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

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Left picture:—Stanley Long (left) and John Psenak industriously at work in their aeronautics class. Right picture: Elmer Moliskey working in machine shop. VotxUvostGil epxntment The members of the Vocational Faculty are as follows: Mr. E. C. Russell, principal, Mr. George Clark, Mr. Raymond Graff, Mr. L. L. Smith, Mr. Herman Otto, Mr. Rodney Bacon, Mr. Earl H. Snavely, Mr. Harold Harboldt, Mr. Adrian Trimpe, Mr. John Wignall, Mr. A. A. Vezzani, Mr. Joseph Shara. The vocational department offers a variety of practical courses in Pontiac High School. The vocational education program prepares a student for some phase of practical employment in which he wishes to enter after graduation. Offered in this phase of education are drafting, auto¬ motives, machine shop, sheet metal, printing, pattern making, carpentry, machine hand tools, aircraft mechanics, trainee training and apprentice training. Drafting teaches an individual the graphical language that the industrial world and construction industries use in expressing and recording ideas and information necessary for the building of machines and structures. This curric¬ ulum is preparatory to an apprenticeship in drafting in the machine trades, tool and die design, or the building trades. Those students who desire to become employed in garages, service stations, parts departments, sales agencies, battery shops, battery manufacturing, or auto electric shops take the course in automotives. Pupils in this class are given a comprehensive background of training for a boy interested in the maintenance and repair of internal com¬ bustion engines. Completion of the machine shop curriculum, which assists the student in acquiring the skills and knowledge essential to becoming a trained mechanical worker in a modern machine job shop in a manufacturing plant, leads to apprentice placements in such occupations as die makers, tool makers, machinists, etc. On the other hand those who wish to enter apprentice¬ ship in heating and ventilating, sheet metal shop, blower pipe, boiler and tank building, automobile body fabric¬ ation, and aircraft welding take the course in sheet metal. This trains the student in layout, development, cutting, (Turn to Page 81 ) Page eighteen

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The 1941 Quiver Mr. Freeman P. Snyder is director of the Bookstore and the Activity Accounting department. Among Dear Sir,” Very truly yours,” and other phrases, students taking dictation and typing, work diligently under the supervision of Miss M. Carpenter, Miss B. Carpenter, Miss M. O’Hara, Miss I. Slater, Mr. L, Kader, Miss M. Newman, Mr. C. C. Bald¬ win, Miss C. Meyer, Miss M. Van- Arsdale, and Miss D. Hilliard. Lulu Belle Jennings, Hazel Olson, Helen Weaver, and Tom Agorgianitis are seen at work in the upper left picture while Bettv Bower, Dorothy Beulock, Ilene Bredow, and Millicent McCarter are writing shorthand in the lower right picture. There is always a long waiting list of people who want to become members of the guild. Many hooks are marked on by students and the marks have to be erased; others have to be rehacked, and still others must have torn pages pasted hack in or mended. The mending of the hooks is done by National Louth Administration workers who also assist in the preparation of new books for use by the students. They also prepare hooks for the bindery, withdraw books from the library, and dust the books and the shelves. Mary gave Jane a cheery “Buenas dias” as she walked into her first hour Spanish class in room 304. Jane and Mary were both students of Spanish III and knew how to speak the language; thus they conversed for a short while in true Castilian manner. Spanish III is only a small part of the language courses that are offered in Pontiac High School. There is also a course in Latin, which covers four years, and a two year course in French, along with the two year course in Spanish. The student learns to understand, speak, read, and write the language he is studying. He also learns some of the customs, manners, and the outlook on life of the people of foreign countries. In gaining this knowledge, the student develops a much better feeling toward foreign peoples. There are several parts or subjects in the Commercial Department: shorthand, typing, business English, book¬ keeping, filing, calculator, and commercial geography. Gregg shorthand is taught instead of the older and slow¬ er method. The Gregg method is very quick and simple. The many ways of combining words together into phrases make it much easier to take dictation; thus it is not hard to attain the minimum passing speed of eighty words per minute. There are three different divisions to the course in typing. In typing I the student learns the fundamentals of how to type, the correct fingering, etc.; and he must attain a speed of twenty words per minute before he can pass into typing II where he learns to type such things as invoices, post cards, and filing cards. In typing II a speed of forty must be obtained before the student can advance into typing III. One learns how to write good business letters, the kind that get results, in business English. Filing and bookkeeping are two very beneficial subjects which can be used in almost every phase of work. They are especially beneficial to the secretary, but can also he used in the planning of work by the modern housewife. Educa¬ tion in how to run a calculator is very beneficial to pros¬ pective store workers. The student who takes this course also learns how to make acquaintances in the business world, the correct way to answer the telephone, conduct in the business office, the proper way to dress, and the way to meet visitors at the office — ihus, the student becomes capable of entering business. Page seventeen

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The 1941 Quiver The 1941 band comprises: Row 1—Donald Lloyd, Robert Fisher, Audrey Sauter, Bessie Antos, June Rohr, Jean McPherson, Jean Moyses, Shirley Crisman, Richard Melvin, Beatrice Crothers; Row 2—Sidney Miller, Roy Church, James Vincent, Robert Snyder, Fred Jackson, Barbara Wood, Lloyd Fay, Robert Brill, Charles Blashfield, Richard Scott, Raymond Wells, Frank Clift, Ruth Priestly, Marillyn Angelmier, Florence Lazarski, Warren Heller. Row 3—Russell White, Robert DeGroff, Frances Durkee, Edwin Thompson, Eleanor Summers, Ralph Wallace, Donna Ralston, Fred Palosky, William McLean, Donald Hogue, Allen Greenlee, Richard Graves, Deane Lundbeck, Joseph Dennis, Ernest Watkins, Maurice Smith, Roy Caster, Winnie Bottom, David Stitz, Ted Richards, James Hubbell, Raymond Price, Frank Jones, Jack Wiser. Row 4—Elizabeth Adams, Betty Forsythe, Joy Hershberger, Robert Ford, Robert Brown, Robert Johnson, Donald Tryon, Joseph Waterman. George Trombley, Donovan Shaw, David Carr, Dodge Melkonian, Wallace Williams. Musical Champions by Richard Melvin For many years the Pontiac High School Band has ranked consistently as the best in the state of Michigan. In the year 1931 our hand won first place in the state contest which made them state champions. That year ended the type of contest which had prevailed in that year and previous ones. The bands which participated were placed in first, second, third, and fourth places, according to their ability. In the year 1932 the type of contest which we now have came into place. Bands are placed in one of five divisions. First division means a band is superior to the average high school band. Bands are placed in these divisions according to the degree of excellence maintained in the judges’ minds. Since 1932 our bands and orchestras have been placed in the First Division at every contest and festival. In 1940 the high school hand was one of the five bands recommended from the state of Michigan to participate in the Regional Festival which is the National Contest or the highest festival which a band can attend. Here, in Battle Creek, the Pontiac Band, under the direction of Mr. Harris, was placed in the First Division which made it rank among the best and topmost bands in the country, and to he the first and only Michigan band to be placed in first division at the Regionals. The significance of this record is that no other high school band in Michigan has ever won five first divisions (Additional Band pictures on page 47) Among the several positions that Mr. Dudley has held, is that of band and orchestra director from 1911-1925. Mr. Dudley organized the first band in Pontiac Senior High School. Under the direction of Mr. Dale C. Harris, the band and orchestra have won many honors and become well known in the state. Joe Waterson, Drum Major of the band, is shown here strutting his stuff. Page nineteen