Sandusky High School - Echo Yearbook (Sandusky, MI)

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The brave and courageous teachers who try to convey to the students of S H S the Hdo's and don'ts of English con sist of four personalities The three returning war worn veterans are Mrs Ellen Kirker, senior and Junior English, Mrs Blanche Kipp, sophomore English, and Mr Thomas, fresh- man and sophomore English The new face added to our English faculty belongs to Miss Elizabeth McGregor, who pre viously had taught two years in Utica In addition to teach ing freshman English, she can be found slaving away with her dramatics class In English IV a wave of enthusiasm for Geoffrey Chaucer spread through the group Forced to let her eager students spend their energy, Mrs Kirker spent a few days in dramatization of 'The Canterbury Tales and 'The ardoner's Tale' Everything from dogs to underwear took part Three leading movie studios asked to film the productions, but Mrs Kirker in formed them that she had already patented the material and flatly refused In the English classes, some of the classes do outside work An ex ample of this may be found in the Senior English class They have the Job of writing the class history Despite unknown obstacles these teachers are able to convey to their udents that you ain't suppose to say ain t FIIIF Eilil' l 'nn-1 Left to Right, standing Elsholz Hall, Lee Kirker, Orton, Marshall, Cubitt, Mrs Klrker Sitting Phillips, Brown Gray Benedict, Husson Falls, Grosz Sandusky High School is really getting sophisticated It now has a literary club no less The English IV Literary Society was organized fo the purpose of promoting literary study and providing a knowledgeof parlia mentary procedure The different offices are changed each week thls allowing everyone to learn how to conduct and to criticize meeting Various papers and skits on the English authors are presented at each meeting And of course we mustn't forget the 104 membership fee paid weekly, which goes into a worthy cause Crefreshments'J lslmalzq f wading through a pile of industri ous students of S H S who were working at the library I was able to talk with our able librarian, Mrs Teets Under her patient guidance, the students learn how to use the library, which is one of the requirements for English The students are taught how to look up refer ences, use card indexes, study book locations and divisions, and use of the Dewey Decimal System Mrs Teets can be found in all kinds of weather cheerfully doing her duty at the public library. ' ' n - O I I . .. O . . . . 0 - ' If 7 . A . tp' . C O I N I P I - . . - l ' - O . , ll VI st ' . g 5 s Q Z 5- A ,WR . t A Y l V7 ' t , .1 . ' 1 1 . . . ' 9 J 1 0 Y , . 4 7' I ' ' V V 1 . . - 1 ' , v 5 ,- . 1 1 I . . , 1 , .- LJ U O 0 .9 . 1 Q -- . - . 0

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dl No doubt you have heard either Sharon Cubitt, Marsha Frederick, the negative side, Virginia Slmonson or Margaret Stock going around school murmuring to themselves No, they weren't a little off, they were just practicing for their debates The topic for debate this year was nReso1ved that all American Citizens should be subject to Conscription in Time of war Much of the credit for our debating team goes to Mrs Waske, a graduate of Mount Pleasant, who 1 a very capable leader Cass City split Caro lost Mount Morris split Davison split Left to Right, standing Fredericks Mrs waske, Simonson X 19 amahca Peeking into the dramatics room was Just in time to witness one of the many Skits performed throughout the year' The name of this particular one s No Peddlers wanted' It has all the Qualities of a Broadway hit It gaghticeven take the place of South In addition to their Plays, the students gave dramasfctgegldld 11188 These could be either humorous or dramatic Quite a wave of emotion was sent up by these readings VI . B ff '-'V ' , ,ff ' fil- : , . 7 X ff rf!!! I if fl!! W. - f f J M fl ff sitting: cubict and stock. Y f !f 3 ,V f hw a ,ff I! rf! I ll! V! f , f'f f f xxx V fy I A I 3 , M ' ' I if xy f v M - 1 1 'Z . wa : v.