Northern High School - Noroscope Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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1943 THE NOROSCOPE Commanding Officers Ably dtrectmg the1r respectwe classes the class othcers are pzctured here m three groups The tour on the lelt are senxor oltlcers the tour ln the mxddle lumor olhcers and the last tour the sophomore ottcers The semor otttcers rnclude left to rrght top row Rxchard Webber p esrdent and Robert McGumess vlce prestdent second row Mareba HISTORY OF CLASSES SENIOR OFFICERS Rrchard Webber Presldent Robert McGu1ness V1ce Presldent Mareba Mayer Barbara MacM1llan IUNIOR OFFICERS Madehne Groshek Marvtn Fox VICE Secretary Treasurer Pres1dent Presrdent Secretary Phyllls Plke Treasurer SOPHOMORE OFFICERS Robert F1alka Dav1d Margol1s VICG Betty Lou Ptttsley Patr1c1a Iewett Treasurer Presldent Presldent Secretary After completmg three years of hrgh school 635 sen1ors were ready to make the1r debut 1nto the war torn world whrch w1ll enable many Vrktng boys to travel extenstvely Approxt mately 142 l2Bs 648 tumors and 807 sopho mores were enrolled at Northern th1s pa t year makxng a crowded school of 2 292 students Compentton between the three classes was keen dunng the scrap dr1ve when student pulled scrap mn wagons carrted t1n by hand and rolled ln tlres tor blocks The mlghty sen1ors came out the vrctors ID th1s worthwhtle campa1gn Class partles were the major actlvvty spon sored for Vllftngs th1s year bv the dltferent classes and 1t was the tumors who staged thc hrst party entltled Hrt Parade The 43 gr ld uatmg class gave the only couple dance ot the year rncludrng all classes fvh1ch featured mary rhumbas and tangos carr fmg out the .JO1ll'2 Amertcan theme Not to be out done bv the senvors or tumors the aplmomores gave ll 4 Mayer secretary and Ba bar: MacM1llan t easu er The jumor ortxcers are top row Made' ne Groshek resldent and Marvm Fox v1ce presldent second row Ann ultm secretary and Phylhs Pxke treasurer Th sophomore othcers mclude Robert Ftalka presldent and Dand Margolxs vtce pres1dent second ow Betty Lou Plttsley secretary and Patrxcxa Iewett treasurer two part1es namely For Me and My Gal and the Punkln Pow Wow Th1s years upper classmen were the ltrst group leavlng Northern that had speclal sen1or gu1dance classes The 1nd1v1dual counclllng and the tests g1ven them a1ded many semors ln p1ck1ng out the vocatxon for whlch they were best fltted Northern Was the trrst school 1n Mlchlgan to start g1v1ng these tests Tuberculosls X rays were g1ven agam th1s year to all sen1ors free of charge under the ausp1ces of the Genesee County Tuberculosls Assoclatlon Personal tra1ts may not be an act1v1ty ot the three classes but xt played an rmportant part 1n the1r l1ves even though 1t was seldom men ttoned Employers would rather see the per sonal tra1t marks ot a probable employee rather than the scholastrc average for certa1n pos1t1ons Once each semester every student 1S marked by the1r classroom teacher rn accuracy attltude and cooperatton tn l ISITY depend ab1l1ty rcltabxlxty leadershlp and personal ap pearance A record of these marks IS kept for every Vlklng throughout h1s three years at Northern At an electlon of class otftcers taklng place dLll'1l'1gll'le ftrst semester 1t was the sopho mores who had the hrghest percentage of voters wh1ch demonstrated who enjoyed such a democratlc prlvllege most For the Ilrst ttme also 1n Northern s h1story a group ot students have recelved three years councthng from Mtss V1v1an Ingram Rackham Foundahon dlrector at Northern Thts group pvcked trom Emerson Iunlor l-llgh school three vcars ago has now completed tts htgh school career 9 ' 1 A ' ' l ' I ' 'rf t . ' ' , . e ' 1 , - : , Y . ' , ' ' , . I V xl -I ll A Ann I-Iulttn ...,.. , ..r...,....,.,... . . . . ' ' I I , . In , , I - ' I ' 1 '41 H 1 ' ' 1 1 - ' . , , X . ' ' s I ' . . . . . . d I . . . . . I , r e ' ' , . A t - , , . . 1 Y. I I I ' l . . . on . . , s . . .

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THE NORCSCOPE Plcmnmg Board T Cx o r' nut s at E ont 'fob F a ra ass a N H3 t 'Jn Mad o nc sdr Ma STRATEGISTS THE WAR COUNCIL OFFICERS Chatrrnan Vtce Chatrman Secretary Etrst Semester Sponsor e Second Semester Sponsor L uts Schulz Asststant Sponsor Bruce Etenberg llareba lflayer Jeanne Brewer Charles Wrtght lfltss Veva Lov1 O SUl9ERVlSE and ortgtnate war acttvtttes at Northern was tne work the Vrkrng War Coun cl members toox over 'lhe Counctl whtch was organtzed tn Feb uary i944 tntttated many pro1ects of value to the war effort St mulatton of t le sale of war stamps opened the year s acttvtty wtth purcnastng of a Jeep tne ftrst sttmulant used Enthustasttc Norsemen hortly completed pay nent Coltectton of scrap was plannea Dy me group and carrred out DY the Student Counctl Clubs were a yen suggest ons by the Counctl for Red Cross work to ard the boys tn the serv tces and Mtss lftrtam l-lerron collected f ve dol lars from several classes to be used to purchase twentv ftve poc1cet novels to D6 sent to the vart ous camp throgghotut the co lntrv Stretcher bearers and messengers were or gantzed and a Kev Kan W s placed tn tne hall for keys to lock o t the Axts A Scrap Boca was ccrnpled by the War ll 3 'J e cha CIF Da d b oadcas s n cz H c JV e r o Gert Lei! r' n rr e Counctl ptcturtng all thetr acttvtttes and Nas sent to Washtngton Vt C as a contest entry Books for the boys tn tne servtce were brought tnto the ttbra y by students durtng the Vtctory Book Campalgn under the guldarce of lfltss Herron The Red Cro s anve for funds was also under taken by the Councl and a ma1or1ty ofV1k1ngs contrtbuted Cancelled po tage stamps were gathered and st tdents were u ged to at least have a backyard garden so thts summer crops would DG plenttful To promote the sale o war stomp ervtce strtpe were patnted cn the door wtndow of the rooms havtng a certatn percentcge of buytng The number ln tne class purcnastng stamp de term ned the ratrng of the room Later the num be of bonds pdrchased IH each cla s was patnted on the door w1ndows Enltsttng Gallants at Northern and sponsor ng the Gallant Carrpatgn was another ma n event of the Counc l Urs Gladys Westcott was faculty advt or tn tnts project lfleettnas of tne Counctl were held every weex and eacn aathertng brought forth many new rdeas and sdggesttcns The student and faculty coooeratton at Northern was the ult1 mate reaso'1 that all f these plans were carr ed out s ccesstullv l 943 1 1 ' A' .-- he VV r C A .Gil coordt es all of war M 'rf-7 '.'1: ., :rm 4, . 'rzcta Herbsf ra ic r ' ttnq 'Lass '19 '1'1L+ ,laflhem , 7 row' -eff to 71337 f en. 3 rerree i tive, '.1 hard ' ebb 7 se tt r :ass Vest' . 1:2 ,Jill sophomore c. zreszif-nt, M rzbelle Simon hott: ' 1 renre- ' AA A :A FMA 36 V' P , A ' ' V ' 'w'1'f Tf C. ft .1- f ff Y SL' ,CA ITU 1.1 . t. 9.11. ' ' ' .' sfnfa rw-, lean Brewer secretary and Miss Jeva Lowes Sf onscr, A, 1 fl YG 'Ae ' rg 5 W1 Second ,CWI Long S551-A-Z, cssmmn, SFOFASOT: Bmce Fmnborq thf' .1ort.. Wmd represenotwe the .gat semester, oes not c..c:'rn , . elzne Cv' shek jx I1' :asf frf1.r'e N, rf-bar 'Irv-'17 in tre ptcturo , . A ,A 1 I Y ' A - 1 . , . 1,. F . A - ., . A A f ' S .1 . . ' FN Y I A C . . . C, - Q A 1 ' A . , , . ' S 1 . . 1 . A A . . . 1 ,N . . . A f Y 1 1 1 ' ' . . . g N A A . . t . .1, S , F Ai A . . 1 - - - A - -.1 J S C A A my A 7 A Y 4 V - - . , 1 - - - . . . . S ' L' Y l I H C 'J M . A ' f 1 . . A 1 . l - -A - ' Y ' ' - . -. V . , Q , , ' - - 1. 1 11 1 J' A A 4 T ' ' ' V 11 . 11 , , A 1 A . . .LA . A.. l ' A - - A L ' . 1 . . l . . . Y ' ' ,A I A 1 . '5 . l 1. F A . ' ' 1 - - A . ., A - ' -1 3 3 1 . , N . . A - A CA A I A . 11 A H 11 1 . -A M' 1 . O . . 1 l i ' 11 ' 1 .1 . , ,A 1 A ,

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