Monroe High School - Senior Issue Yearbook (Monroe, MI)

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ippiqginigp-.gp-gp1ll1l..1lq.-'11 I-qptn. TEACHERS' PARTIES The teachers of the high school and grade schools gave a dinner party at the Yacht Club the first week of school in honor of the new teachers of the city. Miss Mary Henderson, our Economics and English teacher of last year, :and Mr. Brown, our last year's Physics teacher, were the out-of-town guests. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Monroe High school has some unusual musical talent along both vocal and instrumental lines, and these students gave a delightful program at the highschool auditorium for this occasion. The program opened with the singing of three songs by the Girls' Glee club. Miss Elsie Bauer accom- panied them on the piano and Miss Helen Kefauver directed the singing. llhis was followed by two selections from the orchestra, the first one, War of tlte Nations, and the second Fraternity Overture. A Christmas scene from Ben Hur given by a double trio of girls was well received. After an- other selection by the orchestra, Love's Devotion, 'AA Radio Program from Paris was given by the French class and afforded much entertainment for the students. The stage settings included a large receiving set and much to the surprise of the children a French chorus sang Christmas songs. Coach B. M. Hellenberg gave a very good talk about the work of the football teams and then gave the football M's to eighteen players and the MR's to twenty reserve team men who worked faithfully this season. Santa Claus arrived from the North at about this time. Slippery road conditions in this section of Michigan delayed him, but with unfailing courage he brought many presents for students and faculty. The great number of schools to be visited on Friday afternoon caused Santa to leave early and the high school orchestra closed the afternoon's merriment with two very good selections, Milady Overture' and Graduation Days. Margaret Gutmann was the chairman of one of the Teachers' Club dinners in December. A lovely chicken dinner was served to sixty-five people. Twenty-five teachers, one night in january, immersed in stratified clothing, went for a sleighride to Bolles Harbor. 4------------------n ----- - 1925 -- ------- ---------------- -Q- B u K -n1l:1su1unE::1ll1ln1sI-ln-ll1ll1n1nl--n n1nll

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n1n1u1l1lnill1ll1uu1Il1n1ll1lln B 2 un-llzllzn-sll1sl-Il1ll1ll1ll1ll1ll1n1 -0+ The Dumbbell Dinner What could be more dumb than a Dumbbell Dinner attended by 80 Qdumbbelllj teachers? In the Lincoln gym, February I2, a Dumbbell Dinner, the most unique party of the year, was launched. To the tune of a three piece orchestra the meal progressed. The pie was served on shovels and dust pans, and one drank a lovely white fluid, called milk, from a bottle. After the food and dishes had been cleared away in bushel baskets, the rendering of Little Nellie Kellyn by Messrs. McKone and Osborn was unusually effective due to the surprising accuracy of Mr. Osborn in imitating the lowing of the kine and the 'fsinging of the birds and other noises which called for vivid expression. March 9th the teachers had a St. Patrick's dinner at the high school. Dr. Tritien, of Toledo, gave an interesting talk on The Eperiments from a Psychology Laboratory. Board Dinner Oh! that lucky Board of Education! For Tuesday, March IQ, St. Pat- rick's Day, the advanced cooking classes served them a lovely Irish dinner. The event was a great success. THE ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION Promptly as the hands on the clock pointed to two-forty on the eleventh of November the students of the High school, to show their patriotism toward the soldiers who fought for our country in the recent war, formed in lines and marched four abreast down to Washington street, where we joined the rest of the parade. From there we marched to Saint Mary's academy where the convent girls and the boys from the Hall of the Divine Child joined us, from there marching to the Soldiers and Sailors park to honor our dead soldiers. After a few words at the park, which were spoken by Reverend lVIcClel- land, the band played the 'fStar Spangled Bannerf' followed by the tiring of three shots across the river. Later every one departed with a proud feeling that he had at least tried and had done the best he could to help celebrate the memorable day for which our soldiers had paid the price. gin-u1l1ll1u1Il1ll1 l1ll1ll1ln-1:11-nl1n1n1uam 1 5 nl.-n1q1q.1gg1g.1n1g.1q1q1q1qg-.Q1-1111+