Overbrook High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE BEACON STAFF

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-rsnn.uARY- 0 H S w 1928-'Y' '-----'------- 1 Qllum Zlauhe N ORDER to recognize special qualifications for citizenship among its graduates, the Overbrook High School has founded an honor society to be known as CUM LAUDE, whose members will be chosen from suc- cessive 12B classes. To be considered for membership in this club a student must fulfil two requirements: Q13 more than average scholarship 3 and C21 genuine loyalty to the school proved by unusual service in its varied activities out- side the -class room. The following students have the honor of being the first members of CUM LAUDEZ Anderson, Presco Kline Irene Cloux, Alice Lilienfeld Jacob Cohen, Leon Lindauer Jerome Fidler, Harold Polakoff Beatrice Gordon, Ruth Reinhold Lillian Grant, Esther Semple, Gladys Hayllar, David Taylor, Mildred Kaplan, Harry We are sure, of course, of the great pleasure and pride that these members of our class felt at the honor bestowed on them. But perhaps even they did not understand how greatly their classmates appreciated the honor, and how very much the forming of this society has added to the pride that each of us feels in the Class of January 1928 Deininger, Dorothy O'Hara, Marie 3 C

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, I Q . 1 . a . .., 9 . v, 9 . . 0 .. , I 0 J I I I 1 X ' H. . I 0 n .. .., i' X , C . . ....... .. .....-..- v..... .-.---.. .--.---4-----'---.---- . - - nt .V ........ . .... ..-1...-.um . ..... r- - . .. QYEBRUARX, 1 1926 'H 1 W As N 9 . fa. .r p V - l . i- ll fe The Zeeman HE Beacon was Overbrooks first active institution A journalism class under the leadership of Miss Andersen of the English depart- ment made it possible to have a news herald appear in October of our first term The class was composed entirely of members of our own first term The class was composed entirely of members of our own class then 11Bs who edited the paper. It was an experiment that proved practical An interested group was getting useful instruction in newspaper work and the school was getting a well organized publication That first staff had to clear the path for future staffs to follow and with the able sponsorship of Miss Andersen the task was well begun Without preliminary training our classmates had to issue the Beacon while they were learning how to issue it In addition they had to keep up with their regular English work The following term as 12A the class continued in its editorial capacity, assisted however by an 11B class organized to learn the mechanics of newspaper writing and to do the technical work in connection with the higher class There IS no doubt that the Beacon was a better paper that term The aspiring Journalists had learned from their former mis- takes There were also financial reasons. The business stai under Mr. Quay and with Reuben Miller as business manager had exceeded all expectations with the result that cuts and features appeared. It was decided that Overbrook s high seniors had too many pressing responsibilities to carry on Beacon work. This confined the journalism classes to the 11B and 12A grades With so fine a beginning made by our class the Beacon was able to improve steadily and in accordance with the demands of the students Our classmates have provided future classes with an incentive to produce a paper satisfactory in every detail. In our 12B term therefore we have not carried on the Beacon work but we point wlth pride to the fact that ours was the first class to serve the school in Journalism for two successive terms. 4 4? of -lj :Mgr 37211 X Ki, Nw - D! , l xx 5 N K A 'IL Z nv X 1 z 3' C6 99 , . 9 . 9 ' .' 1 1 , . 0 Q 9