Ottawa Hills High School - Mesasa Yearbook (Ottawa Hills, OH)

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May fl- -The Senior Girls, League Banquet reminds the girls of their kindergarten days by having as its theme Nursery Stories. 19 fThe Annual Spring Festival features both the vocal and instrumental music departments of our high school, The choir shows us why it is one of the best a cappella choirs in the city. and the band proves that it really can play. 30-Decoration Day brings a much needed vaca- tion to both the teachers and the students. On May the tenth, dance masks and a six by eight- foot picture of a United States Soldier, made by the advanced art classes, are used in a pageant at the Civic Auditorium for the Michigan Parent-Teacher Association, Other Ottawa Hills art students are rep- resented in the Art Gallery High School exhibit fea- tured the last week of lVlay. func 9-I0-ll - The electric bills are up again -the difii- cult task of exams has come. HfThe final goal is reached by the seniors- graduation. Good luck, Seniors. 16- Another school year is over as the doors of Ottawa close again and the students and the teachers say good-bye. During this past year a new club has been organized at Ottawa. As yet it is not very prominent because it has just started this semester. The Bible Club, for the purpose of better acquaint- ing students with the Bible, has been meeting on Tues- days at twelve o'clock in the English Room. Every Tuesday it has some form of a program with either singing or a speaker. The otlicers are Mary ,lane Meyers. presidentg lVlarianne Bellows, vice-presidentg and Naomi Kendall. secretary-treasurer. Mr. Baker sponsors this club. All of Ottawa's football games were well represented. Here we see a group of Ottawanians yelling, MH0ld that ball. Below: The Hobby Show Exhibits. Below: The Indians showed that they really are tough by taking the T.B. tests. Left: The Junior Dances were a big success this year. as- lv , 'ft'

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I' A x Miss l'ruitt's art classes work very hard to get their posters linisheil for the halls for the Fourth War Loan Drive. Below: The latest fad since gas ration- ing is to ride your bike to school. Don Draper linds his bike convenient for coming to school. lf:-low: The Bible fllub, whivh has just started this sr-niester, is organized to avquaint the students with the ll ible. Lower Right: The service board 1 ledi- can-il to ilu- Uttawa boys in the serviee has about 1 . 8.312 ninus on it. This serviee board was mledieated at the lfourth War loan llrixe Bond Rally in ,lunui ll'V. 20-Mid-semester graduation takes twenty-six seniors from us. 21-25 - Exams have everyone on edge. 2l -The huge service board that is presented at the Bond Rally contains the name of almost every boy from Ottawa that is in the service. 22 -The Military Ball is carried out in a military theme and is semi-formal with the boys wearing their uniforms. 29 - Ottawa has as its representative for the annual President's Ball, Pat Remington. February l2 -Many students have decided to have the out- doors as their career after seeing the movies on Wis- consin and Canada. 19 -The spirit of George Washington invades the Junior-Senior Prom. Ma rch 2 -The parents come to school to see how we are getting along. 6-7 - Everyone comes to school dressed up to have his picture taken for the Legend. 8-Having group pictures taken for the Legend gets us out of class for hfteen minutes. 9-l0-ll -The Regional Basketball Tournament attracts both adults and students. April ll-The girls learn from the posters made by the Spanish classes that they are unable to have a date without a chaperone. 27-28-The Minies comedy, ul-lowdy. Stranger, a western farce featuring American material with songs and dances. turns out a success. l X 32

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Physical Fitness Builds Strong Muscles Ilave you looked in the lvoys' gymnasium during the sixth hour at any time this semester? If you have. you prohahly wondered what the senior lvoys were doing. What you ohserved was the new l'hysical Fitness Program which was introduced in the Grand Rapids city high schools in the first semester of I9-13. The purpose of this program is to prepare the senior hoys for the armed services of our country. This program consists of a variety of exercises and calis- thcnics. The hvc exercises which the hoys do the most are push-ups. squat-jumps. sit-ups. squat-thrusts. and pull-ups. As muscle lbuilders these exercises are done each day. lfach hoy must also run around the hoys' gymnasium twenty-five consecutive times. Many hoys and girls ask the question. Why is it compulsory in the city schools to take at least two hours of gym work each week? The reasons for this are: it is a state of Michigan law. and also of great importance to the health of the high school students. If someone were to ask if you received enough exercise for your physical constitu- tion. your answer would most likely he. No, At Ottawa most of the students live such a short distance from school that they do not receive enough exercise hy walking. and that is why it is so necessary for our schools to have gymnasium classes at least twice a week for each pupil. Ottawais athletic teams are dependent upon good sportsmanship. and physically strong luodies. Top lfoir: l . lxranier. li. lluff. ,l. Shuster. ll. Kendall. .l. llreen. Nlr. lxoets. Seronrl Roux' ll. 'l'ihna. lx. Nledendorp. l, lilf'l!lt'l4!sIIl2l. ll. Vanlet. Filst Nou: li. Yelthouse. .l. Burger ,Iohns:sn. li. lletlners. ll, lill7t'l'l. 16 First Roux' Maurice Yanrlerkeen. .lcrry john- son. .lim Burger. Bill Yelthouse. Second Row: Russell Duff. Sandy Grant. David Martin. and .liin Mitts. These senior hoys participated in the Open House liftlflllllllu at Ottawa. 'llhey did exercising for the parents and guests. Practice Builds High Records On January l7 the United States Navy gave its third test to the senior boys at Ottawa to determine which were the best in the Physical Fitness Program. which was introduced into the city schools in the lirst semester of l9l3. The highest record at Ottawa was that of William H. Hill who did l.2l9 consecutive sit-ups. Bill also holds the record for squat- jumps, l25 in succession. and also for push-ups at the rate of -'17 per minute. Other record holders at Ottawa are Joe Breen. who holds the record for doing 53 squat-thrusts. and Henry liloem. who did 25 consecutive pull-ups. Ottawa stood third in the city standings in the Navy tests. and was the only school to have one lvoy hold records in three different exercises. South held the highest of the records with Union placing second. The Ottawa senior lvoys are to he praised for their splendid work in this program.