Three Rivers High School - Reflector Yearbook (Three Rivers, MI)

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Gmail e . ieJH'Z5lfE'6F'e9n- cc Lima I Class Constitution PREAMBLE E, the 1932 graduates of Three Rivers High School, in order to' form a more perfect class, establish justice, insure the domestic tranquility of the teacher, provide for the common defense of school epidemics, de- mote the general warfare between classes and secure the blessings of freedom to ourselves and underclassmen, have ordained and established this Constitution for the students of Three Rivers High School. ARTICLE I Section l. The Legislative powers shall be vested in the class as a whole and a Congress. ' Section 2. The members of Congress are chosen by the class for a period of one year but can be re-elected. There is no age limit but the oflicer must be a member of the class by whom be is chosen. ' Section 3. Congress shall assemble only when important business necessi- tates and in a speciied place. i ARTICLE II Section l. The Executive power shall be vested in a President and his cabinet. At no time will he receive compensation nor be exempt from any classes. Section 2. I-Ie shall have power to appoint any minor committees or of- ficials and also be considered a member of Congress. . Section 3. I-Ie shall, from time to time, give information to the class and recommend necessary measures: he shall receive the class spade when a Junior and present it when a Senior. ' ARTICLE III i Section 1. The Judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court, the principal, and an inferior court, the class advisor. They shall hold their offices for an unlimited time and receive various compensation. Section 2. The judicial power shall extend to all cases involving the con- stitutionality of the dances, class cutting, chalk throwingg in cases involving controversies between interclassmen, a teacher and a classman, or between pupils of the same class. Section 3. Acting as attorney general and in conjunction with the Su- preme Court is the class advisor. All cases have a fair trial and the verdict is final: it cannot be appealed. BILL OP RIGHTS CNot to be infringed upon by underclassmenj The Seniors are the only ones who can claim to be dignified but seem slightly unbalanced: can be the first to march out of assemblyg can go up the stairs the wrong way, can spring Worn out jokesg can laugh at own clever' do- ings: can be called out of classes for annual work: can go to sleep in class: can skip physics lab., can read newspapers in assembly: can be tardy with an admitg can be entertained at a prom by class of '33: can give two plays in '32 and re- ceive diplomas at 1932 Commencement. ' Catherine Hanley. 1 QBEUE 'lG'5L53?iQ5X3-'WVTT T TCT E TWT Page Nineteen

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-it ll e - - -e -ee.e ngbfo-more ----1-.a.1-a- uejfo 443' KATHRYN WELLS College Preparatory Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion. Annual Staff. ........ .... 3 -4 D. S. Club ...... ..,..... 2 -3-4 Skidding .,,............. Once There Was a ' Princess ............... 4 Orchestra ...,.,.,.... 1-2-3-4 Campfire Girls ........... 1-2 The Fire Prince ......... 3 Honor Scholarship .... .... 4 DORIS WHITED Commercial For she was just the quiet kind 'whose 'nature 'newer -varies. H. E. Club ........ 1 Chorus ............ .... 1 -4 Palmer Certificate LELA WITHERS College Preparatory I do but sing because l must, and pipe but as the linnets sing. Annual Staff ............... 4 D. S. Club ,....... ...... 2 -3-4 KATHRYN WHITBECK College Preparatory ln her 'vary quietness thcrc is cl1arm. D. S. Club ............... 3-4 Chorus ...........,... 1-2-3-4 Interclass Sports ........ . .1 JEANETTE WING Commercial Little bits of light and laughter have made this pleasant girl. The Swan .....,........, 4 Orchestra ........ D. S. Club ....... Honor Attendance ...... Honor Scholarship Girls' Sports Club .... . Palmer Certificate MYRTLE WOOD General 1-3-4 2-3-4 1-3-4 3 ...3 Just being happy is good 'worlc and true. The Fire Prince? ......... 3 Cho,-Us ,.,..,,.,,,.,,,,,, 1.2 Chorus ........... , . .... 1-2 Campfire Girls .... .... 1 -2 T. C. Club .......... .... 1 Interclass Sports . . . . . . .2 PAUL YINGER College Preparatory In action faithful and in . honor clear. South Haven ........... 1-2-3 Track .... ..... .... . . 4 The Swan .. ... .4 Macaw 4 or o r - - who mr MSN Pa ge Eighteen,

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fw- Gkisu ' E . ameayfc-Qii,9t,, g neifgyy, Salutatory HE CLASS OF 1932 wishes to extend a whole-hearted welcome to each one of you: to our parents, whose efforts have made our graduation possi- ble: to our teachers whose co-operation and helpful advice have meant so much to us: and to our friends who are assembled here tonight. The interest you have taken in our problems and the help you have given us have made it possible for us to surmount great obstacles. Without these incentives for hard work our schooling would have been much less effective or it might even have been im- possible for us to reach this commencement. We fully realize that in this period of economic disorder our education becomes doubly necessary for future success, and success after a-ll is the goal which we all strive to attain. Success to the average person means the acquisition of wisdom and friends. Contentment and friendships are acquired through the medium of wisdom: therefore it is the most important. We can be certain that if we can but find wisdom, everything else worthwhile will come to us. Seek ye first the good things of the mind, Bacon admonishes us, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt. In other words, truth will not give us wealth, but it will give us freedom. Man continually seeks after this thing called truth but seldom finds it. Many of those who are within easy reach of it do not recognize the opportunity even when it should be most obvious to them. Education helps us in this quest for the real truth, which has been defined as the best that you can get with your best endeavor, the best that the best men accept. First, in order to derive the greatest benefit from our schooling it is neces- sary to understand the true purpose and meaning of education. Sir William Osler has stated that The hardest conviction to get into the mind of a beginner is that the education upon which he is engaged, is not a high school course, but a life course, for which the work of a few years under teachers is but a prepara- tion. This preparation is the thing in which we are most interested at the pres- ent time, since some of us have just completed it, and the remainder have reached an important milestone. It is extremely important. Our success or failure in life depends on the training before the start and on our persistence or our staying powers. In most cases this training is more difficult to complete satisfactorily than the development of staying power. With a few people persistence is a natural characteristic, but with the ma- jority it can be acquired only through diligent labor. On the other hand, practi- cally everyone can become a good student with a little application to the task: many can become exceptional students, but the true scholar is also a student of man. As Emerson says, In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil. Hence there are two phases to the development of the intellect: The study of books and the study of men. The ideal student divides his time equally be- tween the two. Books give us facts and ideas which need to be tempered or perhaps revised by experience and contact with our fellowmen. The type of training given to the youth of a nation is one of the greatest of the factors which determines the progress and ideals of that nation. In earlier times, instruction in school was, and even to a great extent today, is a process of pumping facts into the passive minds of students, making of the mind merely Qgfau E E be me Sl ll' nsfggfpjg Page Twenty