Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT Whether or not school keeps. they keep house MR. PHILLIP DOHERTY, who at the moment the above picture was taken was industriously polishing the top ol a desk, has been an em- ploye of the Muskegon Heights Schools for the past 30 years or more. In general, he is in charge ol the lirst iloor maintenance work and does a thorough job ot seeing that floors, walls, and desks are kept spic and span every day of the week. His ancestors came from Ireland in Indian days, perhaps that accounts for the twinkle in his eye. tShou1d we say, also, the thinness of his hair?l Phil is a friend to all who come his way and, il you really care for funny stories, just start him going! MRS. CAROLINE CHRISTIANSEN was born in Spring Lake, Michigan, in 1885. She attended Muskegon schools. Mrs. Christiansen has three daughters and two sons, one ol whom CWalterl was a star end on our football team. One son and one daughter were graduated from our high school. She has lived in this vicinity lor the past 30 years, and has worked for the Board of Education ol Muskegon Heights High School since 1928, as cook and clean-up lor the cafeteria and girls' rest rooms. Always cheeriul, Mrs. Christiansen says she is most lond ol movies and lootball games: says she used to dance. MR. ALBERT CRUSE, second lloor custodian, is shown here in a characteristic pose. He is diligently cleaning the lloor of the second lloor corridor, the surface ol which, more likely than not, was covered with dirt and littered with papers during the day. He goes about his work systematically: for him the right way is the only way to do it. He has two daughters, both graduates ol Muskegon Heights High School. He has lived in this city since 1916. What does he like to talk about? Everything that's worth while, but always baseball, music. or art. His exper- ience has been broad in the line ol manual arts. WHO IS HE? Don't you know? Why, it's Bill, our engineer. Most of you students never see much of him because he works down in the basement . . . 'way down below . . . with the boilers and the coal shovels and the furnace. When we do catch a glimpse ol him he cer- tainly isn't dressed in his Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes, and his lace! Well, it could stand a good washing! In the picture shown above, Bill is demonstrating the way in which he keeps us warm through all those cold winter days. In the spring he is kindly requested to 1ay oft and go cut the grass. He does both things well. Bill Phillips built Phillips Field. PQL-nf, V

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MR. M. A VERSATILE It is Mr. Rudd's duty to check attendance every day, teach commercial law, take charge of study hall at certain hours, and to be on hall duty in the afternoon. Whenever Mr. Bolt, prin- cipal, is called out of town to a meeting, Mr. Rudd has charge of the principaI's duties. ln other words. Mr. Rudd is a versatile young man. To prove that, may we add that when he came to Muskegon Heights High School to teach. in 1921. he was given the chemistry and physics assignment. He later was made assistant principal, until the depression came along. At that time many changes were made in school E. RUDD YOUNG MAN organization. In addition to his regular duties. Mr. Rudd has served as senior class adviser since the had a difficult time remembering back that farll about 1925 or 1926. He is a director oi the Michigan Education Association. Born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1901 lat last we know his age!J, he later attended West Chicago High School and the University of Illinois. He also attended the University of Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of education, from the Uni- versity of Illinois. His hobbies are billiards. fishing. amateur radio. He does those things well, too. Miss vmcmm Mlxsn A BUSY SECRETARY HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL! Yes, you are right. It is the pleasant voice of Miss Virginia Mixer, ready for action. Miss Mixer has been employed in the office at High School for the past two years. Her work includes typewriting, selling school supplies, writing receipts, book- keeping, handing out locker keys and answering a thousand and one oi our silly questions of where, when, and why. Born in Muskegon Heights. Virginia attended Muskegon Heights High School, and was gradu- ated in 1933. She enjoys outdoor sports and travel. She is very fond of shopping: in fact. it the truth were known, she spends a great deal of her time in the well-known fashion shops. She does not like to be interviewed lof course, we don't mind that because few people enjoy it, eitherll. yet she is always willing to answer questions. She is a friendly, cheerful helper. shown above, one may surmise are manifold. If it is not a some paper or pencils, then it which commands her attention. of her work is included in the In the picture that her duties student wanting is the telephone Then, too, much secretarial duties attendant upon Mr. Bolt's office. It is her job to see that all school correspondence from the office is properly written and mailed. How does she do it? Ask her and find out. 16

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BUILDING A TEMPLE A builder builded a temple, He wroughtbit with grace and skill Pillars and groins and arches l All fashioned to work his will. Men said as they saw its beauty. It shall never know decay. Great is thy skill, O builder: Thy fame shall endure for aye. A teacher builded a temple With loving and infinite care, Planning each arch with patience, Laying each stone with prayer. None praised her unceasing efforts None knew of her wonderous plan For the temple the teacher builded Was unseen by the eyes of man. Gone is the builder's temple, Crumbled into the dust: Low lies each stately pillar, Food for consuming rust. But the temple the teacher builded Will last while the ages roll, For that beautiful unseen temple Is a child's immortal soul. tFrom the Iournal of the National Education Association? 18