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

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ORGANIZATIONS 13 an emergency action the council created, promoted, and circulated the present issue of the Student. The following persons were elected to the Student Council for the second semester: 12A Jack Davis Frank Walker Wm. Benedict 1 IB Norma Lombard Stewart Parent Elaine Van Norman 12B Frieda Emerich Marjorie Heeke Edith Pickelhaupt 10A Lloyd Hawkins June Johnson Leslie Frank 1 1 A Robert Ballentine Clarence Brandenburg Ruth Burley 10B Walter Richards Dorothy Treleaven Jeanne McKay The P. H. Club The P. H. Club was reorganized this year and the officers elected by the members of the club were: President - STEWART McCABE Vice-President - - - BOB ISABEL Secretary - OSCAR HAYSLETT Treasurer - LOUIS BOND 7 he club has sponsored several noon dances and also helped manage the basketball tournament held for the benefit of spring sports. They are planning a large athletic ball, the proceeds of which is to be used for maintaining athletics. The P. H. Club is formed of athletes who won a letter through participation in sports. The main purpose of the club is to help main- tain and support athletics of all kinds in the school. Senior Girls ' Club The Senior Girls’ Club was reorganized this year under the direction of Miss Margaret Franklin, Dean of girls, and Miss Kathleen B. Moore to get the senior girls better acquainted. The club held a dinner in November and another in January. At the beginning of the second semester the senior girls gave a tea for the new sophomore girls. Miss Moore and Shirley Pugh poured, and in the receiving line were Miss Moore, Miss Franklin, the officers, and a number of the senior girls. The officers of the club were: President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Shirley Pugh Marion Farr Helen Taylor Isabel Cochrane

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ORGANIZATIONS 12 ORGANIZATIONS National Honor Society The Port Huron Chapter of the National Honor Society has been active for many years. The society stands for superiority in scholarship, leadership, character, and service. In December, 1932, twelve new members were elected to the society. These were Ella McIntyre, Mary Slutsky, Norman Barnes, Enid Paige, Stewart McCabe, Isabel Cochrane, Kenneth Furman, Charlotte Hamil- ton. Jean West, Ruth Campbell, Vera Patterson, and Dorothy Kopal- nick. Formal initiation ceremonies were held on the evening of January 9, 1933. The active members, Alan Brown, Kate Davie, James Crawford, and Thomas Parent initiated the new members. Music was played by Mr. Hess and two of his pupils. Reverend Jonathan Turner later gave an inspiring talk. On the evening of May 17, five new members were elected to the society. These were Betty Daly. Gladys Clark, Frances Stallbuck. Nina Van Vankenburgh, and Mary Paige. This society is a worthy one because it represents such high ideals, and it is to be hoped that the society will continue to be as active as it has been this year. Student Council Early in the first semester of the school year the Student Council held the class elections. The council then held elections within itself and elected Jack Davis. President. Headed by him. the council carried on through the semester with the ease that becomes such a body. The following were elected to the Student Council for first semester: 12A Alan Brown Tom Parent Robert Baker 12B Harland Reed Jack Davis Wm. Benedict 1 1 A Genevieve Gillow Elizabeth Rauser Frieda Emerich 1 IB 10A Ralph Vos No Elections Wesley Kemp Gordon Glover 10B Richard Hitchings Albert Walker Leslie Frank Beginning the second semester the council again carried the elections and voted among itself for its officers. William Benedict was elected president: Robert Ballentine, vice-president: Clarence Brandenburg, sec- retary; Frank Walker, treasurer, and Jack Davis, athletic commissioner. The general activities for the semester included representing the student body before the faculty on important decisions, aiding various clubs and promoting the co-operation of various student functions. As

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14 ORGANIZATIONS The Senior Play The Annual Senior Play was presented Friday evening, January 27, in the Garfield Auditorium by the Senior Classes of 1933. The play, The Charm School, by Miller Milton, is a comedy composed of three acts. The authors cleverly portray what a young automobile salesman with “ideas would do upon inheriting a young ladies boarding school. Complications arise in the Charm School when one of the students falls in love with the youthful principal. Things are finally straightened out when the young man decides to return to the automobile business and wait until the young lady reaches the maturity age. The members of the cast were as follows: Austin Bevens - Alan Brown Elese Benedatti Marion Farr David McKenzie - Willard King George Boyd Hayward Welch Jim Simpkins - John Zimmer Sally Boyd - Betty Daly Miss Curtiss - Isabel Cochrane Miss Hays - Jean West Homer Johns - James Crawford Ethel Spevlin Mary Slutsky Muriel Doughty - Ardus Devine Alex Mercier Enid Paige Lillian Stafford - Margaret Moore Vocal Department Four distinct groups comprise the vocal department of Port Huron High School. First is the Alla Cappella Choir, a group of sixty boys and girls who have been singing together for two years. They meet ninth hour every day. This group furnishes music for baccalaureate services, graduation exercises, and other special occasions. They took part in the Bach Festival at Ypsilanti in 1932 and in 1933, and have appeared before the Port Huron Musicale, Ladies’ Library, and other local organizations. Gordon Glover is president of the choir; Helen Taylor, secretary; Harvey Shell, treasurer; and Emil Steinhaus, librarian. The organization next in importance to the choir is the class known as Vocal I. This group meets daily and serves as a feeder for the choir, the members who make good being transferred into the choir at the beginning of the year. There is an enrollment of 65 this semester. Be- sides being a preparatory class, they also have appeared on programs in special numbers. Eligibility for this class consists of one year’s previous training either in Junior High Glee Clubs or in the High School Chorus. The Chorus has a membership of 250. The only requirement for membership is a love for music and willingness to work. This group