Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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1 9 2 3 S T U I) E N T 1 9 2 3 until December 7, 1922. Ibis Charter has been suitably framed and hangs in the office of the Principal. The charter members of the local chapter were: Eunice Eichhorn Phyllis Turnbull Irma Burns Esther Duffin Elizabeth Thomas John Congo Natalie Moore Emily Stewart Edward Stephens Louis Weil, Jr. Katherine Philbrick Fred Sturm er Esther Pace Marguerite Boar dm an The members elected from the class of 1923 are as follows: Grace Jones Charlene Shiland Ruth Steele Lyal Howison Gertrude Sinclair Russell Wonder lic Andrew Robertson WlLLIi Isabel Cowan Fletcher Meade Ruth Norton Paul Soini Marguerite Crawford Malcolm Charlton Phyllis Eichhorn Hutchinson [ 27 ]

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19 2 3 S T U 1) E N T 1 9 2 3 CLASS OF 1923 Class Colors: Maize and Blue Class Flower: Hose Class Motto: “To say is to do” SENIOR APPOINTMENTS Grace Jones Charlene Shiland Ruth Steele Ethel Dale Grant MacDonald Marguerite Crawford Pansy Howse Lyal Howison Russell Wonderlic Gertrude Pressrrich The National Honor Society of Secondary Schools This organization which came into existence a few years ago, is the result of an attempt to do for secondary schools what the Phi Beta Kappa has done for the colleges of the country. To be elected to Phi Beta Kappa in college is an honor much prized by college students and the possibility of election is a real stimulus to scholarship. The need of some similar organization among high schools has long been recognized. It is the belief of those who have sponsored the National Honor Society that it will meet this need. The constitution of our chapter defines the object of the Society as follows: “To create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership, and to encourage the development of character and scholarship in the pupils of the Port Huron High School.” Election to membership is therefore, based upon character, scholarship, service, and leadership. To be eligible to membership a student must rank in the upper one-fourth of his class. Election cannot take place earlier than the last semester of the Junior year when a limited number may be chosen. Altogether, not more than 15 per cent of any class may be elected to membership. Most of them will be chosen in the Senior Year. The Chapter Council, consisting of the Principal and four members of the faculty elects the members. The local chapter was organized at Commencement time last year. Application for a Charter was made at once but the Charter was not received [ 26 ]

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19 2 3 S T U I) E N T 1923 ♦ The Swamp Angel «T 1 HERE!” sighed Betty Sherman, as she bound off the last stitch on the blue and orange sweater that lay in her lap. “I could yell for joy. Come on Juddy, let’s celebrate!” Her companion’s yawn was abruptly interrupted when Betty leaped from the porch swing spilling pillows and knitting needles in all directions. “Well,” she said lazily, “What’s the celebration to be? As a guest, 1 am curious what these wilds of Michigan will reveal in order to merit the name of ‘celebration’.” Betty sat down upon the nearest chair and looked for a long minute at her friend. J udith Morrison’s ignorance of what she called “the wilds of Michigan puzzled Betty but, finally, with a nod of her sunny head she started to pick up the cluttered porch swing. “For an educated young miss from Boston, you are giving me a very poor impression and if you wish to redeem yourself in my eyes, be sport enough to do this wild (?) stunt. I suppose it does seem like a queer existence to you — this vacation in Northern Michigan — but I really love it so that I thought you would, too.” At the disappointed look in Betty’s eves, Juddy reached over and hugged her friend. “You know well enough, Betty kins, that I am having the time of my life and that I just hate the thought of going back to Boston next week. What are we going to do as a novel way of celebrating your completed sweater?” With a chuckle, Betty rose to her feet, dragging Judith after her. “Come on, we must tell Mumsy that we are going to the Swamp Angel’s house.” Without more ado, the two girls left the Sherman cottage for the walk through the Sapphire Lake Camp which had been formed years before by a group of friends who appreciated the exceptional beauty of Sapphire Lake. The twenty-one cottages were set among the ancient white pines and Norways that had been preserved by tiie original founders and constituted what might be called “an ideal summer resort.” The Association conducted a common dining-hall in which every family had its own table but which gave a complete rest to the women folk of the Camp. Betty and Judith soon traversed the winding path down through the camp to the western end of the Association property and came out upon an obscure patii leading into the lower and more densely wooded country. “Who in the world is the ‘Swamp Angel?’ ” asked Judith, as she scrambled over a rotted log in the path. “She’s our own special mystery, straight from mystery land,” exclaimed Betty, sliding the last few feet of the downward trail covered with slippery pine needles, but when she had gained her feet again, she went on to say. “The Swamp Angel’s real name is Mrs. Matthews. Years ago when all this country was covered with logging camps, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews bought some land from a speculator — a crook — for the purpose of starting a chicken-ranch. I i ’ [28]