Northern High School - Viking Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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JUNE g VIKING g 1939 PRESlDENT'S MESSAGE TO-DAY may mean farewell to all that has been common ground for us, but it is ground or which we may take firm footing. The bell ending our final high school class has rung finding us ready for our next step forward in life. Our graduation will soon become a distant memory, but from the education behind it we are inseparable. Coming into high school as freshies, untrai ned, with minds yet unbroadened, we have found Northern a greatly beneficial means of physical and intellectual growth, a means that has trained us up to the present time for an efficacious career. As broadened men and women now, we look forward to the life ahead of us, keen and eagerg for we feel secure that this wealth of educational background we now command will greatly enhance our opportunities for future success. However,we must be careful not to regard this training as a compact, completed unit of education, but rather use it as a cultural foundation upon which to build the skills that we will find necessary for our vocational development and general enrichment of living. At the same time, we must remember that only by applying as great effort to the work of the future as we have to that of the past can we hope for a similar amount of success. Before ever arriving at the supreme moment of graduation, we have realized that any achievement we may gain in the future is partly the result of the exacting influence of those very good friends we have made here, our teachers. The generous assistance rendered us by these experienced guides has left its indelible stamp upon all of us. Let us not forget the bene- fits of their training and experience. Indeed, many of our habits and even our lines of think- ing have been formed during our stay here in Northern. Let us retain those that are desir- able, and dispose of those that seem detrimental, for our success and happiness will be largely determined by this personality development. Some of our paths will lead us to further education and others into equally-important in- dustrial fields. The demand for capable men and women in industry to-day is just as great as the cry for college-trained people. Let ambition be our guide in this world of opportunity, and our intent a resolve to show the lasting value of our parents, our friends, and our school. l9

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LEONARD ROBBINS President JACK PEARLMAN Vice-President we r, .g,. l VIRGINIA BEALE Secretary ROBERT SILVER Treasurer The executive positions is a natural one for Leonard Robbins, amiable and popular president of our graduating class. His sparkling personality, scholastic attainments, and oratorical ability have been responsible for his acquiring four different presidential offices, presiding over clubs, the house, and our class. 5 A keen sense of humor and ready intelligence mark Jack's pleasing personality. As president of the Physics Club, he has shown his capability as an officer he now fulfills as Vice-President, for throughout his school career, Jack has been a bulwark of efficiency and dependability. Exercising her proved ability as Secretary, vivacious Vir- ginia has played an important part in school affairs. Athleti- cally inclined, she plays basketball and field hockey with the boundless energy that has made her so Well liked. With an ever-ready smie, Virginia has brightened every task she has so capably undertaken. In his usual Workman-like fasion, Bob has executed his duties as Treasurer with results above reproach. Dependable, ever-conscious of the Work before him, he has been a model of scholastic diligence. Characterized by a pleasant person- ality, Bob's geniality is just one of the many splendid tributes of his character. 18

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0 W JOE ARDAGNA 0 Italian Club Corridor Squad House Handball MILDRED BAIRD Q Viking Typist House Basketball Northern Girls Detroit Business Institute KORA BA SMAJ IAN CARL ALTMAN CORALIE ANDERSON ANNE AUKSKALNIS HUGH BAKER 0 Bowling Club VIRGINIA KATHLEEN BEALE 0 12A Class Secretary House President Student Council Varsity Basketball '- is Q llllrl eo 191' MARY L. ABRAMOVITZ Q Sherrard Intermediate Detroit Business Institute JOHN MONTIETH ADAMS Q Corridor Squad 1936 and 1937 House Swimming Team THEODORE HANS ALDEN Q House Swimming Corridor Squad .1 . sb - 'R' ' ' ALEX AVRIN 0 12A Play Sherrard Intermediate Wayne University NATHAN BARRIS 0 Garfield House Basketball, 1936 and 1937 KATI-IRYN M. BEATTIE Q Finance Committee MILTON DAVID ABRAMS ON 0 Corridor Squad House Basketball Wayne University WILLIAM ADLER. Q Varsity Swimming Manager of House Swimming Physics Club Bowling Club FLOYD W. ALLEN C. WARREN AMBROSE, JR. I Treasurer of Le Circle Francais Spanish Club R. O. T. C. FLORENCE MARTHA ARCELLO Q House Swimming Business Institute '23 FLORMAYE ADAMS HERBERT EUGENE ALBRI GHT LOUIS ALPINER Q Sherrard Intermediate House Basketball House Football Duke University J 'Ii f 7 L. Q' 5 fi. fir 4?