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

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT When we hear the band boys practicing during special hour, each one, it seems, on just a snatch of melody, it is almost inconceivable to us that they combine to make as lovely a rendition as that we heard of Deep Purple on the night of the Senior play, and when we hear the Glee Clubs practicing their scales, they seem to have no relation to the harmo- nious voices heard at the Spring Concert. All this does not come about in the twinkling of an eye, however. Mr. Mac E. Carr and the Misses Blanche and Carolyn Wise spent many hours with their pupils in an effort to keep up the fine reputation they have helped our musi- cal organization to gain. Members of the band took several high rat- ings in the All-State Band and Orchestra Con- test, and Mr. Carr reports that the clarinet sec- tion this year was exceptionally fine, taking top honors in State and National contests. The Misses Blanche and Carolyn Wise are still taking further training in their musical edu- cation. For the past three summers they have been studying in New York with Frank LaForge, a famous voice teacher. l..ast year Mr. Carr travelled to Germany and Austria, and in Salzburg, Austria, he received a diploma in conducting from the Mozarteum Academy of Music. Having chosen music as the theme of our book this year, we felt that the music depart- ment of our school so exemplified music in its best form that they were worthy of the dedi- cation. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Anyone glancing into Boom ll8, otherwise known as Chemistry Lab , can see students rapidly scribbling down notes while watching others conducting experiments which appear very puzzling to anyone who is not a student of science or chemistry. But not so to these chemistry students and their teacher, Mr. lohn H. Strandberg, Head of the Science Depart- ment, who is very active in school affairs, being Faculty Activities Manager, a member of the Board of Directors of the M. E. A., an ex-officio member of the Representative Assembly and a member of the Program-Planning Committee. Miss Margaret Daly, who is usually busy in- structing students of science how far away the moon is from the earth, and what the positions of certain stars and planets are, took time out to attend the M. E. A. Convention in Detroit and to attend the University of Colorado last summer. Mr. Ioseph M. Stollmeister, biology teacher, added to his knowledge by attending the Uni- versity of Michigan last summer and he will attend the University of Michigan Biological Station during the coming summer. Mr. Richard Thompson, who teaches geogra- phy students important facts about our coun- try and about other countries, attended the University of Michigan during the summer, where he is working on his degree, while Mr. Daniel I. Webb attended all of the regular con- ventions relating to his work. Under the extremely capable guidance of these teachers, we are certain that all science students will understand all about the common chemical elements, what H20 is, and many other interesting scientific facts. CAROLYN WISE MARION YOUNGQUIST EDNA YOUNGS ' FRANK WEEBER LEONARD WESTERDALE Vocal Music, Head Health Education Mathematics Health Education Industrial Arts LOUISE KITSCHER DAVID LESTER DOROTHY A. NIEMANN HELEN WHEATER BLANCHE WISE School Nurse Child Acct'g School Secretary Mathematics, Head Vocal Music

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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

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1 GEORGE SHAWLEY CLEO SHELLENBERGER ANNA D. STINSON JOS. M. STOLLMEISTER JOHN H. STRANDBERG Commercial Latin Home Economics Science Science, Head RICHARD THOMPSON ANTOINETTE TURNEY ROSALIE W. ULLMAN DANIEL I. WEBB WARREN H. WEBB Science Fine Arts English, Head Science Social Science MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The Mathematics Department is always do- ing its best to give our students good heads for figures. The department is headed by Miss Helen Wheater, who is a co-sponsor of the Sophomore Class and is in charge of Mental Testing and the management of the River Rouge Teachers' Credit Union. Miss Edna Youngs, also of the mathematics department, attended a P. E. A. meeting in February and also participated in other facul- ty activities. Another member of our mathe- matics department is Miss Edith Randall, who teaches junior high school students that figures don't lie, and last summer attended Wayne University. The past year also brought to our school another mathematics teacher, Miss Mary johnson, who is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Michigan. Mr. james McDonald, who minds his p's and q's, is also Assistant Athletic Director and ably coaches the track and reserve football teams, as their fine records show. Mr. Benjamin E. Goodell is another mathematics teacher who is interested in athletics. He is coach of both swimming teams, and is Chairman of the ln- terscholastic Swimming Association, as well as being a co-sponsor ot the National Honor So- ciety. Mr. George E. Cooper has been doing tine work with the teams he coaches, but even though he has spent much time instructing basketball and baseball aspirants in the finer points of the game, Mr. Cooper has published a book called The Road to Health , and worked on a group plan ol teaching. With these fine teachers, we feel that the teaching of mathematics is in good hands. 16 Miss Rosalie Ullman, who capably heads our English department is ever busy and experi- menting with new methods ot teaching. Throughout the past year, Miss Ullman has sponsored several peace contests. Among them were How Best to Keep America Out of War . She had some very fine essays. Mr. C. E. Horton of the English department is a versatile man. Besides his English work, he teaches dramatics and directs the school plays. He is sponsor of the Thespian and the Hi-Y Clubs. Miss Eunice M. Brake, like Miss Ullman, di- rects contests on essays, and she also attended the National English Teachers' Convention. Miss Brake is also co-sponsor of the Iunior Class. Mr. Roger Hannon teaches journalism, as well as English. Throughout the past year he has sponsored three contests of the Quill and Scroll Society and a contest for short Christmas stories. Miss Anne Parks, another member of our English department, attended the University of Montana last summer. She is also a co- sponsor of the Freshman Class. Miss Irene Campbell, also of the English de- partment, although engaging in no special ac- tivities, had a very full year, while Miss Edna Fox, besides her English work, sponsored the Young Writers' Club and is extremely proud of her promising young authors. We know that these teachers are able guards of the King's English.