Mount Clemens High School - Yearbook (Mount Clemens, MI)

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Mr. Beauman :' Mr. Boardman Mr. Robinson Music Gffers Challenge To Pupils Of Varied Skill INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC Whether a student plays a wicked trumpet or sings a dreamy baritone, he is welcome in the music department of Mount Clemens High School. The vocal music department and the instrumental music department, together make up the complete department. The vocal music groups include the Mixed Chorus, Boys' Glee Club, Girls' Glee Club and the Acapella Choir. All of these groups take part in the annual operetta. This year it was OkIahoma!, a most ambitious undertaking very well performed. These same groups make assemblies and other special occasions more entertaining with their beautiful music. The instrumental department includes the beginning band, iunior band, senior band and orchestra. The senior band marches at foot- ball games and parades, plays for assemblies and all instrumental groups combine to put on two concerts each year. FACULTY FACTS MR. WARREN F. BEAUMAN, B.M., M.M., chairman of instrumental music department, senior band, iunior band beginning band MR. EARLE M. BOARDMAN, B. M., senior orchestra MR. GERALD W. ROBINSON, B. S., B.A., M.M., Vocal music, driver education Rehearsals like this take place every day of the school year for members of the band. It takes many hours of practice ta reach the stage of perfection demanded by Mr. Beau- man, band director, before he will let the band ploy o number in a concert. I8

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Machine shop is on exacting iob. James Sommer is o eratin a Industrial Arts Students I tQt g Learn Manual Dexterit INDUSTRIAL ARTS Boys who plan future careers in drafting, machine shop, printing, woodworking or auto shop have an excellent chance to get off to a good start with lots of practice in the industrial arts department of M.C.H.S. Beginning students in this department are re- quired to take a quarter year each of drafting, metalshop, printing and woodshop. After this ex- ploratory period each boy may choose the specific field he likes best. Drafting students learn to draw machine parts, house plans and maps. Metalshop students learn to work with hand tools, run lathes and to weld. Print- ing students learn to make tickets, posters, to run printing presses and paper cutters. Students in wood- shop learn the use of hand tools, power saws and wood turning lathes. Auto shop students learn what makes their cars tick, how to core for them, and good driving practices. EI i P 9 shoper. When finished, the dimensions of the work he is doing will be to blueprint within .005 of an inch. A X,, ' -ma L , .A 3 Mr. Dixon Mr. Gerkey 1 ' Mr Johnson Judd Mr Mlttelstadt FACULTY FACTS MR JERRY BAKER BS industrial arts woodshop driver education freshman class adviser MR. RICHARD DixoN, s.s., M.S., priming, industrial arts, Yearbook Staff sponsor MR. DONALD GERKEY, B.S., M.A., chair- man of industrial arts department, draft- ing, iunior class adviser MR. VERNON C. JOHNSON, B. S., M. S., auto mechanics, trade and industrial edu- cation co-ordinator, Proiection Crew sponsor MR. HUNTER JUDD, B.S., M.E., industrial arts, woodworking, Stage Crew sponsor MR. ROY H. MITTELSTADT, B.S., M.S., in- dustrial arts, metal shop, welding, senior class adviser an I Ms, -I Mr. Baker t Y .S ' 'm f Industrial arts students work in wood, metal, drafting and print- ing. Bob Jarvis squares a line with Paul Goodwin watching. Soon he will saw his board as Arthur Baarck is doing.

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Art Department Stresses Criginality By Students ARTS AND CRAFTS The two subiects offered to Mount Clemens High School students in the art department are general art and special art. The beginning art student would take general art and learn the basic fundamentals. After the student has completed this success- fully, he may take special art in which he has the opportunity to to express himself in many types of art. Since the showcases on the top floor have been remodeled, the art students have had a chance to display different phases of their art work. The art classes have helped make the plays, assemblies, oper- ettas, and also public productions put on in the auditorium successful by making and painting scenery, posters, and props. They collected precious gems and made the crowns worn this year by the king and queen of Alumni Night. Mrs. Racine Mr.. Dean FACULTY FACTS MRS. KATHLEEN H. RACINE, B. A., art, general art, special art, Art Service club sponsor Ltf' I 53 P N ' :Vg 'DQ . ' 'Y 2 1 Cf A Q f lain, ,ff ,, X D 'l5?rm-f MR. LaVERGNE DEAN, B.S., special edu- cation Little girls have always enioyed mud pies. Sometimes this desire Brushes, CGHVGSGSI P0l fS, 0 f9W old and discarded obiects and translates itself into the artistic ability shown by Rusty Barkoot nl 'creative arrangement are combined bY Dole BOPP to Create and the head she is modelling of clay. th-S 5f'll life In 0llS- T9