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

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The 1941 Quiver One of the largest projects ever undertaken in the art department is the painting of a mural depicting Pontiac’s industry. Robert Eaton, at the right above, assisted by Edward Young, has done most of the work on the mural, which is under the supervision of Mr. Allshouse. Before starting the mural the boys visited the factories so as to give a true picture of industry. The art de¬ partment is directed by Mr. John Allshouse and Miss Mary Jane Carr, who appear in the upper row of faculty pictures above. Miss Cole and Mrs. Travis, the school librarians, are assisted by the Library Guild. Mrs. Travis, at the extreme lower left corner, and Miss Cole, head librarian are always on hand to assist students seeking books or information. In the picture on the lower right, a Guild member, Patty Sanders, is checking a book out to Barbara Reynolds. —Interior Photos by Richard Melvin 1 Page fifteen

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The 1941 Quiver % e Qa jbomedtic This department offers a two-year course in Home Economics. Home Economics I and II, are sewing; III and IV are courses in foods and homemaking. The sewing in¬ structor is Miss Clara Gaylord, pictured at the upper right. Miss Grace Hunter instructor in foods, is pictured at the lower left. In the upper left picture are the following sewing students, seated left to right: Bonnie Davis, Theo Drakos, Shirley Diener, standing, Dorothy Benner, Doris Benner. In the picture at the lower right cook¬ ing students can be seen watching a demonstration. They are: Jane Weber, Sybilla Elkins, Helen Lave- que, Evelyn Chase, Eve Campane- ro, Doris Miles, Betty Sprague, Lillian Campeau, and Miss Hunter. areas and volumes of the five solids: prisms, pyramids, cone, sphere, and cubes. Algebra III consists of a review of Algebra I and II and then go on with work in quadratic equations, exponents, and radicals. Trigonometry, the final subject in the high school mathematical course is the study of right triangles. Preparing cooked foods is one of the most important parts of the course in Home Economics. There are two divisions of Home Economics: one of them is cooking and the other is sewing. Cooking, the first division, is a subject which is very popular with both girls and boys; although boys who take such a subject seem a hit out of place, do not think them sissified. First they are taught laboratory food preparation. They make such things as muffins and pies, and even can fruit. The student learns the nutritious value of certain foods, such as oranges, apples, carrots, turnips, and of meats and candy. This knowledge is a very important item in keeping one’s health. With nutrition comes the problem of meal planning. Any¬ one can prepare a meal, but not everyone can plan a meal so the persons who eat it will benefit from its nutritious value. Still another important part of the cooking student’s curriculum is to practice different styles of serving. They gain knowledge of them by actual practice. The students also study management problems in home¬ making, such as good money management. Knowledge in home safety is very important to the homemaker and also knowledge of home sanitation. Then there is a short unit in child development. In th is unit the student learns to apply all that he has learned in regard to nutrition, meal planning, etc. Each class makes a trip to a nursery school and studies the methods of child development that are used. There are many people who have ambitions to make their own clothes, but they need guidance in going about the task. They need some knowledge of the kind of clothes they should wear, that is, the kind that suits them and just what colors they should wear. This is where the high school’s course in sewing comes in. The sewing student can also learn many things about color harmony in her daily costume. Many girls do not have any taste for color harmony. The student is benefited by learning what colors look well together. The planning of her clothing budget to suit her income is a very important part of the well-dressed young modern’s life. She must study materials and le trn how to buy them according to her budget. This year the girls made such things as jerkins, skirts, coats, and suits. The Art Department consists of Drawing I through Drawing VI. In Drawing I the student does mostly free¬ hand drawing, such as pencil drawings; and he learns that it is impossible to express himself without learning the Page fourteen

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The 1941 Quiver Vernon Kennerly heads the line-up for gym inspection in the For details of both boys’ and girls’ sports activities turn to the picture at the left. At the right Frances Day shows her skill at sport section, pages 82 to 95. bowling to a group of interested spectators. fundamentals. In Drawing II and III the student advances to methods of design and of construction. He does paint¬ ings, sculptoring, and makes posters. Pictorial composition is the most important aim of Drawing IV. The student learns to do landscaping, how to draw figures of people, while he combines the knowledge of I, II, and III. Draw¬ ing V is principally the study of the human figure. It includes portraits from life, figure drawings, figure com¬ position, with landscape background and illustrations. Parts of Drawing II, III, and V are devoted to the crafts— jewelry, batik, block print, leather and metal working. Three industrious students of Spanish in the lower left picture are Morgan Siples, Richard Melvin, and Sue Livingstone. The teachers who ponder over Julius Caesar, His Trials and Tribulations’’ with their students are Mr. Romaine Kuethe and Drawing VI, the final chapter to the course, is the study of advanced illustration and fashion drawing. Our high school library is ably managed by the Library Guild composed of students who work under the super¬ vision of Miss Ruth Cole. Membership in the guild is restricted to those students who receive high grades in their school work. If a student likes his work as a librarian he may carry over his membership from one semester to another. Each semester the guild member is taught some¬ thing new in the way of library methods, although most of his work is taking care of the magazines and checking out books from the desk. Miss lama C. Hook. In the upper right picture Howard Marsh, Vivian Mullen, Bob Lyle, and Donald Tews are enacting a mythical play. At the lower right are Mr. Neil Gray and Mr. Mercado, teachers of French and Spanish. Page sixteen