River Rouge High School - Vigilant Yearbook (River Rouge, MI)

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lHElIllY I. I. HARRINGTON MYRTLE I. HAYNES Social Science, Head Social Science EUGENIA KOSINSKA RAYMOND H. LA FREY Social Science French VIRGINIA D. DEAN TRACY F. DENNINGER Home Economics Social Science HAROLD A. DRESSEL OWEN EVANS Speech Industrial Arts, Head HELEN BISHOP EUNICE BRAKE DORIS BUTLER Commercial English Girls' Health Education ROGER H. CARRINGTON GEORGE COOPER MARGARET DALY Industrial Arts Mathematics Science SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Mr. I. I. Harrington, Assistant Principal, who capably heads the De- partment of Social Studies, this year attended the State Curriculum Re- organization Committee meeting at Detroit and the State Conference on Curriculum and Guidance at Lansing. He is interested at the present time in the reorganization of Social Studies courses and in securing more effective participation in school control by student organizations. Mr. Tracy F. Denninger was busy directing the Pathfinder Club, while Miss Myrtle I. Haynes attended Wayne University, where she received her Masters Degree and she also attended the P. E. A. meeting at Wind- sor. Mr. john R. Osborn was elected to the presidency of the Detroit Albion College Alumni Club. Mr. Iohn McNamara attended all conven- tions relating to his work. Beware, students! lf you are wise, you will be a perfect lady or gentleman while you are in school, for Mr. Paul A. Randall has helped to start a new project in the form of a Traffic Court. He attended the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and while there, he saw Presi- dent Roosevelt dedicate the eternal flame monument. Miss Eugenia Kosinska's time was well spent in preparing her junior high school pupils for their more hectic days in senior high school, while Mr. Warren H. Webb was kept very busy acting in his capacity as Faculty Advisor for the Alumni Association, as Sponsor of the Chess and Checker Club, and as Sponsor of the Foreign Relations Forum. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Directed by Coach Frank Weeber, the athletic department of our school has played a worthy and admirable part in making our students better fitted physically and in creating in them a zest for sport and an unerring desire for fair play. Coach Weeber so skillfully coached our sports events that our football team came through with flying colors and our basketball team won the Regional trophy by virtue of an undefeated season, broken only by one defeat. The girls' sports were under the direction of Miss Doris Butler and Miss Marion Youngquist. They capably managed the tennis, baseball and basketball tournaments. Miss Youngquist gave much of her time to the development of bowling for girls and succeeded quite well. She sponsors a group of about fifty girls in bowling and also sponsors a group of girls interested in life savingg while Miss Butler is sponsor of the Girls' R Club and this year helped Miss Shellenberger in producing the Ses- quicentennial Pageant. Miss Butler directed all the dances performed by the students. Other members of the department are: Mr. Iames McDonald, Assistant Director of Physical Education, Mr. Raymond H. LaFrey, Mr. George E. Cooper, Mr. Benjamin Goodell and Mr. Iohn R, Osborn. 13

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PRINCIPAL HARVEY M. ROSA PRINCIPAL ACCLAIMS PROGRESS IN MUSIC It we are going to interpret public educa- tion in the strict sense as education tor the public, states Mr. Harvey M. Rosa, our princi- pal, there is no reason why the student with unusual ability in music should not have the same opportunities as the student who is in- terested in mathematics or language. Mr. Rosa believes this is a musical age. Having little or no opportunity for training in his earlier years, he is putting forth his best efforts to give students interested in music a chance to develop their talents. It has been the purpose of the administration, together with the cooperation of the Board ot Education, to develop the musical department in our school second to none in the state of Michigan, and to see that every student is given an oppor- tunity to reach his mature years with an un- derstanding and appreciation of good music. Mr. Rosa believes it is the duty of the young- er people with their numerous opportunities lor learning and developing their natural apti- tudes to help educate this generation in the light of what is expected in 1940. However, Mr. Rosa concludes, it should not be misinterpreted that it is the purpose ot the public school to train students to seek their living through music, lout rather, first, to help them discover any special musical talent they might possessg second, to develop an apprecia- tion for this talent, and third, to point a way for them toward attaining ta higher degree of efficiency in music than the high school is able to offer.

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT In Room 226, the den of the office practice stu- dents, it is not at all strange to see any one of our commercial teachers lending a helping hand to a bewildered student. It may be Miss Bishop or Miss Iibson setting a student right on a puzzling bit of shorthand, or Miss Baskouta employing the use of a deft finger to making that something wrong with this typewriter right, and we do mean write. Then, it may be Mr. Shawley giving the stu- dent the why's and how's of the ditto machine, or Mr. McGregor teaching a student the fine points of drawing on a mimeoscope. In spite of his busy schedule as head of the de- partment, Mr.Iesse McGregor has found the time and energy to engage in many activities. Throughout the past year he has served as officer in the fol- lowing' organizations. He is the Down-River repre- sentative of the Michigan Commercial Education Association, Vice-President of the Detroit Commer- cial Teachers' Association. He is also the chair- man of the down-river section of the Michigan School-Masters' Club. Besides engaging in all these activities, Mr. McGregor this year earned his Mas- ters Degree in Education at Wayne University. MARY BASKOUTA MARION JIBSON During the past year, Miss Mary Baskouta has Commercial Commercial don? Vofk G' Wqline Umverslty' She also amended BENJAMIN E. GOODELL IRENE B. CAMPBELL MAC E. CARR exhibits in St. Louis last November and successfully . . . Mathematics English Instrumental Music passed the New York City's Teaching Examinations in Gregg stenography and typewriting. Miss Helen Bishop, who has been very busy per- forming the many duties of a Senior Sponsor, is working to secure her Masters Degree and last . ...nag summer attended the University of Colorado. Miss Marion Iibson, also a shorthand teacher, attended Michigan State College last summer. Mr. George Shawley has organized a Garden Club for beauty-loving students who visited the Annual Flower Show in Detroit. tended the Commercial Teachers' Convention. He also at- FOREIGN LANGUAGE DIVISION Miss Cleo Shellenberger, Dean of Girls, and teacher of that language called Latin, which, although often referred to as dead , often comes in very useful to students, is also sponsor of the Girl Reserves and the Safety and Service Squads and this year served as Chairman of the Sesquicentennial Committee. Mr. Raymond H. LaFrey is the apt teacher of French Oui, oui's . He is also coach of our tennis team, and sponsor of the Fencing Club, be- sides being co-sponsor of the Iunior Class. l 1 HOME ECONOMICS DIVISION The delicious cooking odors which so often watt up onto the second floor lusually just before we go home for lunchl are the result of the untiring labors of Miss Anna D. Stinson who teaches home economics, and her classes. Miss Stinson directed the serving of refreshments at the Music Program in February, attended the National Progressive Edu- cation Meeting in Detroit, and also the International Progressive Educa- tion Meeting in Windsor this year. Miss Virginia D. Dean, sewing instructor, reports that she has spent most of her time in endeavoring to teach her young pupils to sew, and anyone who has seen the gaily colored blouses and dresses displayed in Room 104, will agree with us that she has done a good job of it. 14 ANNE PARKS EDITH RANDALL English Mathematics JAMES McDONALD JESSE MCGREGOR Mathematics Head, Commercial JOHN McNAMARA Social Science JOHN R. OSBORN Social Science