Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Page Twvrzty-one THE SOU'WESTER Spanish Dance . GRADUATIN G EXERCISES OF Class of June, 1921 HELD IN Nordstrum Gynmnasium, June 22, 1921 Commencement Program . . . . . . . . . . . Moszkowski Nordstrum High School Orchestra Invocation REV. H. E. RIDLEY Cab Prize Song from Der Meistersinger ..... Wagner fbj Serenade ........... Slum THEODOSIA ELDRIDGE-Violin ADA GoRDoN-Accompanist Chamber Music Society Readings MR. EDGAR A. GUEST Songs: faj Sylvia . . . . . . . Oley Speaks fbj Leprechaun . ...... . Fisher J. CAMERON MCLEAN Chamber Music Society Address JUDGE CLYDE l. WEBSTER Solo The Blind Plowman ........ Clarke J. CAMERON MCLEAN Presentation of Diplomas MR. FRANK CoDY-Superintendent Detroit Public Schools Class Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Class America CLASS DAY EXERCISES HELD IN Nordstrum Gymnasium, June 13, 1921 Program Overture . . Nordstrum High School Orchestra Greeting . Ruth M. MacArthur, Vice President Class History . . . Nelson MaeAlpinc Class Poem . . Elizabeth Bero Vocal Solo . Class Will . . Presentation of Spade Class Prophecy . . . Violin Sextette Allan Holme Valedictory . George Hutter Gretchen Dinger Marion Denton . . . . . Beatrice E. Orr . . . . . . . Nelson MaeAlpinc, , Zoltan Deak, Gretchen Dinger, Margaret Black, Ethel Couture . . . . . N. Willoughby Flaherty, President

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7 3 'N Ilugi' Tzwu I v Joyce Hammond He is a member of the Roosevelt de- bating club. He may be good in his studies, but when it comes to debating he wore out two pair of shoes going to the library to get material. ln the R. O. 'lf C. he is a lieuten- ent although he says he doesnt know how he got there. ln the popularity contest, Joyce was the most bashful. He intends to study law. Well not forget you, bloyce. George J. Hutter Let George do it! He handles his voice in so dextrous a manner that it seems to warrant him a good position as auction- eer. He is in the Clee Club, R. O. T. C. and on the Nordstrum News Stall. He in- tends to continue his education in college. 'Co to it, George! Alice F. Martin Alice always makes us think ol' a story we read, when we were young, of a little curly-headed, freckled-faced girl. But Al- ice wears her freckles admirably as she is an all around athlete, and was captain ol the girls' team, We wish her success in the battle ol' life. XII in tht mom nt in suspense l ich ont w IILN with Ilutt'ring heart lu stt il :tyrant cruel rclents. Ui il lmm his cl issmates hc'll have to part. Sonis. ict 1 ll thu d committed a crime- f Xll s dt ithlx quitt within and without!- XX htn all thi h xpptns y0u'll know its the time l h it tht p using slips come nut. B F M

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TIIE 5oU'WE.s'TER -Qggggggg-iw, President's Valedictory Address Friends and Classmates-We may view life as a great race, and like all great races, it is run in a series of laps. We are the contestants. Many of us drop out after the first, second, or third lap, or even on the home stretch. The others, among whom we are numbered, continue, some lagging behind, some forging ahead until the tape is broken and with it the thread of human existence. ' We, classmates, have almost finished the third lap. The first one was completed with our entering the kindergarten of our respective grade schools-the second with our entrance to high school and now we are drawing near the end of the third. This one, classmates, will in all probability mean more than any other in our race. Some of us may not continue the fourth lap, that is for the future to decide. We have, however, many things in this last lap on which we can look back and for which we are thankful. We have received excellent training at the hands of our trainers-the faculty. After all it is the training which counts in the long run. The runner without training does indeed find himself in a bad plight as the race goes on. It is only with difficulty that he is able to stay in the race after the first or second lap. Should we go on in the race of life without training we should find the same difficulty. Let us not forget the factors in the obtaining of this training. Perhaps the question arises-What element in the school has been most effective? Was it the building which for so many years sheltered us within its doors? Was it the unexcelled service which has kept us both comfortable and contented all these years? Was it our faculty, ever ready with willing hand which has helped more thanuone Nordstrumite over that granite wall-Difficulty? We feel confident that the school spirit has been the greatest factor in making Nordstrum our school. But what has made this spirit? Not to any one. but to all of these I have mentioned, the building, the service and the faculty, do we owe the A'Spirit of Nordstrumf' Classmates, as we leave the hospitable doors of dear old Nordstrum, we spread out into a human fan. Some of us will go on to college, others will enter various other fields of endeavor. But whatever path of life we tread let us remember the spirit of Nordstrum. We who have taken part in or supported activities for her honor know what it means to be fighting not for one's self, but for our school. Firsthlet us look to Nordstrum. It is our school. No matter how many years may elapse after we pass through her welcome doors, we can look back to Nordstrum as our Alma Mater. Our school, yes! Uur school forever. College may claim us, other schools may enter our names on their rolls. But always will old Nordstrum stand out, as the school we love. For two consecutive years Nordstrum's football team has not only failed to win a game, but has even failed with one or two exceptions to cross their opponents' goal line. Even with this fact staring them in the face that team went into every game, royally supported by the student body, and played as if the championship rested on it. It is remarkable that such a spirit was not broken, and I think friends, the real solution of this extraordinary state of affairs is found in the fact that we have something that I will venture to say that no larger school has in such a measure, and that is fellowship. Good fellowship and school spirit go hand in hand. I t has always been so at Nordstrum. Sometimes they have lain dormant but always at the call they spring to life and come on with renewed strength. Whether on the platform in a debate or in a base-ball, foot-ball, or basket-ball game the old spirit prevails. It matters little whether we lose or win if the fight is