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TEACHERS' NATIONAL SORORITY SPONSORS DETROIT YOUTH PACEDETROIT TRIBUNE SATURDAY. NOV. 13th. I<4s Sorority Has Presented Outstanding PlaysBook Review

Good Citizenship(EDITORIAL)

By Frank DuboseFust you must know the mean-

ing ot good citizenship. Themeaning is the condition of be-ing a citizen,‘enjoyment of lights

and privilege* Do you own goodti/cn.'hip" If you cio, these are

some of the things you aie le-qured to do. You must obey thelaws of voui community: every-one must be your friend: youmust be a good citizen in school,on the playground, in church, inyou: office, on the stieet and in\ oui home. Everyone must beequal and free; the ugly, the pirt-t\ the nch. the poor, the white,the black. Everyone must be e-qual because this is a free Amer-ica You must give good cooper-1ation. You must help those whoneed help. You mud teach smallchildien tight from wrong andlow to he a good citizen andnot to he cruel to others, not tomake tun of people Now. askyourself do I do these things?What is you; answer'* l! morepeople gave this a thought every-one would feel free Do you fecifire”* Well, that is the way theother fellow wants to feel. Free-dom is a wonderful thing Youran t- g>> to the store and ask fora pound of freedom Freedom is•ltbei ty. You ran t buv it likebread. You have to help make itShe r ay he free J!e may be f:ee;but are you free? I! you a e free,tiy t'> make othc p* pie f’ce intrie san e way because this .« aI, i r Ament a

Phi Delta KappasWork With YouthThe Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, national professional soror-ity, composed exclusively of teachers was established inDetroit January 28, 1939 by the regional director, EnvniArnold, assisted by soror Onedia Cockrell, Supreme Busi.leus and sorors from Mu Chapter.

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Bv GERALDINE ISAACHigginbotham School

N- rs Stoppir and FamilyAutn . H pc New tilTvpc Arventure

pr n and fa<- \ * i \t-rvintc rc stvrv. It tolls howa \ ':j-vri Step; n wvt M'd -«

> <r-i ..t '.p dancins that hofill.' b !v i . :’cs a 'far on B ad-t' s *r a pi;-.' wth hi« favorite*:„ B' w !t,i *n •

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hool which starts his rarocrThon ho moots Bob “Will .rwhf> goes him a chance to takedancing lesson? Wlun >

takes his first lesson, he meetsa boy named Pete. They becomevery good friends and many ex-citing things happen to themIf vou really want to find outwhat thev are. read the book

The reason why I liked thebook :s because and shows howa little hov from Harlem woiksverv hard to become a famoustan dancer and finally gets aplace or Broadway which *tartshis rarec: m dancing NORTHERN

ROUND-UPBtryl Hesters

Budding Rembrandts are atwork in Northern’s Art classes.

We have some very interestingprojects going on which includesa contest to find the best designand slogan for Christmas sealsthis year. The "Eskimoes” havea very good chance of taking firstprize with such participants asElvyn Bush. Curtiss McNair, and

j Terroll Holland.Fashion Show

In the clothing department, a' fashion show was presented Fri-November 5. highlighting winterfashions. It was given for the

i benefit of all the clothing andhome economic classes. Otherstudents were invited who wish-ed to see it. The show was pres-ented by members of leading pat-tern companies.

The boy's gym is once againjumping since the boys have be-gun basketball practice. CoachPowers is confronted with thetask of selecting anew team af-ter having lost seven players andretaining only three lettermen.They are Charles Holloway, anall city man. William Kelly andBelvin Bailey, two of last season’s,substitutes. Two promising re-serve men are Jerry Philp and'William Wiley. The experienced!Coach is confident of again hav-ing a winning team.Exhibition Gama Sat

The girls too started practicelast Friday. They are out earlyto experiment on an added pri-vilege which may possibly beadopted by the basketball ofTici-

-1 als of the city. There will be an| experimental game be tween

i Northern and Wayne Universityto determine the advantages and

! disadvantages of the double drib-ble in girl's games. The exhibi-tion is open to officials only. Sor-ry you can't see it. but I'll tell youall about it next week.Great Defensive Team

Having won only one game thisj football season. Coach Ed Trzcin-

' ski maintains that this year's was| the best defensive team he hasever coached. He also says thatlit is boys like William McCor-| mack who make him proud even

[ though we didn t win! The com-petent coach is a firm believer inthe policy of "It’s not the numher of Rames you lose, but how jyou lose that's important.*’ 1 agiee'with him, too. Don't you?

Tap On Top;Check Bike

By James JeffriesHutchins School 9-B

Tucker was riding around theneighborhood on his bike for thefirst time in a long whde. Hehad just gotten it back from hislittle sister who had been usingit all day. She wanted some po-tato chips and had Riven himsome money and asked him tobuy them for her.

When Tucker was on his wa'back from the store with the potato chips he saw’ a big truck anabegan to race with it. All of asudden his head hit somethinghard and everything went black.In a few minutes he got up fromwhere he had fallen with hisbike. He thought that the truckhad done it but he discovered thathis bike was loose and hadthrown him.

So renumber, If you don't wantto get tapped on the top and leftall tattered and torn, always ex-amine your bike well after let-ting your sister use it to see thatit isn't loose.

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of the Detroit chapter:January 28. 1939 by Reg r.aJ

Director, Emma Arnold, a* tedby Soror Onedia Cockrell, Su-

Rrcmr Basileus and sorors Iromlu Chapter.

Charter Members:Thelma Parker (BasileuOJessie Tobin (Anti-Basiki )

Martha Bacon (Grammatc 0Geraldine Wells (Epistoln. iSadie Ransom (Tamioucho<:)Ashley Cain (Tamias)Fannie Bethel (Journalist)Burniece Hoagland (Dean)Evelyn BeattyKatherine Duffy (Deceased)Elizabeth MortonGrace Williams.

Activities NationallyAt all times Chi has att< i 'ed

to conform with the Nations ; o-gram of the sorority in plant,.n|her activities.

On Dec. 1 and 2. 1939 th<elaborate production vWhite and the Seven Du !»"

was given at the Detroit Inst.: itsof Aits. Soror Annie Louisf Da-vidson of Sigma was a gu< ' ofthe chapter. This production es-tablished Chi with the Detroitpublic as the pioneer for prcuic-mg Children's operetta.

The nights of Nov. 29 and 30,1940 saw' the production of WaltDisney's "Reluctant Dragon"

Yearly scholarships have beenawarded to the girl placinghighest on the National Schol-arship tests. To date three ofthe winners are now teachingin Detroit schools and the oth-ers are making splendid schol-astic records at the U. of Mich,and Wayne U.Along the line of rccreatinnal

work. Chi opened its Tu\ Lend-ing Libiaiy on March 8 1943 inthe Brewster Homes, a FedcialHousing Project. A studi r: t- .o n-er from Wayne U. as.c ’ed thesorors with the activities In Feb.1945 the name was chan to iPlay Center due to the uzation of activities. The librarythen moved to its present loca-tion >44 Erskine. also a i it clthe Brewster Home.- Pi

At present the chaptt -ftup a Guidance- Club l h;gi»school gnls.

Realizing that thcie - -uctldramatic and musical t. • m a-mong our young people > n i. ialmost unknown to the ..Hu,Chi presented many o! 11 1 • nut-standing youths in a Mil- i Teaat the YWCA in Nov. 194’>

Chi members are ait *

part of all the outstanding ciutorganizations in the city.

The work of the Nation..l S"i-ority at its conclaves has L-' t *

source of inspiration and ei ~ht-enment to Chi sorors wr. at-tended and Soroi Sadie Rhas the distinction of ben,, theonly soror who has ,»lt* rviedevery conclave since Clu w.i or-ganized.

The year 1945 was a bu-' onefor all the sorors and tin < raia reason for on Dec. 27-30 ( I N 'dthe honor of being hostes : thlNational Conclave.

The Tribune Youth Pagt tha1948 activity of the Sorority.

KEVriIKH IN > Ollt < xl*~|

If you're out to climb a mountainFrom the base to snowy cap.

*ust to rescue freezing partiesThat's a feather in your cap:

But to earn a bright red feather—Finer than the rest—

Give to vour hometown CommunityChest •

NORTHWESTERNBv Shirley Smith

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defending the city champion-sr p. With the help of FloydBelling* *akmg Ist in the back-stroke and Arthur Graham free•tvie."

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MILLER-HIBy NADINE NORTHCROSSThe Annual Variety Show was

he’d October 2Sth and 29th inMille; s auditorium. The showwas a real sueeess with cues:at.sts Wdhert Feclai. ColbertMaiJettr and Jesse Lee Toltn.Skin Beater

SPONSORS YOUTH PAGE—The Excelsior Guidance Clubunder the tutelage and sponsor-ship of the Phi Delta KappaSorority has taken as Hheir spe-cial project, the maintenance ofthe Detroit Tribune Youth page.This group was organised bythe Phi Delta Kappa Sororityto encourage the maintenanceof high scholarship. To be-come a member a high schoolstudent must have and main-tain a ' B" average or better.This group was organized with24 girls from S different Highschools in the city, in 1946. Theyear's program includes Public

Speaking Scholarship awards,and Annual Mother and Daugh-ter s Tea. Field Trips. Partici-pation in the Older Boys andG.rls YWCA Conference. Sup-ervising Study Groups for thoseaspiring to a “A" or B aver-age. 'Go to Church Sundays."Conference with neighbor Guid-ance Clubs as in Toledo. Ohio,and a Prom for graduates inJune-

Some of the Excelsior Guid-ance Club group who will takepart in the execution of the De-troit Tribune Youth page arepictured above, they are: read-ing from left to right. Sylvia

Dove. Shirley Gillespie, Presi-dent «f the group, GwendolynSimmons, a columnist. AgathaJohnson. Phyllis Strong. YouthPage Editor.

Back row: Jean Wortham,Corresponding Secretary. Del-ores Bernard. Delores Harris.Eloise McMorris. Miller HighSchool teacher and Advisor tothe group. Mrr. Portia Jonas.Public School Teacher and ad-visor to the group. Miss Rob-erta McGuire. Public SchoolTeacher and Director of Hi#Youth Page project. Carol Pear-son. Susetta Tolbert and Del-phine Mcßride.

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Northwestern -High

The clamor ami turmoil olElection Wn k.L over now. andNorthv. esternites have had theirshaie of excitement. Clyde New-man. a Dewev elephant, uas full

| of (doom after a Truman donkeykicked hun where it hurts most.

With strenuous yelling and en-thusiastic cheers, a rally was heldhonoring our sports teams. Mar-vin Banks. Hal Murdock. GeorgeGaines and the other tunning de-mons deserved laudation altergalloping to the stretch to be-come city cross-country champs.That's another trophy for our al-ready well-stocked cases. TheFighting Fish or swimming teamis still swishing to more victor-ies. The boys with the paddedshoulders can at last ’hold theiiheads high. Thev someway gotthe pig.-kin through the goal postsin a 6-0 survival over Central.

The Girl's Hockev team entei-tamed the rally throng with songswe sing on bus rides to the awavfrom home games, which almostdeveloped into a jam session. Atthe annual party, the team elect-ed its next year's captain, skill-ed Connie Gresham.

Susctta Talbert and Don Peck,members of the A-Capella Chouthrilled the radio audience withlenditions in beautiful sopranoand bass voices. The choir is fai-thfully practicing for ChristmasEve caroling at St. Benedicts.

Ann Poole, Hugh Barringtonand Jeryy Blocker spent a de-lightful afternoon as guests of alocal ladio show,

Mrcia Manley, secretary of theSpanish Club, is kept busy pen-

I ntng elaborate plans for the fu-ture Christmas program.

Parading around in their cutepajamas at a Co-Ette Club pa-jama party were Ruth Hall JanetRudd. Maria Rosario and PortiaConway who enjoyed the chiliimmensely.

Ken Leonard and Audrey Smed-ley are working overtime in the"Colt” office in a successful at-tempt to offer an g paper—whileGwen Simmons is giving her toe-sies a workout practicing for adancing part in the Beaux ArtsBall.

The Girl's Athletic Associationhas offered the Frcshies a friend-ly afternoon of introduction to theschool's activities. Musical anddancing entertainment are on theprogram. Those Athletic Filliesarc always prancing.

RamblingESERVATIONS

By GLORIA GRIGSBYG felines Gates:

A few oi the K«4> terniUs at-tending the Cocttos Barn Dancelic t Soturda' "■«-. <: Hcnnun Mc-Williams. Benner RichardsonChuck Ma.oon and ‘Rom. Ev-ervone agiccd that the affairwas “real cra/>

" Others cn-lovod therr.s* lvcs at the nomrof Rath Rufus wlu.e a paityvas in giv* n by Ruth.Ma-e#i!a Ca and Nellie Alford.Th. >r pt cnt were Erman Mc-Wtlliams. Toni Del Tot a, AliceCohlu-c. John L"<-kard. RalphTo 1 lor De'orr* Mrrideth, andmanv otheisTEAM CAPTAIN GETSCONGRATS

In the •-pot light this week air

Elbert Richmond and GeraldEstvick Elbert is the explainof the football tram Th.s shvquiet lad hichlv respectad byboth teachers and -tudents forhis high ideals of sportsmanshipa t'd fair pla 1 Congratulations.Elbert, and keep up the Roodwork Cong: atulatinns air aboin ordn for Gerald who is r;<p-*ain of the Crr>fs Country trackteam and has onlv hern with theteam for a short while Thesefellows are doing mighty finework

On Fridcy afternoon Easternplaced Dcnbv for the East-sidechampionship Denhv won bv a28-13 score It was really a hardficht and thrilltmi game Youcouldn’t have asked for bettertram ■mini or supportCAN THEY MAKE TEAM ,

Marv Ranks. Toni Del Toro,Ronnie Nixon and Ruth Rufuswere a few of the kids thattried nut for the gill’s basketballteam Good hiek kids I hopevou make it

On Friday night there was aparty at St John’s Church.

A few seen munching potatochips and danemr were MiltonBell. Ossion Williams. BettyPatton. Joan Allgood, BobbyReott, Jean Johnson and ‘Roni *

A good time was enjoved byall. Thar* were many Eastern-ers at the Y* Saturday night

those dancing AcreHerman McWilliam* Jean John-son Frank R»nn«. Marrnlia Carr.Nell Alford Reulah Baker and'Ron! *

AVJOlr. er Jackson

has the w holeschool talking a

, bout h arumtactics, pov ranIhe beat those

! skins. WilliamHolmes «nd David Holmes 'bio-the - dm a »kitrailed "Gossip

which kept the audience lausih-inc Theod<>;e Game* had ail theg:r!« crying Tedd e w hen nrSan.; ‘ II 1 Loved You "

The 12 As are so w < n ied abi tMr. B ad'-« spelling tests thatthee fl-e waln.ng around in alarr spelling words. Among tneseSie«p walxer* wr find \nr.:ePringle. Lacy Steele. BuelahPonder. Louise Nukson, and Hat-tie Spencer.

ShakespeareSam Sn >w is so enthus'd a

bout poetry that e . ’in-.e h»‘s viirething he -..v* it in ver-

v<» iCome Sa— don’t ti' to branother Shakespeaie .

Ofield Dukes ha' rained ’he..namr of 1 ring the best lined boy

ar-und Millet, he always h«s asrr .ie so; evervone.

Among the students on Miller’si Honor Roll we find Bein.cc| Champion. Leona Nirkson, Clar-ence Shelly. Lei Northcross, andMattie Coll e ( the qu.r kid'

The 12Bs sponsored a movieWednesday, which consisted of aMusical and a Comedy. The erowdwas la-ge and noisy, led bv theindy killer Alonso Jackson Be-

PICTURED above is Mrs.Bernice Hoagland. present Pres-ident of Chi Chapter, Detroit,of the National Phi Delta Kap-pa Sorority, a teacher's profes-sional Sorority as she presentstheir 1948 Scholarship Awardto Dorothy Thompson who re-ceived the highest rating of allhigh school pupils on a compet-itive examination. Miss Thomp-son is enrolling with the schol-arship money in Wayne Univ-

ersity. The Phi Delta KappaSorority under the leadershipof Mrs. Hoagland voted to a-dopt as their community projectlor the year, the sponsorship ofthe Detroit Tribune's YouthPage. They announce that at theculmination of this year theywill give an award to the you-th that makes the most originalcontribution to this page in theliterary field. The contest isopen to any Detroit High schoolor e’ementary school youth.

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NEXT DOOR: ” I'm jut) sending out the announcement ,about our going steady . . .

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t «*. * »»32..This oppeofing picture of on interracial boys' choirodorns the speciol NAACP membership gift cord.These Christmos cords, ovoiloble through yourloco I branch or from the notional office of NAACP,20 West 40th Street, New York 18, N. Y„ may besent to friends with a gift membership in theNAACP.

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tween him and Lacy Steal? every,girl's heart at Miller has beenbroken. ( Two big horse laughs*.

Our sympathy goes to CharlesMclntosh. Edwin Eingal. andWilliam Patterson for being onthe casualty list during the foot-ball season, but they're comingalong fine now.

Armeda Nelson was honoiedwith a surprise visit from betcousin. Eugene Finlev, who camea long ways from St Louis. Manygirl* are following him every-where he goes, .aren't they Doro-thy Bolden

The boys on the football teamwas honored at a "Football Buss"in the girl's gym. There wasdancing and a good time was hadby all. with plenty of refresh-ments. Among those gliding overthe marble floor was DorothyNewton. Gilbert Lang. AndrewLomax. Constance Hunt, and Bue-lah Strokes.

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