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

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-' . H -'-1a.n- 3:31 I '. , ' V ' 3,2 . . ' .zf 1:fPL'Z ,I -.,,. em' is . Q , ,I gp 1 .Q 1 1 s IO I2 spoisisoms MR. GEORGE COOPER Mr. George Cooper, one of ihe co-sponsors, was born in London, England. He has 'rraveled exfensively in four counfries and The Unifed Sfaies. and has Ihe unusual dis- +inc+ion of having lived on one conlinenf under ihree flags, 'rhe Canadian, ihe Brifish, and Ihe Uniied S+a+es. He lived in Canada for fourleen years and Ihen moved here. He has srudied a+ Wesfern Sfaie Teachers' Col- lege. Wayne Universiiy, and fhe Universiiv of Colorado. AI' Ihe preseni 'rime Mr. Cooper is siudying medicine. MISS HELEN WHEATER MR. GEORGE COOPER MISS HELEN WHEATER Miss Helen Wheeler, one of our co-sponsors, was born in Plainwellj Michigan. She has sionsored our classes during 'rhe enlire four Years of our igh school course. Miss Wheafer has sfudied ai Wesiern S'ra+e Teachers' College and received her MasI'er's Degree in mafhema- Iics from 'rhe Universily of Michigan. Miss Wheaier is head of me mafhemalics de ar+menI', has charge of all Ihe banking: and conduc+s all flie men+al +es+ing in River Rouge high school. 1 I3

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,yi i ll W, W I i,i,.y,yy We MTW, ,, N Q y Tl-IE CEASS l-l l 0 R y iii T Looking backward fhrough 'rhe experienced eyes of a posr-graduafe, Febru- ary, I937 looms up as a monfh long fo be remembered by sfudenls and 'reachers alike, for in Thai mon+h The January, I94l class became 9B's. Forrified by +wo previous years of life in our big high school, Me imme- diarely began faking our place,in +he ex+ra curricular acfiviries. Our class boasfed of members in fhe band and rhe glee clubs. and we had many promis- ing hopefuls gui for baskefball, and a liHle lafer on. baseball. ln Sepfember of +ha+ ear we became an organized freshman class. Many of our boys fried ou+ Flor foofball, and. as fhe year wore on, swimming, Track, cross-counrry, 'rennis, baskefball and baseball. Our big even+ of fhe year fook place on February l8, l938, 'rhe da+e of our freshman pariy. We, of course, became qualified sophomores in Februar , I938, buf were no'r called !ha'r unlil fhe fall of 'rhaf year. Having hurdled +he firs+ 'rr ing, green year, we were now defini+ely upper classmen . We elecfedl our class officers, sponsored fwo dances, had members in pracfically every acfivi- fy you could menfion, in shor'r--we were good! Our sponsors, Miss Wheafer and Mr. Goode!! helped us pu'r over our priva+e Sophomore par'ry on May IZ, I939, in a grand way. Moving info 3Ol as a mixed group in Sepfember, I939, was a greal' 'rhrill and we vowed 'ro make i+ a homeroom 'ro be proud of. By now we were going s+rong in school and our, and almos+ everywhere you wenf, you were sure 'ro see af leasr one of our classmafes faking a prominenl' part We gave Two dances, one on December I, I939, and fhe ofher March 29, 1940, bofh proving 'rhaf our class had wha! if fakes 'ro pu! a 'rhing over. Our play, A Good Egg was presenfed December 8, I939. H' was a successful come- dy: Lee Wilson, Virginia Pilz, Veronica Hamel and Glenn Wilber had lead- ing roles, and upheld fhe s+andards of all previous Junior plays, excepl' +ha'r, of course, ours was beHer. The grand climax, our J-l-lop, was given April I2, I'-740. The fac'r fha? if snowed 'rhal af+ernoon didn'+ dampen our spirifs any, lWe don'+ dare vouch for rhe girls' gowns.l and everyone had a grand and glorious fime. The goal of every siudenl' who enfers 'rhese porlals was reached in Sep- lember, I940-we could call 3l3 our homeroom! Tom Coombs and Bob Gnam were our lioofball co-capfains, and +he presidenfs of +he band, honor sociefy, and RSA board were all numbered among us. ln our half-year as seniors we sponsored 'rwo dances and presenfed our play, Life Begins ai' Six- 'reen +0 very appreciafive audiences on December 5 and 6. We had mem- bers on fhe Recorder S+aff and elecfed our annual sfaff. The biggesf week of our lives began on Friday, January 24. We presenled our Class Day pro- gram on 'rhal' afrernoon, and s+ar1'ed off Commencemenf Week wifh a bang ! Baccalaureare services were held +he following Sunday, and fhen we all resfed unfil Wednesday, which nigh+ saw us all freking ouf 'ro Bo+sford Tavern, where our Dinner Dance was held. Thar nigh+'s fun was excelled only by +he fhrill we go? when we received our diplomas 'rhe following night Thursday. Janu- ary 3O. Af 'Twelve o'clock Friday morning, we were fu l-fledged alumni of River Rougwllldigh School! , I 2 i

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TELL ADGLF If maffers nof how long we live, buf how. STEVE BALAZE Language is fossil poefryf' ETHEL BLIZMAN A frue friend is forever a friend. SYLVIA BROWN Speech is qreafg buf silence is greaferf' BETTY BURY Nof ou? of mind as soon as ouf of sight DONNA BUTLER The proof of fhe pudding is in The eafingf' RAY BUTLER Care resfs lighfly on his shoulders. EDWARD CABANAW Give rne fhe man fhaf is nof passion's slave JEAN CARRINGTON Music is fhe universal language of mankind JACK CARROLL The blush is beaufiful, if somefirnes inconvenient THOMAS COOMBS Ay, every inch a man. ARTHUR CORSON See and be seen. WILLARD CRAFT Always here buf nof inconspicuous ANNA DARIN Much in a song. WILLIAM DECKER Believe one who has fried . if EUGENE DUNKLE An affable and courfeous genflemanf' LELA MAY EDWARDS Wifh her. dufy always comes first ERNEST ETLINGER A man's a man for a' fhaf. JHNUH