Northern High School - Noroscope Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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THE NOROSCOPE A thorough checking oi curriculums by counselors and students was necessary before classes could get under way during the past school year After choosing a curriculum »n riich to enroll, students arranged their program with their counselors In the top row. left to right. Miss McCaughna is consulting with Rose Marie Dwight on her elective for the year In the center Mr White hunts up a program after receiving a letter from home requesting a change Mrs Roome checks credits In the second row on the right and left are Mr Steele and Miss Dillon, respectively In the center Miss Farmer listens to some algebra woes In the thira row are some of the representatives of Studen Council and class officers being sworn in and on the right class representatives take the oath. In the bottom row center is the Council f’resident, Isadore Sugarman. being inducted into office by former oan of boys Harold V estcott The lower corners show Northern spot- css as the amtors left it after the summer ready for the opening day. -6-

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THE NOROSCOPE It's History Now for '40 Graduates Apparently very somber and serious-minded, 707 world- weary, sophisticated seniors sat soberly around the banquet tables like so many rows of pins, thoroughly prepared and re- signed to taking life on the chin. What three short years can't do to a bunch of bewildered and rather awed sophomores, as they were dubbed in the 1938 Noroscope. Their senior Dinner-Dance, the big affair of the year, was a complete suc- cess, as was every affair under- taken by this class—barring, of course, things of a scholastic nature. Max Bryer, that polished ora- tor and charming gentleman who hopes to be a criminal law- yer, was Senior class president. With his bewitching smile and easy-going manner Roger Hehn had no trouble securing votes for the vice-presidency and the girls still can't resist. He is also interested in cameras and picture-taking. Further Senior class officers who guided the graduating classmen through their last year of school activities are, left to right, top row: Max Bryer, president and Roger Hehn, vice president; bottom row; Ethel Berent, secretary and Virginia Evans, treas- urer. proof of the Seniors' eye for looks as well as for ability when selecting officers can be seen in Ethel Berent, their secretary. Pretty Virginia Evans has serv- ed as an apt and willing treas- urer. No remarks about gold- digging are at all necessary. No one can deny that these sophisticated seniors unbend and really do it up right when it comes to throwing parties. Bachelors and old maids were strictly taboo and girls were given an excuse to take advan- tage of leap year at their party, a couple affair given on January 24. Max Bryer was general chairman, assisted by Jane Me Keighan and Joe Clark. Senior class sponsors, Miss Lucy Dil- lon and Herman Steele helped get the affair off to a good start. To prove to the world how progressive the feminine mem- bers of the class are, they have six outstanding, all-around ath- letes. The girls worthy of this honor (and not one is muscle- bound or had frequent attacks of charley-horse) are Helen Hill- man, Audrey Wendell, Jane Hunter, Madoline Smith, Mar- guerite Kelly and Donelda Brodie. Of course we really mustn't overlook the boys interested in athletics. They are fairly good and probably should receive some recogniton. Ralph Gibert was captain of the all-state team, we understand, and Bud Fromholz and Earl Kelley were also prominent athletes. John Heavner landed on top in the fall golf tournament while George Wheeler, Gerard Shuir- man and Fred Snyder were in the tennis racket. Pardon us for that one. Senior Award Night, held Thursday, May 23, found the graduating class of 1940 array- ed in the newly acquired caps and gowns looking very pleas- ed with themselves and the world in general. Beaming par- ents beamed still brighter when their own Johnny marched up on the platform to receive a car- nation in return for running up a hundred-dollar light bill (all totaled) while burning the mid- night oil over a long term theme or some such thing. Still others received recognition for exert- ing pressure somewhere in the thousands of pounds (merely an estimate) into a picolo and so on into the night. Looking their Sunday best, which will do in a pinch, the 1940 grads assembled to hear the Baccalaureate services giv- en at the Court Street Church, Sunday, May 20. Commencement ended the careers of the members of one of the greatest, or maybe the greatest, classes ever to leave Northern. Of course, they de- parted with the traditional tears in their eyes and proverbial school-day memories in their hearts. Counselors who guided the seniors were. February class, top row: Jack Hubbard and Mrs Marjorie Turk; June graduates, bottom row: Herman Steele and Miss Lucy Dillon. -7-