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

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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.

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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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First Team Football Top Row: Alexander Grant, Hugh Lilly, Steward Cole, Carl Zillner, Faye Knapp, W. R. Hill. Third Row: Mgr. Bob Cary, Coach Palmer, Bob Breen, Ed Potter, Bill Clark, Bill Edi- son, ,lack Leopold, ,lim Tay- lor, Mgr. Wzxyne Rowerdink, Mr. Carl Holman. Second Row: Duane Ziegler, Jim VanderKelen, John Cary, Tom Fudge, Bill Hill, Don Veldman, John Steketee. Bottom Row: Gordon Van Hoeven, Don Graham, Maurie VanderVeen, Louis Harvey, Lee Wheeler, Bob Jamo, .lim Mitts. Ottawa Excells Considering that we won only two games with a squad that had the least experience of any Ottawa team, Ottawa's sportsmanship was excellent. The team kept on fighting and improving through the year, and the students kept coming in large numbers to cheer the team on to greater efforts. In the first game, East won with a score of 13-0. The team tried hard in the game against Catholic Central, but because we were inexperienced and made some misplays, they won 31-0. Central,s superior speed brought them a win with a score of 27-0. The members of our team really fought as hard as they could, but it was just a green team. In the Creston in Sportsmanship game we showed what practice could do and held them to a score of 12-0. Improving still more, we won from Tech with a score of 6-0. In the fifth game, South sent a fresh team against us in the second quar- ter, and won 27-0. Union took the last game 12-0. The second team also deserves credit for continuing to fight even though its winnings were so few. Beating East in the first game with a score of 13-0 was a good start, but when Catholic Central took the next game 19-0, and when Ottawa got only 7 points to Centralis 21 in the third game, and when Creston took the next game 19-0, the season was enough to discourage many teams. In the fifth game, Ottawa, however, scalped the Tech team 17 with the score of 13-0. In the last games, South and Union met stiff opposition, but won 24-0 and 12-6. Second Team Top Row: Harold Kregel, Lee Free- man, Carl Rozema, George Cole, Dave Grant, .lack Ionkhof, Roscoe Bennett, Mr. Koets. Second Row: Harry Schaub, Bill Kirchgessner, Harold Bart, .lack Milligan, Larry Klukowski, Bill DeHaan, Henry Van- derLaan. Bottom Row: Norman Ide, Roger Vanderweide, Albert Coates, Walter Hein, Bill Grant. Absent Members: Paul Gezon, George Hood- hood, Ray Poelstra, George Razoog.