Pontiac Senior High School - Quiver Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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tendent of the Grove school was Charles S. Fraser, who died recently in P01't Huron. The first class to graduate in the new building, that' of 1872 cpfl' sisted of five members: Enoch M. Beebe, Ella M. Crissey, Alice P. Myrick Arthur Tripp and joseph O. Ripley. The last named member of the class became famed as a civil engineer. In 1911 he was given the honorary degree Master of Engineering. Mr. Ripley went to China In 1918 with 3 P3ftY of expert engineers whom he had organized. l This party went for a year and a half to make surveys and plans for enlarging the Grand Canal of'Ch1na: It was during the superintendency of J. C. jones that the University decided to put Pontiac on the diploma list, for before that time pupils were required to take entrance examinations. VVhile Professor Frieze was acting president of the University, between the resignation of President Haven and the coming of President Angell, two important acts were passed. One was that women should be admitted: the other that students from a school doing work satis- factory to an examining committee should be admitted on diploma. The class of 1873 was the first to take advantage of these privileges, three boys and one girl entering college that fall. Eva Chandler was thus the first Pontiac girl to take advantage of the act concerning woman's entrance to our state institution. Miss Chandler has been professor of mathematics in Welles- ley College most of the time since graduation. Will' W'l Y 1a 1 son, of the class of 1877, as the wife of VValter Hines Page, our late ambassador to the court of St. james, has been much esteemed in diplomatic circles. From the class of 1818 was chosen as one of the Board of Regents, John Grant, the late Judge Grant of Manistee. Many were the classes that graduated in the Grove School, but the build- ing was no longer suitable for modern methods of instruction, especially in the sciences. It was considered unsafe, it had had its day and must give way to a more modern structure. The class of 1912 said farewell to the old regime. The students of 1913 and 1914 were without a sure place of abode. They were bestowed in buildings familiarly designated as shacks. The Wanderers might recite in the kitchen or the parlor of a former home. You might be directed to the first floor, first turn to the right, or upstairs, second turn to the left. Owing to the limited hall space, you might find your ,hat on the Floor serving as an umbrella holder. Those were days of -Ieffersonian sim- Jlicity. , I By 1915, after two years of this wandering, the students found their dreams of dwelling in marble halls realged. The classes of 1913 and 1914 might well have said, Others shall sing the song and all we fail of win. It was during the superintendency of G. L. Jenner that the new Grove building was dedicated. The citizens of our town took pleasure in the gift that they were so freely bestowing on their children. Indoors there was everything in the line of equipment for work and amusement-workrooms study halls recitation rooms, laboratories, an extensive library, a swimming pool a find gymnasium and a beautiful auditorium i l most restful to th ' 't ' architectural beauty. Could any student ask more? Withoilteye In I T qulet . , I - was a p easant garden where one m1ght wander at will. This year college high school work has been started. The junior high boys and girls are no longer called gram- mar school pupils. Thus by various steps from private schools and a branch school of twent -fi ' ' ' y ve or thirty pupils, have we bec I 1 ' under one roof Are we not again becom' Ome a Wwe City housed Univergityp ' Ing a branch school for the Pontiac men chosen as regents men of distin t' ' ' f . N 1 h G. I. Wfhittemore 1837' ' ' C lon m t e early times' were , ,wllllall D df 1 18581, 1840, Randolph Manni11g1l8-i3peChf5-lan timer of C' S' Draper of . 1 5 . Palmer CHuron Street across from high schooll, 18f2g d H es - - saYs that to be as good as odr faili emy C. Knight' 1864' Wvendeu Phillips -1 h a ers we must b b tt . ' the efforts of these pioneers in educational mattefs, iihdesre fiiikehgldhblililhmk of well-fitted for the honors of the regenc m 1 ' il y men' be better than our fathers P yi ay WL not ask Ourselves' Can we Earth holds up to her M 1 - ga-V , I 7 Y aster no fruit but the finished man. in 1 A .. of

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The Bessie Carpenter, B. C. S. 1.1-llbinnjl I D Shorthand, Cummerclal Arithmehc, Penmanship May B. Derragon, A. B. fl'11i:'Ur.vily of .llirhigyanl English Zella Walker, A. B. llliiir-vrrily of Miuhiylaul History B. Grace A. Christian, A. lLvYll7'L'l'Xlfj' of .llirhigany Spanish, English E. R. Phelps, A. B., A, M. lflark l'ui1'rr.vi!y, University af .llivlliganj Physics P. M. Keen, A. B. lUni:'cr.vity of Michigan! Geometry, Algebra Sarah McCarroll French, English Literature Ada E. Hobbs, A. B. fl'r1iz'vr.i-ily of .llirhiyyaiil English S. M. Dudley, A. B. 4l'1ri:'vr,vl'ty of .lliclliganl Mathematics Mary Barnett, A. B. lKalama:oo Uollcglel History Maude I. Van Arsdale, A. B. rL'ni1'ci'ril,v of lllirliiglanl Mathematics Mrs. Mary C. Christian fMiclii0an State Normal Callvglej Drawing C. B. Chaffee, Ph. M. fl.L'iiir'r-r'.vi'l,x' af Michiganl History, Mathematics Blanche Avery, A. B. l!llll7'l'VSifj' of 1'lliL'liii1anl English, French Helen Wilson, A. Llllrmril Euglisli Mae O'Hara r 'll ' ' ' . ullimuu .Slulp .Xurnml 1,ulli'fl1'J Slltbflllijllfl, 'Fypcwriting Faculty Pauline Harris, M. A. lUni1fer.vity of Michiganj German j. C. Springman, A. B. v lMicl1igan State Narinal Collegel Director of Commercial Department Sophia Eaton Ulfestern rS'tate'No1mal Collegej Girls' Swimming Instructress Mrs. Mildred E. Kinsey, B. S. KMichigan Agricultural Callegej Domestic Science Alice Harper fMiclnigan State Normal Callegej Domestic Art C. Anthony Lefevre CWestc-rn Slate Narnia! Callegej Manual Training Sarah Le Roy CMicIiigan Stale Normal Callegej Latin Seaton A. Norcross, A. B., M. S. fUni1'er.sity nf Michigan! Chemistry Grace Heitsch, A. B. . fUni:'er.rity af Michiganj English, Mathematics Ethel M. Leighterness, A. B. lUniz'ersity of Michigan! English Ora Travis, A. M. fUni1'er.rity af .llichiganl Latin Agnes M. Fisher, A. B. fUui:'cr.vity of Michiganl Botany, Physiography Harry Quayle i Music Mrs. Frank Beach fMi4-liigan State. Normal. Qollegel Girls' Physical Training Edgar J. Ebbels Public Speaking Goodloe H. Rogers, LL. D. lUrli1'vr.vity of Michigan! Coach, Boys' Physical Instructor