St Clair High School - Clairvoyant Yearbook (St Clair, MI)

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W hy does this music die out? Why doesn’t this talent organize? Such questions came to Miss Blynn’s mind. “On with the dance and with this resolution she left for home. ith fall came the first meeting of the wits. There was Fred Gliem with his saxophone, Russ Mortinger a tenor worthy of note, Eloise ebster, Margaret Moore, Alma Radike ladies of the stage. There was Ralph Pel- ton with business written all over his face, Louie Durand entered with the length of his profile with poetry on his hp s . ' . l|j ‘‘A constitution,” cried the crowd. Miss Blynn full of delight chose John Cyrnan, Esther Tripp and Celia Zimmer to scribe out a chart. Officers as it were, John Cyrnan, president, Mary Allington, Vice-president, Ralph Pelton, Business Manager, Eloise Webster, Secretary, and Louis DurancJ Sergeant at Arms. President Cyrnan then called a meeting. Full of despair was he, there was a commo- tion in the crowd for no one knew what to call the new society. Webster’s dictionary nor Caesar’s fiction could supply a suitable name. Then Miss Johnston and Miss Blynn took the matter under their jurisdiction. A “Triangle” they called it. The Society was divided into three sections. Music- ians, Public Speakers and Dramatists taking their respec- tive angles. And thus the flower opened its blossoms, ready to be enjoyed by the High School students and the community. Numerous candidates proved their merits at our next meeting, among these Reed Jerome made himself popu- lar in the Society with his piano-logue. Glenn Buck played the piano with sensation, the applause bringing him back several times. Percy Cleland, who often amuses the aristocrats displayed his skill in drawing several of the popular figures of the town.. I he Society is opened to all of quality regardless of quantity. 1 he meetings are not conducted like those conducted by other organizations but somewhat on the order of a literary society with the exception that there is more variation in the program. The organization not only encourages the individual in His undertakings but it gives him a higher place in the minds of students, faculty and community. ARNOLD METTIG, Triangle Reporter.

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL On September 21st, ’21, nomination of officers for the St. Clair High School Student Council was held in the high school. On September 23rd the following were elected officers for the school semesters, ' 21 and ' 22. President — Frederick C. Gliem. Business Manager — Tryon Maclvor. Girls Commissioner on Buildings and Grounds — Mar- garet Moore (Sec.) Bovs ' Commissioner on Buildings and Grounds — Ralph Pelton. Girls’ Athletic Manager — Helen Robb. Boys’ Athletic Manager — Orville Chase. The purpose of such an organization is to handle all athletic activities and assists in keeping the grounds in good order. It has managed the Lyceum Courses for the pa t two years; it assumes all expenses of outside school activities, with prospects that it will close the season free of debt. The past school year has been exceedingly difficult to cope with but nevertheless, through co-operation, the or- ganization work was unusually well managed. FREDERICK C. GLIEM ’22. THE TRIANGLE June of 1921 was an inspiration to many idealistic people. Those who played produced tunes sweet and delicate, harmonizing in color, fragrance of flowers then in bloom. Humor, wit, tragedy, comedy flourished in literature. The stage was filled with actors playing their parts. Individuals came from out of their nooks and as- sembled for it was June, the closing of the school year. Oh, why doesn’t this merriment last throughout the year?

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DEBATE The debating teams this year met with disaster, for St. Clair suffered defeat in each case. The members of the teams were: Affirmative — Fred Gliem, Tryon Maclvor, Louis Durand. Negative — Arnold Mettig, Charles Moore, Ralph Pelton. The Affirmative debated Ferndale. The Negative debated Marine City twice, Ferndale and Birmingham. Nevertheless, a losing team gains more good from a debate than the winners, as the losing trio is excited to greater efforts and also puts the members on their guard. They are also benefited by the criticism received in regard to the weak points. Although defeated, the teams real- ize the untold advantage gained by having debated. De- bating is work from which we gain pleasure in the doing. There is a feeling of the exciting — of a contest. It’s not a contest of might, but a contest of brains against brains. Although it takes an immense amount of work, the pleas- ure attached offsets a greater part of it. The climax or the real debate itself provides thrills that are well worth the task of preparation. Debating is worth more than any other educational course, and is fast coming into notice. Debating and public speaking as a part of the school work are increasing daily. Debating is a wonderful developer of the intellect. It teaches us to think quickly and say what we wish to say in simple words and sentences. Besides considerably enlarging our vocabulary, it brings us in touch with great problems, as we are able to talk intelligently on about any subject, for one apparently small undertaking, we find upon investigating, includes great areas of the world ' s knowledge. W hen preparing for a debate we obtain the inside knowledge of and find a great amount of material concern- ing something we thought very simple, and having formed our opinion beforehand we may change it entirely after having progressed a little way. Therefore besides broad- ening the mind intellectually, it is broadened in the sense that we speak of as broad minded. That is, one is taught to look on both sides of an issue with equal fairness. The knowledge gained by debating is used in every phase of life. One is sometimes called upon to do jury