Northwestern High School - Norwester Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Northwestern Chronicle Chapter VII. May 1, 1921 May 1, 1922 BY B. RIVETT Northwestern's enrollment has steadily increased the past year until it has reached the total of 3333. The total number of teachers is 125. The following teachers have left Northwestern during the past year: Eva Stroh Bauer-Returned. Transferred to Hutchins. Loren Bow -Principal, Van Dyke School. Anna Burkheiser-Traveling. Chas. G. Burns-Transferred to Barbour. Teresa L. Cahn-Transferred to Hutchins. Eleanor Carey-Resigned. Married. 'Claudia Crumpton-Transferred to Hutchins. Head of English De- partment. Delcia Deming-Leave of absence. Genevieve K. Duffy-Leave of absence. Deda L. Emmons-Leave of absence. Frances Green-Resigned. Married. Ethel Plant Horton-Leave of absence. Karl E. Knauss-Transferred to Barbour. Edward A. Knorr-Leave of absence. Re-entered ministry. Beatrice McKnight-Resigned. Married. Jessie Metcalf-Transferred to Junior College. Muriel H. Netzorg-Leave of absence. Columbia University. .lean Patterson-Leave of absence. Alice Schoelkopf-Transferred to Central Office. Esther Smith-Leave of absence. Robert 1Viley-Leave of absence. Dartmouth College. Gwendolyn Owen-Resigned. Stage career. The following new teachers have been added to the faculty since April, 1921 : Margaret Berkaw-Algebra, History. Florence Buckeye-Transferred to Doty. Margaret Cameron-Transferred to Central. Doris A. Cline-English. Ruth Flanagan-English. Russell D. Fraser-Geography. Albert H. Hollinger-Civic Biology. Ruth Huston-Debating. Genevieve Meulenberg-Physical Training. Lyle Shearer-Physical Training. Hattie Palmer XVhite-Mathematics. Grace E, 1Vinton-Librarian. Anne Doyle-Clerk. A comparison of the scholarship the past two years reveals the fact that there is only a slight change. The scholarship for April, 1921, was 1.91: for April, 1922, 1.93. Ioan of Arc House had the highest scholarship both years. The comparison for houses and years is as follows: Second Marking April, 1921 April, 1922 Mount Vernon 1.739 1.885 Joan of Arc 1.911 1.939 9

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Betsy Ross 1.714 1.805 jane Austen 1.769 1.873 Marshall 1.88 1.60 Pershing 1.381 1.374 Roosevelt 1.49 1.553 Lincoln 1.503 1.701 Northwestern will graduate 364 young people this year. The number of graduates for january, 1922, is 99 Q51 boys and 48 girlsj. The number of graduates for june, 1922, will be 268 1151 girls and 117 boysj. This includes 10 girls and 2, boys who will graduate from summer school. The following is the data on the number of pupils in the various de- partments: Mathematics - 2550 Domestic Science 161 Commercial - 1041 Design - - 399 English - - 5209 Freehand Drawin 142 Foreign Languages - 2042 Manual Training 599 History - - 2042 Music ' - 1015 Science - - 1361 Physical Training 1848 Domestic Art - 463 R. O. T, C. - 108 The most notable achievement of the year in extra-curricular activities is the great improvement in the debating teams. At the present writing, Northwestern is tied with Northern for the city championship. The success of this activity is due entirely to the ability and efforts of Miss Ruth Huston. In athletics Northwestern has had a good year. The track team won the State Championship at Lansing in June, 1921, and the City Championship in April, 1922. The football team had a good season and its defeat by Northern in the last game by one point was no disgrace., Coach Reginald Bovill did very well with the new material that he had. The basketball team had only a fair season. due largely to the fact that Coach Remington was ill the first part of the season and it was necessary to change coaches in the middle of the season. Mr. Shearer accomplished a great deal with the basketball team in the short time that he coached it. The swimming team won the city championship in April,which adds another laurel to Coach Maris' long list of achievements. 'SA Midsummer Night's Dream was given by the 12A class in January, 1922, under the direction of Miss Julia Gettemy. The performance was one of the most pleasing and successful of any given in the school. The opera, The Gondoliersf' under Miss Clara Starr's direction, was a notable success in every particular. In addition to Miss Starr and Miss Gettemy, the follow- ing teachers are to be especially commended for their work in the operas and plays: Miss Ada VVhitney, Miss Mary Elliott, Miss Shirley Simpson, Miss Frances Brown. Miss Katherine Chamberlain, Miss Alice Lowden, Miss Mary Sparling, Miss Evelyn Krejci, and Mr. Harry O'Brien. The school has become so large that it was necessary to eliminate the 8A's at the beginning of the second semester, so that the enrollment includes only pupils from the ninth to the twelfth grades, inclus' L ,QSU mnasiums are under construction at the present time, a girls' g ' nasium Tgr the Mc- Michael Building and a boys' gymnasium for the North estern. It is expected that both additions will be ready for use at the beginn ' g of 'the next school year. At that time segregation of boys and girls wil ' e abolished and the Northwestern Building will be used as a senior high sc bol for boys and girls of the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. For the pr'esenatfttlie McMichal Building will accommodate only the ninth grade of the intermediate school. 10