Sault Ste Marie High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Sault Ste Marie, MI)

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lem 1 144101 While certain subjects are requir- ed for graduation, students are giv- en as wide a choice as the school can afford in selecting a course to fit their needs. Activities outside the classroom in which a boy or girl may partici- pate, according to his desires and abilities, number more than thirty. Such extra-classroom activities as assemblies, cafeteria work, debate, declamation, extempore, oratory, dramatics, work at school election time, participation in the Hall Patrol and its court, the Safety Patrol with its court, the many music groups for which no credit is giv- en, the Keynote business or editorial staffs, the planning and execution of school social events, the Student Council. These do not in- clude Sault Highis ten or more clubs nor the responsible offices a pupil may hold in his class or in his home room. Thus these pages picture but a few of the means whereby high school youth may broad- en its scope of interests and develop its indi- viduality. Last year Sault High was chosen as one of eighteen schools in the state to participate in a twelve year study of the curriculum, the ultimate outcome of which will be the grad- ual formation of a curriculum that will meet the needs of the changing student population and which will train that student body to cope more effectively with the problems of a changing world. Headed by a student leader, each of three groups of Atom Crackers studies fundamentals and finer points of photography. Members of a fourth group make investigations of individual scientific interest 'IW Through actual experience, students on the Keynote business staff learn the principles of effective salesmanship, efficient business management, successful personal contact. The financial status of the school news- paper depends upon them and their adviser. At concerts, assemblies, and programs of varied types, Sault High's blue- robed choir lends sweet music. Choir members learn group and solo sing- ing, voice development and gain a large repertoire of music of all periods. 14, 4

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the Bulwarlc of Americanism In no other nation in the world is there such liberty to speak or write one's thoughts as there is in the Un- ited States. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are veritable bulwarks of Americanism. Often that freedom is abused, but it is thought that the evils of such liberty are preferable to the ills of suppression. One of the functions of a democratic school, then, is to teach its youth the difference between liberty and license and to guide young Americans toward better speech and better written expression. Toward such an ideal such organizations as are pictured on these pages strive. Participating in speech contest work this year, some thirteen students, fewer than usual, found self-expression. One senior Q John Bahington, wrote and presented an f I original oration. Two sophomores and one freshman memorized and interpreted speeches written hy others. Two hoys, a senior and a sophomore, entered the field of extemporaneous speaking. Seven seniors participated in varsity debate on the subject of government ownership of the railroads. Viola Kemp, winning sub-district declaimer, chose for interpretation The Principles of Americanism . Through their study of the Constitution ot the United States, history students learn how American citizens gained the right to freedom of speech. Thus the Hiawatha His- tory Cluh in reading, discussing, and com- menting on present day affairs exercise this privilege of free speech. By learning more ahout their country the members also he- come better equipped to be citizens of a democracy. During the year, under the su- pervision of Miss Stroebel, memhers have not only discussed current events, hut have conducted the school hook store and have listened to guest speakers. Gordon Daun told the cluh interesting phases of Sault Ste. Marie history, and Miss Letha Stevens spoke on her Alaskan trip. The cluh also contributed a hook, The Life of Reverend John Clark , printed in l854, to the Carnegie Library. This spring the twenty-four active niemhers have been studying historical points on Mackinac Island in preparation for the fifth annual trip there. -65- The Keynote, Sault lligh School's hi-weekly newspaper, fosters freedom of expression and creative talent. As a medium of stu- dent opinion and ideas, the publication is written and edited wholly hy students from ,Q the four senior high grades under a mini- mum of faculty supervision. In the news- paper the many phases of school life arc mirrored, publicity is given to all school projects, and the worthy accomplishments of both student hody and faculty are re- cognized. Through the Keynote, members of the editorial staff learn many things: the art of dealing with people, cooperation, loyalty, promptness, the value of truth and accuracy, and the weakness and power of the written word.