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

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ORGANIZATIONS 15 meets once a week, Wednesday noon. Two public concerts were given this year, one at Christmas and one in May. The chorus also partici- pated in the County Festival at Algonac. Most of the choir and Vocal I members also belong to the Chorus. The fourth musical group — the Girls’ Ensemble, composed of Wini- fred Short, Edith Meinhardt, and Enid Paige, sopranos, Helen Taylor and Margaret Hyde, second sopranos, and Margaret Moore and Beatrice Foster, altos. This group has a varied repertoire and has appeared on many occasions both for school and outside affairs. The vocal department has financed all its activities for the year including the trips to Algonac and Ypsilanti. The annual choir banquet was held Wednesday, May 11th. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Packard, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ross MacLaren, Miss Edna Fraser, Miss Marjorie Browne, Miss M. Jean Ross, Miss Laura Moore, and Miss Alvena Seibert. A dinner in honor of Mr. Frederick Alexander was held March 16th, on the occasion of his visit here in preparation for the Bach Festival. Modern Literature Club The Modern Literature Club was organized in the fall of 1932. The purpose of this club is to make a study of the works of the modern and living authors. The members were divided into groups according to the type of literature on which each preferred to work. At each meeting a special type was discussed under the leadership of a group chairman. The officers for the first semester were as follows: President - ELLA McIntyre Vice-President - - - MARGARET MOORE Secretary - ARTHUR Howe The officers for the second semester were: President - GLADYS CLARKE Vice-President - - - DORIS WARREN Secretary - MARY PAIGE Library Club The Library Club, under the direction of Miss Hilton, met in the school library Tuesday afternoons after school. Every other Tuesday reports on subjects relating to libraries and library work were given by the members of the club. The alternate Tuesdays the students who joined the club in September received instruction in the routine work of the library and the use of reference books. Special activities of the club included planning and carrying out the observance of Good Book Week and special bulletin board displays in the library arranged by members.

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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

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ORGANIZATIONS 16 French Club The Port Huron High School French classes under the supervision of Miss Virginia Everham, faculty adviser, organized a French Club in September. The following officers were elected for the year: President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Reporter Kate Davie Norman Barnes Rosemary Kesl Elwood Redmond Vera Patterson Meetings were held in Room 206 every second week. Formal initia- tion was held the second meeting of the club and later in the semester interesting programs were presented by members. The object of this organization was to aid French students to speak the language more fluently and to interest students in the customs of that country. Spanish Club The High School Spanish Club reorganized under the direction of Mr. Guerra. At an election the following officers were chosen: President - - - NlNA VAN VALKENBURG Vice-President - - KENNETH FURMAN Secretary - - - ETHEL HULL Initiation party for new members was held in the high school audi- torium. The club held bi-weekly meetings at which programs were presented and Spanish songs were sung. Miss Daisy Hudson, from Buenos Aires, addressed the club at one meeting. The club has made plans for a picnic May 29. German Club The German Club is one of the most interesting organizations in the Port Huron High School. Its aim is to encourage the use of the German language outside of classes and to acquaint the members with new social and political terms used at the meetings. Bruno Appel was president of the fall organization of the club. Wesley Kemp was vice-president: Dorothy Kopolnick, secretary and treasurer; Ruth Wollen, chairman of the program committee, and Evangeline Fraser-Lee, editor of the “Schulbeabachter.’ the only club paper published in this school. The club made a study of famous German composers and their works. At the beginning of the January semester the club reorganized and another election was held. Dorothy Kopalnick was elected president: Dorothy Klaas, vice-president: Helen Klaas, treasurer and secretary; Evelyn Scheiman, chairman of the program committee; Eugene Wilton,