Northern High School - Viking Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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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

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Jdminid tra tion Mr A L McGrath Pr1nc1pal When Mr A L McGrath came to Northern H1gh School thxs semester as prmcxpal students and teachers welcomed back an old fr1end Be fore he left here three years ago to become the Pr1nc1palofNortheasternH1gh School Mr McGrath hadbeenAss1stant Pr1nc1pa1 at Northern s1nce 1937 and prevxously Counselor of Benjamm Frankln House S1nce h1s return there have been many eventful changes made Now boys and glrls may eat to gether 1n the school cafeter1a The old ten m1n ute rule has been abol1shed and tardy students fore or after a hol1day necess1tates takmg, a fmal exammatlon Rules about gum chewmg and lo1ter mg or smokmg 1n the v1c1n1ty of the school are str1ctly enforced A1r ra1d dr1lls have been mtro duced and 3.SS9HlbI16S are more frequent We llked Northern as lt was but 'ill must agree that these changes w1ll heln to l-.eep lworthern the k1nd of school from whxch we shall be proud to be graduated Mr McGrath Mr H M Holt Assxstaut Pr1nc1pal FLASH' MR MCGRATI-I FORMER ASSISTANT RETURNS AS PRINCIPAL MR I . . . , . 7 , . ' ' ' i ! . ' . N . - U ' , . must spend ninth hour in room 208. Absence be- ! . - . . y K J Y ' r Y