The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-03
Pay Quickly For
Public Address
System
Members Named
by Many School
Groups

announced to the Council that the
Sound System had been purchased
from the r. c. A. Company, and that
installation had been started so the
auditorium would be wired for
sound in time for the graduation
exercises. The sound system cost
approximately $3.50
The officers were also elected In
May, and we're as follows: Jean
Johnston. president; Audrey Bea'
die. vice president, Catherine
cakes. secretary. and Raymond
Kingston, treasurer
When the new school year start
ed the officers and Miss Murray
met TO decide upon the sale Of bud
get tickets. The color for the tickets
were blue for the junior division,
red for the senior division. This
was the first project the Student
Council undertook for raising money
for general fund. over 500 tickets
were sold.
On the second OF October the
council met for the first time with
all the representatives having been
chosen from the home rooms and
classes. The council members for
the year were as follows: Class
representatives, Beth Rust and
Nerna Patrick. senior representa-
tives: Jean Miller and Thomas
Holdridge, junior class representa-
tives: Robert Moffett and Robert
Johnston. sophomore representa-
tives: William Holt and David Mic
oil, freshman representatives; Rich
ard Cazier and Barbara Orr, eighth
grade representatives; Jane Schock
and Joyce Hagen. seventh grade
representatives.
Home room Representatives were,
senior home rooms. Shirlee Briggs,
William Kruse, Shirley Tucker;
junior home rooms, Grace Cahours,
William Hughes, Barbara New
Combe, and Melvyn staebler; soph-
omore home rooms, Claud Hayes,
Robert Kuster, Betty 10 Needles,
Edith Steere; freshman home
rooms, Robert Bower. Max Heesch.
Mary Lou Metcah, and Alice South
ward; eighth grade home rooms,
Clyde Anderson, George Dawson,
John johnson, Jack Schafer, and
Marian Worden, and seventh grade
home rooms, Donald Briggs, Charles
Hamilton, George Helvey, Norman
Miller. and Clarice Teare.
The next thing the council did
vas to act as hosts and hostess for
the Open House during National
Education Week. The Council mem
bers acted as guides to the par
ents during their visit to the school.
The Council sponsored the All
School Comedy which brought them
a profit Of s151.60. Any school or
ganization, home room or clut could
enter and try out for one OF the
seven acts. Home room 300 won the
ten dollar prize for the best act.
The next big thing the Council
did was TO help with the Operetta
which was given by the music de-
partment, on February 81. The
Councils share was fifty per cent
OF the proceeds which amounted to
372.54.
The biggest undertaking OF the
year was the magazine sale which
started on March 13 and continued
through TO March "a. The home
rooms we're formed into teams and
the sale started off with "baAg."
The prizes were TO be for the win
ming team q luncheon at the Hotel
Huron and the afternoon off TO go
20 the show. The team that was
second TO the highest was to have
the afternoon off to attend motion
picture Teams that were second
in each division were to be ex-
cused at p. m to 90 to Superior
Dairy TO have treat. These were
home room, pol and 302. Individual
prizes amounting 10 $3.50 were also
given TO students who made the
most money for their school. The
total sale OF mazegines was s1,4s6.50
and the total profit after prizes and
expenses we're deducted was s4s6.-
50.
During the year the council also
received donations from various or
CARNATIONS. The GAO. sponsored
the faculty and senior basketball
game. which netted them $l9.45.
The physical education department
also sponsored a benefit basketball
game between the Detroit Lions
football team and the Auto Club
team OF Detroit. The council share
was 1890.
Various projects such as the sell
ing Of candy at the basketball
games and the ice cream machine
brought in extra money.
On April 81 the officers along
with Miss Murray had a meeting
with the school board and present.
ed them with the councils check
for $500. This payment finished
paying for the public address sys-
TEN with the exception OF 5000. The
Student Council Is to be commend
ed for their work because II was
expected four 10 five years would
be necessary TO complete payment
The Student Council sponsored
the speech department trips and
paid the other expenses that they
incurred.
Besides this they sponsored tbs
"Ypsi Sem" and sent six OF its mem
bers TO the Michigan InterscholastiC
Press Conference held In Ann Ar
Dor.
In October the Student Council
gave athletic equipment 10 the Sig
nal Corps Of the Ypsllanti Armory
who were encamped at Camp Beau
regard, Louisiana. The equipmen
consisted OF baseball equipment anC
basketbaA equipment. This equip
ment cost the Council fifty dol
lars.
nag pole and flag TO be erected ant
given by the Student Council somt
time in June.
BY Audrey Besdle
TRAILER LAS 9AeEMENT