Concord Academy - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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in . .. ,..... Fifrst Row: H. Howland, J. Bemis, J. Olmsted, P. Williamson. Seqond Row: C.'Rohrbough, S. Willet, P. Strauss, S. Wells, M. Reynolds, N. Newbury, Third Row: C. Adams, H. Birnie, A. McLean, N. Ela, K: Warren, D. Van Slyck, J. Gowing, J. Terry. cbltucfsnt C70 wut Our Student Council functions efliciently and unobtrusively on the Honor System, which was first established three years ago and is now one of the school's firmest traditions. The Student Council is composed of the president and vice- president of each class, and includes the chair- men of various organizations which concern the Whole student body. Council meetings are held once a Week, at which problems relevant to a particular class or the whole school are intro- duced and discussed. The members of the Stu- dent Council then return to their respective classes and discuss the suggestions offered in Council. Matters necessitating discussion and! or election by the entire student body are brought up in a general assembly, which is presided over by the President of the Student Council, and may be held with or without the presence of the faculty. This year particular emphasis has been placed upon our Honor Study Hall, the most tangible evidence of the Honor System, Our 1957 Coun- cil, headed by Polly Graham, has' done a most commendable job in furthering the school mot- to, Honor is our tradition.

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Oqafivifiaa 1956- 1957

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cuss ommiffas The alleged purpose of House Committee is to serve as a liaison between the boarders and the House faculty, which puts the House Com- mittee member in the nebulous position of a diplomat without diplomatic immunity. QSurely we all know that by definition, a House Com- mittee Member is someone, who after scrupu- lously scolding some poor unfortunate for not wearing slippers, looks down and spies her own bare feet in guilty horror-in other words, a very human paragon of virtuej The House Committee has accomplished its purpose most successfully this year through House Committee meetings held once a week in Miss McBee's room. In these meetings, sug- gestions and questions from the boarders have been ,passed on to the faculty, and, conversely, the faculty has offered suggestions and given commands to the House Committee member. The House Committee this year consisted of a Head of House, and two permanent members from the Senior class, Ann Ingersoll and Diana Wilson, in addition to the approximately three members from each house who are elected each term. The committee members in each house also hold a meeting once a week, primarily to warn wayward boarders about using profanity on the telephone , or to change the bell list. This year's House Committee, presided over by Didette Van Slyck, has done a fine job-no one has caught cold from not wearing slippers, and we can safely assume that the boarders and the House faculty exist in happy peace, a peace interrupted only by the telephone and the rising bell. D. Wilson, D. Van Slyck, A. Ingersoll.