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

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ST. CLAIR HIGH IN THE FUTURE A great change will take place for the student of St. Clair High quite soon. Not only one great change but many, so many in fact, that school will seem a very differ- ent thing from what it has been this year. The new building will be, as our former places have not been, a comfortable, healthy, and inspiring place to study. ft will be comfortable because of being evenly heated and having plenty of room ; healthy for the rooms will be properly lighted and ventilated, and inspiring be- cause of its artistic and beautiful appearance. In the past we have seen that there were not enough subjects offered, and because of this students did not have much choice. This will not be the case next year for there will be many new courses added to those we already have. The new ones will include manual training, which instructs boys to do skilled hand-work, house-hold arts in which girls are taught the best methods of cooking, sewing, and caring for a home, and physical education will be given to all pupils. Courses will also be offered in commercial work, agriculture, and art. St. Clair High School has often fallen down in its out- side activities because it has lacked a place suitable for practice and presentation. One branch of these activities is athletics, but next year in the gymnasium will be found a first class setting for this important phase of school life. Again, whenever the school has desired to put on a play or entertainment it has bee n unable to do it successfully be- cause of lack of a proper place for carrying out anything of the sort. The High School auditorium will remedy this and one could not wish for a better place for the purpose. It will have a large stage, plently of scenery, seat a large audience, and will meet all other requirements that an up-to-date auditorium should. The music department, which has formerly been handicapped for a proper room, will also be well provided for in the new school. With all of these improvements we are sure to have more plays

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duty, and knowledge of this kind would help considerably toward giving a just decision and weighing point for point. In any public meeting one is able to state his views in a masterly and clear way. Much knowledge and good thoughts are lost because of someone not feeling com- petent to say what he thinks. When before the public it gives one a bearing of confidence and ease, which he would not otherwise attain. Debating gives one the knowledge to know what is right or wrong and to figure out and suggest remedies or solutions. Debating is an educational pleasurable work. —ARNOLD METTIG ’23 THE ORCHESTRA The members of the orchestra were called together and a rehearsal was held Monday, October 1st. Dr. Francis Bacon directed the orchestra. During the pro- gress of the meeting the following officers were elected: President; Lawrence Autterson; Business Manager, Reed Jerome; Assistant Business Manager, Charles Moore. Rehearsals were voted to be held on Monday night of each week, throughout the year. About the first of the year, Dr. Bacon left. The work as director was assumed by Miss Mary Stewart, music teacher. Short ly after “Cappie Wilson, director of the University of Michigan Varsity Band, took charge of the orchestra for the remainder of the year and rehearsals were held on Thursday of each week at 12:30 p. m. The following were enrolled in the orchestra at the beginning of the year; First Violins, Aileen Wolvin, Laura Kelley, Myra Goodrich, Evelyn Watson, Vernoma Wilson, John Cyman, Lewis Werner, John Hart, Louis Paulis. Trombone, Charles Moore. First Cornet, Justin Munger. C. Melody Saxophone, Frederick Gliem, and Lawrence Autterson. Drums, Kenneth Chamberlin. Piano, Reed Jerome. This year Frederick Gliem, Lawrence Autterson, Justin Munger, Laura Kelley, Aileen Wolvin, John Cyman and Louis Werner are leaving, but we are confident that next year ' s orchestra will be larger and better, although the orchestra this year was the best and largest that the High School has yet had. We feel that the success of the orchestra is largely due to Dr. Bacon, who took a great interest in the orchestra, and with the cooperation of the members made it what it was. — L. AUTTERSON, ’22.

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and musicals in the future and if equipment and room counts, as it surely does, the entertainments will be much better than those we have had. Many other advantages, too numerous to mention here, will come as a result of the new building, and St. Clair’s educational futu re sure seems bright. We who are to graduate are s ' orrv that we cannot en- joy the new surroundings that will mean so much toward a better education. Nevertheless, we hope that those who are the lucky ones will profit well and will make the most of their opportunity which we have chanced to miss. LAWRENCE POWERS. An Appreciation Everyone who has anything to do with St. Clair High knovvs that our school would not be of the same excellent quality without the interest and services of our good friend Mr. David Akred. Hence, we, the Class of ’22, herewith express our appreciation of him and wish him the best that the years can bring. Commencemen t PROGRAM JUNE I8th-24th SUNDAY, June 18th, — Baccalaureate. MONDAY and TUESDAY, June 10th and 20th, — “The Captain of Plymouth” A comic opera in three acts. W EDNESDAY, June 21st — Class Day. THURSDAY, June 22nd — Commencement. FRIDAY, June 23rd, Senior Reception. SATURDAY, June 24th Alumni Banquet.