Northern High School - Viking Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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WEDNESDAY SEPT. 1950 0I'eul0I' To be alert is increasingly important in these fast ch ' ' anging days. Northern High School students are kept alert through the teachin of ll f g a orms of rapid and effective communication. Reading writin ' ' ' g, speaking, and listening techniques are stressed in all classes, as well as in the bl' pu ic speaking class. This semester a section in radio and television h b as een added to the curriculum, and a new electric typewriter has been purchased. In this semi-annual of Januar 1951 y, , the Viking staff tries to display pictorially a record of this Se , . . . mester s school activities, featuring communi- cation.

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ARTHUR DONDINEAU 'VAN 5 CHAPMAN DETROIT PU BLIC SCHOOLS ARTHUR L M GRATH P I H LANMHOLTA WDP pal HURH BROWN A I UP january 24 1951 Student Body Northern High School 9026 Woodward Avenue Detroit 2 M1ch1gan Students of Northern High School Greetings to all, and best W1Sh9S to our departing seniors' Your Viking Staff has asked me to express a few thoughts on commumca tion, the theme of your Seml annual Thls I am happy to do Commun1cat1on IS concerned not alone Wlth the spoken and written word Commun1cat1on deals w1th 1deas 1ntang1bles It IS therefore so 1ntr1cate that, although It defies classification, It I'Il9I'1tS ser1ous cons1derat1on Take, for example a typical day 1n the life of a Northern H1gh School boy and note the vary1ng forms of commumcation 1n which he takes a part The alarm clock wakes h1m On h1S way to school he 1S stopped oy a red traff1c light, or by a pol1ceman s Wh1St16 If he drives his car he signals with his left hand for turns, or he may sound his horn In school he hears a bell ring, perhaps for a fire dr1ll for the passmg of classes, or for an a1r ra1d drill After school he may attend a game at Wh1Ch the umpire raises his right hand to 1nd1cate a strike or gives the thumb to an ejected player A football referee 1nd1 ates Wlth his hands or arms a f1rst down, a penalty or a point after touchdown Even the signals called by a quarter back are a form of commumcation, or the signs flashed by a catcher to the pitcher A clenched fist, a handshake, or a farewell salute IS a commumcation Ev1dences of communication in the outside world occur da1ly A smoke signal IS one An engineer blows h1s whistle a motorman clangs h1S bell a bus passenger presses the buzzer a stock exchange broker g1V9S signs with his flngers or h1S hands a stenographer writes shorthand The Navy uses 1tS code trade marks 1nd1cate the natures of products All are forms of commun1cat1on Cartoons, charts, diagrams, maps tables of stat1st1cs, bill boards, stop signs, d1rect1on signs, street signs are commumcationsf fact, in almost every activity of life from the cries of the infant to a sig- naled direction by an aged adult, a person experiences in one form or an- other the universal means of transferring ideas -- communication. Cordially yours, 4 S p undunv of Schools F' 1 Auinuvlv Suporinhnd 1 NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL 0 9026 wooowno AVENUE 0 Denon 2, MICHIGAN 0 TRFHHY 29625 , c , rincipo AR . , ui! an vinci . , uix an vincipcl L 7 Y ! .iTT ' . I y . . . . 1 . . , ! i . .0 1 . . i- . ., . , ai. - ---5 il Z Q ' - S . . I ' W , . . . . Q in J Cf