The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
NORTHWESTERN HIGH
SCHOOL

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Editorial stsn--Chief. u. a. Booth
4 Star. Norman Mccormack, secretary
! Ruth Chapman. Ruth Pstterson
Emma Miller. Loren Van Nortwick
Perhaps the most widely known or
ganization OF Northwestern High is
Marshall house. II was organized
In January, 1914. The motto, origt
mated by our friend and teacher.
George Bechtel, Is vive honoris, or
men Of honor" After the officers
were elected, q constitutional commit
tee was appointed by, the president.
IL consisted OF b. Gladstone Booth.
James Beattie and Burns Cornell. The
omcers for the first term were George
Burns, president; Cook. Carribin and
tBeattie. vice-presidents: Joseph Col
we'll. secretary; Joseph Dermody.
treasurer. and Gordon Cameron, pros
fecutor Marshall house started It's
second term with almost ,redoubled
numbers The oficers this term are ::
George Burns, president; Corribin.
debating yice-president: Bomka.
scholarship; 5Dermody. athletic; Jo-
seph Colwell, secretary; Dean Cabot,
treasurer, and Gordon Cameron, pros
ecutor. We have a meeting every
day at IL q. m, AM weekly enter.
tainment every Wednesday, with
Thomas Carribin In charge. There IL
. fine spirit of cooperation and
friendiiness existing between the stu
dents and George Bechtel. the aman
who believes In self-government.
The members OF room zoe, Jane
Austin house. met after the sixth
hour, Oct. 2, to decide who should be
at the head OF their house. They
planned TO have only an executive
committee OF four, the chairman OF
which would act as president Of the
house. Ruth Patterson was elected
chairman. Dorothy Whipple, Dorothy
True and Avis Topper are the others
on the committee. Dorothy whipple
Is chairman OF our entertainment com.
mittee. Dorothy True OF our decora-
tton committee. and Avis Upper Of
our athletic committee.
The officers OF the Betsy Ross
house are as follows: Vera Jones,
president: Pearl knight, vice-presi.
dent; Marjorie Magee, secretary and
treasurer There has been four com
mittees appointed The members Of
the social committee are: Evelyn
KTija. Naome Mossman, Virginia Nc
Mahon. Genevieve Hibbler. The mem
beers Of the house committee are: Ce-
ell Hubbell, Maude Johnston. Mar.
garet Keifer. The members OF the
scholarship committee are: Ada Gif
I'm. Emma Miller. Lena King. Helen
Knight The members Of the athletic
committee are. Violet Kidder. LILLIAN
Marson, Lillian King, NADIA Lewis.
a E-h n rxn <nr
have not yet been elected
Sherman house, with ]. II. Corns an
principal, Is the largest boys house
AZ Northwestern. IL has an enroll
ment of 115 students Sherman house
Is also exceptionally good in scholar.
ship. last term attaining higher av-
erage than any other boys house. We
have not inauguratec the system OF
self-government as yet, but win do
go II Mr.. Corns approves Of the sys-
tenn The oficers Of Sherman house
are President, G. Kaufman; first
vice-president, ]. Moran; second vice
president. r. Kern; third vice-prest
dent. George Lenz: secretary, A. Mar
tindale: treasurer. c. Hanson.
The organization Of Lincoln house
Is being carried forward this week.
A committee was elected by the stu
dents to promote their interests. Mr..
Todd, a leading member OF the house.
was elected chairman OF this commit
tee. The other members Of this
committee are: Mr.. Spaulding. Mr..
Wilson, Mr.. Zimmerman. and Mr..
Page. Class spirit was prominent
factor of the meeting. as nearly all
students attended and gave their
views OF the election.
The members Of Mt. Vernon house
have elected their officers as follows:
President, Florence Fox; secretary,
Elizabeth Bullock. The president ap
pointed two committees. The mem
bers OF the entertainment committee
are: Mary Chalmers. chairman; Edna
Allen, Leota Fisk, Fleda Cruickshank.
Mary Bossardet. The members of the !
committee are: N. Al
bright, d. Davidson, and M. Chase.
The colors are the Colonials' colors--
bun and blue. The motto chosen II;