PREVIEWS The words ,"Now when I was a boy , , . " have prefixed many a long-drawn-out story. Most of us enjoy delving into the past; for no days seem quite so hilarious. so worthwhile, so glamorous as the "good old ones." It is the purpose and aim of THE PIPER '40 to provide a pictorial and literary reminder of what is now an exciting present and of what will be a glorious past. We take justifiable pride in the outstanding activities in which this school has engaged during the year now passing. These must rightly be attributed to the student body as a whole, which has so faithfully lent its support to every activity from football games to swing minstrels. It is a year that evidences the beginnings of tradition.
While we are tempted to rest upon our laurels and preen our feathers, our successes should really serve only lo beckon us on to greater achievement. Nevertheless, we are proud of a T.V.A.A. championship football team, a district championship basketball team, a brand new school newspaper, and a mirth-provoking musical variety show. Behind the scenes a tremendous volume of work is carried on. THE PIPER '40 strives also to record a portion of that. Within its pages are included reminders of hours of team practices, committee sessions, play rehearsals, newspaper work. and something of the class room routine. There are also many fleeting recollections of assembly programs, dances, plays, sport events, and a multitude of oi other things, which in toto make Baldwin a better place lo go to school. Presented, too, are the personalities, those talented and industrious people from w hose crania come the ideas and upon whose shoulders is placed the bulk of the work. It will b e these lo whom w e shall refer in saying. " We knew them when . . . " Therefore, with a comp rehensive ear to the ground and an editorial eye lo the future, THE PIPER '40 has collected under its covers many a memento of the year and much sentimental trivia. When you have grown old and grey and are tempted to dwell upon the past, to tell amazing stories of your youth lo incredulous grandchildren, you will have this concrete evidence to point to.
PIGSKIN Baldwin High School football has always been a high spol in the life of Birmingham's sports enthusiasts. The 1939 season was no exception for local fans, with a team finishing an undefeated schedule as champions of the Twin Valley League, in its first year as a contender for league laurels.
In nine games the Maples battled to seven glorious victories, while two opponents found ways of stopping the mighty Maples, each content with tied games. Ready and able aeserves play a major role in bringing Birmingham its first g rid title. Alwa ys willing to Jill in for a /altering veteran.
Coach George Wurster took over the coaching duties al Baldwin two years ago with the hope of producing a line team in each year, and at the same time molding the young men into a strong squad for future campaigns. This fall Mr. Wurster came up with a well-balanced team, carrying high hopes for a successful season against league opponents and a lso of winning the annual Turkey• Day classic with Royal Oak. The real test came September 22 when Dearborn High School, a league member, journeyed to Birmingham for the opening game of the season. After the dust had settled on the playing field , big while numbers on the scoreboard showed 13 for Birmingham and O for the Pioneers, starting Birmingham on one of the best winning streaks in the history of the school. This was only the first step for the Maples in their title drive. For in the city of Ecorse, another Twin Valley Leaguer, Ecorse High School, laet year's Valley cochampion, kept pace wilh each victory Birmingham registered. making it a close race right to the finish.
Late practice sessions las ting " far inlo the nigh!" compe l th e Arm• strong brothe rs. frank and Joe. lo be conte nt with a cold sna ck out of the refrigerato r. (Below) Mary An n Mead secs Hugh Mack homeward bound as tho ten o' clock curlew recalls training rul es and ends the loolball playe r's (and his date"s) night life.
With each game Birmingham showed new assets of a w inning ball club. flashing the brand of football that it look lo conquer such worthy opponents as Dearborn, Plymouth, Lincoln Park, Ferndale, Ypsilanti, East Detroit, and Ecorse. With six straight games under its belt, Birmingham looked forward to the big assignment ahead, staking everything agamsl foes that should be stronger than the six previously encountered. Everything went along smoothly for two games, winning the league crown wilh a 0-0 deadlock against Wayne High School's battling gridders, and a trouncing for the Ecorse Red Raiders by a 14-0 score. In the Wayne game Birmingham missed defeat by inches, when with seconds remaining, Wayne gambled on a line smash from its two-yard stripe, with the Maple Leaf forward wall thrusting the ball carrier to lhe turf as he was about to cross the goal line. Against Ecorse Birmingham was forced to play its bosl game of tho season, dethroning the titlisls with timely punting and brilliant defensive play. For the first lime in years it looked to many people as though the Maples would walk off with the Little Brown Tug by at least a two-touchdown advantage, considering the fact that the Acorns had gone through the season
with only one victory to their credit, while the Maples had not tasted defeat. Those who thought this would be hue seemed to forget that in this annual battle the underdog should never be underrated, as shown by past experience, since both teams have played far over their heads on Thanksgiving Day. With the sun sneaking through the clouds and a record breaking crowd turning out to see anything happen in this all-important game, Royal Oak went right to work to set the Maples back on their heels with a 45-yard touchdown march. Up to this point Birmingham had been playing a lackadaisical game, driving a few yards and then faltering against the Oak thrusts. A tense moment in every football player's life is when he present& his eligibility card lo Miss Taylor and hopes, and hopes, she will sign.
After the Royal Oak score, the Maples turned Into a different team, tackling with abandon and running and plunging like the team that had carried Birmingham to the Valley crown. Failure to convert by placement after evening the count on a one-yard smash, left the score at 6-6 when the final whletle blew, leaving the prized jug in Royal Oal(a trophy case for another year.
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Excellent punting, blocking, passing, and a fine array of running talent were only part of what Birmingham possessed for a winning team. For fight and spirit the Maples outdid all rivals, and proved their metal time and again when, with their backs to the wall, they put up last stands that would have put any battlefield regiment to shame. A reserve squad is always one of the most Important factors in a team's success, and by no means did B!nningham Jack this necesoary asset. Twice during the season injuries sent valuable veterans to the sidelines when the going was toughest. 1n each case an able-bodied replaceml!nt rose to the occasion and played bang-up football
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1n recognition of superlative all around play, four members of Coach Wurster's forces were voted honorable mention on Remington's mythical all-state selections. Those to receive this distinction were Larry Colgrove, tackle; Dick Wenzell, halfback; Jim Herbst, tackle; and Hugh Mack, fullback.
These cheerle aders play an active part in promoting school s pirit and boosling the morale of the learn. Not only football but other major sports receive their co-operalion. (Below) Injuries are all part of the game, and Bob Eade receives first aid tre atment from Coach Wurste r and Manager Bob Fisher. But you should have seen the other !allow!
Colgrove, a senior, was elected honorary captain ol the championship team.
The Dada presented the team members with tiny gold footballs as a memento of their trophy team.
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Dearborn 13-0
East Detroit 33-6
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Plymouth 13-6
Wayne 6-6
Lincoln Park 13-6
Ecorae 14--0
Ferndale 6-0
Royal Oak 6-6
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Ypsilanti 38--0
-JACK PEARCE
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An enthusias tic crowd from Birmi n gh a m paid cxhorbi ta nt prices to see Royal Oak lie the Maples in a tense g a me.
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_ Like s hells waiting for battle. the se loolball h e lmets awcit the s tarter's w his tle. (Below) Typica l ol the decoration s on th e c ars in the Caravan to Ecornc were thoc;c on the pri-.:e -winninq Chaminade car. here p iclu red .
A s nappy end run by Dick W e nze ll adds six points to Birmingham'n already overwhelming lead over Ypsilanti.
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Birmingham's firs t year in th e Tw in Valley Alhle tlc A ssociation was crowned by this, the firs t loolball trophy in the e ntire case. (Below) All-Stater Dick Wenze ll loses no time in ha ving his leller sewed on by h is mother. Notice tho s pecial T.V .A .A. champion's emblem?
I BATTLE S So the Youth of America do not want war? They are down-right pacifists who abhor violence and bloodshed in all its forms, eh? Brother, that's what you think! As a matter of fact, the Youth of Birmingham is just as ready to bash a neighbor's head in (a moat un-Christian thing!) as any dictator-inspired young men in a totalitarian state. Let him who doubts read on. On 360-odd days of the year, the seniors and jun!ons and sophomores and young punks of this institution behave themselves like true little gentlemen and ladies.
Betty Stoll a nd Betty Roth starling the decorations on the home room w hich later b rought Jirst prize to the junior class.
They greet each other politely when they meet and practically never come to blows. Yet, on one day of each year, the Baldwin student body engages in "class warfare" of a type that would make Stalin's hair curl. It is stark war, too, with a scanty code of inter-classical Jaw to give it the appearance of sport. Of late yeans the grim viciousness which characterized these affains in other days has given way to a series of minor sldrmishes built around an elaborate code of bloodless contests. (The Diplomatic Front, as it were.) This year the ever-obliging Student Congress even furnished a Sudetenland to fight over. un-important in itsell but full of principles of things. This came in the form of a miniature Cider Barrel. bound in brass and with a brass plate cunningly attached, on which was to be inscribed the name of the winning class . Truly an object to fight and bleed for. Seve ral days before Field Day actually took place, the various classes met in solemn conclave to choose the committees and teams which were to represent them in the bloodless contests. There w ere teams for the dozen• odd sports designed to keep the students' minds off may• hem; and there were also committees to d ecorate rooms and committees to clean up alter the big day.
One of the many lights w hich enlivened Field Day and another unlucky junior b iting th o dust. Tho seniors won this event, (Be low) The hapless junior presidents F ran k Arms trong and Bill Roberts (I ), tie d to the goal posts a t Pierce Field. However, they had the las t laugh.
All this w as camouflage, of course. The idea of Field Day was and has always b e en to discomfort and demolish the other class or classes as much as possible. It is significant that on Field Day the boys wear their oldest clothes to school. and even girls are likely to come to school with their finery checked in. Not that the girls would descend to hair-pulling or anything like that. Perish the thought ! Still . . . Well, Field Day daw ned gloomy and chilly ; but the lads were all hot enough, since each class was determined to make it so for the others. The ro were drastic restrictions placed on bloodletting this year; so all were obliged, perforce to go about activities rather gently.
AND BAR ELS The seniors tied the two junior presidents to the goalposts at Pierce Field, since decorating the posta was forbidden. Another sprightly custom revived this yoar was to transport offending underclassmen far out on the "lone prairee" and there leave them. sometimes with and sometimes without his trousers, All in all. a Iovoly time was had by everyone. There were a few scuffles, of course, but what's a black eye among friends. (How, ever, demerits are something else again and altogether too costly!)
Then came the grand parade down lo Pierce Field, Once there some more fun began. There was too much faculty on hand for mayhem, but the " events" filled , its place rather well.
All it ta kes is a lilllo pull! At lea st, that is tho wa y th e junior gi rls !ind ii a s th e y defeat the sophomore girls in the tug-o-w ar.
There was one event that legalized egg-throwing quite delightfully, and many an incipient omelette might have been observed ornamenting the weskits of young men who weren't nimble or accurate enough to catch the egg in question. Another event was the placing of one's shoes In a barrel and then running up, donning them, and running back before members of the other class did likewise. We have here a picture of Jim Longwell, who had a knot in his shoelace (and so finished last, if at all). And pushballl Who could forget pushball? There's a sport for man or beast (or both}! Practically the entire male population of the school was engaged in this gentle sport, and hardly one eme rged without a broken arm or a trampled esophagus or some major contusion to brag about.
The girls who wished to add glory to their classes' name had opportunities galore to do so. They could race, pull on a rope against some other girls, (This sport is known as tug-o-war to boys), throw baske tballs, or any number of other quaint sports. The se nior girls fell far b ehind here, while the juniors added to their already impressive lead.
In fact. the sen1ors lost Field Day to the junlors for the first time in e ight years . There wa11 no lack of trying though. By the time Field Day wa s over all but the sissies were so tired Iha! they w ere only too happy to relax and gel to bed, there to res t for a year or so. Oh, the Youth of Birmingham may be pacifists, but they aren't sissies. If they choose peace, ii is because, as tired gladiators, they know both war at its blood.lest and peace at its tranquillesl and have chosen the . latter, Heave n help Hitler if he tries lo invade the United States via Birmingham! - JACK DUNN.
To the g reat joy of the seniors, Jim Longwell has knots in bis shoe la ces and is s truggling with !.'-tern in the barre! long afte r the race is over. (Be low) Baldw in's new tradil\on, the Cider Barrel. won by the juniors for the lirst time in U1eir lirst victory in eight yea rs.
SWING MINSTREL "Father! " "Yes, my child?" "What is a minstrel show?"
Shain's drugs toro w a s the scene of gre at a ctivity as th o tickets for the Swing Mins trel. Baldwin High School's li:s t musical variety s how, w en t on s ale .
Outs ta nding troupers of Baldwin's· dramatic group ore Gertrude Rogerson and John Bathgate who excelled as endmen in the Swing Mins tre l. (Below) Cutting a mean rug aro jitterbug s Barbara Beecher and Dave Thomas, whose antics set the keynote for tho Minstrel.
"A minstrel show, little one, is a conglom eration of stale jokes and corny songs. The jokes are told by a black-fa ced comedia n named Bones, whose wife, one gathers, is not a lady. The songs are sung by a tenor who gets his orders from Moscow." "And, father dear, is that what the Swing Minstrel was?" "Oh, Heavens ! Mercy no, my son. Stop hitting Daddy in the stomach , and he will tell you all about it. "Once upon a time, some merry folks from Baldwin High School, that cheery place, wanted to raise some money for their Washing ton group. Now, many times they had held minstrel shows; and the citizenry was becomin g mightily tired of the same. And so, with a heigh-di ddly-hei gh-ho they thought and thought and thought, until finally they hit upon an idea . a minstrel sow in swing! "Forthwi th they began to search high and low, far and wide for talent. And they found jitterbug s, and singers, and dancers, and acrobats, and accordio n players, and hill-billie s, and end men. They assigned someone to write a script and someone else to look for jokes. " When these things were done, they practiced and rehearse d without ceasing. The jitterbugs jittered, and the singers sang, and the dancers danced, and the acrobats acrobate d, and the hill-billie s shucked com, and the writers worked like mad upon their script. "Meanw hile, posters were painted and posted, and announc ements were made, and tickets were printed, and exciteme nt ran exceedingl y high among the populac e. "Then the stage was prepared with chairs of blue and white for the chorus. The maroon backdro p was festively garnishe d with gay musical notes. At last the great cast of nearly 100 gathered for its dress rehears al "But, my son, all did not fare well. In fact, it hardly fared at all; and a great gloom settled over the performe rs. Cheered by the thought that a dress rehearsa l which goes badly is a good omen, each and every one
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D G MU STREL eagerly awaited the following night when the curtain should go up. "And this time the curtain did go up; for the curtain was just a little younger then and just able to drag itself up without resting three feet from the stage, as indeed it has done since. "Ah, my boy, 'twas a soul-stirring sightthe chorus literally tripping in and all over the stage while chanting, "Are You Having Any Fun," from Die Meistersinger by Wagner. Wacky Jacky Dunn did the interlocuting m opposiiton to Gertie Rogerson and J. Foulfellow Bathgate on the one hand and Wild Anne Savage and Olie Olson on the other. Then Barbie Beecher and Davy Thomas cut a hypothetical rug, followed by the hill-billies who did some work on a railroad. " Yes, my child, and I shed, like the walrus (or was it the carpenter?), a bitter tear when I recall lovely Nancy McCarty's South American Way. Nor is it witbout a touch of melancholy that I think of the erstwhile brainless Doris Franklin's scarecrow dance, and Mary Gardner's Only Make-Believe. But I cannot go onl "But by far the most outstanding act was the surprise novelty which they managed to keep secret even from the members of the cast. For weeks speculation had run rampant: what, who, why was the surprise novelty? Only a few of the higher-ups knew, and they but smiled smugly at all who questioned them. Then, near the end of the show, the cutest collection of gay nineties belles ever to kick over their traces-the post post-debs Chapman, Whitney, Hubbard, Berndt, Goodrich, and Schlumpf galloped onto the stage to the tune of A Bicycle Built For Two, led by a smiling dandy in tight pants and derby, Vic Ulrich. Francie Lou Whitney laid them in the aisles when he ate a banana whilst executing a clever buck and wing at the same time. "The grand finale was a roaring tribute to a boy named Lem and a girl named Sue-Wild Anne and Olie doing the honors. And, my son, when the last curtain fell, there went up a roar of applause such as seldom was heard before or since. Truly a good time was had by all. "Yes, little one, seldom in history-My boy, are you listening to me? Oh, drat the child! He has fallen asleep."
-JOHN BATHGATE.
Rehearsin g lor the "Apple lor tho Teacher" number, a rc John Willson ,md Virginia Matthe w s . Th is number w a s one ol the mos t applaude d in the p roduction.
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Doris Franklin. popular me mbe r of the senior c lass, is sho w n dancing her famous scarec row dance for the Swi ng Mins tre l. (Be low) Providing vocal background lor th e acts of the Sw ing Mins trel wa s th e task of th o choru s shown above, here b e ing put through its paces by Miss Ruth Hull.
Adding their bit to the build ing o f that s ame notorious railroad are Esther Smith, Ethol Patterson, Marve l Jean McGirr, and Marjorie Peck.
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A s uggestio n of Old Spain was Nancy McCarty s p reading the Good N e ighbor policy by her rendition of " The South American Way," (Below) Endmen She ldon Olson a nd Ann Savage a s "A !lay Name d Le m and a Girl Named Sue", brought tho show to a hilarious climax.
Theso arc the energetic gi;ls, Ann Hirsch , Lois Lockrow, Joan Hadley, and Diana Roosevelt whose gymnas tics delighted the audience.
Tho cutest, sweotcst, most adorable old-fashioned b elles evor to kick over their tracos . are these six dour-lace d dames and U1oir beau. (Be low) He re we find Bob Brady and ·-John Furlong taking an active part, a very active part indeed, jiving things up a biL
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A NEWSPAPER
Russe ll Fis h e r. Franklin Spohr, a nd Rulh Navin h a ve a confe re nce wilh Mr. Crull to make pla ns tor tho new school paper.
And even if you do wa tch y our deadline the chances aro your s lory w ill e nd u p like these. discarded on Ye Ed's (Charley Lyle's) w a ste baske t-d esk. (Below) Hardworking membe:rs of !he typing slafi ol " The Highlander" are show n at work. They arc Ida Cloud, Ja ne Follis, a nd Ge rtrude Rogerson.
Someone with a scoop ... nimble-fingered typists .. . items for a column . . . details . . • space worries . .. mucid printer's ink ... sun- . dry filler . . . clinging Paralastic . . . moneyminded ad man . . . endless copy reading . . . search for adjectives . . . sports events reviewed .. . more details .. . meals forgotten ... type-filled galleys ... harried editor ... who, what, when, where, why, and how? ... deadline pressure . . . And out of this, The Highlander. But before all came the impetus, the need and desire for such a thing as a high school newspaper. Acting upon the suggestion of ·the school board, a poll was conducted which ascertained a desire on the part of the students for a news organ of their own. When local merchants in large enough numbers were convinced that advertising in a weekly student publication would accomplish desired results, there was left the larger task of evolving a working philosophy end planning the physical make-up. It was agreed that to be a newspaper in a real sense, it must have an alert and constructive outlook on the school life it mirrored; further, it should be a four-column, four-page sheet containing features to satisfy' the varying popular demand. To those who were impatient for its creation, the period between the idea a ·n d its accomplishment were interminable; to the cautious, the rapidity with which the idea took on proportions was a larming. Then there arose the question of a name. Many were suggested: Star, Mercury, Eagle, Mentor, and a host of others, none of which seemed to ring true. The Piper had been so named because it was planned on a Scotch budget; a similar situation existed in the planning of the new paper. Why not call it, then, The Highlander, a true companionpiece to its older brother? A printing press was ordered from Detroit, and arrangements were completed to have the linotyping done at The Birmingham Eccentric. A large number of students, about 120 in all, were on the various staffs, writing stories, soliciting ads, composing columns; and handling the innumerable necessary details. When these things were done and the material linotyped, the staff eagerly awaited the arrival of the press, scheduled to be delivered about December 1, 1939. The day came, but no press! Frantic telephone calls, telegrams, letters . . . but no press! In desperation, arrangements were made to have four boys print the first issue at the Adcraft Company. They
IS BO worked all night on the rented press, and December 14 a breathless but not bela1ed eightpage issue of The Highlander was distributed to its subscribers. The press did not arrive until the end of January, 1940. But in spite of the handicap and financial loss incurred, the new child gained rapidly in popularity, taking its place among 12 such newspapers in Michigan. The Highlander was put on the exchange list of thirty schools, including the country's seven leading h igh school newspapers. As a result of an intermingling of ideas, the paper took on a new style of make-up and incorporated several new features. As it began to accustom itself to the general run of things, certain departments were deleted, while others, among them "Seeing Stars," "Platter Patter,'' "Flotsam and Jetsam," "Fads and Fashions," became permanent features. With each issue the staff gained more experience; but there was still, and always will be, deadlines to be met, copy to be read, makeup to be done, and a thousand and one things to be accomplished before the paper can be distributed each Thursday. When, almost ten years ago, financial conditions forced the withdrawal of a school newspaper from the educa1ional program, the loss was severely felt. Throughout the depression years, students and faculty alike felt that something was missing. Therefore, The Highlander indeed fills a need. However, this paper, regardless of the need, could never succeed without a strong editorial policy. Falling short of the highest ideals of journalism, it would soon be washed away by the rain of public opinion and derision. With this in mind, The Highlander has established as its aim to interpret fairly and accurately the life, activity, and interests of our school; to increase a feeling of fellowship; to promote a respect for authority; to foster a mutual understanding between students and faculty; to serve in expressing student opinion; to familiarize our city and our contemporaries more fully with the progress of our school; thus to encourage, unite, and uphold the ideas and ideals of the various groups that are for the ultimate and greatest benefit to all. We salute this newcomer, which has already made a place for itself in the high school pattern. We salute those students and members of the faculty who are responsible for it. Irs big brother, The Piper, is proud of it.
FRANKLIN SPOHR.
Mrs. Darlin g gives a s tor y to re porters Helen Ro un d s a nd Baldwin. They are two of many whose job it is to gather n e ws.
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Th e copy desk. e'ff,ry s to ry's lino] pro vin g ground, w h e ro it i.r, checked and c di!cd by the adviser, Miss McG ittin, b efore being h e a d lined by Jack Higden. (Be low) Upon th ese manly shoulde rs and bc!1ind the !urrowed brow of ad"crtisin g m a na g e r Pcrui Dunn re st~ :J,c rospon si.bility oi financi ng " The H ighlan d e r."
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An important step in th e preparation of " The Highlande r" is the making up of the dummy. Working abov e are Franklin Spohr, Shirley Smith, and Mignon Conway. (Below) W e nde ll Mutters baugh ls shown settin g type for the ads in " The Hlghlander," He is but one of the mechanical staff.
The long-av, aited press is putting out one of th o re cent issu es of " The Highla·o der," aided and abette d by Jack Boome r and Mr. Schlumpf
The most important job of the circulation s taff is to see that y our copy of " Tho Highlander" gels to you e very Thursday. (Be low} Da v id Nethercot, Bill Robe rts (110)), and Derwood Gamble represent a sample of the student body evidently e njoying an issue of the paper on circulation day.
THE PARADE
. Skull practice occupies a large part o/ evi,ry basketball player'• time. Herc Coa ch Whitn ey shows Bill Merrill a slick play that always w orks.
O no of tho cap a c ity crow d s that atte nd e d c ,·ory home basketball g ame begi ns lo b u y its tickets from maintenance man. Bill Cle ments. (Below) Locker room sce n e be fore a big game. Joe Arms trong and Dick Gilbert s trugg le w ith shoe laces whil e Howie Crull and Gene Richa rd son don red sh irts. John McDonald appe ars re ady 'n rarin' lo go.
When the everlasting clock of time rolls on into infinity and the present members of Baldwin's basketball team find themselves aged, we may suppose that this will be an often quoted saying: "Yes, sir, I was the star of Baldwin's first undefeated basketball team . And we woulda won the State championship if . . . " The old man will be much more proud of himself than he is today, and he'll · get just as great a thrill making the winning basket once again with a little child gazing al him in admiration and respect. He'll bring out his old thumb-marked scrapbook containing the clippings which recite the annals of his playing days. And he'll read each one time and time again and never lose even one of the thrills that once were so real. He'll remember old teammates and describe them with queer motions lo his patient listener. So we picture the boys who trained, practiced, and played throughout the regular season without defeat. They deserve a great reward, but the time for that great reward won't come until their playing days are far behind them and their memories are ever fresh. Then they will receive the real glory, all within themselves. We picture the players in this respect for the very reason that the biggest thrill of competilive athetics is not in the actual competition but in the experience of sitting down and playing the thrilling moments all over again by flashing pictures on the mental screen. Only the person who has actually known this can truly realize the hidden value of athletics. Only the ~aym! A t this point we dive into the future with 1 the cock of infinity to review the season as the players will when that lime comes in their lives. Our first mental picture shows a scene from the early fall practices when the boys are eager to start play and Coach Franklin Whitney curbs the youthful eagerness by barking out orders, "Take your ropes and jump till your legs buckle." Then we pause in our reverie and realize how wise "Whit" really was. Then his face lingers in our memory, fading as we change the scene to the gym at Mt. Clemens, site of the first interscholastic game. We remember the silly mistakes the newcomers made in their first game, and we smile. The game with Mt. Clemens was won by a second-half rally. Perhaps that rally has been
OF CHAMPIONS forgotten by most of us, but the boys who stood out in winning that game will never forget. Perhaps we were particularly accurate in the battle with Plymouth; so we linger awhile to make some of those baskets again. The mental movie shows us to be much more graceful than we really were, and the excitement of that Plymouth rally sends a tingle up our spines. It looked as though defeat were at hand in the first Henry Ford game, but our thoughts turn to more pleasant scenes which show that brilliant last quarter spurt that pulled the game from the fire. The Victory Bell rang forth for the first time following this encounter. In memory, it rings again. No review of the past season will be complete unless we stop and take another look at the Royal Oak game. This was one of those superb nights which every cage team has about once a season. And so we continue spinning through cur scrapbook of memories that show nothing but victory for Birmingham. All the boys enjoyed their good nights, and they all had bad ones. But the team went on as only that team could. The boys swept by Henry Ford again, Hazel Park, St. Mary's, Lincoln Park, East Detroit, Ferndale, and topped off the season by beating Cranbrook for the second time. There was the steep, tough climb to the State championship that every player treasured deeply in his heart. But this is another story, a story that rings true to life and its sharp disappointments. But before we take a glimpse at the sad ending, let's pause another moment to review the excitement and drama of the District Tourney. The terrific tenseness that always typifies the opening tourney game was present. It played havoc with the players, but we see the Maroon clad youths being presented the championship trophy, and the first hurdle is left behind. Now we shudder before turning the next sheet, a sheet edged in black. The lesson of life dealt a stunning blow to our youthful cagers. Defeat, heretofore unknown, stares us in the face, and we turn aside-picturing what the team might have done if . . . And so we close our scrapbook once again. It will be opened many, many times by the boys who played the game. They will play some of the outstanding games over and over again and never lose the thrill, and they'll be better men for having played basketball. - LORNE MacDONALD.
Jump ball! Get tbe lead out of your feet! Joe Armstrong taps the ball lo tako this one from Chuck Martindale of Cranbrook.
Bill Morrison, lono managor of the '40 baske toers, tries not to look too proud of thoir unblemished record. (Below) One p oint! Cranbrook court artis t d rops in a nice one from the chcrity lino.
Cranhrook scores a point during a thriller with the Maroon and White team, Incide ntally, Baldwin won the game. which w as just one of sixteen consecutive victories . (Bolow) On tho bonch, ready reserves don't miss anything in the drama on the floor. Noto Coach Whitney's lucky spats.
Howio Crull waits anxiouslv lo see if h is charily toss will chalk up points Jor tho Maroons in thi s th cill-pa cked g ame be tween Cranbrook and Di rminqham. 0
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The Victo ry Bell, sym bol of the undefea ted Jl1cple Leafs, takes a res t in pre paration lor other Birmingham s ports victories. (Below) Just a g old s ta tue tte . but ii marks tho winning of tho s ixth con secutive District Championship brought home by the bos kote ers.
WE, THE PEOPLE
" The y're going last and only a nickel." John Bathgate, Gertie Rogerson, and Faithe Baker help di spose of the thousand-odd sch e dule pencils for the Stude nt Congress.
Th e be nig nant counte nan ce of Dog Biscuit and Bob Kendall's s miling o ne s et the keynote of the Hallowe'en Dance, spons ored by the Studen t Congress. (Below) " Slick ' e m up, Russ ! We got y uh cove red !" G -men Jo e A rms trong a nd Hugh Mack u se a lillle high p ressur e politics in Russ Fisher's campaign lo he ad the Stude nt Congress.
Fellow citizens-for indeed we are fellow citizens in this great government of, for, and by the people-we address you this evening on the subject: The Student Congress, Its Function and Other North American Mammals. Now that millions of the earth's inhabitants have been disenfranchised (i. e., forbidden to vote or to scramble eggs on Thursdays), it is truly a sacred privilege to be erned by representation. And it is more than a privilege; it's a pleasure, as Uncle Charlie used to say, .when the governing body is a good one, such as we have in our Student Congress. It is upon this paragon group that we have been asked to center a few well chosen words. We are tempted to say that unless you, dear reader, have attended a session of the Congress, verily you have not tasted of the sweet wine of life. It surpasses power of description and we propose to let it rest at that. Of the function of the Congress, however, there is more to be said. Quietly and efficiently Baldwin's most exalted high moguls- bless them- carry on a very commendable program. (See revised constitution: article I, paragraph 9. sections 3 and 4, entitled "orange peelings and aggenda.") In the realm of more noticeably important events, the junior solons are responsible for the Pigskin Prom, the Basket Ball, the Mistletoe Hop, Field Day, the Christmas decorations, the Hallowe'en dance, and the like. However, there is also a deep significance in the less publicized side of Congress activity. I am thinking particularly of the many little things that often pass unnoticed- those things which make life in general more pleasant in these parts- for both students and faculty. Take, for example, the fact that food, candy, and soft drink concessions are allotted impartially and fairly by the Congress among the various classes and organizations that require to raise money. That certainly averts a great deal of getting into one another's hair. Then, too, the Congress financed the noon hour entertainment for the dear souls who remained in the building during the lunch period those cold and blustery days last winter. The committee on Foreign Relations did a singular and noteworthy thing when it met with representatives from the Royal Oak High . School to iron out our pre-Thanksgiving aame difficulties. Just what was accomplished remains to be seen; but we figure that the angels sang more sweetly when this kind of arbitration and friendly co-operation- the very thing the world at large needs- was actually tried. In closing, we wish to announc;:e that the Literary Guild will not hold its weekly meeting this month. We will now stand and sing one ve;rse of America. -JOHN BATHGATE.
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. "Okay, boys, here's your split-a dime apiece. Those sixth graders sure went for us!" How times have changed! In three short ye~s, this . five-piece group of inspired but decidedly inexperienced musicians has become a well-organized and financially sound orchestra- The Sultans of Swing. From its lowly beginning, the band has blossomed out into a 2,000-dollar a year business. Not a bad job for a group of high school boys! From this five-piece aggregation, the present organization has increased to nine men and has at one time or another employed thirty-two musicians. Besides playing at the Community House dances for the last two years, the band has traveled considerably to out-of-town jobs. It has been featured at such high schools as Royal Oak, Ferndale, Grosse Pointe, Redford, and Cooley; at the Women's League in Ann Arbor; at numerous country clubs; and the members even point with pride to an engagement at the Fort Shelby Hotel.
Cla rk Pardee bea ts it out in the in imita ble Pa rdee manner while; Ed Platt jokes during a practice jam session ol the Sultans ol Swing.
The name Sultans of Swing was originated by those first members, although no one can remember exactly why it was chosen. The boys in the band get no end of chances lo size up you- the cash customers. A few sidelights on the boys· notations are these: The most orderly crowd was Ferndale High School; the most responsive was Grosse Pointe, and the most fun to play to, Birmingham. Their most ardent fan (besides, of course, Dutch Olson), is Carl Schweizer. Their keenest critic is none other than a fqrmer member of the crew, Chuck Lewis. Their greatest thrill-although it's a toss up - was probably playing for the college crowd in Ann Arbor. Their biggest worries (of which there are puh-lenty) are Flatt's driving, Eis's conflicting dates, Pardee's getting hurt in football, and the one main reason for a leader's growing bald, all the boys arriving on time. Their most frequently asked question is "Don't you ever get tired playing every weekend?" The fascination of outside activities, although sometimes strong, usually fails to overshadow the satisfaction (both pecuniary and otherwise) that the boys get by playing. -BOB KENDALL
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Beating it out for the weekly Saturday night dances ore Bob Kenda ll's rhy thm healers- musicians from the highest court of jive 'n' s wing. (Below) Don·t w e look flicky ! All dressed up and ready to send all our children to he aven are Bob Kendall's Sultans of Swing p laying for o n e of B'ham's big aHairs.
SILVER SPEECH For the first time since about 1931 Baldwin has a speech claae. Mra. Geraldine Forsyth is instructor. Enthusiasm certainly ran high when, back in February, there were enough
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ENLIGHTENED LATIN With Ruth Hull as instructor, a nev, method of teaching Lalin is being introduced at Baldwin High School. Thie progressive method has been used in one of Miss Hull's Latin classes for the past year. The work ie taken from a new experimental textbook whose authors have tried ' to adapt the subject matter to the child and not the child to the subject matter. Different kinda of work, such aa Latin 1 dramatizations, puzzles, converaaliollll, projects and posters, are part of the progres-~ aive Latin atudent'a regular schedule. The method's main objective ia to permit each student to advance according ~ to his ability. This ia done by having a regular section and another section which ~ enables the student to progress a little faster.
DEUTSCHE? When the firat World War broke out, German was discontinued al Baldwin School. Ironically, (and of courae unforeseen), World War II broke out, and German was reintroduced at Baldwin! Miss Mabel Stickle, the teacher, has more boys than girls in her class. She explains this by the fact that there is a demand for German in the professions the boys are seeking. Her class deals with other phases of German than just the grammar and tranelation. Her students have memorized all of Lorelei and several little poems by Goethe. Around Christmas time they learned and They read some old
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STUDENT SERVICE Student Peraonnel Service now in action in Baldwin is a last growing (we new project. In fact, _ it was not Iii this semester that the director, Lloyd Chapman, was given a whole afternoon o work on it. For the past two semesters. only one hour a day had been set aside. The purpose of the Student Service is naturally to serve the student and gTaduto help him in every phase of school
lile. This year the committee's particular services have been the Vocational and Occupational Information committees; The 'college Information Committee, which had college representatives come here for inTesting programs, some indi• vidual counseling, and some assistance in planning are also pfojects of the
Make-up plays an important part in stage production. M.iss Dewar is touching up Johnny Willson's eyes while Bill Hopkins looks on sneeringly.
A prindpal's office, What a life! Gertrude Rogerson coaches Patty Burke while H. Roy hangs wearily on the telephone calling Oxford 0100. (Below) The universal technique . • . . Tho assi.stanl principal (John Willson) tries to impress tho secretary (Sue Wood) with bis plans for a career in South America, while Collector Henry Aldrich (Harrison Cornell) displays to Barbara Pearson (Patty Burke) treasures found in his lockor.
WHO'S WHO This ond lhe following six poges ore dedicated to those people who. for one reason or twelve, hovo carved o n iche for themselves in the Volhallo of Baldwin's g reot. The Piper conducted o sludenl ond locuJty poll which has chosen ono g irl ond five boys o s b eing lruly Who's Who in the minds of the ma jority . II is they who hove rendered o greol ond endu ring service lo Baldwin. SCOT A leader in many fields-aye, ond o good one, too- is versallle John Bathgate, closs presidentBorn in Linlithgow, Scollond , John came to this coun· lry babbling verse by his favorite poel Bums, in Scotch boby lalk- He d istingui shed himself in You Can' t Take II W ith You and What A LiJe, o nd is lor-fomed for his h ilarious skils- Twice president of the Sludent Cong ress-John enlivens The Highlander wilh his ,:olumns " Flotsam ond Jelsom" ond the " Congress Commenlator."- A friendly, si ncere person, John hos more fn onds thon anyone else in Baldwin . GRAMPA A four-leller man in basketball is imperlurbable Lome MacDonald, whose sportsmanship ond fin e ploying will n ever be forgollen-Cool, unassuming, on d endowed with o quiet sense of humor, Lorne (who is o grampo in poinl of service, not oge) haB won the losling odmirotion of bolh sexes. ollhough he pays hllle atlention to the fairer one-Lome disting uished h imself as o sports ond feature wriler for The Highlander ond The Piper, h aving been the former' s mysterious Ghost Writer- His favorite thin gs ore lhe d illies written by Robert Benchley ond riding troins ot night . SEAWORTHY Baldwin's gift to lhe Navy is ambitious Ted Snyder- He has mode hls leller in foolboll ond boseboll. hovmg been captain of our bes1 nin<>-Putting his knowledge of athletics to good advantage, Ted was sports editor of Tho Plpor ' 39 ond a sports columnist m The Highlande r- He was first choice o s Birmingham's represenlallve to Wolverine Boys' Stole-Presided over the Student Congress during his senior year- A hord worker, Ted received a lhird allernole appomlment to Annapolis. EDITOR-IN-GRIEF To Pipe r editor K. Fronkhn Spohr belongs the honor of being firs l edilor of The Hlgh landor- Hooaier-bom ond proud of it, Ken is on e of the busiest p eople m 1hese parts- When he can find Lime for 1t, he collecls o number of things. in particular antique crosses ond the drawings of Groot Wood ond Rockwell Kent- The pup in lhe picture is Buddy, o thorougl)bred Irish seller ond Ken's constant com• ponion- Hos indefinile plons for his futur<>-Ken is one of the few people to be elected to Quill ond ond Scroll this year. CH IE F A hand -sholting, back-slapping, gavel-wielding politician 1s genial red heod Russell F. Fish e r, Jr., president of the Student Congress- He turned over the monagoment of lhe football team to h is young er brother to become one of Publicallon's most efficient business managers- A typical " hml-fellow-wellmet." Russ is known by everyone for h is s mile and his amazing a ssortment of pms ond badges-He la the organizer of the Royal Vesler's, Dollie's Tolties, and a score of other things-Russ's hobby is letter writing and meeti ng people- An honor s tudent, be hopos lo be o General Motors execuhve. PENNY You Can' t Take II With You's " leading lody" ond biggest hi t wos amiable G e rtrude Rogerson, whose Penny Sycamore is immortal, Miss Wheeler terrific. ond Baby Snooks odc:oble- However, even greater than her gift for dramalics is G e rtrude's sincere willingness to do whatever she can for everybody- Toking success and opplouse well in her s tride, Gertrude's infectious smile and ingratia1ing personality have won h er many friends-She l1 president of the dramatic club ond a very efficient Publications typist- Pet peeve? She soys she hasn' t any- Gertrude's hobby, strange ly e nough, is dramatics.
John Bathgate
Franklin Spohr
Lorne MacDonald
Ted Snyder
Russell Fisher
THE PIPER STAFF Editor............................................................................ Franklin Spohr Associate Editors....................................... Jack Dunn, Jean Gilbert Business Manager........................................................ Russell Fisher Assistant Business Manager..............................................Bill Tighe Advertising Manager....................... ................................Ruth Navin Circulation Manager..................................................Helen Rounds Sports Editors..........................Lorne MacDonald, Warner Forsyth
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Stuart Linton, Clark Pardee and Dick Wenzell.
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Harrell , Jean Houff, fim Longwell, Lorne MacDonald, Poag, Dorothy Prussing, Dorothy Stephanek, John Barbara Willson.
ASSISTANT CIRCULATION MANAGERS-Bob Fisher, Phelps, Elaine Staples. Martha
SOLICITORS-Frank Armstrong, Sue Averill, Gunvor Bergishagen
TYPISTS Ruth Allen Faye Anderson, Faithe Baker, Mildred Benscoter, William Burke, Dorothy Butler. Ruth Joy Carter, Ida Cloud, Corrine Cooley, Betty Fawcett Dean Firth, Jane Follis, Shirley Hathe rley, Robert Heller, Johnson, Dorothy Kurowski, Beverly McCabe, Richard Mercer, Alice Muttersbaugh, Virginia Olsen, Keith Virginia Parmenter, Jack Pearce, Jean Pearce, Ray Prevo, Bernice Richardson , Gertrude Rogerson, Alice Rose, Betty Roth, Edith Sandoval. Elaine Schroeder, Shirley Shattuck, Dorene Topping, Gloria Wagnitz, Harold Wangberg, Jean Yank, Mardell Zane.
Shirley Chaminade, Carol Clark, Je annine Colgrove, Elizabeth Cooper, Irene Donnelly; Paul Dunn, Bob Eade, Barbara Eddy, Jane Ellerby, Rosemary Essig, Warner Forsyth, Marion Gilbreath, Gloria Gruber, Dick Harrell, Clifford Harvey, Jean Houff, Barbara Houghton, Stuart Linton, Gene McCullough, Jeanne Merritt, Winifred Moysey, Dorothy Prussing, Virginia Kalbfus, Edgar Riddell Bill Roberts (!), Jack Rober1s, Betty Roth, Marguerite Shimmel, Barbara Sauer, Annette Stanley, Dorothy Stephanek, Bill Tighe, Bill Watson, Caroline Wright.
ADVISERS--Gerda F. Hansen, Vida B. McGiffin.
Copyright 1940 by Franklin Spohr and Russell Fisher
Br WARNER FORSYTH
The building is the old Fox Theatre, now Hearst Metronome Newa, Tenth at 56th Street. An all-wood structure, it was formerly one of the first movie studios of the world. Fox Films bas moved to Hollywood and Hearst Newa of tho Day bas moved in. Newa of the Day is one of five major news-reel companies now in existence. Others are Fox Movietone, Pathe, Universal, and Paramount. Found on the first floor is a large room with a co=entalor's booth, a big transparent screen, a projection room over an engineer's booth which contains intricate machinery for recording, and a small room for script writers. At one e nd of the room is found a small studio for viewing every loot of newsreel film that comes to News of the Day. At the other end of this large, dark, ex-studio are several individual rooms where cutters , printers, and cameramen have their equipment. From this simple set-up is produced twice w eekly, Monday and Wednesday, the new~-reel you might see at any theatre in the country. Films are released Tuesday and Thursday mornings and are sent to four or live hundred first theatres of circuits and are in ~xistence about four weeks. Comparatively few men are respoIIBible for this very important job of news -reporting through visual method.a. First in importance of course, is the owner, Mr. Hearst. Next in line, is found the editor who has sole responsibility ior the w ork turned out. We might tell you about Mike D. Clofine, editor of News of the Day. Mr. Cloline first views all the film that comes to the organization from all over the world. During this period of war, over ninety per cent of the film comes to this country by Clipper ship from Europe. As the editor watches the film, there is within reach a bw:zer which is connected with the projection room. The projection me n insert slips of paper into the film as the editor presses his buzzer, thus marking certain scenes which have caught the editor's eye. A news editor may be silting nen to the editor, assisting in the tedious job. All during the day and night, assignment editors are near telephones, walling for flash news that may come in. If a . three-alarm New York fire is flashed lo them, they contact ready cameramen who speed lo the scene in fully equipped cars.
Or, if the occaoion arioes when planes are needed to take men to any part of the country to cover a story, the asaignmenl editor charters a ship for the purpose. Cameramen carry in their cars, handy for any type of story that may break, live thousand dollars' worth of equipment. Small band came ras are ready for instant us e . Besides, each cameraman possesses a large movie camera with tripod, sound Jecorders, and special lenses. Conlactmen work with the cameramen. They are responsible for all the minute details necessary to such news reporting. There are camera crews in all of the major cities of the world, and free lancers who may be called on in emergencies, in nearly every hamlet. Besides these sources of possible news scenes, exchange news companies all over the world send material to Newa of tho Day. Editors hear every foreign language in these exchange film.a. For instance, a reel of the sinking of a Dutch submarine with dramatic rescue and all that goes with It, was received from three countries in three different languages. German propaganda films were seen with Hitler's men in mock battle. To the editor it was routine. To one unaccustomed to such sights, it was thrilling. After culling the reels time and again, the editor finally decides on about one hundred fifty feel of the most interesting acenes. Script writers are told how many feel of a sports contest, how many feel of a !ash.ion show, how many feel of war
news, are to go into the maldng of the particular reel The writers tell the story acCUJately and will have just enough words for the co=entator to finish at the end of the scene. While this writing is going on, the printer must set up titles, print them, and send them to be photographed. Three feet of the beginning of each scene must contain the title. In the meantime, cutting and splicing the film to be used are done. Special machines cut and split a film in a minute. Finally, at nine o'clock Monday and Wednesday nights, Bill Stems and John B. Kennedy arrive to do the actual "commentating"-the job of talking from a script to increase the effect of the film and to explain necessary factors of ii. As you may know, Bill Stems is the outstanding numbe, one sports radio co=entator of the world; John B. Kenne dy is world known not only for his genera l radio and news reel work, but for his famous Colliers' Hour which he handled for twelve years. While talking with these men " on the job," the writer wa.s interested to learn that publicity means a great deal to them. Through interest in their respective prograrIIJI, advertisers realize p,ofits and contented sponsors mean jobs to these men. Mr. Stems has been doing radio work for twelve year11. He is directly connected with the National Broadcas ting Company, for whom he announces every important sports event except horseracing. His own sports program is broadcast every evening, Monday through Friday, from whereve r be may be. He travels extensively for his radio work and is herud ev ery Sunday night on a special sports program of his own. When drawn into conversation concerning Michigan In ge neral, he showed special interest in the Unive rsity at Ann Arbor. His wife was born in Grand Rapids and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Quite freque ntly Michigan sports events draw Mr. Stems to Ann. Arbor. (Continued on page 61)
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The s tud ious young gentlem a n you see above you is Bald win's mos t prominent natura list. He knows more oboul mig ratory bird s then mos t of the bylines in tho field oJ botany (plant), zoology (anima ls ). he rpetology (s nakes), and gos h-only• knows how ma ny other eleg ies a nd is ms. He intends lo ma ke natu ral science his life's work; sc none of th.is coun ts a mong h is hobbies. Hobbies ore- in orderphotography , a thle tics (thre e let ters) and of course, wino figurative), w o men, and song. The s tudious ness is o p~otographer's pose, he says, no! bothering to expla in his ho nor roll roting. The things he is proudest of ore h is migra ting birds, his excellent photograph s, some of which you see in The Piper a nd his counselorsh ip ot Camp Mohn-go-toh-see in the s ummer.
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No shrinking v iolet is Baldwin's orating supermen, John Francis Petrick Dunn, better known os Tack or Aloysius. As associate editor of The Highlander and ThE> PipE>r, he hos proved tc be one of Publication's most valuable member. . Jack is well known for his infallible memory in which he presumably stores everything he sees or hears. Included in this r emarkable file are many anecd otes. eralions, and poems. At one time he memorized Scott's Tho Lady of . the Lake. Jack is also recognized for his scouting work and may be seen a t times sauntering down the hall in a sailor suit and o little w hite cap. It might be said that his good nature and his ability to "toke it" hove helped him to the top.
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• TRUWJ..PETER " The nervous s train of a five-minute trumpet solo is as great as running the mile in track," so says Harold Jones, a prominent member of the Baldwin High School band. Harold is always willing to help out around school by playing for assemblies or in activity period. Harold averages two to three hours a day practicing on his trumpet and learns all his solos by heart. In the last two years h o has memorized over eleven solos. He estimates his public appearances at we ll over one hundred. Above all othe r activities he loves music and some day wants to play in a large symphonic orchestra. Has idol is Leonard Smith, young first trumpe ter with the Detroit Symphony Orche11tra.
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"Hi! " says Amy Roosevelt as she dashes bv and dives into the swimmjng pool. Amy is only fourteen a~d yet has ten medals for swimming and diving. When she was only eleven. she came in second in an across-the-lake-rac e, although many others in the s ame race were twenty and over. Swimming isn't the only sport for Amy. Confidentially, she claims she can participate in any sport e xcept polo. which s he has never tried. Believe it or not, as fine a swimmer as Amy is, she prefers tennis above everything else. As a hobby Amy saves postcards and now has around a thousand. Amy's ambition is to use her athletic skill professionally. In what sport this will be no one knows, not even Amy.
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By virtue of her te nnis, Phyllis Allen, a senior, has literally played her wcry into the Personality Page s. Tennis has been Phyllis's main summer hobby since she was eleven. In the ninth grade she became girls' singles champion of the Birmingham recreation program. Phyllis' ability was proved again last Tune when she won the American Legion auxiliary championshlp, and incidentally a gold cup. Not satisfied with being an excellent tennis player, Phyllis took up figure skating and has won skill in that sport as well~
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* Perhaps the youngest dancing teacher in Michigan, Stephanie Buckeridge has h er own studio, in which she teaches about fifty pupils, here i n Birmingham. Her pupils range from th ree to _ thl rteen years of age. Stephanie also teaches ballroom dancing to boys and girls her own age. Stephanie hos studied oil forms of dancing e ver since she was three years old and enjoys toe dancing best of all. In the near fu ture s he expects to toke a s ummer dancing course - at the American Balle t in New York City, where many of today's famous ballerinas stud\'. Besides her lull hours with her dancing. Stephanie is very much interested in h er a cademic course in this school. In the summer sh e likes to s wim and reads co nstantly when not dancing. She is saving h er money towards a college education.
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HE MOWS 'EM DOWN Some p eople might be surprised to leam that one of Birmingham's crock bowlers is a Baldwin junior, Charles Chapmon. Charles admits that once he bowled 717. which is the highest th ree-game score that has ever bee n roll ed around here. A ta ll . blond fellow. Charles is known a s a good student although h e sometimes denies it and is righ t- when he doesn't work hard enough. He intends to keep on bowling and to try to improve his ■ldll at th e game. His pare nts ar e both expert bowlers, bis mothe r being the ■tale champion th is y ear. A ra ther quiet, gooa-notured person, Charles usually may be found down at the bowling alley ofter school
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PROJECTEERS Since their frie ndship was firs t lorrned in the e ighth grade a t Baldwin Jun ior Hig h School. Stewart Linton a nd Laurie Walker have become outstanding personalities as people who dabble in this a nd that. Th e ir firs t interest wos the collecting of lead soldiers. Soon they found on old rusty musket i!' a field ; ond from this simple beginning. they started o collection of guns and svlOrds. Their effo rts ore now crowned in th e establishment of their own his torical museum . This museum. which is located in the basement of Walker's home, conta ins excellent colleclions of old coins, old bottles , a ntique guns and swords. ond ma ny forms of Indian h andicraft. Amateur dramatics can surely be listed a long w ith th e ir achievements. The dramatization of Th e Pardoner's Tole from Chaucer and of Sha kespeare's Ma cbe th, were their o utstanding projects d uri ng tho pa s t year.
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Faye, who came to Baldwin three years ago from Detroit, 1s o forme r s tudent of Hazel Benidicl of Detroit. She is now s is ting Yvonne Gay at h er Birmmghom Studio. Marion . o charter member of the Michiga n Dance Council. s been o s tudent of Miss Olga Fricker for nine years and r the pos t four o member of Miss Fricker's Concert Dance
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Both girls ore SPniors with outstanding personoliUes and ve toke n o keen interest in school activities. They danced for e Swing Minstrel and in various school assemblies.
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PERCEVERE OR PERCY PERCY. A shore funny name fer a bull. Bui a few words'II ex•
After he'd tore up 'most ever'thing what could be tore, the
plain everything. Ya see when she, I mean he, was born ever'one
boys kind a hunched thet he was gillin' a lillle out o' hand. They
tho! he was a cow, Wal, thet little calf turned out ta be the
decided ta ship him off ta Chicagy fer the s tock yards.
dad blamedest bull you ever saw! At first they called her (the calf) Percevere! Pore thing! When the transformation took place, Percy seemed the next best thing. Pore bull!
Bright 'n early Percy was stuck in the trailer an' toted ta town. They paid the express man in advance on' away went my bes' fren!
Jest 'cause his name was Percy don't take a single thing fer granted. Boy, that beast was an animated steam roller! What a
A few days later Percy showed up out by the bunkhouse with
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a note strung 'round h is neck. I caint repeat some o' the words, but
noggin was an anvil's half brother. Why a sledge hammer'd be
ii w ent sorta to the effect, "Keep y our........................bull, but send
flirtin' with oblivion to think o'tanglin' with Percy's cranium.
some dough fer ma car. Express man."
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Why he'd returned was a mystery ta us until he trotted over
a •stompin' round mighty nasly•like. All of a sudden he lit out
plumb disturbed an'
was a•snortin'
to the barn. There in the stall was Maizy, our prize cow, an' a
fer the north pasture, haid down an a•goin' like the wind. He
little calf. Why! Percy was a father!
came to a row o' oak trees an' glory b e, they jist sorta seemed ta step aside an' let 'irn poss. Didn't hove ter chop wood fer a
From then on Percy ass umed a new a ir o' a ffa irs.
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selti n' an example fer litlle Percy II. (It w as a boy).
week! N'other time I recollect, he caught a mean cold an' I was a• doctorin' him up. I saw a sneeze comin' but couldn' t git out o' the way in time. I woke up in the bunkhouse ta discover I'd been blowed thru the back o' the born.
Lillle Percy has his horns now an' is buslin' up ever'lhing in s ight jest as his ol' pappy used ler. Pappy a n' ma my jest set around an' moo a pproval 'caus e they was young once. An' the boys understand!
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THAT COMMON BOND The hour grows late; the brain grows weary; the tide of crumpled paper slowly rises. But for the rhythmic scratching of a pen, silence is supreme. Sh-sh-h-h genius is at work. We dare not disturb his inspired thought. But all are not as kind as we. Unmindful of what distress he may cause, a cricket slips from out his daytime haunt and chi.rps his very harshest. The lofty brow is ceased with d iscord ; a scowl end epithet glance lightly off the cricket's glossy back. It is hardly praise he has received; yet, perversely, he seems rather heartened. The chirps continue; a bulky tome goes hurtling toward the offender. But still its jarring note goes on. Our genius wrings his hands and groans aloud in his grief; he had his masterpiece within his grasp, but it has gone, frightened away by the incessant chatter of the cricket. But look! He takes his pen in hand again, determination written in his every line. This time his revery shall not be broken by one so shallow and unmeaning. And it is so. The words slip smoothly by. One page is filled, two, and three. No sound disturbs his concentration, yet they abound. It is the Stygian hour and murky shadows lurk beyond the charmed circle of his light, enfolding him yet lingering on the edge, unable to penetrate the golden glow. In the unsightly gloom is heard expressed in many tongues tthe lonely voice of night: a distant clock chimes the hour; a branch scrapes against the w indow pane; the creak of aging boards and old complaining ti mber mingle with the strident chirping of the untiring crickets. But still the tempo quickens, and all unmindful of the eerie sounds which herald the witching hour, our genius labors on. At last- his pace is slowing and now his pe,n has stopped. The wandering eye seems void of thought, and now it is closed, The head nods low; our genius sleeps. Let us be the first to view his w ork. Now quietly unfold the scribbled sheets. Have care lest some chance crackle may disturb his s leep . There now . . . . A preview of a coming work of art. But what is this? Do my eyes deceive me? No. they do not lie. But listen. Oh theme, thou patron saint of misery Clad in deepest hue . . . . I ca n't go on. It's unthinkable but true . Our genius is merely human, a fflicted by the common failing of us all: He cannot w rite a theme-and no more can I.
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CINDER TRAIL Veterans for almost every event, with a smattering of sophomores here and there, form the make-up of the 1940 edition of the Birmingham track team. Coach Franklyn Whitney, Maple Leaf track coach, has veterans Frank Armstrong and Tom Allen in the hurdles, Dick Gilbert in the broad jump, 100 yard dash, and . the 220; Gene Richardson in the 100 yard dash; hall-miler Jim Longwell, and dash and relay man Bob Foley. Jim Bennett is also a member of the relay team. Distance man Glenn Watson, miler, is competing again. In the broad jump, besides Gilbert, are Sheldon Olson and Hugh Mack. The two junior pole vaulters, Jim Wade and John Pilkington, are both back. John McDonald, Frank Armstrong. and Bill Conway take care of the shot put event.
Here Are Some of Our Customers Ten years ago this company could literally walk, within a few minutes, to the office of any of its printing customers. That was when we had less than 10 employees. Today, with over 75 employees, The Birmingham Eccentric serves the entire southeastern part of Michigan including Detroit, Port Huron, Mt. Clemens, Flint, Jackson, Grand Rapids, Saginaw and Lansing. For example: We serve 9 automobile companies, 17 advertising agencies, five public utilities, over 50 industrial organizations, and more than half of the large retail stores of Detroit. We are metropolitan printers suburbanly located. Three salesmen are in Detroit daily selling our services. We hope that we may serve, tomorrow, the boys and girls of Baldwin when they step into the shoes of today's business leaders. Good luck to you, lads and lassies!
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In tho high jump. veterans Ken Spohr and Jim Wade are back, along with newcomers Joe and Norman McConnell. Armstrong Jack Steelman, sophomore speedster, is one of the outstanding youngsters competing on the squad. This is Baldwin's first year as a member of the Twin Valley League in track. Meets with T.V.A.A. opponents Wayne, Plymouth. Dearborn, Ecorse, Ypsilanti, and River Rouge have been arranged.
Many of this squad who will be lost to next year's team by graduation include Tom Allen, Frank Jim Bennett, Dick Harrell, Armstrong Norman McConnell, Gene Richardson, Glenn Watson, and Bill Conway. Baldwin has a glorious tradition to uphold in track, having produced many State champions even without a track. With Pierce Field, we should sustain the tradition. -JACK HIGDEN.
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The president is Toy Wangberg and the adviser Miss Nina Kitts. The girls have a governing board of five regular members, and they have a representative to the Student Congi-ess.
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were given by the girls, and with the profits they bought a ping-pong table. For the first time in G.A.A. history, eleven dollars were left in the treasury.
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For the past few years the G.A.A. and the American Legion Auxiliary have joined forces in sponsoring an annual tennis tournament. Last year's city champ and district runner-up was Phyllis Allen. Another outstanding G.A.A.-er is Jeanne Burton, who is the girls' badminton champ of quite a few of the schools around here. Jeanne hasn't lost
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THE TRAGEDY OF HERMAN A certain Mr. Aloysius Mortimer MacGillicud dy was in the cockroach fanning business. It may sound strange to you, but it was a very profitable pastime. He raised cockroaches for all purposes. The idea first came to him when he was in a restaurant. A lady had found a roach in her dinner and caused a great furore. Al was so elated with his idea that he almost left the restaurant without paying. The bouncer put a stop to that. Al went on a long and tedious search for a cockroach with certain and definite requirements . After two weeks of hunting, he found a specimen that was perfect both physically and mentally. Al named his protege Herman. Now Herman, to be sure, was no ordinary roach. He was almost an inch and a half long in his stocking feet and had an intelligence quotient second to no other cockroach. Herman was schooled for six weeks. He was given exercises to build his physique; and through Aloysius Mortimer MacGillicud dy's patient teaching, Herman learned to respond to certain signals given by his master, most of which were whistled. Herman minded perfectly. He came when he was called. could do numerous tricks, such as playing dead, standing on his hind legs to beg, and jumping through a hoop. and was never late for his meals.
And why shouldn't he mind? He was very happy with his new home. He lived in a shoe box, which was completely modernized, and was always fed plenty of dogbiscuits, or maybe even chocolate cookies. On the second Saturday of each month, Aloysius would give Herman a thimbleful of beer. Herman knew that Sunday would bring a hang-over, but he always looked forward to this Saturday night of gaiety. It was now time for Aloysius to reap his profits. He slipped Herman into his overcoat pocket and proceeded downtown to a restaurant. He ordered a large meal and ate his fill. He then uttered a soft whistle. Herman responded instantly. He jumped up lo the table and crawled on the almost empty plate. Al let him eat until he was full and then "discovered " him. Aloysius rose suddenly and called for a waiter. He pointed to Herman, now reclining majestically on his left elbow, and demanded that something be done. The waiter, fearing that other customers would hear, hastily hushed Al up and started to carry the plate to the kitchen. Al gave· another brief whistle, and Herman leaped from the edge of the plate and snuggled once more into the overcoat pocket for a quiet, afterdinner snooze. Mr. MacGillicud dy was told that he would not be expected to pay, and after humble apologies was prom-
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ised that nothing of the sort would ever happen again. He left feeling very contented with himself and Herman for the way their act went over. Al and Herman did this several times, and each time it proved successful. The story never got around because the restaurants' reputations were at stake, and the managements always hushed it up. Soon afterwards Herman became very melancholy. He'd sit and brood for hours at a time and then suddenly become active and full of pep, only to return once more to his pensiveness. Al became worried. Herman was certainly not himself. One evening he came home to find Herman galloping up and down the full length of the house, knocking down chairs and tables each trip. Al called for a veterinary. None was available. Herman, by this time, had stopped his sky-larking; so Al gave him a dose of sleeping powder and put him to bed. Herman slept peacefully and was s till aslee when Al left in the morning. When he returned in the evening, he found, to his surprise, two cockroaches instead of one. Herman had brought home a wife! Love was the reason for his strange actions! Frankly, Al was a little jealous at first; but soon he grew to love Herman's wife, Esmeralda, almost as much
as he loved Herman. She was almost as intelligent as her husband and they lived very happily together, almost never quarreling. Then came a blessed event. Two sons and a daughter were born to Herman and Esmeralda. Their education started early in life, and they grew to be as smart and strong as their parents. They grew up, along with their later brothers and sisters, and had children of their own. Al decided to give them specialized training. He trained some for steeple-chasing, some for pole-vaulting, and still others learned to hurdle. He placed them on exhibition and made a great deal of money. Sooner or later all joy must end. So it was with this happy family. Herman gave up his ghost. He had lived too extravagantly, and had gotten gout, which was the death of him. He was given a wonderful funeral. He was buried on the grounds of Aloysius Mortimer MacGillicuddy's spacious estate. A shrine was erected over his grave, and a platinum bust of Herman now stands in a crystal case within Al's mansion. To this day you may see Herman's living wife, children, and grandchildren, visiting his grave each Sunday morning before churGh, and shedding tears for the most famous of all cockroaches, Herman.
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FADS AND FASHIONS to-the•point-of•screaming color schemes which, under the name of socks, decorated the legs of the boys. Turn about is fair play, and in return for plaid shirts, the boys took over saddle shoes from the gals. Really 0 . K. were the airplane cloth sweaters which kept out the wind but were guaranteed not to give you round shoulders. (In short, they're light.weight.) The boys got hep this year and adopted those snazzy Tyrolean mittens, warm and very well decorated. So who says boys aren't "fad.followers?" - DORIS FRANKLIN
Far be it from the male contingent to be outdone by the gals. So as we review the fashion picture, we find the boys "right in there" with the girls when it comes to "fad followers." Much as the girls hate to admit ii, plaid shirts really originated with the boys. And they initiated some beautiful new plaids this year. To be "one of the boys" you really should have been seen in a pair of tweed trousers coupled with a high collar shirt and bow tie, and topped off with a single-breasted, three-button coat. It has been noted that the boys didn't 0 . K. the girls' knee socks, but feminine fancy could hardly digest some of the loud•
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FAD AND FASHIONS News highspots of fashion each year can be found by recalling the most popular "fads." Some of these that get A-1 news rating are those that are most comfortable, sensible, or economical. Above are rev iewed fashion highlights of the year which appealed to the feminine "fad-followers." Rating high on the gals' list were long cardigans. Brooks styles to fit plebian pocketbooks. Someone dug into the childhood memories and came out wearing knee socks, which felt good during cold weather, but were never given the official masculine O.K. Now that spring is here, this fad has given way to new plaid anklets. Reversibles with hoods were another fad that swept the school. Sensible to the "nth" degree because the hood could
be turned into a book carrier. Junk jewelery, of any shape, size, or description was the password. Never in fashion history has there been such an array of unusual decorations. Anything from " cokes" to "cannibals." Moccasins went over big, comfort being their claim to fame. Wbite bunny mittens forced Angora into the background. Shirts, long-sleeved and plaid, made their debut, as
did ski jackets with fur-bound hoods. Hair ribbons were another childhood fancy resurrected. Any kind was in order as long as each was different. And crowning the list were corduroy "pork pies." Hats, to you! -DORIS FRANKLIN.
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It runs-'God help the census-taker'." Aye, and pity him we do; for after formulating the facts of a few hundred of Baldwin's handsome males, we well realized the job the census bureau had carved out for itself for 1940. However, we discovered some facts that no census man shall ever find in his tour through Birmingham. We have, so to speak, gone the government one better. For instance, we discovered that 75 per cent of Baldwin's men tipped the scales at between 130 and 160 pounds. The rest stood anywhere from 100 to 210 with the exception of one student who claimed he weighed 356 pounds. But we know better, for there isn't a seat in Baldwin High School that could accommodate such an individual. We also found that 66 per cent of the men have brown hair, 20 per cent black hair, 9 per cent are blondies, while a small 4 per cent hold that distinction of being called "carrot tops." These good-looking guys are 84 per cent either blue or brown-eyed; IS per cent are hazel. green or gray-
eyed, and one per cent are dreamy-eyed. One fellow, obviously a pugilist, claimed he had black eyes. The majority of the boys are between five feet eight and five feet eleven. One Paul Bull-yan or Bunyan or something, staled he was six feet ten inches, bu! there is some doubt as to the veracity of his statement. About the question of what do Baldwin boys wear to school each day: We discovered that 83 per cent wore sweaters, 59 per cent wore ties, and 23 per cent wore coats. To be a typical Baldwin male, one would not smoke, would not walk to school, and would be in favor of informal dances. Our statistics, we thought, would be accurate; but knowing Baldwin students actually and not numerically, we know the next figures must be slightly "fixed," so to speak. We find that after a wonderful Saturday night such as the boys of Baldwin usually experience, 70 per cent of them struggle out of bed and go to church. Bravo, anyway, you little white liars! Overwhelmingly they do not go steady, only about 15 p~r cent of them seeing their girls every day, hour, minute, class, study hall, night, second, and fraction of a second.
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Sixty per cent plan to attend college, and 40 per cent walk to school daily. When it comes to the old question of "touching the folks," we find that only a little over 50 per cent of the fellows receive an allowance. Here's a tip for the femmes: 91 per cent of the men prefer you natural. They have no desire to die of painter's colic every time they kiss you; so haul out a little cold cream and a wad of sandpaper and scrape off two or three inches of that brilliant, fiery, blazing, red lipstick and rouge which you so generously apply. Furthermore, if you are the kind of a girl who prefers the athletic type, then you can choose from 52 per cent of the masculine heroes of Baldwin, for that is the number that participates in school sports. To summarize, we might find that the typical Baldwin male is a heart-crushing. handsome, athletic fellow. Alas, no such man exists in Baldwin- not in animal. vegetable, or mineral form. However, in the words of a certain Baldwin physics teacher whose name we will refrain from mentioning:
(Continued from page 3 3) "Michigan's football field rates with the beat In the country," he aay1. Mr. Kennedy, also of twelve yems' experience, expressed hi• feelings about the news-reel business. "News-reel work is the moat interesting and hardest In the field," he said. Al this, he was told that a script he had just read for a certain scene was not good, and the whole thing would have lo be done over. Thia script had taken a good two hour's work. It dealt with Al Smith in a barbershop quarlette. Though laced with this extra work, Mr. Kennedy said, "Maybe I can give you some more information that will help you." "I was born in Canada, and matriculated at St. Louis University. I work especially for The Mutual Broadcasting Company, too." "What ill your field of coverage in the news world?" we asked. "I do everything but sports and politics. I lei fellows like Bill Stems take care of sports, and politics isn't to be messed with." At this he was called back lo the booth to start over again. It had taken but a short interview's time to rewrite his whole script. This was a fine example of the fast but splendid work done by the news-reel concerns. Finally, the job was completed. Early Thursday morning airplanes and last trains would carry about live hundred completed Hearst NeWII of the Week news-reels to the finlt theaters . of circuits throughout the country. As the life of a news-reel is only four weeks, the price the last theaters pay for these films ia about $2.50 as compared with the $200 to $300 first-run theaters must pay.
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'Sno us e being afra id ! I'm just fooling. Erw in Coveney and Nancy McCarty frolic in our late weather, w hich arrived late a nd s tayed long.
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The choosing and wearing o~ n~ckties forms a very important part of every man s life, and should not be passed over lightly. Every ~ale sh~uld, ~ ~ times, be careful to choose only ties which will fit his personality and habits. The gentleman who encounters considerable difficulty in transporting food of high liquid content from plate to lips should always be careful to choose neckties of a dark hue, so that they blend nicely with gravy and other usual stains. The man whose wife neglects to sew buttons on the front of his shirts should never fail to purchase ties of considerable length and width, regardless of color, to hide this negligence as well as possible. The relative merits of the old-fashioned cravat might be discussed at great length; and although the two most outstanding points have been presented, it might be added that not only is it by far the easiest of the species to tie, but when it has outlived its use as a neck ornament, the female hooked-rug addict of the family will always be on hand to snatch it up.
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The bowtie, which is every day becoming mor~ and more popular, also has its practical uses. For mstance, the man with a vigorous and protru~rant Ad:mi's apple, finds that the gyrations which ~ bow be makes when he is talking, greatly in• trigue all members of the opposite sex. The bowtie also facilitates quick preparation for school, since one does not have to be too careful in washing the neck when confident that the usual large expanse of bowtie will effectively cover most of the places which were hurried over. A bowtie, however, has many shortcomings and can never become permanent. The insunnountable difficulties which are encountered in the tying of a bow will discourage the present wearers, and the bowtie will again sink into oblivion, leaving the field to the more practical necktie. Extensive research into the matter has shown that the pre-tied bow will never become popular, due to everyone's insane desire to pull it out and allow it to snap back, much to the discomfort of the wearer.
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THE SUN BATH Twelve long years ago In the city of Ypsilanti, Michigan, lived a boy of five years. Although he has attended several classes in the nearest public school, he was still not registered on their rolls. He was probably somewhat on the "brat" side because he was always getting into mischief. One lovely summer afternoon, when the infant's relatives had come to celebrate the Fowth of fuly, (There must have been twenty people) the afore-mentioned babe decided it was too hot to stay around the house waiting for the fireworks to begin. He jumped on his tricycle and away he went to the park at the end of the block. This park was often visited by this demon on wheels. There was a wide pool in the middle of the park about two feet deep that was used by the children of the neighborhood as a wading and swimming pool. This speed merchant peddled straight for the pool at a tremendous clip-and splash! went the tricycle, babe, and all! When he arose from the murky depths, he found that his sun-suit was missing. So again he dove and salvaged it from the bottom. Now feeling quite refreshed, he hung the sun-suit over the handle bar and started merrily home. About half-way down the block he was spotted by a wandering (but I really think she was spying) relative. There was great celebrating that day for all but one, because the joy was taken out of life for this innocent sun-bather. The moral of this story is, "Don't get caught with your pants down" because it will undoubtedly be brought up again and again to qquelch any ideas that you had of your being the perfect baby. -DICK WENZELL.
A Dissertation Upon The Ancient and Honorable Art of Sleeping In Class.
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It is written: One hour in three man must sleep. And since time, tide, and the sandman wait for no one, it is frequently of utmost importance to us that we get in our eight hours of the restful per diem, even when it disturbs our sacrosanct scholastic sessions. One method that is the sure sign of the blunderer is the head-on-desk method. In this the sleeper (henceforth referred to as the subject) pillows his head on his Latin book or anns and relaxes in a curious salaaming posture over his desk. The disadvantage of this method is that it is immediately evident to the most casual onlooker that the subject is sleeping, or at least attempting to do so. It exposes the subject to a storm of ridicule, both from his classmates and from the instructor. Not even study hall teachers can resist the impulse to let fly a "barbed shaft" of ridicule or two at the unhappy subject. Even if he is permitted to sleep in comfort, he will soon get a "crick" in his back. The most common method is the hand-on-chin method. In this the subject opens a book before him on the desk and then props his forehead a suitable distance away from it with his forearm. While sleeping thus he presents a picture of study, quite okay in study hall or most classes. Among this pose's disadvantages, however, are (a) the probability of a nasty crack in the face if one's elbow happens lo slip and let one's head fall; and (b) the possibility of one's ann "going to sleep" so soundly that gangrene may set in. The real way, the way of the old hand, moreover, is the traditional modo erecto as used by corpses at banquets {The Case of the Pallid Corpse, remember?) or dramatic critics at a Shakespearian revival. This requires a stiff backbone and eyes which behave as though one were awake when one is not. Such a posture is difficult to detect as sleep under optimum conditions, but certain irregularities must be guarded against. For instance, one's mouth should not be permitted to fall open. Besides being as dead a giveaway of one's state as the Blunderer's Pose (see No. l of this series), flies may get in and cause you to make yourself ridiculous trying to eject them from your esophagus. Also, try to keep your eyes from getting glassy. · "Coming out of it" froi:p this pose is also frequently awkward. The position fools many teachers (Continued on page 78)
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Francis Buckeridge, Donald Erickson, Richard Lewis, Robert Mallory Spencer Jack Benllinger, Doris Murry, Richard McConkie Peck, John Rosso, Wallace Roy, Margaret Richey, Lanier Russell, William Whitmer, William Garfield, Percy Guest; Flutes, Robert Garfield, Watts Wacker; Alto Clarinet: Roger Cummings; Bass Clarinet: Harold Wangberg; Alto Sax: James Church, Harrison Cornell, Robert Williams; Tenor Sax: Alan Joslyn Trumpets: Ed Boomer, Lloyd Busch, Jack Crim, Robert Heth, Herbert Hosner,
Harold Jones, Phill Martz, Carleton Patterson, Fred Sevin, Fredrick Walls; French Homs: Mary Jean Coley , Tom Austin; Mellophones: Dorothy Heacock, Charles Martz, Elizabeth Moore, John Porter; Trombones: Donald Beisel. Dave Cole, Alford Peabody Norman Porter; Baritones: Donald Burnett, John Maynard; Tubas: Tom Allen, Robert Peck, Vernon Wendorph; Drums: Robert Church, Lynn Schwallie, Robert Thom, Robert Traxler. -HAROLD WANGBERG.
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Bob and Virginia were to be married. They had known each other a long time and everyone was sure they would be very, very happy. All Bob's friends had told him to go to Australia on his honeymoon, and he had his heart set on it. Australia must be a wonderful place. But Virginia's friends said, "My dear, you must see Paris in the Spring." So they didn't go to Australia; they went to Europe. Because they wanted to see the land of their forefathers, they spent quite a while in Ireland and Scotland. They landed at Cork. The scenery was beautiful, and they wrote home that it was everything that was said about it. They seemed very happily married. They visited the Blarney Stone and Bob kissed it, but Virginia thought it a very undignified position for a matron. Then they visited the beautiful lakes of Scotland. As the lovers sailed down those famous lakes, listening to the marvelous Echo, they felt just as close to heaven as it is possible to be on earth. One evening as they sat on the veranda of the lodge where they were staying, the host was talking about the Devil's Pool. He warned them not to go near that place, for it was so deep that people said there was no bottom to it. No bottom! Horrors! This thought ran through Virginia's mind. Bob piped up, "Say, how do you get there?'' An old Highlander said, "You climb the Devil's Mountain by a high and treacherous road. And on the top is a dark, sinister pool." Bob thought it over. Here was a chance for adventure. He was very athletic and a wonderful swimmer. He had records for endurance. Here was the opportunity to show his friends just what he could do. He wasn't afraid of it. . Next morning he and his wife began to climb the mountain. They were young, in love, and eager for the climb. As Bob climbed, he thought Ireland and Scotland were wonderful, but he would like to have seen Australia. Maybe someday he could go there. They went up hand in hand. Here and there they stopped to admire the scenery or to pick flowers on the mountain-side. Finally, they reached the famous lake. Virginia implored her husband not to attempt the swim, but (Continued on Page 79)
CINDERELLA: GAL WITH A TECHNIQUE This Cinderella was free, white, and old enough so a rich dad should have made things very interesting. But Pop messed things up by marrying a widow with two young frills, and this unexpected competition set Cindy back for quite a time. Cinderella, having heard that the meek inherit, let things ride while the sisters copped everything in sight. Well, this went on until one day a communique announced that one Prince Charming, who was voted most eligible bachelor of the century, was giving a Spring Hop. Things were in a pretty state of affairs. Here was little Cindy without a rag to her name and no way of getting to the dance. The night of the big affair the sisters went gaily off and Cindy sat down by the hot air register with a little something to cheer her up. Pretty soon who should appear but a wise old elephant with an idea. Cinderella caught on and trucked down to Fifth Avenue with her handy combination bottle opener and skeleton key. She quietly borrowed a tricky little number and arrived at the dance in time ·to cut in on the Prince. Everything turned out all right that night because Princy-wincy liked her so well he asked her to come the next night. She stopped at Fifth A venue on the way home and slipped the stuff back while the night watchman wasn't looking. The next night there was a little excitement saying good night and she lost one of these new-fangled glass shoes. So when the F.B.I. got the case, they had the borrowed shoe to go on and they got the scent right away. When they found her, Princy agreed to pay all the bills, and so of course they lived happily ever after.
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WITH THE RACKETS Tennie at Baldwin this year found nine veterans back along with a number of promising recruits, answering the call of Coach Robert Brierley. The veterans were Captain Bud Stutte, Joe Parkyn, Bill Thomas, Platt, Lee Pearsall, Ed Sarnowski. fohn Hartsuff, Bill Bell, and Fritz Sevin. Six of these seasoned netters are lettermen. Before the season started, the Maples were scheduled to play as league competitors, but lack of home courts forced all hopes to the sidelines. A last-minute schedule arrangement booked the local team with Ferndale, Cranbrook, Bloomfield, Rochester, Wayne, Plymouth, and Ypsilanti. Captain Stutte, two-time letterwinner, plays his last year as a Maple Leaf court star, and will leave a big gap in next year's lineup. -JACK PEARCE.
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to the extent where they ask the subject a questio n and expect answer s. This is a predica ment. As a rule, the subject knows no more about what is going on than he does about the pressin g pertina city of the Patago nian problem . Even so, he only makes it worse by a plain yes or no. The chance s are he will only make a fool of himself . A good, safe course is to adopt a frown of studiou s concent ration, and say sweetly to the instructor 'Tm afraid I don't quite unders tand that questio n, Miss............. .... " (Implyi ng you knew all the others.) Your chance s then are about fifty-fifty to escape the conseq uences of your dolce far niente. (Trans. "sweet doing nothing .") . Sleepin g in class is a deviou s busines s. Like murder , it will out. Unlike murder , it pays, in the form of a refresh ed, invigor ated outlook on life, and the dewy freshne ss of eyes and limbs and personality in general . The path to this nadir of health and happin ess is, unfortu nately, fraught with difficul ties. There are narrow-minde d teacher s, snicker ing classmates, muscul ar reaction s, and a dozen other perils along the way. But the results are well worth the trials, as all of us who have been forced to resort to scholas tic slumbe r are well aware.
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he was determined; so Virginia went on awcry to pick flowers, feeling very miserable. When she returned in a little while, Bob was not to be seen. His clothes were on the shore, but no Bob. She cired, "Bob! Bob!" as loudly as she could, but only the echo of her voice returned to her. Panicstricken, she rushed down the mountain and made her way to the lodge. Her tragic story was told. Her young husband had found a watery grave. A searching party was sent out but couldn't find the body. Poor girl! The others consoled her in this grief. Such a tragic ending for the honeymoon of the young couple. Hurried footsteps were heard- a messengerperhaps more bad news. A cablegram addressed to Mrs. Robert Fellows. The grief-stricken bride reached forth a trembling hand, almost afraid to open the message for fear it was bad news from America. The cablegram was opened and this is what she read: "Please send my clothes stop I am in Australia. Love, Robert."
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DIAMOND DUST With power and experience aa its main forte ,the Birmingham baseball forces present a team composed al• most solely of veterans, having let• termen at seven positions. Behind the plate is veteran, hard-hitting, Art Rondeau, ably backed up by Harold Wangberg and Bill MerrilL Composing the hurling corps are the veterans Ray Prevo, Ted Corson, Hugh Mack, Dick Neely, Dave Kennedy nedy, and sophomore Paul Kelley, all right-handers. The infield, averaging two years' experience, presents Olie Olson on the initial sack; Phil Breitmeyer and Derek Bolton at the keystone position, second base; and Howie Crull at the shortstop post. Jack Papsun handles the hot corner, third base. The outfield presents the same personnel as last year's squad. Captain Ken Kirby holds down the :aft field assignment; Dave Kennedy takes care of right field, and
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Hugh Mack and Dick Neely divide the c<?nterfield post. Infield and outfield replacements are also of high grade caliber. In the infield Dennis Therrian, Paul Kelley, and Don Hill look like comers. In the outer garden Jim Garfield field handles himself well. This year's squad is lacing the longest schedule in Baldwin baseball annals, having 18 games scheduled, 12 with Twin Valley League opposition. This year's nine will have a hard time equalling last year's baseball record. The 1939 squad won 13 and lost only two games. That team included one of Birmingham's greatest batteries in Dick Wenzell and Ted Snyder, both lost to this year's squad by mid-year graduation. Also lost through the diploma route were Buck Bedard, second baseman; Bill Cobb. southpaw pitcher; and Scotty Gowans. outfielder. -JACK RIGDEN.
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With all kinda of apologies to Robert Benchly, I will conduct my friends on .a journey of the Flying Floor Mop. Our trip takes us to a land of plenty-plenty of people and noise. A1 we enter the boundaries of the Empire of Eats, we see it has many. many people, all eating. Their slaves seem to be continually running back and forth doing all the tasks. Some of these slaves stand behind a glass cage and perform tl;ieir law.
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We see a group of people, workers probably, taking up trays and walking along. They pass by the slaves in the cages and point to different things. Right away a dishful of this material is put on the tray.
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After some very deep thinking, we perceive that these people are getting their food in this queer manner. So we, being hungry alter our long journey, do likewise,
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Birmingham Recreation ....................................4S Breitmeyer's Florist ....................................·- ·····81 Business Institute. The ......................................52 Cadillac Motor Division ....................................81 Conlan's Bea.u ty Shop ······-······························69 Craine's Studios ···················-·····························84 Detroit Business University.............................. ..60 Detroit Creamery Co. ........................................70 Detroit Trust Co. .............................................•..53 Devon Gables Tea Room.. .................................51 Dixie Diner ........................ ·- ···························-·44 Dodge Motor Co...............................................41 First Presbyterian Church ................................76 Forster Flowers ..... ...........................................49 Griswold Sporting Goods ..................................43 Hagelstein's Bakery ..........................................64 Harpur, Inc. ........................................................46 Huston's
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Kroger Grocery ..................................................53 La Belle's Gift Shop ..........................................45 Lancaster Hilla .................................................. 62 Lawrence Service Station .................................. 61 Lawson & Son .................................................... 61 Matthews Tailor Shop ...................................... 60 Maxwell Dress Shop ..........................................78
We see quite a few different foods that we know, but we also see the strange mixtures that these queer people use and which must be native to them. We follow the line of people because it is what all the others are doing. Alter pointing at everything that looks good, or new or queer, we come upon an unexpected dlf. ficulty. Even here the people have a curse. They have to pay for what they buy. This must be a universal curse. Alter going to the depths of all our pocketa, we finally give away our life's savings, because we could not resist pointing at almost everything during our trek down the line. Then, giving our supplies to a few tottering slaves, we head into that human jungle to look for a camping ground. Finally, after hours of weary search, during which all the food has frozen, we spy in the far distance a suitable spot; and hiring a good pathfinder, we finally arrive. It seems that someone else has had the same idea. A host of these quaint people have preceded us to the same place. We seat ourselves and address our nearest neighbor: "Dr. Livingston, I presume." He replies by spilling coffee all over our clothes. Another queer specimen of this land, being an ardent lover of soup, has a certain something on his lace which looks faintly like a beard. His eating la accompanied by appropriate sounds. Amid this confusion we attempt to eat our fill. But by this time most of our food has mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a few frozen li.d•bilB. We find that we don't like all our choosings. So we are left with a bowl of radishes and a cup of coffee. But since some bright person has switched the salt and the sugar In their containers, we give up the idea of drinking the coffee and quietly deposit it on the next table. A scream rings through the air. Ah, a murder. But no, it is only a bowl at soup being deposited down someone's back. Always something doing here! We attack our remaining food with relish (That can be taken two ways) and soon devour this huge meal. At this time two of the younger people begin a game. The cute little thing■ hurl all manner of food that is at hand and, as their aim is not very good, we suffer the consequence■. Humming the theme song of this place, Slop, It's Wonderful. and leaving pleasant memories, we attempt lo find the exits. After tripping over much of the thick undergrowth and hearing much of the expressive language of the■e people, we teach them some of our own more expressive talk. Once again aboard our vehicle, we struggle hoi'neward in a weakened 1tate. The fresh ozone is quite a shock to us alter being In this queer land. I have in a small way attempted to describe my impression■ of one of our great American institutions which is really very necessary to our daily live■ in the city. -JIM QUINN.
THE GHO ST OF A FLA SK W ALK Flask Walle was a parade of different architectures. Garish modern apart• ments were the leaders, followed by prim Victorians and crumbling Georgians. Straggling along at the very end was an aged Jacobean with a cracked front, sagging timbers, and a mournful empty look: This so impressed Mabel Wright's sensitive soul that she turned to her family exclaiming, "This is the house. my dears. This simply IS the house. We must have it." A week later they all moved in: Mabel with her love of the spiritual and supernatural. who wanted the house because it would be the perfect background for her seances; Michael. her melancholy husband with drooping moustaches who drew simply killing cartoons for Punch; Hornce with his Roman nose, cynical, half.shut eyes, and a mania for phonograph records; and finally, their stolid Swedish cook, Gerta, who silently stalked the kitchen. After a few weeks of living in it, they found that the house began to lose some of its attractiveness. The mildewed flagstones of the kitchen attracted armies of slugs and snails. The beautiful old oak paneHng housed families of rodents and every room was ha un ted. Doors opened and closed, footsteps were heard in the attic, and chains clanked in the basement. Michael grew gloomier and gloomie r and dashed off dozens of cartoons; Horace played his most eerie !!!Usie all day long, and Mabel, poor Mabel, took up house• work to work off her psychic forebodings. The place was intolerably clirty, and she suffered from dreams of belated dishwashing and unmade beds. One day in a fit of ambition after another bad d ream. she dec ided to clear out the closet situated under the stairs. It was an awkward place chock lull of all kinds of rubbish. When the door creaked open, a cloud of cob webs blew into her face and a musty odor assailed h e r nostrils. She attacked the closet v igorously, throwing out the old chairs, the bin of rotten apples, piles of old bottles and shoes ; and finally, under a bed of straw, w ith one tibia casually crossed over the othe r, and his metatarsals gleaming in the dust, sat a tired
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Mabel gasped in the dusty air. Before her eyes swam visions of all the spirits she thought she knew; then she emitted a beautiful scream and slipped
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to the floor.
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The family came racing, melancholy Mike clutching his pen, Horace with heavy eye lids opened an eighth of an inch wide r, and even Gerta slouched to the door of the k itchen to ask, "Vat's up?"
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At once the little house on Flask Walk knew great notoriety . Reporters, photographers, writers, and h istorians came flocking lo its doors . Mabel's spiritual background added atmosphere to the story. The tale grew. It was said that she was awakened in the middle of the night by vague shadowy forms who led her to the closet, and that she worked fev erishly in a trance all night long until she had unearthed the skeleton.
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Mabel w as inspired by all this fame. She began to believe that she was really in league w ith the Spirits. Crowds were attracted to her seances. In long black gowns, she received reporters and told the story with graceful move• ments of her thin while hands . Many were the conjectures a s to who the sk eleton had been in real life. Magazines carried wild tales of murder and intrigue that had been connected with the death of the skeleton's original owner. Historical socie tie s cliscussed all the famous people not buried properly, who might have been imprisoned in a closet of a house on Flask Walk.
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Alas, the mystery was easily solved and what a comedown for poor Mabel! She was no longer the deeply spiritual woman to whom the shades of the past chose to uncover their secrets. A closer inspection of the remains rev ealed tiny rusl•stained holes al the ends of each bone. An investigation into the records of the house's past tenants showed that a doctor had been its las t one. The m y sterious skeleton had been but a doctor's " Oscar." ·
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