St Joseph High School - Arrow Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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We glory in the fact that in the campaign, put on for securing advertisements and patrons of this Year Book, we topped the list with the amount of S531 to our credit. This amount, save S99 secured by our teacher, represents the good, hard, persistent work of each and every student of this class, but especially that of Elmer Masserang, who obtained the sum of 58206, thus giving him first place in the school in this campaign, Francis X. Kraft of the Senior class came next with S5178 to his credit. This is the reason for our pride. By ourselves alone we accomplished the feat of topping the list, and what's more of going over the quota tS400j assigned us by our teacher, an amount which, someone said would not be brought in by any class in the school. This may smack of the spirit of vainglory, we may be severely criticised for this, but we just can not keep from telling the world that we accomplished it and that in doing so we overcame a thousand and one obstacles. We have shown that one class could obtain the amount of 3400. Someone said it couldnlt be done. Our policy is that of Edgar Allan Guest, the poet of the breakfast table-g'1t can be done. It is this spirit of It can be done and the great lighting spirit of our class that enabled us to smash our way to first place in this campaign as well as in the Christian Brothers' Crusade. XYith the rest of the school we entered the retreat on Monday, April 10, and it goes without saying, that like the rest of our school mates, we went through the various exercises in a very serious way, realizing the immense amount of good to be derived from it. It was a fitting preparation for the Holy Season of Easter. Immediately on our return from the Easter vacation the LaSalle Baseball league commenced. We entered a team and to date have lost to Freshmen B by a score of 12 to 6, and won from the fourth year by a score of 17 to 12. We expect to be in the light right up to the time the last mlan is put out. The fourth quarterly examinations are in the ofling, our work of the Junior Year is fast drawing to a close, it has been a jolly year, but soon it will be a thing of the past and we will be standing on the threshold of our Senior Year, trying to peer into the future, 1922-1923, a-wondering what it holds in store for us. VVe are no longer the Jolly Juniorsi' we must put aside the things of child- hood and now assume the clothes of manhood. Ours is no light task. The under- graduates will look up to us for example and edifieation. VVe are the ones on whom the school depends when the question of leadership arises. We have done. Our 'junior Log is complete. We have done our work and are now ready to assume the obligations of Serious Seniors. Farewell kind friends, till we meet again next year, when we will have passed through the Fourth Year as Serious Seniors and stand ready to take our places in the business world or to continue our education in some college or university. Adieu, Adios! till another June. JAMES J. SPRINGER, '23. Page Forty-one

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building to be erected in New York City, commemorative of the Christian Brothers' Diamond Jubilee. In the drive that was put on in the .school the students of this class took an active part, so much so, that this interest carried us into first position, for when the final reckoning came we headed the list with 250 per cent, a per capita of 36.22. Not only this, but we had within our ranks the champion chance seller in the per- son of Elmer Masserang, who, all told sold 300 chances during the drive. He also won the prize offered by an alumnus of Manhattan college, for selling the greatest number of chances during the special campaign of forty chances put on from November 19 to December 8, his record for one day alone, December 5, being 121. Our record during this drive-Highest amount, average, percentage, per capita, greatest numiber of chances sold and the champion chance seller. November 21 marked the first appearance of our class paper- The Com-' ment, edited and published in typewritten form, by Francis j. jungwirth. This paper lived up to its lirst announcement published in its initial number: My mission will be to promote a bigger and better class spirit, to discuss class news and to relate the various class incidents which occur during the week. The editor deserves a great deal of commendation for the wonderful work he did in putting out this weekly. , Late in january an ice carnival was held at Belle Isle under the auspices of the editorial staff of the Arrow. At this Frederick Gravel, proved his ability as a skater, for he was found well up in front in the various events run off. Fred entered the races held by the Detroit Recreation Commission and did remarkably well. Besides skating the lads of this class engaged in several bowling matches with the Fourth Year, but due to superior playing on the part of the latter lost seven out of nine games. When the others failed to come across on the bowling league, the members of these two teams decided to discontinue the league. Basket ball next occupied our attention. After the organization of the Athletic Association and the opening of the basket ball season we put a team on the court that made itself felt. Though we did not come out on top we have two distinctions to our credit, viz: that of being the only team in -the league to beat the Second Year and that of being the only team that lost to the Fourth Year. Not only were we actively engaged in the line of sports, but we were not forgetting nor neglecting the main issue-study. We were holding our own with it. In the line of typewriting we were working away with an object and purpose in view-that of winning the various medals and honors conferred by the Under- wood and Remington Typewriter Companies. Fourteen of our number, at the present date, May 5, have won honors since September, and bv the first week of June we expect to have many more in the ranks of the honored typists. March 17 witnessed the St. Patrick's day entertainment at which several of our members starrel, notably, John Simon, John Kahoun, Leonard Stumm, William Gracher, who played in the orchestra. Incidentally we want to remark here that this was the first school function at which the school orchestra played, and it sure did itself justice that day. Rev. Brother B. Amedy, F. S. C., has just reason for being proud of his orchestra and deserves a great deal of credit for the wonderful work he did with it during the school year. The year rolled on and soon we were up to the time when the drive for the year book was to be put on. Fired by the enthusiastic talks of our teacher, the man behind this Year Book, we sallied forth .resolved to come out on top in this drive, just as we had come out on top in previous ones. How we succeeded in this campaign we will let one of our fellow members state: Not only did we succeed in topping the list at the time of the Christian Brothers' Diamond jubilee Fund Crusade, but we also have to our credit another accomplishment, which is our pride and boast. Page Forty

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'gpP1111'ili11g vimliztz Yl'liXX'R lTlX1i has always been fostered here at St. 'loseph's. tireat inte:- est has been taken in this art this year more than ever. The medals offered by the Cnderwood and Remington Typewriting Companies, have been the means of spurring the students on towards securing one of the coveted prizes. Cndcr the able tutelage of Rev. Brother Henry and Rev. Brother B. joseph the Seniors and juniors have garnered quite a number of these awards. The work of this year has increased the reputation of St. ,loseph's. These typewriting companies, especially the Cnderwood people, have complimented us very highly on the splendid work being accomplished here in .Xlnta Nlater. St. hloseph's entered another typist in the Order of .Xccurate Typists-l-lrad- ford l.. Springer, who wrote at a speed of C9 words a minute for ten consecutive minutes without error. This makes the third year in succession that this feat has been accomplished. The successful niedalists pictured above are treading from left to rightl as follows: limit! Rott'-XYilfritl ul. I,e lfevre, .Xlois ll. liinheuser, .lohn B. lleau- bien, l'aul bl. llcnrichs, ,loseph .X. Schulte, Felix AX. Ktunmer. Xyilliain l'. Rossen- berger, -loseph -I, Reuter, Bernard nl. Compliment, Hilbert AX. Dylteman. .STUUUIIIZT lCo:t'ffRicliard -I. llengehold, Francis X. Kraft, lirvin Al. Andres, Clarence XY. Robinctt, Thaddeus ii. Spilvosliy, Clayton li. liauthier, Raymond .X, Smith, liradford l.. Springer, Clarence bl. Vliebelliaus, Raymond ll. Sheahan. Leonard -I. Stunnn. IXIVIII' ROTC--TZIIIICS bl. Springer, joseph .X. l.ipsl4ey, lfredericlt A. lflauin- gartner, lfrancis bl. Alungwirth, l7rederick bl. Gravel, lfdmund XY. lfuhrniann, -Ioseph Xl. l.ocher, john Y. Kahoun, lilmcr O. Rademacher, Ralph bl. lleidenreich. lfranlc Al. llhner. lytlflt' l o1'f.x'-ffeo