Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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192 3 19 2 3 STUDENT ¥ Roy Briggs led their activities with Malcolm Wright as Vice-President, Doris DeGraw as Secretary, and Grant McDonald as money-changer. Miss Xorthrup and Mr. Meade were the efficient advisers. The class recognized the need of student control in the halls and worked out a plan satisfactorily. They organized and kept up a Science Club, a Debating Club and interscholastic debating. In all their High School career they were said to have been one of the best classes and they will leave Port Huron High School having profited by four years of education well fitted to pursue further their student work or to enter the various walks of life. Malcolm Charlton — ’ 23 . Our Seniors I. Early in September on one Monday morn , I he high-school views to a Freshman were born. When the hour approached for classes to pass, These Freshmen were frightened — as green as grass. II. As weeks passed on and months went by, They realized they had been too shy To ever become students of worth To join the crowd, and take part in the mirth. III. So they started right in to study with zest And when they did a thing, did it their best. That was the spirit that gave them their name, Built up their knozcledge and sent forth their fame. IV. And now they are Seniors and dignified, too ; Their minds full of business and hearts full of truth. They ' ll ne ' er be forgotten at old Port Huron High, - These students who at first were so timid and shy. Ruth Frii.ay. [ 14 ]

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19 2 3 S T U D E N T 1 9 2 3 p Class History Xn the fall of the year 1919, there were admitted to the confines of the High School about one hundred and thirty-six ambitious youngsters, eager to become acquainted with their dreamland. They were all corailed into Rooms A, H and A and placed under the care of the Misses Carlisle and Kress. As soon as they had come to know each other, they chose the following officers : President— Russell Wondbrlic. Secretary — Doris DbGraw. Vice-President — Jean Laird. Treasurer — John Ottawa y. These officers were all from the Auditorium, and in the second semester another election was held with the following result: President — Louis Weil. Secretary — Irma Burns. Vice-President — Mary McKay. Treasurer — Hugh Ross. Miss Carlisle was their legal guardian. That year there were two parties. The Freshman-Senior function was their debut into High School social circles and a noteworthy event it was. This was followed with their own class party which was the crowning event of the year, due to the advisers patient efforts and likewise a tremendous success. Thoroughly refreshed by the summer vacation, most of the class came back for another round in the school of knowledge and entered into the duties and dignities of Sophomores with John Ottaway and Irma Burns leading them, Charlene Shiland keeping the books, and Paul Soini the money. The party that year was a dinner-dance and a huge success in every particular. After waiting anxiously for three months everyone was glad to enter Miss Woodward s room and prepare for the climax of High School life, viz: that of being a Senior. In accordance with their democratic principles they were the first class to choose a girl for leader, Jean Laird, with Charlene Shiland as assistant. Malcolm Charlton was the financier and Ruth Norton took notes on their fiery class meetings. The Juniors held a modest party for their own flock near Christmas and later they entertained the Seniors in a most sumptuous fashion. Decorating the Junior High “Gvm” with Spanish moss and floor lamps and with an excellent orchestra, the party was said bv all to have excelled even the yearly June Hop in originality and excellency. The Senior year was both a joy and a sorrow — sorrowful that they must work harder than they had ever worked before and joyful that they had at last attained a position of authority among the student body. [ 13 ]

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J. Waldo Baer — He finds enjoyment in teasing others. Kathleen Letitia Gray — “In speech and jesture, form and face, Showed she was come from a gentle race ’ Iva Mae Benner — “I do not fear to follow out the truth.’’ Leonard Vernon Simms — “G raced thou art with all the power of words Margaret Watson — Your gentleness moves more than does your force. Martha S. Carey — A maid with a mind of her own. Grant McDonald — A man of pure and simple heart. Frances E. Brown — She can best express her thoughts in terms of music. Hazen Gravlin — His countenance reveals his seriousness of thought. Grace Jones — “She tastes the joy that springs from labor.” [ 15 ]