The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-16
NORTHWESTERN HIGH
SCHOOL

Editorial stan-Chiefi n. Gladstone
Booth. Assocfstest norman McCor-
mick. Secretary Ruth Chipman.
Ruth Patterson. Emma Miller, Loren
Van Nortwick. Herbert Dies.
The standing for this months
marking were better than last
months. The boys houses stand as
follows: Marshall. FIRST; Lincoln,
seeond. and Sherman, third. The
girls houses stand: Betsy Ross.
first; Mt. Vernon, second. and Aus
ten,. third. A REPORT Of the summa
cum lande students will follow.
Mr.. Blanchard and Mr.. Fed spent
Monday morning at Northwestern
on account of the heating plant at
|CentraI taillng to work.
Some of the English-5 students
went this afternoon to the several
.grade schools in the district. The
schools and the pupils names are as
.follows: CLANCY, Ruth Wylee; Clip
.pert, Genevieve Hibble; Columbian.
|Egbert lsbell; Craft, Leroy Fleming;
|Estabrook, Thomas Carribine; Gold
|berg, John Klett; Hancock, Nina
Albright: McGraw, George Burns;
|Newberry, Dorothea Westlake;
|Owen, Majorie MCGEE; Pitcher.
Wright McClenahan; Simpson. Edna
|Allen; Sill, Donald Alexander; Win
|gert, Dormand Hill. These speeches
|give good practice for the speakers
land encourage the grade school pu-
|pils to come to high school.
On the Morning Of Dec. %, just
before record. a Christmas entertain
|ment is to be given. Each house
lis to furnish number. Marshall
house is to give song: Lincoln, a
recitation; Sherman has not decided
as yet; Mt. Vernon, a play which Is
|"Rugles' Christmas" Austen. vio-
lin solo; Ross, the play. christmas
Boxes"
The three English-5 classes will
give tire one-act plays after Christ
mas. The number OF tickets sold
will be the same as the number OF
seats. None will have to stand up.
When our school was built, II was
designated to accommodate ia pu-
pills. This was calculated by the
number of lockers. The present en-
roIlment is 631. The number of g.
BIS that entered in Feb, 1914, was
go; in Sept, 240 Calculating from
this increase and the fact that only,
at the most, % will graduate year
from February, and rs, year from
June, the whole enrolment next
September, will be not less than l.
600 pupils. and year from Feb
ruary. not less than 1.150 pupils,
What are we going to do with them?
Would Il not be an opportune time
70 start en- addition2
A new record system has been
edopted in Lincoln house. This has
proved a great success. The presi-
dent appointed q student out OF each
row 10 see each day what seat was
vacant I'm his row. When a seat Is
vacant he marks the number Of seat
and row. and gives II Immediately
10 the secretary. This gives the stu-
dents about is minutes for lunch
horr. where before they had about
eight
The system OF appointing FIVE
members OF Lincoln house as COM
mittee TO give social on Fridays.
AT record. has been Great success.
The students OF Sherman house
sent in petition TO ask for more
time 20 eat at record. The result
has not been published
Mr.. Todd IL oreanlzing an orches-
TIA for Lincoln house. A new treas
urer was elected. az the former one
was forced 10 leave school on ac-
count of sickness. Mr.. Williams was
elected With \ majority Of % votes
over Mr.. Wilson.
Operations are under way 70 elect
q prosecuting attorney and Judge.