Highland Park High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Highland Park, MI)

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1 1 rears 1 icvmw V r.1.,mw - F l Top Ron-f-Dorsey, McQueen. Pocklingtun, LuRore, Monrhousc, Wheitlauf. Front Row-- Cheavrini, Crow, Weitlauf, Wicks, Blake, Card. O Wings if INGS, a club organized to pro- Upon the withdrawal of Mr. Hopper, the mote interest in aviation in gen- eral and gliding in particular, has been extremely active during the past year. In October a S50 ider kit, the result of a winning bet onith question of membership, was presented to 'the club members by Mr. Harry Karcher, president of the All-American Glider Association. Many hours have been profitably spent in the last semester in studying and manipu- lating this kit. A year ago last fall Wings was or- ganized, after a campaign for members, with Mr. Brownlow Hopper as adviser. club was placed under the supervision of Carl Dorsey, head of the vocational depart- ment,.who is its present leader. Participants in the tivities of Wings are gathered 'from thibie most interested in aviation. N . . Among the many entertaining events blanned for its members was a trip to the Ford airport at the time of the air derby. It was a thrilling experience for all who went, especially for two of the members who were privileged to participate in a short flight in one of the planes used in the derby. Gliding was the clubys most out- standing activity during the spring and early summer. OFFICERS President Vice-President - . Corresponding Secretary Treasurer - - Adviser - - Helen Wicks - Maxwell Blake Clare Pocklington - Alban LaRose Carl Dorsey y - I 121.13 ' I Pnrre Ninety-three

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1 1 f up n.w,ii,xl1s am.: af Top Row-Berger, Casarotto, Donaldson. Sullivan, Rech, Whitcomb, Baxter. 2nd Row+Carlson, Olowich, Mrs. Maholland, Martin. Van Fleet. 3111 Row7Ruttan, Schaffer, Calln-ler, Kraatz. liainl. Rolling LANNING wardrobes, baggage, nec- essary funds, learning to buy tickets, and becoming acquainted with the Stones to Scandinavia was discussed by Miss Mar- aquita Wallin, while the club traveled through many of the delightful pleasure aypangenqent of 3, train, are all nec- YY,SpQl'.S of Italy M1'S. Flora MahOllaHd. essary things when traveling, even on-ian imaginary trip, according to the Hgollig Stones. If a foreign country is thei de ti- nation, a passport is the first thing to 3 siderg after which they study the custo s and geography of the country, all the ti . while traveling, living up to their mottog! Rolling Stones gather no moss, but take on a fine polish. As often as possible, some one who has traveled extensively is obtained to speak to the club on different phases of travel or of the sights and customs of some inter- esting, out-of-the-ordinary places. A trip The, Philippine Islands were the subject of a. talk by Mr. Joseph Mattson, who inter- spersed. his lecture with beautiful illustra- ti'ons. ' Two social affairs were planned during the year: a Hallowe'en party, and a spring KE ,inentertainment in the form of a picnic. Of credit to this growing organization is the fact that their Detroit Creamery booth at the carnival was one of the most successful of all activities, while their original skit, Punkin Holler Depot, had the distinction of opening the program of the All-School Comedy this year and was awarded second place. OFFICERS President - - - - - Frank Callendar Vice-President - Roger Sullivan Secretary-Treasurer - - Helen Ruttan Adviser - Mrs. Flora Maholland I 'J . .- 4 I Q 0 Page Ninety-two

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. , V I llll EH l-Em. ,- Top Rowe-Webster, Semerjian. Phillips, Nunn, Barker. 2nd How'-Hallio, Miss Benjamin. Marriott, McCorquoLlale. Czuiley, Scott. O promote interest in biology and to encourage and f 0 s t e r independent thinking is the purpose of the Biol ogy Club, which is composed of a proximately eleven members this sem i At the meetings of this society 'H -ic take place every other Wednesday, . ter esting club discussions are held and mf - sionally noted speakers entertain the gro WF: Miss Anna Benjamin of the science depart- Cuitis Barker, Marie Cauley, and Sophia Ha was also appointed. 1 committee prepared an interesting t nment schedule for the semester. the most enjoyable features of it we e a onservation program given March 26, an li talk on birds given by G .E. Van L on F i- ad of the language department, on . y 7 . nother entertaining feature of the .513 ep., ester was the b i rd trip taken Biology Club 'MII B l iii h as w 1' ment was chosen by the members of the club as their new adviser, at one of the meet- ings in February. At this meeting a per- manent program committee composed of Palmer Park on May 21. As an ap- propriate ending of their numerous good times, a farewell program has been planned for June 18. OFFICERS President - ---- Muriel Marriott Vice-President - Burnice Webster Secretary - Doris MacCorquodale Treasurer - - Abraham Caplan Adviser Miss Anne Benjamin 1 ' ' 1 I ' z Page Ninety-four