Western High School - Occident Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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ls,-.A 5- FTER school opened in the fall the various classes were not long in or- , q ganizing and electing officers. The Seniors were first to organize and were closely followed by the Juniors and Sophomores. For the first Mr. Perkins' enthusiasm. The boys interested in work along wireless lines in October formed a club called the VVestern Radio Club. This club is under the di- rection of Mr. Crawford and has proved a tremendous success. Last fall a debating club was also created for the benefit of boys. This club has held various debates which have created much interest in the school and has proved to be a great help to the boys along that line. The girls, just as full of spirit and enthusiasm as the boys, formed a Dramatic club which has proved successful in every way. It is under the direction of Miss Bothe and Miss Merrill, who have made the work very interesting with the splen- did programs they have rendered at each of the meetings. A very pleasing variation in our Weekly routine of school Work was our general assemblies held on the Thursday of each Week. On this morning the whole student body took part in the school songs and then we were generally rendered a short talk by some one of interest to the whole school. Once a month we were favored with selections from cultured musicians. hTe first of these occurred on September 30, when Miss Gillies, of Flint, gave us a harp and song recital. On October 21, Miss Kometh sang several selections, while on November 18. Mr. Copeland favored us likewise. On March 2, Eric Gebessler displayed to us his great talent on the violin. Then la.st, but not least, Mr. Courtright's vocal recital which was made more interesting by his brief sketch of the course of study which he took up while in Germany. The first social function of the year was the Junior supper and hop, Which was given October 23, and which proved to be a great success, as usual. Having had'a very successful football team last fall which showed great cour- age and grit, the business men of the west side thought they deserved some sort of a treat and accordingly on the eighth of December they banqueted the fellows royally at the Wenonah hotel. It was not only the business men, however, who displayed their appreciation of the boys' earnest endeavors, but a'so the Home Economics Girls, who gave them a banquet on December 15. On January 10 the dignified Seniors observed Freak day. and dropped their dignity and went back to their childhood days. A very pleasing program was rendered in which all Seniors took part, making it a general success. The Senior girls. after having decided to present the football team with blan- kets, gave a musicale February 4th in the auditorium of the school. There was a large attendance and the girls made enough money to pay for the blankets. VVith the aid of the girls' physics class the Wireless Club made a success of their Electrical Carnical, which was given February 18th. Innumerable electrical ap- pliances were run in the different rooms and proved of great interest to all the spectators. At the close of the carnival a one-act farce entitled A Close Shave , was enacted by the boys, and music was rendered by the Physics Sympathy 'Z fit A3N ! ll ij time in our school history the Freshman c'ass was organized, due to ll' 'l Orchestra. In March the Seniors decided to give a play and Mr. Perkins thought it ad- visable to give tree one-act plays instead of one three-act play. The plays were as follows: T EA CUPS. Cast. Professor Paulding, recently gone over to a belief in theosophy. . . Pamela Paulding, Professors sister ................................ Nellie Paulding, Professor's daughter . .. Arthur Stanford, in love with Nellie .... Harry Anderson, alias Nil-vahma Joki .... 58 . Homer Nickols . . .. Eva Tiffin Fern Saunders .. . Julius Kaiser . Miles Bristol