Northern High School - Viking Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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T H E V I K I N G From the Class President ITH graduation comes the climax of one of the happiest and most vital periods in our lives. As we recall the experiences of the years spent in high school, we ask ourselves just what the pur- pose of those years has been and how completely it has been fulfilled. Before establishing the present system of education our far-sighted forefathers visualized future citizens. The loyal men and women who have thus far carried out the ideals of the pioneers have kept the welfare of these citizens clearly in mind. The patriotic people of Detroit who today make possible our excellent school system are actuated by the same ideal. Resting on this foundation, the purpose of our education is to train us for citizenship. During our years at Northern we have been welded together by com- mon aims and common ideals. The students who have conscientiously given their best efforts to their studies have laid a foundation of both knowledge and character upon which they may safely build. The athletes who, in the face of defeat, have given their last ounce of energy for the Red and the Blue have caught the spirit of loyalty, courage, and sacrifice which will do much to hold them steadfast in the battle of life. The instructors have wisely and patiently given us the benefits of their knowledge and experience, and We have come to appreciate more and more their unselfish service. Perhaps the most cherished feature of our high school life is the warm glow of friendship which has brightened each day. The strong, happy friendships that we have formed at Northern will long be held as one of our most tender memories. All these things have afforded us opportunity for training for a truly great citizenship. Let us make it a citizenship too big to be bound by the limitations of language or religion, nationality or race, a citizenship worthy of the American ideals of justice, liberty, and patriotism upon which our nation is foundedg a citizenship which we will strive to express in loving service to the world in which we live. WILFRED LELAND, JR. President, 12A Class. 17

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TH E VIKING Class Organization President .............................................................. Wllfred Leland Vice-President ........ ' ........ Dorothy Touff Secretary ................ ............... J ean Kerr Treasurer ................... ............ T homas Kerr Faculty Adviser .................................................. Arthur J. Wulff COMMITTEES Finance Thomas Kerr, Chairman Virginia Arms Dorothy Goodridge Ring and Pin Louise Cody, Chairman Elizabeth Gray Gertrude Pearl Picture Paul I-leftler, Chairman Jean Dobie Edna Herbst Banquet Arthur Marsh, Chairman Dorothea Richmond Social Ruth Waddle, Chairman Margaret Collins Mae Kollida llemorial Eva Shulman, Chairman Dorothy Briggs Ann Stanton Cap and Gown Joseph Nadeau, Chairman Margaret Barthel Alliene Graham Class Play Frances Smith, Chairman Publicity Charles Hornack, Chairman Diploma Dorothy Webb, Chairman Lillian Au'Kelly Soldon Koblin George Losh Stuart Simpson Edith Shetzer Irving Erickson Donald Kaufman Janet Levin Helene Terry Donald Davis Ann Katherine Powell Marion MacDonald Charles Momberg William Denler Justine Pearsall Norman Brown Charles Piper Esther Milowsky Helen Smith Arthur Beckman Genevieve Brophy Mazie Meredith Janet Cotton Helen Kenyon A - Betty Kahn Alice Strandborg 16 Helen Maynard Mary Roach Howard Bloomer Frank Michelson Douglas Washburne Oscar Moskovitz Louis Stander Eleanor Roberts William Lightbody Harry Hesse Seymour Tilchin Donald Simms Telio Ianelli Isadore Frankel Sam Rubin Wilbur Clark Milton Goldstein Joe Denawetz Marion Van Vliet Mildred Stevens

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THE VIKING To the Class of June 1926 URING the four years of high school life that is now drawing to a close, you should have learned many lessons but there is no lesson that I have been more anxious to have you learn than that of toler- ance, and I know of no better place to learn that lesson than in a cosmo- politan school like Northern. Here you have been mingling daily with many races and creedsl and you have, I am sure, discovered some very fine things in all. To be tolerant, you do not need to be without convictions and opinions of your own. Every young man or young Woman of worth must have convictions based on keen observation and careful thinking. Concede to others the right of their convictions which may be just as honestly ac- quired as your own. The other fellow may be right. It is not so long ago that the intolerant were laughing at Columbus and Galileog yesterday they were laughing at Orville and Wilbur Wright. Meet new ideas with an open mind, do not scoff at the beliefs or opinions of others. I hope you have also learned to look before you leap. Be deliberate, think before you act. Make haste slowly is a good motto. Too many people waste their time and energy rushing hither and yon without plan or reason, spending half of their time getting into trouble and the other half trying to make amends. An ill-advised act is not effaced by regret. The Moving Finger writesg and having Writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. Be honest with yourself. There is nothing so pitiful as a person who deliberately deceives himself. Each of you should frequently take stock. Try honestly to find your weak points as well as your strong ones and, when you have done this, make the most of your strong points and do your best to correct the Weak ones. So many young people of today assume virtues and abilities that they have not, instead of bending every effort to acquire them. The following quotation has always been part of my creed and I can do no better than to pass it on to you. To thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man. J. E. 'rAN1s. 18