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

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one family all through the year and we intend to keep our association up in the year' 1922-1923 and all through the years yet to come. Our motto: Work leadeth to success has been our guide all through the year. XV e have been successful, but our success has come only through good, hard work. Today we are rewarded in the fact that we have attained the two- fold purpose of our society. Today we stand proud of the work we accomplished and proud of the fact that in striving to accomplish it, it taught us to be men. Nazurrth Qlnunril NDER the able leadership of the following officers, Clement O'Rourke, presidentg Henry Daoust, vice-president, Herbert Clarke, secretary, and Francis Lemmer, treasurer, the Nazareth Council accomplished wonders and did an immense amount of good in fostering every move of the school. Due to the activity of this society the football team of the 1921 season went on to success and victory, for the enthusiasm of the members of this organization was the means of giving to the squad twelve of the twenty players. Socials, debates, contests, etc., were fostered by this society, and it is needless to say that the members of this organization are today proud of the work they accomplished, both for the school and themselves. All through the year this society kept before it one main and important object-Devotion to the Divine Child. Interest in the Archconfraternity of the Divine Child did not wane, on the contrary, it ever kept on the- increase and we dare say that this is one of the great councils of this worldwide Archconfra- ternlty. The moderator of our society, the Rev. Brother: Dominic, F. S .C., deserves a great deal of credit for the wonderful success we attained during the scholastic year 1921-1922. lt is to be hoped that he will be with us again when the fall semester opens, so that he can continue his good work of the past year. Br Ea Salle Snrirtg T THE beginning of the scholastic year Freshmen BU formed a class society under the name of the De La Salle Literary Society, which had for its object the furtherance of interest in English literature and the creation of a class spirit among the members. '1 he lirst election of officers resulted as follows Wilfred Wieske, President, Walter Lulexcher, Vice-President, Joseph O'Connor, Secretary, Harold XVeber, Treasurer. '1 he one great object attained by these officers during their adminis- tration was the creation of a good class spirit. l'resident VVieske proved very efficient during his term of office. The work went along smoothly and everybody was well pleased with the way he handled things. With the second quarter came a change in the society's regime with Eugene Luzenski, President, joseph Dakoske, Vice-Presidentg Thomas Fluent, Secretaryg Edward Kramer, Treasurer. Under this set of officers great activity was manifested in the line of debates, spelling bees, two-minute talks, etc. The Christmas party held under the auspices of the officers was a splendid success. The officers of the third quarter were: Edward Kramer, President: Donald Griffin, Vice-President, Thomas Fluent. Secretary, Henry Abele, Treasurer. During this quarter the society occupied itself with athletics. A basketball team was formed with Edward Weweler as captain and though we did not win we came Page Si.rty-one

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fdngrv ilfilmvr iiiterarg Snrivig I-IIS society, organized in the Junior Room, was quite active during the scholastic year now drawing to a successful close. W'e might sav that it was, and this without fear of question from any other society, the most enthusiastic and the liveliest society in the school. Wliatever the move, this societv was to be found in the vanguard fostering and pushing the proposition for all it was worth. The skating carnival held under the auspices of The Arrow editorial staff had its inception at a meeting of our society. In a word, we backed every move to the limit and now at the close of school we are proud of the work we did during the year 1921-1922. Due to the four administrations of the year the society went on to great and lasting things. The bond of friendship formed when we merged into one room in September, 1920, was cemented firmer and firmer during the past year. A spirit of goodfellowship permeated the room at all times during the year and the association and companionship begun last year were maintained at a high standard. This spirit of fraternity, of w-orking for a common good, enabled us to go forth on two separate occasions-the Christian Brothers' Diamond Jubilee Crusade and the Year Book solicitation-and come home the winner by large margins. Due mainly to One, Elmer Masserang of small stature, we were able to come first in these twto campaigns. It was a case of And a little child shall lead themf, That aggressive spirit of Joyce Kilmer, which caused him, though over draft age, to enlist in the Fighting Sixty-ninth of New York state, has been ours. Fight has been our slogan, and it is due mainly to our spirit of lighting until the last minute, not only in campaigns, but also in our studies, that has enabled us to make the scholastic year of 1921-1922 a decided success. NVe stand today on the threshold of our Senior Year, the better for having chosen this sterling American as the 'fpatronf' if you will, of our Literary Society. We tried during the year to take from his life some of his literary genius and mlake it a part of our beings. Our debates, essays, short stories, two-minute talks have all been given, written, spoken solely and primarily for the purpose of one day coming within reach of the literary fame acquired by the genius whose name we gave to our society. Our meetings were lively, enthusiastic, interesting and instructive and the seeds of oratory, argument and the like sown therein will within the near future blossom out into beautiful flowers, the Howers of Good Speech, Convincing Argu- ment and Sound Logic. VVe have tried to catch from Joyce Kilmer that great and wonderful spirit of his, so that in the time that is yet allotted to us, we might strive to do some good for our fellow man, to make some unfortunate creature the happier for having come in contact with us. The design heading this department depicts a ball room with its gay and Merry dancers. The world is the ball room and we and our fellow men are the dancers. The blare of music, the swishing and rustling of skirts, the gliding of feet oier the polished floor, lend to the scene, and for a time bring happiness and joy into the dancers, lives. We, by our socials, parties, outings, have tried to bring into one another's lives that happiness that the ball room cannot and never will bring into man's life. The Joyce Kilmer Literary Society has stood for two things, and at all times during the year has worked to attain them, viz: the honor and glory of Alma Mater and the improvement of the literary ability of the members, together with the creating of a spirit of goodfellowship and brotherly love. We have been Page Sixty

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out second. The captain, with Donald Griffin and Red Povlitz, deserve a great deal of credit for the success of the class team. The officers for the third quarter were returned for the fourth. Debates, two-minute talks, baseball were entered into by the members with a great deal of enthusiasm and pep, which speaks well for the spirit of our class. The school year is drawing to a close and we can safely say that we have accomplished a great deal. Our society has been the great means of creating friends in this room. It waslthe means whereby we had good times, games, out- ings and, lastly, an increased knowledge in the English language. All through the year we have kept these things in mind and what is more we have been united on all of them. One for all, all for one. This has been our slogan, our motto, our guiding star, our harbinger of future success. Flhr Arrnm Juninr Enm:g:.n:::o1i . glmmgvf the Hfst in its history, Jos- ..I'I2IsE:E?I,iZ,. '. .,., eph's had the distinction of possessing a 1--L '----' H- '2f2 Yf---- - -- -'-- daily paper. On the morning of March 7, ::::2f5l5Qfi:ZQi.1m-rm-ffl.. there HPPeafefl OU the School bulletin lmffl a typewritten sheet of paper, with the heading, V The ,Arrow Junior. The students saw it as 3- mf ' ps:-::2:'i.-:.:'-' they arrived for class. They stopped, read and wir.. - ....:.::t::z-:::::f-ZS were struck with astonishment. The thought ....':::.::::r1.:':::....:-.:.::-:.::3 . .,... .'ff 'fl.. of a daily paper had never occurred to them before. Yet here was a daily paper, which ' ' m'jj-mmm had appeared as if by magic. The paper soon :-65-- W'9l'f'lfil'lr-'M became very popular and was one of the sen- sations of the school year. 0 ini? l l'n' Mia-W From the beginning the Arrow Junior :iz EEE?iiE:Ii5.I2.:ii5?i.li::- met with a hearty reception, not alone by the -it ' 'W' student body but also by the faculty. The --fl-ff-M-V l' -- 1--- J--m--w latter were warm in their encouragement of the paper and expressed their hope that the Arrow junioru would continue throughout the year. As stated in its initial number the object of the Arrow junior was to fos- ter and encourage among the students, school and class activities by bringing these matters betore their attention daily. To create and promote a good healthy school spirit, to foster an interest in athletics, and to review the events of the preceding day and to make known events of future occurrence. It is fitting and proper to state that the Arrow junior lived up to its object. It was, in fact, a miniature edition of the school paper, The Arrow. During the period of its existence there was no event of importance taking place at St. joseph's which was not duly reported in the Arrow Junior. The editor and publisher of the Arrow Junior, Brother A. Lewis, F. S. C., produced a paper of which he might well be proud. If the school paper was a little late in making its appearance a volley of questions were fired at him. If we may judge from the comments made on the news appearing in the Arrow Junior, all the work and time that the Editor spent in getting out his sheet was not spent in vain. Page Sixty-two