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

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CLASS PRESIDENTS 1 DOROTHY MQHANEY ROBERT RILEY WILLIAM HONOUR ARTHUR KAMINSKI -s.:4fFxi'eshman V1.3 Sophomore Junior Senior Some are sharp but few are flat , We've CI variety of lcxds cmd losses, Now the Seniors you're going to see- And cdso, the other classes.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT No matter how much the boys who are students in the Print-shop, Wood-shop, Machine-shop, or those who are students of Mechanical Drawing may grumble when it is a nice, warm spring day and they are sweltering in the heat of one of the various shops , they realize that they are very fortunate to receive such valuable training in high school. We regret to say that Mr. Owen Evans, head ot the department that administers this training, was absent for part of the second semester because of serious ill- ness, but he is back with us now, attending to his duties as Co-sponsor of the Senior Class. He also earned his Masters Degree at the University of Minne- sota last summer. Mr. Roger H. Carrington, Printing Instructor, who is Faculty Advisor for the Vigilant Annual, attended the National Scholastic Press Association at Indianapolis in November. Mr. Carrington also sponsors the Ma- roon Printers' Club and acts as Business Advisor for the Rouge Recorder and as R. S. A. Board representa- tive. He also completed his Masters Degree work at Wayne University. Mr. Harold T. Klaiss, one of our newer teachers, con- ducted work in leather and welding in his classes, while Mr. D. Vernon Feasel, Wood-shop Instructor, at- tended the Michigan Educational Society Convention. Mr. Leonard Westerdale continued as sponsor of the Maroon Falcons , and is the Mechanical Drawing In- structor. - ART DIVISION The beautiful paintings and drawings to be seen on the boards in Room 312 are the works of some of our more talented students, and have been created under the efficient supervision of Miss Antoinette Turney, Art Instructor, who reports that she has had some excellent work exhibited. SPEECH DIVISION Mr. Harold A. Dressel, speech teacher and Debate Coach, directed a speech experiment here two years ago which has received nation-wide attention, and an account has been published in the Quarterly Iour- nal of Speech, under the title, An Answer to the Ad- ministrator . This experiment proved the value of speech courses for training in English skills. Even though he was forced to spend much of his time with his fine debating team, Mr. Harold Dressel found time, also, to take graduate work in speech at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, and to attend the National Speech Convention. Miss Lillian A. Tolhurst, also of the Speech division, during her first year of teaching here, was appointed State Chairman of the National Forensic League and has aided many students to become more efficient speakers through sponsoring the 'Rguers' Club. 1-1 SPECIAL AGENCIES Mr. David Lester, Director of Child Accounting and Placement, is ever busy curing students of spring fever and similar ailments. Mr. Lester is also active in the Community House projects. Miss Dorothy Niemann, School Secretary, besides continuing her secretarial training, attended the Con- vention of the National Association of School Secre- taries held at Cleveland, Ohio in February. Miss Iane Olive Hartsig, Head Librarian, in addition to fulfilling her numerous duties in the library, found time to attend educational conventions. She also helped Miss Iane Biddle, new librarian, to adjust her- self to our routine. Miss Biddle attended the Univer- sity of Michigan. Miss Louise Kitscher, School Nurse, attended quite a few meetings throughout the year, among them, the Convention of the Michigan Society for Crippled Chil- dren and the Annual Meeting of the Michigan State Nurses' Association. With these fine persons com- prising it, the special agency department surely ful- fills its purpose. PAUL RANDALL LILLIAN TOLHURST C. E. HORTON MARY JOHNSON D. VERNON FEASEL Social Science Speech English Mathematics Industrial Arts HAROLD KLAISS EDNA FOX ROGER V. HANNON JANE OLIVE I-IARTSIG JANE BIDDLE Industrial Arts English English Head Librarian Assistant Librarian

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