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

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An ev r tYpical picture of any English class in P.H A- The apparently studious ft to right—Row 1: Elwyn Hi Beahler, Paul Barnum, i Row 2: Mary Dobbs, lobert Freeman, Russell Graffe. Row 3: Robert Georgi ina Neaf, Joe Mooney, aul Morris, Zorab Kabodian. Row 4: Constance Walker, Bill Webster. Industrious workers can almost in¬ variably be found in this class of comp¬ tometer and typing combined. Pictured are, left to right—Row 1: Lillian De- Rousha, Charlotte Eriksen, Doris Rey- nells. Row 2: Lucille Semands, Pat Supernault, Eva Robitaille, Donna Leit- ner. Row 3: Jamie Chittock. It is very rarely dull in either of the two study halls, 216 and 316. In this shot,” the students in the picture are trying to give the photographer the im¬ pression that they are really industrious. PONTIAC HIGH SCHOOL Classes taught on this floor are: Eng¬ lish, foreign languages, band and orches¬ tra, art, biology, social science, typing, shorthand, and radio. Study Hall 216 and the library are located on this floor for study and research purposes, but who ever studied in P.H.S.?

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■e busy dis- ory that all i her bosses [.S. The students are every phase of radio 1 be prepared to work Bouncing merrily up to the second floor, we receive the all out” signal from our illustrious guide on our tour of the second floor. The second floor classes are slightly more varied. m 8881688888 Top to botto Thc e? seer sCto be t stuc yt The popilaA fictii department, i other noVi-fic chief hBrsudjI Travis. These gArl approving Vh a secretary mg-scriptwV- mikes. tRjdhtJtd- An- m, Doris Berry, apcHJehrn Condylis y sy in theY jS Cmrk shop again. adio work being trained ir so tiat they wi at any radio job. THE 1942 QUIVER

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ncnromze “Is-are-am-was-were. Ain’t ain’t correct, is Vocational English was taught for those who did not plan on going to college. The significance of this course was that it dealt directly with the vocation for which you were training. Data were collected and articles written dealing with machin¬ ery and tools with which you were planning to work in the future. The writing of letters, acqu¬ iring a taste for good literature, parliamentary procedure, and such things essential after gradua¬ tion were taught. Business English was a practical knowledge of English as applied to business in the more technical terms. It was similar to Vocational English in that it prepares for a business position after gradu¬ ation. Speech courses offered in Pontiac High School were numerous. Preliminary Speech classes taught the fundamentals of speech, namely language, voice, and other minor things. In the more advanced speech courses, what to say when asked to speak at some banquet or other, if ever called upon for such an honor was taught. If you went on in the Speech classes, learning how to argue, no, not in the same old crude method, and also the art of debating were studied. This course gave experience and ability in applying the principles of sound reasoning in the classroom as well as at home. Radio was studied in Speech 5. In this course, the writing and presenting of radio scripts was studied along with the development of radio, as well as actual broadcasting. No, this isn’t a “rogue’s gallery.” Did you ever stop to think, if possible to think in your case, how many teachers of the most foreign of all languages, English, there were in this school of ours? Well, in case you can’t count that far, there are presumptiously sixteen! You have probably come into contact, at least once during your stay in P.H.S., with one of the English teachers including Mr. Antisdel, Miss Day, Miss Derragon, Mr. Fisler, Miss Hunt, Miss Lighterness, Mrs. MacAdams, Miss McDermet, Miss Nelson, Miss Paris, Miss Hubert, Mr. Watson, and Miss Wilson. In the speech department were Miss Hiller, Miss Perry, and Mr. Viola. Miss Nelson and Mr. Watson were both new additions to the teaching staff in the English Department of P.H.S. 16 THE 1942 QUIVER