next year, the work will be more extensive, and he can concentrate on the one he has chosen. Under supervision of the instructor, the boys have done actual work in our school bu ilding, such as plastering, placing of sinks and radiators, making tables and blackboards, electrical wiring, painting, varnishing, etc. At the same time that the sixty boys in the work are getting valuable practical training, they are saving the district about $550 in doing it. Household Economics — During this year, this department has been conducted to meet the requirements of the Smith-Hughes law. This means that the school will get State aid amounting to $550 a year, beginning with next year. This course gives more than just the common cooking and sewing instruc- tion; it gives instruction in practical and scientific home management. For example, the pupil is taught millinery, laundering, etc., as well as how to make a dollar go farther, with the expectation that many mistakes can be avoided in the future because of this knowledge and training. Library — The former library, accommodating only five or six readers , has been moved to a much larger, lighter, and better ventilated room. The new library now accommodates about thirty pupils. This, coupled with the fact that new books have been added, making the number of volumes about twenty-five hundred, makes it possible for pupils to do their reference and outside reading work more easily and quickly. Science — The physics room has been changed to the west side of the building, where there is better light, and equipment is more easily accessible. It has also been connected with the chemistry room by a door being cut in the partition, so that both branches of the science work can be carried on at the same time under the supervision of one instructor, thus increasing the efficiency of the department. 19

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MEMBERS CALLED BY THEIR GIVEN NAMES It is a requirement of the Club that every member call every other member by his first name, to aid the men in becoming better acquainted. Any Rotarian may also go to any meeting in any city or country. It is a ruling that every guest pay for his own luncheon, thereby encouraging the bringing of guests. Rotary has no constitution or set laws, but there is a Code of Ethics consisting of eleven articles. It does not take part in politics, or in any issue that might cause antagonism. ACCOMPLISHMENTS The Rotary Club is accomplishing many things. Our local club is active in the work of beautifying our city, especially the river frontage. It has a fund that is used for charitable work in the community and helps to look after the crippled child- ren in the county. A NEW GYMNASIUM FOR MARINE CITY Since this article was written, the Rotary Club has by its influence brought to our school and city one of the greatest improvements in years. Some time ago a public spirited citizen, the late Sidney McLouth, gave the use of McLouth Hall for community, school, and athletic purposes. Since it burned in 1921 the need for such a building has been more and more apparent, but it remained for the Rotary, not only to see the need, but to see the way to supply it — hence the new gymnasium. 21