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

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faculty emeritus— MISS MAY B. DERRAGON Miss May B. Derragon, Pontiac High School English teacher, was honored in February when she received the Pontiac Junior Chamber of Commerce Teacher ' s Award for out¬ standing service to her profession. This was a fitting climax to the teaching career of Miss Derragon who retired in January. She came to Pontiac in 1912 as a beginning teacher and taught English in the same room for 40 years. She is responsible for helping her students, not only through her teaching ability, but also through her fine sense of humor. Miss Derragon was born in Pontiac and attended both elementary school and high school here. She earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at the University of Michigan. Several years ago she traveled through England, Scotland, France, Italy and Holland. Miss Derragon says this tour was made more interesting by her knowledge of English literature and history. MISS ETHEL LIGHTERNESS Miss Ethel Lighterness has taught English at Pontiac High School since 1916. She received her early education in Pontiac and later attended Ypsilanti Normal and the University of Michigan. Miss Lighterness is interested in her early American home and its furnishings. She belongs to the Research Club, has an active interest in travel, and has been QUIVER advisor . During her career she has written poetry for The Pontiac Daily Press and The Wash¬ ington National Cathedral Magazine. One of her sonnets is in the corner-stone of the Woman ' s League Building on the campus of the University of Michigan. The poem below was honored for publication in The National Anthology of Poetry. TO SPRING A faint, sweet cry from ice-bound shores long mute, A breath of ecstasy, a thrill of song, A prayer from weary human hearts that long For spring,—the deathless cadence of a lute; A spirit wakes that can alone transmute Warm life from winter ' s breath; old raptures throng And deepen and become more sweet and strong. Life ' s joys awake,—all sorrows to refute. Across the frozen waste a spirit thrills. New born of God. I see a blue-bird ' s wing Flash in the sun. Eternal rapture fills The weary heart and to it peace doth bring. The flush of life is felt along the hills. The earth stirs and awakes. Lo! It is spring! E. H. SNAVELY Mr. E. H. Snavely, applied physics teacher, completes his teaching career at Pontiac High School this year. Mr. Snavely was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. He at¬ tended elementary school and high school in Sparrows Point, Maryland, and then completed his formal education at the University of Maryland where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. Following his graduation from college, he worked for the engineering departments of several automobile companies. He came to Pontiac High School in 1922 as an auto mechanic instructor. Through the years he taught drafting, applied mathematics, drawing, industrial science, and at the present time is teaching applied physics. Mr. Snavely has toured several parts of the United States, spending many summers cruising along the Atlantic Coast from Albany to Norfolk. He has no immediate plans for the future. 14

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY ROW 1: Joyce Tipolt, Verne Hampton, Juanita Wallace, Faith Schurman, DavicJ Dennis, Judy Robinson. ROW 2: Bill Flynn, Dorothy Bell, Mary Ann Kosiba, Rita Warren, Joan Mathes, Betty Sutton, Phyllis Thomas, Elizabeth Merenuk, Lowell Good. ROW 3: Ronald Leighton, Alex Sarros, William Billings, Betty Wortman, Barbara Myrben, Diane Anderson. THE PONTIAC DAILY PRESS PHOTO David Dennis, Verne Hampton, Faith Schurman, and Juanita Wallace were speakers for the January National Honor Society ceremonies. Mitch Savas and Fred Poe sell Helen Coffer a ticket to the senior prom, Fantasy in Blue. 16