Mount Morris High School - Morrissonian Yearbook (Mount Morris, MI)

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MORRIS SONIAN S A I L T'A T O H Y Parents, teachers, and frlends We the class of 50 welcome you here tonlght to one of the most outstandlng and memorable events of our school l1fe Th1S IS a momentous occaslon for 1t marks the concluslon of our school educatlon, and now we are ready to take the step beyond Durlng school we have been taught to establ1sh a def1n1te goal an to work and str1ve for lt Now the t1me has come for us to take up our pursult of the ObJCCt1VC Through the patlent guldance and leadershlp of our teachers and vlsors, I am COHf1dCHK that we have obtalned the best tra1n1ng an asslstance posslble Now we must employ th1s background 1n acqu1r1ng our place 1D the world We can no longer rely entlrely on others lt 1S up to us as 1Hd1V1dUalS, to do our parts 1U accompl1sh1ng our amb1t1ons However, we have been well prepared to meet any challenge the world may offer us Through the enllghtenment of school llfe, we have come to real1ze the baslc fundamentals of successful l1V1Hg Among them are the ab1l1ty to l1ve harmon1ously Wlth others, the art of COOPCTHEIOH, the necesslty of self control, and the dCC6fm1HBf1OH to see a d1ff1cult problem through to 1ts f1H1Sh All of these we must use collect1vely 1n mak1ng ourselves successful CICIZCHS of the future At th1s t1me we also w1sh to thank our parents frlends and others who have helped to make our graduatlon poss1ble Our parents made lt posslble for us to attend school and they spurred us on to h1gher achlevements They 1HSp1FCd 1n us the courage to overcome fa1lures and aroused 1n us the dCS1F6 for learnlng We owe much to our parents more than words can express In future years I belleve that we w1ll each succeed 1D nmklng our dreams and amb1t1ons mater1a11ze However, work 1S an 1nd1spensable ele ment of success We must remember that to be able to prosper 1U l1fe we must apply constant effort and keep IH m1nd thls small but s1gn1f1cant proverb ulhe ladder to success 15 not greased clxmb It Robert Brown ,Y , . I i . I. . ad- . S . . , . Y - 1 . . . , . . .Al . . . ,, I 1 - , -- .

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MORRIS SONIAN f I T A'Tf larents, teachers and frlends We the QPHIOTS, are now prepared to grasp the fourth foothold of llfe As we come here on our traduat1on Hlghl thoughts of the many thlngs wh1ch each of you has done for us fxll our m1HdQ our m1HdS, Wh1Ch th1s nlght teem w1th gratltude and happy memorles Our parents made us secure 1D the flrst foothold of l1fc by bestow 1Hg on us the love whlch we as small bahles craved They satlsfled all of our wants and needs The second foothold was made certaln hy our teachers and fF1PHdQ, who POUHC1lCd and gulded us through adolescence As we acqulred more and more learn1ng, and began to put knowledge 1HtO effect the thlrd foothold mastery and self control, was achleved Now the fourth foothold awalts our conquest Th1s step does not depend on parents teachers or fr1ends, but on us as graduates It goes hand 1D hand w1th the other three, but far exceeds them We w1ll not he on our own to try the thlngs whlch we have spent so many years l63FH1Hg For the flrst tlme 1D our l1ves me are trylng our W1HgS You have ill helped 1U the PFPPHFBUIOH of th1s test fllght We only hope that IH us your dreams w1ll come true and that we wlll make our fourth foothold secure ln the world and the world secure 1U us Nanry Sue Vclntyrm S N .ll . lllY 7 - l jj , , V l I , x, 4 K V , A Y A . Y Y ' ' . . 4 I ,, V ,, 'I . . - Y . ! I ' ' 1' l, . .f , J, n , vi, nil f 1 4 . L . . . Y V . . S. E 1 v I 4 f .I I. ' , 1 . ' . V - , ' 2 f .' ,-' 2

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MORRIS SONIAN A E5 S I S 1' 0 By Pat Dahl and Dor1s Severn It has been sald that a person s most enjoyable years are spent 1n h1gh school As we were g01ng through the grades we presented 1n the fourth grade the play Rumplestzltskrn under the d1F9Ct10D of M1ss M1nn1e 0 Connor Many of the Class of 1950 have spent the1r entlre school years here ln Mt Morr1s These p1oneers are Rlchard Dlnger Patrlck Earley Mary Broom f1eld Dorls Severn Donna Roth Phyll1s Kelly Donald St1nson Barth LaMay Merna Ingram Gwendolyn Gl1dden Sally Lennox Kather1ne Reed Gerald Newman Nancy McIntyre Leroy Roth Mary Ada1r Robert W1ll1ams Geraldlne Coenen Lyle Pushman Ardlth Marshall Joyce Mauldln Helen Brayton and Phyll1s Goff The students that were elected to gulde us through our freshman year were Gerald Newman as Pres1dent Geneva Yates as V1ce Presldent Kelly Beardslee as Secretary and Wallace Hess as Treasurer The freshmen d1d a comedy 1U one act called Sprzng Is Here under the d1rect1on of M1ss Alleen Watson Our sponsors were M1ss Katherlne Peterson and M1ss Eleanor Blakely As sophomores we elected Leon Lavene as Presldent D1ck Henry as V1ce Presldent Mary Ada1r as Secretary Treasurer w1th Mr H111 and M1ss Nash as class sponsors The freshman sophomore plays th1s year were Make ROOM fvf Rodney If Men Played Cards As Women Do and Happy Journey Wlth M155 Karen Holmes M1ss Dor1s Nash M1SS Phyll1s Perklns M1ss Dorothy Ramale and Mrs Inez Wahlen as dlrectors The operetta H M 3 Plnafvff WaS SIVCU thls year and many of our class took part It was d1rected by MISS Falgfen We have now progressed to our JUHIOY year We elected Kelly Beardslee as Presldent Nancy McIntyre as V1ce Presldent Pat Dahl as Secretary and Joyce ward Ersklne Our class play was Knnd Lady under the capable d1rect1on of M1ss Campbell Iolafhe the operetta dlrected by M1ss Dorothy Ehrlch 1nclud ed many members of our JUHIOT class Also presented durlng our Junlor year was the All Hlgh Play The Tzger S Necklace w1th part1c1pants from our class In honor of the senlors we presented the prom Up In Central Park We are now S9H10FS Our class offlcers are Neal Compton as Presldent Eleanor Lott as V1ce Presldent Pat Dahl as Secretary and Joyce Wh1te as Treasurer Mr and Mrs Oscar B1xby were our class sponsors The hlghllghts of our sen1or year were the operetta play and carnlval The operetta was the The Sorcerer under the d1rect1on of M1ss Dorothy Ehr1ch 'Mld Century Cen tennlal our carnlval was enjoyed by all that attended Under the d1T8Ct1OH of M1ss Barbara Whlte we presented See How They Run whlch was a great success The klng and queen cand1dates durlng our four years IU h1gh school were Phyll1s Goff and Kelly Beardslee 1n the freshmen year w1th Phyll1s becomlng queen Joyce Whlte Frances Faferko Leon Lavene Chan Locey ID our sophomore year w1th Frances W1HD1Hg Candldates durlng the JUHIOT year were Katle Strlckert Pat Dahl Gerald Newman and D1ck Henry Neal Compton won for k1ng 1n the sen1or year w1th Glenn Sm1th Joyce Wh1te and Geneva Yates runn1ng also Many of the members of our class have been act1ve ln sports throughout the1r h1gh school years Those who played football were D1ck Dlnger Bob W1111amS Len Gonyea B1ll DeMars D1Ck Henry and Gerald Newman who was cap ta1n th1s year Boys t3k1Hg track were Dlck Dlnger Len Gonyea and D1ck HGHTY Those who played baseball were Glenn Smith Bob Clark and Len Gonyea Barth LBMHY D1ck Henry and D1ck Dlnger D8Ft1C1D8t6d 1n basketball The glrls C I, H fl Y White as Treasurer. our capable sponsors were Miss Betty Campbell and Mr. Ed-