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

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BUGLE - 1927 CHEMISTRY CLUB Thus year the Chemistry Club was organized early to consider more of the lnterestmg aspects of chemlstry outslde the scope of class work Edward McCorm1ck was elected Presldent Ray Brancheau Vnce Presldent and Vercxl Snyder Secretary The subject of chlorine for the treatment of colds was well presented by Ward Gehrken and Howard Bentley After this the club vlslted the water works where they saw lnterestmg appllcatlons of prmclples learned m the classroom The Waterloo Ice plant was next vlslted where the club learned many new and ln terestlng thmgs about the manufacture of artlfrclal :ce The most mterestmg meetmg of the year was the last one when Mr Ernst a glass blower from the Unlversrty of Mlchlgan gave a demonstration We hear that AI Wagner was especially benefxted by this demonstratlon After this meeting the club dlsbanded wlth hopes of an even better one for next year RADIO CLUB radio among the experlmenters of the school Qunte a number Jomed and meetmgs were held every Wednesday night for part of the wmter and sprung The year s program consisted mostly of lectures on the theory of radlo glven by Mr Slsco and several other club members Some work was done ln testing out various cur cults ln recenvmg and transmlttmg sets and comparisons were made between some of the sets made at home and those purchased complete It was generally found that there was very little difference ln efflclency although there was some m appearance In order not to make the club a too technical affalr Mr Slsco gave a party for the club at his home It IS hoped that enough lnterest has been aroused so that an expenmental station can be established m school next year As many of the boys are stlll contmulng wxth the work It IS felt that better results wxll be obtained next year Gus l-lenrlch was elected President Norman Bragg Vlce President and Earl Ballard Secretary Treasurer Mr Slsco was advlser for the club This club was started for the purpose of stimulating some interest in the theory of

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BUGLE - 1927 THE. HOME ECONOMICS Cl UB The Home Economrcs Club was organized rn October by Miss Helen Marne ones The offlcers elected were eanette Swartz Presxdent Margaret Boudrxe Vrce Presr dent une Cesell Secretary and Mildred Wahl Treasurer Membership was lrmlted to grrls taklng the second year of home economlcs Mlss Margaret E Holliday was chosen as an honorary member The purpose of the club rs to lnterest glrls IH home economlcs to ralse money for phxlanthroprc purposes and for educatronal fleld trlps and to glve any ard ln servlng school dmners or teas There are three meetlngs a month the last belng a soclal meetmg This year money was ralsed through a Chrrstmas Bazaar and sellmg hot chocolate at noon Thls money was used for a fleld trlp to the Mxchlgan State College at Lansmg une 4 STYLE SHOW When the mothers and frlends of the girls taking Advanced Clothmg arnved about four o cloclc Frrday December I7 at the Hugh School they were shown mto the Sew mg Laboratory whlch had been rearranged lh the form of an amphxtheatre Here the guests were welcomed with a talk gnven by Miss Helen Marne ones teacher of the Clothmg Department After Lottre Bauer gave a talk on The Study of Clothmg Catherme Cesell told of the Prmclples of Desrgn as a whole This toplc of deslgn was carried on more m detarl by Jumetta Gesell who rllustrated her pomts wnth colored plates Between these tallcs the gurls of the Advanced Clothmg Department mdxvrdually dns played their woolen dresses whrch they had constructed nn class After the style show the guests were shown mto the dmmg room where under the supervlslon of Mrss Margaret Hollrday the teacher of the Foods Department the girls had prepared damty sandwrches and tea for luncheon rn gay Christmas colors Miss Clara Marsh presrded over the tea table very appropriately . . . 4 . .J . . :J , . 2 .' .- .- 31 h y 3 . y 'u . . . .. .,J -' . , . . . .J , I

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BUGLE - 1927 e COMMERCIAL CLUB lx? For a long tlme the ndea of a Commercial Club had been dxscussed and fmally ln the early part of December l926 the students of the different Commercxal classes met and orgamzed one The purpose of the club IS to promote fellowshlp among the students and also to fl nance any contests that mlght come up durmg the year The offlcers elected were Pres Marlan Elsenmann Vice Pres Allce Stotz and Sec Treas Vercll Snyder An executive commnttee was also elected They were as follows Evelyn Swartz Boyd Tiffany and Gertrude Duffey The best thmg accomphshed by the club was the play A Saturday Morning ln an Offlce Thus play was gxven on November 21 m the audxtorlum of the Hugh School Those m the play were Harvey Delnzer Vlfglnla Starr Evelyn Swartz Boyd Tiffany Carl Hendrxck Steve Petrovxch Norman Mealey Esther Beyer Vlola Daeubler and Bob Bauer The settmg of the play was a busmess offnce on a Saturday mormng The students were glven a very good Idea of the conduct of a busmess schedule Although we have not accomphshed much thus year we expect to do a great deal more next year because the orgamzmg gnves us a good start We also expect to have a much stronger organization V , 4' l 2 ' at , tn t , N M '1