Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Hi-Y Attends City-Wide Banquet The semi-annual city-wide Hi-Y ban- quet on April 21, held at the Central lvlethodist Church, was the high light ol' the year. Hazen Vernier, pastor ol' the Cass Commun- ity Church, a n d popular young peo- ple's speaker, ad-- dressed the city Hi- Y Clubs. The topic was: Which Col- lege to Attend ? On March 24, R a l p h Heilman. Boys' Work Secretary ol' the Fisher Y. M. C. A., made a pre-Easter speech to the club members. This meeting was held in the main lobby of the Western Branch HY . The only light in the room radiated from the fireplace, which gave a most intimate at- mosphere to the occasion. An outstanding service rendered to the school this semester took the form of the second-hand book store management. In this period of depres- sion, the book store proved to be a means of saving considerable money used to buy new text books. Hifi! Senior Chapter, Hi-Y Dean A. G. Altenburg ol' the llighland Park Junior College addressed the club on the prohibi- tion issue March 17. llis speech was interesting as well as educational. The executives who led the club successfully this year are: Hazen Hunt, presidentg Henry Schneidewind, vice-president, George Capen, sec- retaryg Harold Langley, corresponding secretaryg Melville Durbon, treasurerg and William Icenhower, Sergeant-at-Arms. Victor Chapter, Hi-Y Askew Leads Victor Hi-Y The Victor chapter of the Hi-Y was organized this semester as the newest Hi-Y club at South- western. The members of the club are students of The Gold Chapter, Hi-Y the eleventh and twelfth grades. Many former members of these chapters are lost to the club be- cause there is no room to take them into the senior group. The officers of the club for this semester are: Thomas Askew, presidentg Arthur Eb- ling, vice-presidentg J o h n Westphal, reporterg Albert Samu, secretary, and John Miglin, treasurer. The advis- er of the club is Albert Dem- chak, a Southwestern alum- nus. A most important work of the club was the organizing of a dancing club for mem- bers of the Hi-Y. Page Thirty-one

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R. O. T. C. Field Day Under the capable supervision of Lieutenant Yeager and Captain Holland, the Southwestern R. O. T. C. has become a well-developed unit. Al- though it is smaller than it was in previous sem- este1's, it has nevertheless made up for the short- age of members by its orde1'liness and discipline. Un May 15, the boys were inspected by a gov- ernment inspector. On this occasion they were put through a three-hour examination. On June 2, Field Day, the unit participated in vari- ous contests for priz- es. In the latter part of May, the unit took a two-day hike, Saturday and Sun- day. The hike, with Captain Holland in charge, was con- ducted in a military fashion, to give the rookies a taste of army life. Nineteen in New Chess Club The newly formed Chess Club consists of nine- teen chess enthusiasts. Some enjoy the game so immensely that they play in the public library and in each other's homes as well as at the meeting. Several who joined the club to learn to play very nicely. Others that ne joined to develop their the meetings are held every Wednesday dur- i, githe ninth and tenth hours in Room 1139. The dificers are: Fred Burns, presidentg Ernest Sale, vice-president, Robert Gustafson, secretary, and Mark Bruckner, treasurer. Miss Carrel is the sponsor. Several means have been employed to acquire skill at the game of chess. One was to have chess authorities come and talk to themembers, as did Mr. August Robst. Mr. Robst talked for two hours and cleared up many points for the members. Another means was to get books on chess and follow them closely. lt was hoped that a tournament would be held but because of the continual ab- sence of members it has been abandon- ed. During the meet- ing the members play anyone pres- ent. Enough chess sets are now on hand to accommo- date all members. Shop Adapts Students for Trade The Smith-Hughes trade group in Southwest- ern was founded about eight years ago. The class prepares the student for the trade for which he is fitted. At Southwestern only one branch of this course is open, and that is machine shop. It is sup- DO1't9d by a state fund. The average time spent by a student in this course is from one to two years. Besides spending four hours in the machine shop each day, the student must study English, mechanical drawing, and shop mathematics. Raymond Gillman is the student teacher of the p1'esent class, and lVIr. Beuhler is the teacher. This is the best course for a boy who cannot go to college, for he can start to learn his trade while he is still young, and may go to school at the same time. Page Thirty If a boy cannot finish his course during the day he can come back and earn his credits at night school.

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Growth oi the German Club Library The L a t i n Club's m o s t outstan d i n g achievement ot' the term was the language club dance, and it c e r t ainly can be said that this was one ot' the se- niester's most colorful social events. Most of the club's success is probably due to the able The German Club Castra Caesaris Gives Mixer rl, Gluck Aui' Verein has a German library which was started last year. The library is growing larger ve1'y rapid- ly. Many new German books we1'e added to this library this semester. The officers l'or this sem- ester were: Arthur Schus- chan, presidentg Margaret Lada, vice-presidentg Elva Johnson, secretaryg M ax Heck, treasurerg Fred Burns, corresponding secretaryg and Louis Kiss, club reporter. x,'. 'rs, Cad- n Pro u t, presidentg Vir- ginia Reckling, vice president.: Tom O'Hara, secretaryg and Thomas Bag- ley, treasurer. The club has proved to be a source of help to the meni- bers, for it makes the Lat- in course more interesting to them. Le Cercle Francais distin- guished itself this semester as one ot' the most active of the fifty or more clubs ot' South- western. Participating in the Language Club party, enter- taining and instructing its members, and taking in ten new students were but a few ol' its activities. Early in the season the French Club adopted the plan oi' appointing two members at each meeting to afford enter- ment for the next meeting.. ln spite of their already fine record the French Club hopes to be even more active in the future, They are already plan- ning their activities for next semester. Page Thirty-two Cuslru Caesuris Members Entertain French Club 4 ,I l The French Club