The Detroit times., 1916-02-15
School Happenings


lowing officers: velma Null, presi-
dent; Minnie Breedveir. vlce-presi-
dent; Herman Wiecnmann, secre-
tary; Harry Danils. treasurer. The
class motto is, Together we stand.
divided we fall" The class colors
are blue and white.
literary society called the Yona
Teka has been organized by a num-
Der of twelfth grade students In
Northwestern high. One Of the OBJ
jects of the club will be to produce
convincing debaters. The officers
are: +. Beverley, president; A.
Robinson. vice-president; V. Nc
Mann, secretary; r. Fleming, treas.
urer
Resolved. That Michigan adopt
the short ballot system" was the
subject of discussion at the last
meeting of the Webster Debating
club of Central high scho"l. The
Affirmative was upheld by w. Wachs
and r. Levin, and the negative by
]. Lifurt and s. Sternber-. The
result was tie.
Central high school Ionday held
the preliminar'es for the third an
nual debate. according TO an agree
ment entered into with the Central
high Cleveland. and the Short
ridge high OF Indianapolis. This
will b. the last OF the series. The
following six contestants in the pre-
liminaries were chosen % represent
Central: Charles Rubiner, Simon
Shelter, j. Wright. Sumner Terry,
+. Snowdon and Wesley Nutten.
|. G. Rosenstein and Bernard Ros-
enzweig we're chosen as alternates.
The debates proper will be held
Friday evening, March "a.
A team chosen from the assembly
and senate Of Western high school
will debate with the Philomatic De-
batting club in the auditorium of
Western high, Wednesday evening,
on the question, Resolved, That
an international court of arbitra-
tion would be advisable" The
Western speakers have the affirma-
tive side OF the question. The de-
bate, free to the public, will begin
at 7:45 p. m.
At the annual oratorical contest
OF the Philomatic Debating society
the speakers and their subjects
were: Emil Rothman. True Amer
icanism" Maurice Klein, George
Washington Lawrence Seltzer.
Increased armament" Samuel II.
Rubiner, ''Dr Solomon Schecter;"
David Porvin. "The Man" The
judges, Adam Strohm and John
Hoyt. awarded the first prize. gold
medal TO Samuel Rubiner and the
second prize, a silver medal. to
Lawrence Seltzer.
Tro following officers have been
elected by the Junior Civic league
club, organized in room A OF the
Washington school: Benjamin Wa
terstone. president; Walter Harris,
vice-president: Elizabeth Quinlan,
secretary: Nathan Weingarden,
treasurer.
Safety lrst exhibitions are being
given III the various public gram
mar schools of the city by members
OF the Safety First society. Safety
FIRST models will be made by the
students for prizes being offered by
the society
The Washington school was pre-
sented with an American flag. Mon
day afternoon. by the women OF the
Michigan Relief corps. Lincoln ex-
ercises we're held in conjunction
with the presentation exercises.
Al the semi-annual election OF the
Portia Debating club. the following
officers were chosen: Frances
Jackson, president: Marjorie Le-
Vogue. secretary; Jocelyn Tyler,
treasurer: Kathryn Macmillan, ser
geant-at-arms. A defamation cor
test as held and Rebecoa Jacob
son was declared the winner by the
judges.
Central club. OF Central high
school, has elected these officers:
Erwin Goodwillie. president; Robert
Grindley. vice-president; Dudley
Buck, secretary; Russell Fenton,
treasurer. Edwin l.. Miller. prin-
cipal OF Northwestern high. was the
speaker at the last meeting OF the