Northern High School - Viking Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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from the Assllvranf Princbal No matter what your goal in life may be, you will find five funda- mental things to be done , all so astonishingly easy that their importance is underestimated: Overcome Fear, Smile, Work, Be Honest, Be Tolerant. Fear masters too many men - an indefinable fear of society, of friendly men, of a protecting government, of competing with one's own peers. Overcome it, for He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. One way to overcome fear is to smile, for a sincere smile breaks the ice, whether among strangers or friends, in business, in industry, in society, or in school. As Mark Twain has remarked, Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Work and honesty are other requirements for real happiness and success. Edison wisely said that he never did by accident anything worth doingg nor did any of his inventions come by accident, but rather by honest toil. Finally, you must be tolerant, of your friends, of your neighbors, and even of strangers. Misunderstandings everywhere arise more from intolerance than from any other source. Be a leader in hard work, in honest, hard work, be cheerful and tolerant, and with you and your country all will be well. Q -E. mmm 4-9-P

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from the Princpal To the Members of the Class of January, 1942: No class has ever graduated from Northern High School into a more chaotic world than has this one, but none has ever had before it more opportunity for splendid service. A workable democracy cannot be maintained without many well-trained persons in the industries and in the professions. There is even a greater need for well-trained and successful leaders in religion, for without religion a democracy cannot function. If you have planned on following one of the professions, keep to that plan and give it the best that is in you. There will be given most of you a full four years for higher learning, and by that time the govern- ment may realize that a trained citizenry is fully as important in main- taining a democracy as a trained fighting force. Never has there been such an opportunity' open for training for those who wish to enter the industrial field. The whole structure of the business world must be remade from the wreckage which we now see on all sides. These Herculean tasks are for you and for your generation to solve. May God help you to do so. You have my sincere good wishes. J E. Tanis 4- 8 -5

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Fdcalfy ii , -if F ' E a ,ifafli -. ' William S. Caswell History Dept. Edna A. Clawson History Dept. Alexandria M. Davis Comm. Dept. Walter A. Dierkes Health Ed. Dept. Willis Ferrill R.O.T.C. Alvin L. Babb Comm. Dept. Ray Bigler Science Dept. Isabel K. Bogle History Dept. Sophia D. Cone Science Dept. Maybelle A. Dean Latin Dept. Almira B. Digby Home Arts Dept. Robert Foster Eng. Dept. Mary A. Delaney Health Ed. Dept. Ruth Elliott Math. Dept. Anthony E. Gerhardt Science Dept. Lilla B. Bacon Louise Bain Eng. Dept. Art Dept. Head C. H. Blanchard Clarence W. House Prim Blanchard Comm. Dept. Head Florence Bradford Arthur H. Brown Home Arts Dept. House Prin. Marjorie Brown Esther H. Buckeye Modern Lang. Health Ed. Dept. Dept. Nadia R. Cadieux ...S Us w f 1- -. 1 ws. 1 P ,, ,wqqp Q, Home Arts Dept. A' VI., ,M I 4-10-9