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Spotlight ofSPONSORED BY THE SENIOR CLASS

No. 8 Friday February 10 195 - Harbor Springs Michigan

Casting For JuniorPlay ._Comes Up

February 20thCasting of the Junior play

Brother Goose" will be Monday,eb .20. t will be prjisented thevening of March 3,1 at 8 pm. Tryuts will be had; then those chosn will have a week in which to

ecome acquainted with the parts.Mrs. ~ n will direct the play

nd is looking forward to seei ngnumber of Juni ors out for the

irst meeting.The play is centered around

eff, "Brqther Goose" who haseveral brothers and sisters. Theousekeeper quits and the sitution is intriguing to say theeast. Everyone wants to marryeff but his flock of "geese" haveo be considered. All the parts areood; there is no leading role.

All Juni ors come help "Brothr Goose" herd his flock ofgeese ."

Skates - Skates

Wanted

Everybody got skates? Someh a v e n ' t - I f you have a pairtoo small, or if you are too old,just bring them to school forsomeone who can ' t buy them.

Studen t CouncilGarth Holiday.

omorrow

re m nTomorrow ev ,ening as you drift in to the gym on a

cloud you will find yourself in dreamland. Before entering each young lady will be given a t iny cloud program. The gym will be transformed intu a wonderlandof sparkling glitter, dust and waves of blue and whitestreamers. Those who will greet you a t the entrancewill be Mr. and Mrs. Irish, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Mr. andMrs. Griffeth -and Patricia Marshall and Dick Troup. Youwill drift and dream among swishy blue, green, pink,black, aqua, white, yellow skirts of taffeta, satin and silk.Boys that you see everyday in blue jeans and flannelshirts will really take your ey ,e with their polished look,sharp ties, and neat ly pressed suits. A six piece orchestra, Traverse City High School Band, will present a fulleyening of soft, dr ,eamy music. Punch and cookies willbe served. Mr. Haynes will be there all evening to takepictures of couples.

This wonderful ev ,ening will begin at 8: 3(r and thedancing will be over at midnight.

The Juniors have been working hard on this bigevent of the year so le t 's all show our appreciation by at .tending.

Ther ,e has been a slight misunderstanding that noSophomore or Freshman can go to -Hop unless invitedby a jun ior or S en i or . This is not so, any one in highschool can attend the ] -Hop. t is the s tudent in theseventh or eighth grade that can not go unless invitedby a Junior or Senior.

See you in dreamland

Mel Johnston los t th ou ght that Mel would be ableMel Johnst on, Harbor's star to play o nce more. Mel practiced

guard was lost from the Rams bas- a little Monday before a.n examketball squad because of a heart ination by Dr. Miller but it provailment brought on by the over- ed to be too much strain on hisexcitement of the Charlevoix heart. Under orders of the Doctorgame. However , with treatments Mel will not ~ able to finish outfrom Dr . E. E. Miller, and as the season w1th the Rams.much rest as possible, it was I Tough break, Mel

Harbor Rams

Score Two WinsOur Ha r bor Rams finally got

their first taste of win. They gotthat taste when they beat Mancelona 3

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Would You WriteFor A Trip?

Hugo Nelson, State Repre sentative-, Emmet District, has askedthe students of Emmet and Cheboygan counties to write essays .For the last five years Mr . Nel son

has had only Seniors write onsome pertinent question and ha sgiven the winners a trip to Lansing where they attended thesemi-finals and the finals of theState High School basketballch a mpionship games. They wereWHAT WILL THE NEXT WAR BRING? i aken on a tour of the Michigan

What will a war in five years mean to girls who ar e .State College, the State Building ,now in high school? Do you remember the pattern of the and the Capitol.last war? Girls said good-' ,bye to sweethearts or married This year Mr. Nelson is, for the

fi r s t time, letting any student inhurriedly, often mistakenly, and said good-bye to hus- the ninth, tenth, eleventh andbands. The romance of lonliness, waiting, and hoping twelfth grades participate . Fourstepped out of the magaiines into real life. On this best essays will be selected from eachprovmg ground of all, it was prov ed much more painful school and from the thirty sentth .an romanti'c Th h th tel t' in from all the schools, three. en t ere were e egrams repor mg winners will be selected . All thethe dead and miss ing -no glamour there. Many young essays must be judged and thewomen sought the larger Cities and the many war-plant four top ones sent in to Mr. Neljobs. In their spare time they helped the Red Cross and son not later than March 4.in the USO centers. Many joined the women's services, The subje-ct to be written on isthe WACs, th W A YEs or : WAFs. While efficiency "The Economic Value of Good

d d ' I d d d Th Roads in Michigan," and "W h ystan ar s went up, mora stan ar s went own. IS A B 'd Sh ld Sh ld t. n ge . ou or ou nowill, most probably, happen agam. be Built Across the Straits of

Th 'II f ' b d'ff Mackinaw"e next war WI , o course, e I ' erent In many , ways. One of the most important differences will be the I The essay must contain notb ttl d It ht } b th t th 'll b more than 500 words. t must bea egroun mig e a s ~Y e ~ ano _er ~ r WI e 1 ypewritten or legibly written infaught on the ~ o r t hAmencan contment. That sus . Once

1ink. All essays will be judged on

we had rationmg, but what would we, the women a t .neatness , spelling , grammar, comhome do if food were as scarce as it was in Europe. War jposition, and o r i g i n ~ l i t y i n n ~ r sbring an invading army, miltary control, destruction, from all schools Will be notified

d f . b k d by March 13.poverty a n want, I It comes to our own ac oor.Remember, the subjec t -"The

Don't brush off talk about war. It may be bigger Economic Value of Good Roads in

than you think

"TO BRIDGE OR NOT TO BRIDGE"The big public improvement question, in Michigan,

right now is the Mackinaw bridge project. Is it, or is not

possible, profitable, and definitely wanted by the people.I

Michigan an d \ Wh y . a BridgeSh ould or Should Not be BuiltAcross the Straits of Mackinaw."Get your essay in and win thattrip for yourself

8th Grade Party~ H iPat ." "Why Hello, Bill.

Say why weren't you at the party? ' ' 'What party?" "Why theparty they had for the 8th grade

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We, in our resort area, ar.e especially interested because we wonder, "will the bridge give us more resort

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Mich i.gan , . fhere was so much to do. First

I f the bridge is built, it will provide employment in of all we went ice skating backth i s area for m 1 1 d' h . of the school. 'nhey had music forany peop e, 1nc u mg us, w o are new m us to skate too. When we became jhigh school. Those people who usually travel 'between tired , we came inside and had Potatothe Upper and Lower Peninsulas will be much aided by refreshments. There was squarethe saving of time, and other people would be more lia- and round dancing for us . We Growersble to trav 'e.l b th t d f th U 1 1 Th really had fun. Mr . Hoffmeyero o an rom e pper enmsu a. e I d M ' c t th t E hb d f bl f I

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Why HarborSprings ShouldHave A RecreationCenter

Eric Thomas

Residents of the town wouldsurely pay a little extra taxes ifthey knew it was going where itwould do 'the most good, that isthe reason why we should have arecreation center in HarborSprings. Everybody is for the id eaand it should go over better thanit did before. Students would goto the center instead of hangingaround downtown thinking ofsome kind of mischief to do. Thisrecreation center would surely bean improvement for the Harb orSprings student body and grown-

Have you tr i ed to do anythingon a week night after you havegone to tow

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Sun-Sprite

CYD CHARI SSE, soon to he seeni n M-G-M's " Te n s i o n , " haslearned the a r t of re laxat ion.Brisk sea air and warm sunshinecombined with mild exercise isCyd's favorite pick-me-up.

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SPOTLIGHT OF 50 Friday, February 10, 1950

Four Mixed Armistice Commissions, each with a UnitedNations Representative as chairman, are on the job inPalestine to help Israel and her neighbors maintain thepeace they agreed upon a year ago with U.N. help. At left, ;;;; {%Q.{\'MAC members look over the ruins of a tank. At right, theysupervise the reclamation of soldiers' bodies f r o ~un m a r 'eddesert graves where they were tem}Joranly bur1ed.

Pro Or ConShall we or shall we not have

compulsory military training inthe United States? This was thequestion the speech class , had asits topic for its first panel discussion. t went after it with hammer and tongs,

Burt Lamkin, Eric Thomas andMel Johnston had the affirmativewith Allene Stolt, Roger Planck,and Garth Holiday on the negative side. Judges were: Linda,

John and T h e r e~ a .The discussion started off rath

er slowly for it was our first panel and all participants were nervous and unsure of themselves.However, they soon warmed totheir subject. In fact, it becameso warm by the end of the period some people were nearlyscorched

The discussion was continuednext day and was opened to theclass who took full advantage ofthe opportunity. t was still goi.ngstrong when the period ended. Infact it was continued out in thehall However , it was decided the

discussion had gone far enoughand was dropped. While the classdidn't settle any weighty problems, it was exceedingly interest-

ing and started the class on discussions. We are to continue thistype of work in using problems ofteen-agers and sociological problems of adults.

ff the RecordI'll Walk Alone-Gar th Holi-

day.Johnson Rag-Al lene Stolt.Dry B o n e s - B to logy ClassSomebody Loves M e - P e g ~

L ow ry.- 01 Ro c king Chair Has Got Me~ e n Gerred.

Beautiful Ohio-Miss Coats.I G ot A Million Dollar B a b y -

Steve Mulder.Skaters' Wa U z - G y m Classes

(more fun)Temptat i on - To skip school.Time On My Hands - Carol

Herrick .Country Boy-Bi l l SmithThis Can' t Be Love - Gary

Hahn.I Can Dream, Can't - G i r l s

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danc e if she is sitting a dance outwith one boy, only if she is witha group.

f the boy is introduced to agirl between dances, he shouldalways ask her for the next dance.

Cutting in on the same boy allevening is n ot permissable, norcan a boy cut back on th e boywho took his partner away . Infact, cutti n g in isn't done at theJ- H op.

Evening dr es ses which lookw ell w h ile dancing should beworn , but remember, girls , theyshould b e appropriately made andcolored according to season.

Corsages are nice to give, butbe sure you know the color ofh e r dress and her preference inflowers.

B oys sh ould take their dateshome wh e n ever she wishes. fyou take her home on time, youwill make a hit with her parents .

, Couples , as they are leaving,should find the chaperons andspon sors and express their thanksfor the evening .

Fall Down a.nd Go BoomHo w many of you can't skate?

Well , he re 's your chance to learn .W e have a wonderful skating

rink out back of school on theo ld football field. t is under thesupervi s ion of Mr. Newman andMr. Baker. Some of the olderstudents in high school have beentaking care of it during noonh our, after school , and on Saturday m o rning.

f we will give our full coopera-1 ti on t o th o se who are taking carejof it, no throwing snow or goingon it when th e signs say "Stay

, Off ,' ' we will have a skating rinkto use all winter .

ImprovementsOf The School

Many students have been asking why we do not have morephysical improvements in theschool. The sch ool in the last few

years has done a great amount ofimproving . Some of these were:

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The athletes and gym classes Griffetht would be an insurmountable Companyob , and woud cost quite a sum of

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Some other improvements thatwould help are: a lar.ger library,a better stage, a new curtain , beLter lighting, and adequate dressing rooms, class rooms are usednow.

.All of these things cannot bedone at once , in add ition to money, time is an added element. feveryone of the students helpedin taking care of the school property , we as a whole would improve he appearance of what wehave now. How about it

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A "Queen for a Day" will bechosen Monday by secret ballot.f anyone who does n ot bow up

on meeting the ' 'Queen" in theclassrooms or halls on Tuesday ,

John D. Holiday

You Call We'll ComePHONIE M

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