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

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i. :-, ,V ,., . ffl a i pi v , .. Q. ' -.-A - -. 1 Top Row' -Schwartz, Blugerman, Shiffman, Mclienney, Dosey. Caldwell, Gavrilla. 2nd Row--Hodges, Halsey, Cain, Higgins, Hansen, Altman. Zoch. Miss Bachers. 3rd Row--Cummings, Volpe. Love, Bretz, Whiting, Russian, Jensen, Bedell, Torreano -ith Row+McTavish, Plenda, Bristol, Fagan, Pike, Lawton, Hall, Rhodin, Richaids. Cercle Francais O produce and further interest in France, her language, and her peo- ple, is the aim and purpose of Le Cercle Francais. Under the adviser- ship of Miss Mildred Bachers, who is espec ially qualified by reason of extensive trave and study in France, many interesting ingo- grams were held during the year. X Several members of the f a c u l t y gave' talks on their experiences in France. A' joint meeting in the form of a Christmas party was held with the Junior College French Club, and later in the semester the students of German, who are anticipating a like organization, met with Le Cercle Francais for a joint session. At this meet- ing, Miss Sadie Cnossen, who had just returned from India, talked on the beauty and the in y s t i c i s ni of that fascinating country. The beauty spots of France, Italy, Xand Switzerland were the subjects of a 'avel lecture given by Ronald Larzelere ,rly in December. At one of the winter f exetings, Elvin Tupper and Miriam Hall 'spoke to the club on Versailles, its history and architecture, interspersing their talks with illustrations of its palace and parks. I- gGirls of the French Club participated in the carnival, selling carnations in the halls during both nights. All students of French IV or higher may become members of this organization. The meetings are conducted entirely in French, which adds distinction to all the club programs. OFFICERS President - - - Vice-President Secretary - Treasurer Adviser n - - George Lawton - Fred Fagan - Adelaide Pike - - Miriam Hall Miss Mildred Bachers 1 I Page Eiglity-eight

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' l lf ' Q mr hs' i '5.i it Top Rowfliolmes, Starkey, Goodrich. Daniels, Dove. Neal, Dixon, Bachrach, McTavish, Mr. Smith. 2nd Row fStevens, Williamson, Urquhart, Auslander. Dunlap, NVa1:er. Artinian. Kirkendall, Fink, Miller, Bolton, Sandorf. 3rd Row-Miss Palmer, Campbell, Russell, Stulberg, Lamb, Nelson, Brask. Allen, Bachrach, Boylan Croul, Zabriskie, Martin. -ith Row--Bailey, Smith, Mengel. Thrift, Derderian, McKenney, Antes. White, Dorsey. Polutnik, Koyle, Weinberger. Kent. Miss Vai-son, History Club IVIDED into a European and world history section, and a United States history section, the History Club has ably carried on its program of stim- ulating and promoting interest in histo These groups meet every two weeks unde separate chairmen and once a month iii a combined group under the president. Many of the members have entered 'a contest sponsored by the League of Nations Association, the first prize of which is trip to Europe, and have submitted essays on the Paris Peace Pact in another contest. Miss Sadie Cnossen, of the language de- partment, talked to the club on India, il- lustrating her talk with a number of ar- ticles she collected while teaching there. ' In February, George E. Buchanan's trip Alaska and Canada, illustrated in pic- re form, was shown to the club members. hat month they also sponsored a talk by Professor Carl Pray of the Michigan State Normal College. In the spring the members spent an en- 'oyable time inspecting Henry Ford's his- torical New England village. The last so- cial event of the year was the picnic in June. OFFICERS President Vice-President - Secretary Treasurer Advisers - - Ralph McKenney Ruth Dorsey Esther Martin Joe Starkey - Miss Sadie Palmer, Ross Smith, Miss Nina Varson Ii'i'1r 1 Page Eighty-seven

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A - l t . 4 Q mr 1-f rl wr or Top Row-Marshall, Dosey, Thomsson, Wicks, Hamlin, Simpson, Fagan, Blugerman, 2nd Row-Kirkendall, Morrison. Craig, Ruhling, Love, O'Donnell. Nunn, Ihnken. P' T lb H h T N n McCl ar M Cause Shaw ell. Purdie. 3rd Row- ierce, a erg, ug son. upper, orma , e y, c ' y. in 4th Row-Meek, Wiandt, Brackett. Kent, Brown, Chaney, Starkey, Manderfield. Little Theatre OR the second consecutive year, the Little Theatre has shown that its members are living up to their club purpose, To encourage the develop- ment of taste for the finest things in dra- ma, by winning the silver cup, presented by the Federation of Clubs to the club pro- . ducing the best play in the All-School Cdm- plays written by its members. In January, the club members held a parents' night at which three plays were staged: Will o' the Wisp, by Doris Holman, The Rising of the Moon, by Lady Gregoryg and Secrets, an original play by Madge Mc- Clleary, a member of the club. A second tparents' night in Mav proved to be equally - - ,. ,, ccessful. edy' Theuwmnmg. play' The Baku S fYp'glllDuring the carnival, the Little Theatre prentice, was wrltten by Donald Bracliett, president of the Little Theatre, and was en- acted by the club members. Their play last year was Three Bags of Millet Seed, by Mrs. Lightner of Detroit. The past year has been one of real ac- complishment for the Little Theatre, and is the first year that the club has produced managed a booth of articles from the senior shop, while some of the members sold H. P. football pom-poms in the halls. A dinner- dance in May at the Detroit Yacht Club, and a picnic at the vice-president, B u r r i l l Brown's, cottage in June were the two out- standing social events of the spring and summer. OFFICERS President - - Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Adviser - - - Donald Brackett - Burrill Brown - Elizabeth Kent Miss Elizabeth Hunt U-1.4 I Page Eighty-nine