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

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Business staff First row: Russell Aiulo, Jim Hellenberg. Carey May, Don Medley, Bill Kaper, Jim Diamond, Bud Reigle Harry Rapson Second row: Verne Tiffany, Marvin Cron, Jack Rau. Dick Meyers, Charles Zanes, Vernon Lappl Bill Wood Third row: Mr. Alto Aaron Paxson. Don Jennings Doug Liedel. Dale Ho erl. J l Il il , . pp am e gen r tz Don Goins Fourth row: Don Marten. Ron Marten, John Kressbach. Dan Mon-in. Ron Haveraneck, Waynn Yoas As in previous years, the business staff was the fiscal agent for the student body. This is one of the few schools in Michigan that has an organization of this type. The boys who belong to the staff are able to gain experience in handling money and dealing with people. The staff's main duty consists of collecting money and keeping records for the Student Association. Each member has at least one homeroom which he checks during the third hour. He collects and counts the money and then turns it over to another boy to check. As a homeroom turns in its money a boy crosses it off the list. This is completed by fourth hourg a boy then delivers the money to one of the banks in town. Checking and copying the homeroom records for the Student Association is also part of their job. Along with this goes the collecting of tickets at various school functions, such as football and basketball games, swimming meets, the plays, the operetta, and several special assemblies held during the course of the school year. Following the athletic events, the tickets are sorted and returned to the home- rooms along with the weekly Lotus Leaf tickets. Throughout the year the business staff also collected money for the Red Cross, the Community Chest, and the Senior Issue. Fourteen members of the business staff will graduate this year. They will be replaced next fall by junior boys who are able to meet the specifications. This year the business staff is headed by Bill Kaper, manager. He is aided by Don Medley, assistant manager. Mr. Lawrence Alto is the director. -5-

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Student Council First row: Lucille Heck, Nancy Sieb, John Kemmerling, Dick Waltz, Dorothy Smetana, Shirley Anderson, Jeanne Munro, Barbara Stewart. Second row: Miss Wood, Eleanor Spotts, Florence Tyra, Connie Conner, Sharon Keehn, Jean Waltman. Barbara Bettis, Ann Meyers, Ruth Pulkerson. Third row: Larry Mclielvey. Ward Close. Whitmore Gray, Pete Becker. Dick Fulkerson, George Radovan. Fourth row: Dale Hoppert, Jim Delozier, Vic 23xlxi:lb.Nick Vuich, Dan Leabu, Bob White. Marvin Kaiser, Harry Weaks. Absent: Charles Banks, Bliss Kem- As the governing body of MHS, the Student Council attends to student problems and carries on important activities for the benefit of the students and faculty. Out of the student body was chosen a group to act as monitors. This group is headed each year by the vice-president of the Student Council. Monitors are im- portant in keeping order in the corridors, welcoming visitors, and helping new students. For the second year, the Student Council staged a magazine sale. A large part of the proceeds went into the fund which will be used to enlarge our football stadi- um. The remainder will be used to purchase -a camera for the journalism depart- ment. Prizes were awarded to high salesmen in both junior and senior high. Each year the Student Council appoints a committee to plan the Honor Banquet. Only students maintaining grades no lower than a B together with those who have made special 'achievements in athletics or other organizations during the year are privileged to attend. The appointment of representatives to the Border Cities League meetings is another responsibility of Student Council. The MHS students who were elected officers of the League were: Pete Becker, vice-president, Whit Gray, secretary, and Dorothy Smetana, treasurer. Other representatives were appointed to attend various youth conferences and programs throughout the state. Contributions of Student Council funds were made this year to the blind children of Europe and the March of Dimes. These funds also made possible the sponsoring of the annual Sadie Hawkins Dance. The officers, who were advised by Miss Dorothy W-ood, elected by MHS students, and served throughout the year were: John Kemmerling, president, Dick Waltz, vice-president, Dorothy Smetana, secretary, and Shirley Anderson, treasurer. ..4..

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Lotus Leaf First row: Don Atkinson, George Tiegs, Pele Becker, Jean Rosenbalrn, Francella Edmondson, Dolly Cohn, Sally Kohler, Joanne Chanady, Joe Sterling. Second row: Monica Bodi, Cleo Conlon, Joanne Hendry. Evelyn Gale. Sharon Keehn, Sylvia Sherman, Beverly Gilmore, Dorothy Diehl. Third row: Myrna Vollmer. Suzanne Walker, Lenore Wilhelm, Pat Venzke, Jean Waitman. Nancy Noland, Janet Wener, Sally Lenningion. Fourth row: Carl Herkimer, George Radovan, Jack Rau, Jim Barron, Marvin Kaiser, Jim Diamond, John Kemmerling. Absent: Julia Gibson, Carey May, Betty Straub. This year it was decided that the Lotus Leaf staff should follow a new system. In former years no academic credit was given to the staffg consequently all work on the paper had to be done outside of school hours. Starting in September of 1949 the staff became a class and now they receive full credit. This system has given the staff an opportunity to institute a new policy. It gave them a ch-ance to talk over the needed improvements. This year they have tried to make the paper be an influence upon the students and to bring to light con- troversial questions. To try to make the paper representative of the whole school, the staff has given the student a chance to voice his ideas in Writer of the Week, K'Letters to the Editor, and The Questionnaire. These human interest features tend to make a wider reading public and to let the student speak through the staff to the other students. This year the paper shied away from the light, social articles and brought forth a junior high column and editorials from the entire staff. The editorials were dis- cussed and points agreed upon before they were published. Not only has the reading material been changed, but also the general make-up has been streamlined. This included freak headlines, original art work, more white space, and movement of the name plate. The Lotus Leaf has been under the direction of Pete Becker, editor-in-chiefg Sally Kohler, Jean Rosenbalm and George Tiegs, page editorsg Francella Edmonson, Dotty Cohn, Don Atkinson and Jo Chanady, assistant editorsg Joe Sterling, pho- tographerg Carl Herkimer, assistant photographerg Julia Gibson, art editorg Carey May, circulation managerg and Miss Veronica Larson, faculty adviser. To become a reporter each student had to have eight articles or 25 printed inches and two humorous featurettes. All 23 students of the beginning journalism class became reporters during the year. -5-