Ottawa Hills High School - Legend Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Anthony Jansen and Mr. Hutt are inspecting the desk, designed from a magazine drawing. that Anthony made in one and a half semesters. The rest of the time he devoted to making model airplanes for Uncle Sam. just right. says V. Zuidewind as she checks T. Rawling's skirt for length. The clothing classes also made garments for the Red Cross. Zora Barnaby Harry P. Buboltz Metra I. Buboltz Davis B.S. B.S. B.S. A.B. Stenography, Printing, Foods, Clothing Typing Publications Cafeteria Director Personal Regimen Lloyd F. Hutt Beulah Jackson Bernard J. Kennedy Doris Robinson B.A. B.S. A.B. A.B. Wcwodwork Foods. Clothing Mechanical Stenography, Drawing Typing The Girls Take Over Clink, clink, clunk, goes the printing press. Everything from tickets to Board of Education papers are turned out in the print shop. Besides developing self-confidence within themselves and a system of doing things, the boys that take woodworking find it a thrill to make desks and other pieces of furniture. Even though the boys may not like to admit it, the girls seem to be adept at me- chanical drawing, an important subject in the field of architecture and engineering. Homemakers No hard feelings as the girls in the Personal Regimen classes give and take criticisms, and do it gladly. And debating over which dress to select is never a problem to a girl who has had clothing, for she learns what to look for in each garment. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Could this be the reason for so many girls taking foods? Many girls we are told can boil only water without burning it before taking this subject. Clicking Ty pevvriters Let's take a letter for transcription. These words are heard everyday in the advanced stenography class. Besides learning how to run a dictaphone and ediphone the class practices regular office procedures. Anyone who chanced to be wandering around on the third floor heard the clicking of keys and the sound of music. Imagine typing to music! Anyway, that's the way the beginners pick up rhythm and speed. 16

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Don't drop that gram weight, says T. Grant to hir. Toland is explaining the main parts of a tri- S. McVoy, who is weighting sodium chloride. In chemis- try everything must he weighed accurately-or else? Math Aids Cupid Two and two makes four is simple compared to the Pythagorean Theorem, which Miss Bader explains to her geometry classes every year. Gen- eral math, bookkeeping, algebra, geometry, trigo- nometry! It sounds like a lot of math, doesnt it? Well, it certainly has furnished excuses for many a boy who wanted to call that good-looking new girl on the 'phone. Sooner or later her tele- phone would ring and he'd be there wondering what the assignment for tomorrow was to be. Let's call Cupidflvlath. How about it? angular prism to Don Veldman. Solid geometry is a practical subject, especially in these wartime days. Science is Exacting Oxygen must have an atomic weight of sixteen, because if it didn't, the atomic theory would go all to smash, thought one poor student who hadn't studied his chemistry enough. How many girls do their studying when they work on ex- periments with good-looking boys? This can also apply to physics when taken by members of the feminine sex. Oh, so that's where my appendix is! is one of the remarks made in physiology. Where's Casablanca? Geography classes paid particular attention to the centers of war interest Lenore Bader john H. Baker Bernice Creaser Elsie Davis Ernest E. Hansen A.B.. M.A, A.B., M.A. A.B., M.A. A.B., lVf.A. HS., NLS. Geometry, Algebra Physics,Aeronautics Arithmetic. Algebra Arithmetic, Algebra Biology, Geography Leon I. Miller Lowell Palmer H. A. Richardson Sidney Ryckman Don P. Toland Theodore A.B., B.C.S. AIB. A.B. Life B.S. Vander Ploeg Arithmetic- Gelwml Arithmetic Physiology, Biology BookkCC'Plnl-T- Geometry A-SH MP' Mathematics Commercial Law Chemistry E A 15

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WAACS and Commandos Class right face, unit one, exercise four-to count-one, two, three, four. Commands similar to this were heard nearly every day coming from the gymnasium. The girls were doing WAAC exercises. Oh, yes, and the girls can do push-ups, too. One girl has a record of doing thirty-five. As for the boys-they were seen jumping from the balcony to the main floor of the gymnasium, jumping over all kinds of ob- stacles and climbing ropes. Sometimes they even crawled along the framework on the ceiling. What do you call it? It's Com- mando Training, and how they love it! They Must Have Music Here comes the band! What would a football game be without it to lead the singing of pep songs? And what a thrill it gives the band boys and girls to wear their uniforms, and to be an impor- tant part of their school's activities. The orchestra, too, has its parts in school life by playing at assemblies, plays, and the mid- year graduation. Remember how all the whispering and rustling was hushed when the choir began to sing at the Spring Concert? Beautiful old Negro spirituals, ballads, patriotic songs,- and the audience listened quietly. Artists in the Making The beautiful murals depicting scenes of war that were seen in Miss Crego's room this year were made by talented students in her advanced classes. Students in the younger classes enjoy drawing sketches of each other. Of course, no one was annoyed if his por- trait wasn't too flattering, for it was all in fun and good practice. They also model clay, made wood carvings and cartoons. Well, who can tell? There may be a future Van Dyke or da Vinci in one of the classes. Delores Ver Merris, Aurelia Matteson, Quentin Van Dore, and Mr. Mitchell compose the second hour stagger class. The camera couldn't find the fourth member of the class, Tom Bergers. 17 Ida A. Crego B.S. Art Cornie Koets B.S. Physical Education Ethelyn Ellinger B.S., M.A, Physical Education Isabella A. Krzyminski AB., B.S., L.S. Library W. Merwyn Mitchell A.B. Band, Orchestra Frank Showers B.S. Vocal Music Mary C. Murphy M.A. Physical Education Hazel Zellner B.S. Art Library Helps Because library books can be kept only two weeks, a large number of lines are coming in. Miss Krzymin- ski is spending the money on many new books. One room of the li- brary is devoted to guidance mater- ial, a new program just getting underway at Ottawa.