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

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Barbara Lee, Editor-in-chief of Spectator tor the lirst semester. HE past xi ! . a year of changes for the S Early in the fall l 'ear has been R peclnlor 1 t IC new stall: in le ' ' linin '. A ac L a mild attempt at stream g lhc inast head was moved and the names were taken out, banner headlines were instituted, bylines were given, and Column rules on the second page were removed. Another change came in the spring, when the Spec was rolled right out of Room l08 by the advancing wheel ol' progress. It has been just twenty years since the Spec had moved into that room which became not Room l08, b ' ' ut the Spec Office. First hour each morning sees th publications clas s gathered a r o u n d th e table tie!! to riqhtlz Beryl White, Mary Io Wright, Edna Iohnson, Iac- queline Kurkie, H u g h Kennedy. Miss Loomis lad- viserl, Ther e s a Iuros, Lois Wheat- I . ey, Floraine Frank, Faith Bennett, Bar' bara Lee, Marian McKinnon, Grace Moore. 6 Checking on assignments for the Spectator are reporte rs llett to rightl Bob Krause, Elizabeth Neqle, Alice Dickinson, and Patsy Finsterwald.

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SPEECH Ell TESTS ONORS galore came to entrants in the annual forensic contest this year. Contestants orated, 'ideclaimedj' extemporized, and dramatized their way straight to the hearts ol the judges, who awarded Hrst- or second-place honors in all divisions to Highland Park. For the first time HP won three hrsts in the city-wide contest. Tom Stonehouse, Alice Shamie, and Betty Sole took top honors in declamation, dramatic reading and extempore speaking. Betty Sole, winner over four other HP contestants in the extempore speaking contest, also placed first in the district. Her subject was i'Social Security in the Post lVar lN7orld, an origi- nal seven-minute speech which she was given just an hour to prepare. Tom Stonehouse, declamation victor of HP, won iirst place and a dictionary in the district contest when he gave Creed', by Hal Borland. In oratory, second place in the district contest was taken by Cornelia Catana with an origi- nal address, This America of Ours. Hazel Salloum, who gave The Greatest Enemy, Hun- ger, also represented Highland Park. ln commemoration of Thomas Jefferson, two hundred years ago, a '4Thomas Jefferson Me- morial Oratorical Contest gave an extra challenge to HP modern Ciceros. Phil Parmenter gained local fame by winning the school and district championship. He also won the city sen- ior high contest and was runner-up for the all-city championship. As district winner, Phil won a twenty-five dollar war bond and also received a hundred dollar bond in the final con- test. The Detroit Times was the local sponsor of this competition. Such celebrities are nothing new, as forensic winners are a tradition in Highland Park. Plaques and banners rep- resenting Highland Park's past triumphs may be seen in Miss Giflord's classroom. l4,. '4D Top-flight speakers are Philip Parmenier, flop row, leiil Belly Sole, Tom Stonehouse. Alice Shamie. Cornelia Catana. and Hazel Salloum. 29

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