Muskegon High School - Said and Done Yearbook (Muskegon, MI)

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M EM OS - 1939 Another new teacher in 1937 was that pretty Miss Lutts. The only trouble is, she has gone and gotten herself engaged. With Miss Lutts came Miss Hansen she created quite a sensa- tion. I guess Mr. Penn thought he'd have to live up to the speech teacher a year for he came back from Thanks- giving vacation married to the prettiest and nicest woman. New teacher this year is Mr. Donald Paull who is replacing Mr. WVright. Mr. Wright has left us so he might get his Doctor's Degree. Mr. Paull has the most adorable dog, so cute that he was used in the Masque play, and he stole some of the scenes too. Mr. Mumm, our new electricity prof., invented the system of teaching stu- dents the essentials of the electrical department. And along with this he has two hobbies, golf and bowling. With the February graduation class, Mrs. I.uther will lose quite a number of her better music artists: Bud Bouws- ina, Barbara Haan, Mearl Peterson, Don Syperda, Agatha Wolfiss, and Gerald Mohr, who are in A Capella. Senior History Committee Kathryn Bourdon, chairman Tony Casadonte Kathryn Olsen Imogene Anderson Elizabeth Bomers Trena Bos 4 I A , O Q-ey Keep out of the rutsg a rut is some- thing which, if traveled in too much, becomes a. ditch. Take Advantage oi l-lowellls Advanced Business Training and Free Employment Service information Grladly Given 7 T - -i l I SCHOOL OF BUSINEQS H i I F i l l l V i V l l i W .4 YY YYY YQI L ---- - -7 , 'Yip rr Y Y Y 23

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FEBRUARY 3, 1939 Work was i11 tl1e offing today Wllell Ardath Purdy and Maurice Lee were named co-chairinan for tl1e Senior Re- ception. - 1939 - FEBRUARY 24, 1939 12B class meeting today. Lots was accomplished for a change, jim Fitz- gerald was named president of the class. MARCH 30, 1939 I just found out today that we made some money on our Senior Reception. We're about the first class that really made money on their reception. It was a big success with an Hawaiian at' mosphere prevailing. APRIL, 1939 In the School Musizmrz, one of the best national magazines, there was an article about the excellent work our band has done at all the football games. The article was by Mr. Stew- art. There were lots of pictures of tl1e best band formations, too. MAY 2, 1939 Lots of the pr0blem's students made believe they ran the citv today. Among the many were: jim Fitzgerald. Kate Bourdon, Bob Tupes, Dale johnson, Ben Fles, Virginia Arnson, Ardath Purdy, and Doris Banline. MAY 20, 1939 We thought the band was good last year, but this year we tied with Benton Harbor, which holds the cl1ampio11sl1ip. VVe received the highest honor: Highly Superior Rating, at H0lla11d. JUNE 16, 1939 Sounds like we will have some good assemblies this year. There will be an air stewardess, a cowboy, an authority on television, and an adventurer. JULY, 1939 Mr. Stewart was given the opportun- ity to tell Northwestern University all about our grand band. YVe're pretty proud of both Mr. Stewart and the band. 22 SEPTEMBER 10, 1939 jim Fitzgerald took over another term as president of ot1r class. Jim Bultema. vice-president, Mary Alice Graves, secretary: Bob Vanderlaan, treasurer, Fred McMahon, Student Council representative, and Dorothy Kirk and Ben Fles, sergeants-at-arms. s131f'rEM1a1iR 29, 1939 X'Vinst0n Leppert, one of our best Zllld l1l0St popular classmates, was elected Student Council president. Our class contains quite a bit of the best grain of the school. He'll probably do lots for the school too. NOVEMBER 20, 1939 Awhile back Miss Ellis became ill and we so miss her. Because she probably w0n't be back for the rest of the se- mester, we elected Miss Raue to replace her. Miss Ellis is honorary adviser, though, and we are keeping Mr. Young. DECEMBER 2, 1939 Our band made its debut today in Iowa on the screen. The Iowans were much interested in Mr. Stewart's little talk about the band and the motion pictures of its different formations. DECEMBER 18, 1939 Class has decided that since we have so m11ch money on hand we might as well spend it. So-the banquet will be .sans cost! It must be about the first time in the history ol' our school that that ever happened. Another innova- tio11 by our class is the new book di- ploma. 'I'hey'll probably be in blue and gold to carry out the class colors. Oh, another thing, as we have all the money we might as well put it to good use, so we're going to put it in a fund towards lighting the football field. JANUARY 25, 1940 Lots of the best band members will be lost when graduation rolls around. They are: Kathleen Grandjean, Robert Shipman, Dorothy Wfarnock, Aaron Jones, and Mfillie Rayford. We're going to feel awfully lost upon leaving school. After three years of it, it has come to be more than a habit-maybe a tra- dition.

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OUR AIM It has been the aim of tl1e Student Council during the past semester to renew interest in student democracy. We have, therefore, endeavored to carry out a variety of activities wl1icl1 would not have been possible without the co- operation from the students, faculty, and Council adviser. The Student Council's social com- mittee, composed of chairman, Frank- lin Hovey, Tony Lakos, Audrey Yo11ng, Maude Moore, Mary Alice Graves, and Sam Laurin, considered the possibility of accepting the offer of tl1e Congre- gational Church for the use of Hack- ley Memorial Hall for a student da11ce at a very minimum charge. An in- formal Cl3.IlCC was given in tl1e l1igl1 school gym on December 15, 1939 at three-thirty with -Ierry Dawson and his Swingkapators furnishing the lIll1SiC. The Student Council sponsored a twenty-five minute IlCWSl'CCl of current school activities which was produced by Donald Doane. The Muskegon P.T.A. cooperated with tl1e Student Council in showing tl1e newsreel agai11, this timeto parents wl1o are also i11ter- ested in tl1e numerous school activities portrayed in tl1e newsreel. The 11ews- reel covered such activities as tl1e Said and Done initiation, Muskegon-Kala mazoo football game, back stage pro- cedure before the Masque play and i11- tramural sports which include basket- ball and boxing. Such a wortl1wl1ile activity should not be allowed to de- teriorate upon the graduation of Donald Doane, but expanded into an annual production. The Student Council considered the arguments for and against tl1e question of whether the students make out their 0w11 schedule of teachers. Lansing Eastern a11d Flint Central high schools were contacted and data was received explaining in detail tl1e system of st11- dent selection of teachers which tl1e two schools are successfully using. The dominating argument for selection of teachers by the students is that it would be more satisfactory for the student and would save tl1e office lllLlCll time and trouble. The main argument 24 against the question is that students would choose tl1e easiest teachers. The Student Council has cooperated with tl1e Bicycle Club in supplying more racks to accommodate tl1e bicycles which are crowded around tl1e rear en- trance of tl1e manual. The Student Council agreed on the appointment of Joan Lewis and Charles Briggs, as a committee of two, to bring up to date and revise the Stu- dent Council Constitution. Approxi- mately fifty copies of the revised constitution were published and dis- tributed to tl1e Council members. joan Lewis l1as also acted as constitutional adviser, tl1us eliminating constitutional argu111e11ts at Council meetings. The Student Council agreed on the appointment of Roger Bromly, jean Fagan, and Robert Parslow as a com- mittee to cooperate with tl1e faculty in improving student conduct and pa- troling of the halls during noon hour. The Student Council discussed and approved tl1e equipping of Hackley Field for night football. The 12-A class is cooperating with tl1e Student Council i11 determining student opin- ion concerning tl1e possibility of night football games. The Student Council discussed tl1e possibility of having tl1e high school ba11d play at tl1e basketball games. As I resign my position as president to my successor, it is with tl1e hope tl1at l1e will receive tl1e san1e cooperation from faculty a11d students which l1as enabled tl1e Student Council to achieve what it has in the past. Wmdm fqyyzwj STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT A student l1as graduated the moment he begins to think. Genius is one per cent inspiration and QQ per cent perspiration. In 134 years there have been only eleven Chief justices of the United States.