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

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Dear Peg, The time of year has come around when those to whom we present the Quiver must be chosen. This is a very happy time even though there comes with it a sad moment also. The ones to whom we present it are made happy, but because we can't help thinking of the others to whom it could be presented as well, we are sad. The time and year will come when they shall get the honor, and we know they all deserve it. Well, Peg, we have chosen Austin Moden - you know him as WPopn - and Mary and Bessie Carpenter as the honorites of this '59 Quiver. I just had to write and tell you about our choice because last year you were in Bessie Carpenter's homeroom. Since you've been out of school a year, you probably remember Mr. Moden as the algebra and geometry teacher in room 322. After I had the interview with him, I'm sure I can hold other remembrances of him besides that he is a mathematics teacher. He has been teaching at our alma mater since 1920. nPopn remarked that he enjoyed seeing nSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsn and nSweethearts' on the screen. Peg, if you ever ask Mr. Moden to dinner, have shrimp salad, I know he'l1 be anxious to come back. He thinks uswingn is swell, but he enjoys going to a dance where they don't jazz too much. I could tell you more about our friend, but I have twenty minutes to finish my letter before I go to chemistry. Bessie and Mary Carpenter, who have won our hearts, are not twins as they are taken for time and time again. Bessie has been our pedagog for twenty-four years and Mary for nineteen years. In these years we have learned to love them for their'personality and friendliness. They have gone through high school together, since college days they had always dressed alike. College days found Mary at Ann Arbor and Bessie at Ypsilanti and Albion. They are both interested in gardening, picnicking, motoring, and camping. Having been born in Waterford, they are true Michiganders. The Carpenter sisters hold this as their inspiring view in teaching: The student who is not always the brightest - the one with whom the teacher has to struggle in order to pass him - seems to get farther in life than the brighter ones. Time's a hurryin'. I know you have to be on duty at seven. When you receive this, it will probably get you in at seven- five. So to save time, I'll sign off and dash to the chemistry lab. As ever, U- 4 F' A-' ,y .

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A110 Kin, Every student in the school seems to be bubbling over with joy, but down here in 116 we're all in the dog house for not getting our write-ups in. WI Was Doing All Rightu until I attempted to write you this letter, but now I'm a nRambling Wreckn because WI Can't Get Started.N I may as well warn you, you may see your own picture taken by one of our many candid camera enthusiasts. Of course, he took you at your worst, but that's only nThe Natural Thing To Do.' And after all the nCamera Doesn't Lie.n nThings Might Have Been So Differentn if the sons of Pontiac had brought us victory on the gridirong but as it was, in all the pictures of the loyal spectators there is nothing but a look of disappointment. Lester just informed us that WIt's the Little Things that Countn when you're giving a book report or doing your Latin translations. He means the Reader's Digest and a pony. Get the drift? 'Jeepers Creepersln Have we had a lot of trouble with the winter page. We tried to get a picture of our snow-covered building, but 'That's Easier Said Than Done.n Sylvia and I finally gave up in despair after hours of hunting for suitable pictures. Mr. Steffek took over the responsibility and presto! made the page. That's what experience will do for you. By the way I showed some of the seniors the pictures which appear with the unsophisticated seniors and the results were anything but satisfying If You Were in My Place what would you do? USO Help Men I don't know I think I' nGet Out of Townn before 1t's too late Maybe nSome of These Daysu you'll see a book with all of the fads of 1939 1n it We could show you only a few When we're W0ld Folks W we'll wonder what ever possessed the girls to wear those wooden shoes and why the boys preferred to look like escaped convicts Will you ever forget the way those Jitterbugs got in the groove with the hot tunes at the senior prom? W have a dandy picture of them don't you think? Here's hoping you'll have as much fun looking over this section of the book as I had putting it together Sincerely 1' . . . ' ,, 2 , ,, . U . ' ll n ' 1 . . e Q 6