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

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1 g 9 .-5 7 A F George A. Manning, Principal 1929 - 1953 9 A 9 9' N 9 ,va , . pw, mise- , V l 45. 5,1 I i 1 i D. Ferris P . L Elizabeth DeYoe Andy Anderson

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Team sports for girls were not neglected. Basketball was played varsity championship teams were produced. In the fall there was fi had their own track events. Other schools were invited to participa gymnasium pool, inadequate as it seems today, made it possibl techniques and to practice for the delightful swim shows the girls pr The high school as well as the rest of Muskegon was touched by classes made many articles for the Red Cross for war use. When th were closed for a time, with teachers and students making up the Saturdays and foregoing spring vacation. Everyone was encouraged t Four young men who had been students at Muskegon High Sch honor four trees were planted at the south side of the high school. students formed a large circle around the trees and stood respectf base of each tree, appropriate words spoken and taps sounded. T 6 'E 6 O Vl e O u h before 1904, and through the years ld hockey, and in the spring the girls e in inter-school meets. The Hackley to learn the Red Cross lifesaving duced. lorld War I. Boys and girls in Manual coal shortage hit Muskegon, schools days missed by attending school on grow a victory garden. ol gave their lives in the war. ln their lly while flowers were placed at the e trees are now gone, replaced by a co As part of the Memorial Day services, Ll large boulder on the west side of the building and a memorial pla all wars. Muskegon enjoys a fine reputation for its high quality of scholar was recognized by naming the two top scholars as Valedictorian a the first of the honor cups was given by the Athletic Association t been killed in World War l. This award is made each year to t achievement in athletics and sterling qualities of manhood. Subseq C. W. Marsh, then President of the Board of Education, the athletic l for boys and girls were presented. Later the faculty provided th Plaque to be awarded the student showing the best citizenship ai chapter of the National Honor Society was organized, with juniors achievement selected as members. Now at graduation time the t are listed. But the most coveted honor of all remains to have on plaque or on one of the honor cups. By 1920 the high school building, even with the Annex c conveniently house the number of students, grades 8 through 12, years there had been talk of establishing a junior college for the Mus as to provide additional room for the growing high school, a nel Avenue on the land previously known as Deer Park. The closing o Avenue created the area now called the Central Campus. The nel 1926, junior college students held most of their classes on the thir the rest of the building as well as much of the Manual. The old hi High School. A unique feature of the new school was the auditorium located stage separated from the boys' and girls' gyms by a steel curtain wh was needed for band concerts, basketball games, proms, or other spe 12 Q s nd he O 6 o f nl B e in the foyer honoring the dead of hip. For many years fine scholarship Salutatorian of their class. ln 1923 o honor Clayton L. Beach, who had graduating senior for outstanding iently through the generosity of Mr. up for girls and the scholarship cups Muskegon High School Citizenship d service to the school. In 1948 a and seniors of outstanding scholastic p ten and the top tenth of the class 's name inscribed on the citizenship C E1 'l mpleted in 1908, could no longer who were in attendance. For several kegon area. To meet this need as well building was erected' on Southern parts of jefferson Street and Grand building was opened in September floor and the Senior High took over h school became the Central junior V V in the center of the building with the ch could be raised when a larger area cial activities.

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Mr. William L. Stewart Director of Instrumental Music - 1936 - 1960 rio- rx i 'lret 2 . t .Q 'nn , is 5, w5E 'S S Memorial Day Parade Our Bit For the War Effort Nh 5 Mr. Bjerregaard lnspects Rehearsal is Important, Too The New Uniforms