Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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I, Ray NVoodford, do will and bequeath to William 5..g..g..g..g..g..g..g....-Q--Q-of-of.g..g..g..p..g..g. ..g..g..g..v ...CZQ7iZZ... The Senior Class of June, '29, having accumulated through jour years of high school a vast store of treasures, singu- lar traits, and characteristlb habits, do hereby pass on these heritages to their successors, the Juniors. These are to be re- garded as symbolic of the Class of '29's good will and best wishes to the class of January, '30. May they use them to their best advantage. 'OMOvOMCl'l' THE WIL lLOlF THE FAMOUS BEING OF SOUND MIND- E, the Sen- ior Class of Southwest- ern High School, City of Detroit, and S t a t e of Michigan, b e i n g of sound mind and understanding, do hereby will and bequeath to the future seniors the following valued treasures w h i c h we have gained at this illustrious in- stitution: I, Thomas Wood, do will and bequeath to Archie Hogan some of my unlimited popularity with the girls. I, Ruth Uhleman, do will and bequeath to Lucille Vlyles my ability to officiate at group meetings. I, Kenneth Lindquist, do will and bequeath to John Harris my part in the se11ior play. VVe, John McCormick and jack Thompson, do will 'ind bequeath to jack Efrusy about two feet of our height. I, Herbert Marien, do will and bequeath to Stephen Nagy my great athletic ability. I, Frank Taylor, do will and bequeath to David Rennie a set of tools for his Essex. NVe, Zolton Bakos and Louis Rinna, do will and be- queath to George Hughes our ability to toe dance. I, Sidney Wise, do will and bequeath to Eric Zis- man my ability to make funny faces. I, Bert Roffina, do will and bequeath to Robert Burns my ability to sing. NVe, Dolly Alexander and Helen Emick, do will and bequeath to Lucille Rugg our bewitching giggles. W'e, Stanley XVright, Charles Manuik, and Alger Banonis, do will and bequeath to Albert Kish our track shoes. May he find a pair to fit him. NVe, Edward Malensky and Maurice Lawyer, do will and bequeath to Bennie Kindig our ability to frighten the freshmen in the library. I, NVillard Shumate, do will and bequeath to Ernest NVirth my ambition to become valedictorian. I, Ethel Link, do will and bequeath to Eleanor Grzywinski my illustrious nickname of Migli. I, J. B. Angell, do will and bequeath to William Nason the pair of old trousers hanging in my locker. VVe, Merrick Howe, Stephen Scafuri, Walter Kusak, and NVilliam Zaglidi, do will and bequeath to any junior boys our ambition to sing during record period. We, Irene Demchak and Esther Dittman, do will and bequeath to Ola Laughlin our job of entertaining the seniors with piano music. Page Sixteen I, Virginia Zelinske, do will and bequeath to Mar- garet Demchak my ability to vamp the senior boys. I, Harriet Brown, do will and bequeath to Kathryn Covert my chewing gum, which is under the teacher's desk in 221. NVe, VVinifred Bergstresser, Ruth Burgess, Ger- trude Conrad, and Margaret Reed, do will and be- queath to Billie Linn our ability to startle the school with our poetry. . I, Irene Becsky, do will and bequeath to Vera Benn my part as Spanish dancer in the senior play. I, Randall Gray, do will and bequeath to Percy Cool- man my ability to lead cheers. I, Julius Gaspar, do will and bequeath to George Olah 1ny handball ability. VVe, james Nelson and XVilliam Csircsu, do will and bequeath to Charles Komondy our ability to write excellent slogans. VVe, Joseph Kastely and Everett Klusman, do will and bequeath to Roger Mullican our ability in com- mercial geography. I, Hubert Furr, do will and bequeath to Zegment Galarowicz my talkative nature. Voellmig my ability to collect money from the seniors. We, Anthony Sargenti and Severino Bagozzi, do will and bequeath to Hubert Knoch our fondness for freshmen girls. We, James Price and Bradley Howe, do will and bequeath to John Cortese our book entitled, Tall Men and How to Get There. We don't believe in it. We, Aluva Miller and Elsie Peterson, do will and bequeath to Adeline Leicht our borrowing natures. I, Paul Mathews, do will and bequeath to Louis Horvath my large foundation. I, Herbert Ockenfels, do will and bequeath to Alfred Ambrose my tough nature. I, Paul Dinger, do will and bequeath to George Horvath my brute strength. VVe, Alphonse Pryjomski and Edward Bator, do will and bequeath to Frank Arvai our ability to manip- ulate a Chevrolet. 1 VVe, James Anderson and John Binkiewicz, do will and bequeath to .lack Crysler our ability to see through Thurston's magic tricks. VVe, Helen Kleiman and Clara Knitli, do will and bequeath to any two junior girls our ability to be very close friends. I, Marion Merrill, do will and bequeath to Gertrude Toth my ability to orate loud and long in English class. VVe, Lorene Linck and Ida Benko, do will and be- queath to Anna Barry our singing ability. I, Edna Kirsten, do will and bequeath to the next valedictorian my troubles in writing a speech.

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lHlllSTORllC llNCllDlf2NTS By FRANK TAYLOR OW' vivid in our memories is that sunshiny Sep- tember morning, four short years ago, when a bunch of fiushed and feverish freshmen made their de- but in this great institution of knowledge. Although the rest of the student body acted cold toward us, Mr. Murdoclfs warm smile and welcome assured us that we would receive the best of treatment. Our great ideal after the first day in this institution was to pos- sess that same dignity which the seniors seemed to have. Our freshman year was a very successful one. Play- Our semester as 12-B's was climaxed by the Junior-Senior Prom, held in the Southwestern gym. This year the 12-B girls and 12-B boys led the honor roll for all markings. The most outstanding athletic event of the semester was the Junior-Senior basket- ball game for the championship of the school. The first game was won by the seniors, 16 to 15, and the second was wontby the juniors, with five points to spare. Our ideal was now realized, when we entered upon our senior year. Rings, - pictures, and parties occu- , f C l O0O0OvQfo0 . ing under the banner of pied the first part of the Hfsdifzymr.:s5.b2ayS..:.?.v Cwmmewmem Pmgmm .i1.f2esii. .E123.,t:fS..?:.if pionship. Our scholarship MARCH- western High School, a girl and attendance records were very high, and everything pointed to a successful soph- omore year. Upon our return in Sep- tember, we thought it fitting and proper to look with dis- dain upon the incoming freshmen. In this year we find the first athlete from our group trying out for a Prospector squad. This was Carmine Scafuri, who won a half-back's berth on the Southwestern team. Our hrst attempts this year to crash the upper classmen dances proved futileg evi- dently we hadn't reached the big shot stage yet. We were well represented in athletics this year, Carmine Scafuri, Willard Shumate, and Edward Bator in bas- ketballg john McCormick in cross-country, Carmine Southwestern Class Song ..................... Southwestern High School Orchestra, Miss Helen B. Snelling, Director, Miss Thelma Knobb, Accompanish. INVOCATION- Rev. Grover L. Diehl, Mt. Hope Congregational Church. Liehestraum Southwestern High- Miss Helen B. Snelling, Director, Miss Thelma Knobb, Accompanist. ADDRESS- Dr. Charles E. Barker, Rotary Clubs of America. Mufitt . ....... Liszt ' Ziguneuversen' .,.,..,,.......,.,..,.,,,.,, ,,,..,,,, S argue William Csircsu, Violinist, James Selke, Accompanist. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS- Mr. Owen A. Emmons, Principal of Cooley High School. Star-Spangled Banner' -On!-lat-duo-muowofwwtwv-U-O-4-4.-0-0-4 ..g..g..g. was elected president. Ruth Uhleman was the lucky lady, chosen to lead this mighty class of 1929. This was nothing unusual for her, though, for she had led her own group since the fresh- man year. Thomas Wood was elected vice-president of the class, Clara Knitli, secretary, and Raymond VVoodford, treasurer. At last came the time when those who had dra- matic aspirations got their chance to demonstrate their ability in the tryouts for the senior play. After the final selections, Miss Tucker's cast included Herbert Oek- enfels, Kenneth Lindquist, Ruth Uhleman, Dolly Alex- ander, James Nelson, and Alice Pilson. Miss Kruke's cast consisted of Dorothea Gailey, Mary Ridley, Wil- Scafuri, Willard Shumate, Frank Taylor, and Jack Thompson in baseball. The sophomore girls were also represented in athletics, for Esther Dittman and Ruth Uhleman placed in track. They were on one of the best girls' relay teams the school has ever had. That team won the city championship. Upon our return in the fall of 1928, all the junior boys were combined into one group under Mr. Dail and Miss Tucker. Our junior year 'was spent in glo- rifying ourselves in scholarship and athletics. The timid freshmen of 1925 had learned to dance with the best of them. Songs were composed for the two groups, by Esther Dittman. Willard Shumate was at the head of the entertainment committee for the year. liam Csircsu, and Frank Taylor. Four boys, john McCormick, Thomas Wood, Sidney NVise, and Frank Taylor, banded together in a club called the Four Horsemen. The boys claimed they organized this club to avoid walking. They wanted to gallop. Days of anxiety hung over the auditorium as the seniors were trying to decide where to have com- mencement. After much arguing and voting, it was finally decided to have commencement at City College. And now -we reach the goal for which we have striven for four years-graduation. May our future days be as happy as the days we have spent in this institution. A Fitting Profession fContinued from page 35 Given a good mind, good health, keen thinking, and a solid educational background, there is no limit to the success that persistence may obtain for one who knows absolutely what he can do and wants to do. Merely to have a desire for knowledge is not enough. The student must know what his capacity is for bringing that knowledge to full realization. This he cannot know until he has studied his likes and dislikes, his ability, and his interests. Once he has found-the type of work that he would like to do, the problem of the student is to master it. Page Fifteen

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I, Edgar Killian, do will and bequeath to Albert Ba- UNE HUNDRED THIRTYHFIVE By JOHN MQCORMICK We, Walda Behnke and Thelma Burbank, do will and bequeath to Harriet Barron our ability as history sharks. I, Elizabeth Parker, do will and bequeath to Helen Balogh my stony silence. VVe, Alice Pilson, Mary Ridley, and Dorothea Gai- ley, do will and bequeath to future senior play aspi- rants our dramatic ability. I, Mary Gulyas, do will and bequeath to Virginia Avey my ability to fathom deep geometrical prob- lems. I, Gloria Keppen, do will and bequeath to Mildred VVard my skill in dodging library furniture. I, Clifford Jones, do will and bequeath to John Chiaravalli a ride in my Crazy Six. logh my soldierly appearance. NVe, John Hagopian and Ernest Hartman, do will and bequeath to Wilbur Ebling our lean and hungry look. VVe, Jerry Gruitch, Geza Pasternack, and Louis Svitkovich, do will and bequeath to Benjamin Rus- sel our ability to make a slide rule slide. I, Angus Morrison, do will and bequeath to any hery junior my knowledge of parliamentary law. I, Amphion Sheldon, do will and bequeath to Bernie VVinters my magical ability. I, Albert Stull, do will and bequeath to Bela Benko my razor. I can find no use for it. I, Albert Topor, do will and bequeath to Russel Gabbert my patented blush. NVe, Stephen Vargo and Newton Baxter, do will and bequeath to John I-Iodi our secrets in wooing the fair sex. I, Glover Roundtree, do will and bequeath to Ed- ward Kleckner my great oratorical ability. I, Carmine Scafuri, do will and bequeath to Robert Masecar my bowlegged knock knees. VVe, Suzane Hovorka and Henrietta Dattner, do will and bequeath to Dorothea Harms our good-natured attitude in giving away senior pictures. I, Dorothy Miller, do will and bequeath to 'Wilhel- mina Davis my Irish accent. We, Mildred Kuelm and Mollie Kovacs, do will and bequeath to Mildred Milatz our Irish brogue. I, Agnes Havigimian, do will and bequeath to Flor- ence Reno my pleasant disposition. XVe, Anna Drumni and Eva Schenk, do will and be- queath to Mary Kempton our powerful voices. lYe, Edith Karnatz and Dorothy Hoy, do will and bequeath to Elizabeth Martin our Pepsodent smiles. I, Irene Nagy, do will and bequeath to Mildred Duschane my ambition to ruin typewriters with hi- speed typewriting. I, I-Ienry Krig- ner, do will and bequeath to George Stefansky my job of beating off the girls who insist on follow- ing me around. 4 Q E 4 'P I Q Y 3 5 3 3 l -0--o--o--o-o-5 E, THE Seniors of June, 1929, who have cherished our natural talents and antibi- pated heirlooms for so long a time, are now prepared to part with them. We are bequeath- ing them to our successors, the January class of 1930, with the Q hope that they will realize I,Har01dBf0Wn, S their great value and feel the do will and be- queath to any jun- taking the attend- ance in record. I, Douglas Gor- don, do will and sentiment attached to each -of-0--M .... O S-. 2 W' 5 2 5' 'ff O V-qs Q 5332 W' 0 ru Phill 'I O0O O4 'we- an 52 SQ.. RE ?--S 'P- 5 QQ on 3 E-D. :S Is- 5-Q. Q4 .Q- minute endowment. In depart- ing we hope that our gifts will Juniors in advance for carrying out our wishes and we wish them the greatest of success. O l OWOMO l0O l l0O'vOwOvl1 bequeath to David McFadden my large bunch of horsefeathers. We, Alfred Farber and Gerald Johnson, do will and bequeath to James Hagen our retiring dispositions. Q I, Phillip Hamel, do will and bequeath to any wor- thy junior my position on the hockey team. I, Harry I-Iobley, do will and bequeath to Robert Linn a bolt from my DeLuXe Ford. I, VVilliam Neil, do will and bequeath to Charles Balogh my ambition to drive a street car. I, Harold Oke, do will and bequeath to Thomas Musson my ancient gym suit. I, Louis Varga, do will and bequeath to George Rasko my fifty-page book filled with girls' addresses. I, Glenn Stelfes, do will and bequeath to John Tur- ner my job as Prospector cartoonist. VVe, Stella Szatkowski and Ethel Toth, do will and bequeath to Vera Benn our sunny dispositions. I, Dorothy Stoll, do will and bequeath to Eleanor Frazier my ambition to become a female Paderewski. I, Velma Srocka, do will and bequeath to Mildred Milatz my job of banging a typewriter in the publi- cation room. I, Bessie Hopkins, do will and bequeath to Georgina Forrest my famous haircut. I, Lucille Emerick, do will and bequeath to Kath- rine Covert my strange attraction for junior boys. NVe, Lorene Golm and Dorothy Grunewaldio will and bequeath to Lorene Newton our ability to charm the senior class. lVe, Evelyn Hittinger and Menetta Hecht, do will and bequeath to Anna Steffler our ambitions to be- come school teachers. XVe've lost heart. I, Mable Scaife, do will and bequeath to Marion Smith my nymphlike qualities in Hitting about the halls. H lVe, John Mahin and XVilliam Kamorosky, do will and bequeath to lVilliam Peters our ability to settle all group questions without a war. CContinuecl on page 195 Page Seventeen