Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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COUNCIL -Front Row: Guthrie, Addessi, Milloy, Kottrayer, Lipsett, Maxwell, Illig, Pratt, Gallagher, Arbuckle. Row 2 : Nichols, G. Wagner, Gabrielson, Nelson, Brownyard, Berenstain, Lund, Henshaw, Elser, Spath, Bruno, Thomas. Row 3: Bacon, Vigilone, Spadacene, Burger, Walden, Will, Bates, McDonald, First, Farrington, Ershler, Lund, Meyer. Row 4: Schacht, Shufflin, Geddis, Saint, Howe, Dunwoody, Stauffer, McCarty, H933, Arbuckle, Borland, Smith, Miller. Council : Democracy Officers First Semester President . Fausto Addessi First Vice-President Mary Illig Second Vice-President Richard Guthrie Third Vice-President Harriet Milloy Secretary . Treasurer Faculty Advisers Margaret Lipsett Robert Nichols Second Semester Gordon Wagner Margaret Lipsett Richard Guthrie Eileen Kottmyer Roberta Maxwell Robert Pratt MissE.Connell, Mr. Blake, MissWilson and Mr. Armogost. of the first moves was to assume the responsibihty of directing the hall monitors and to re- organize them under the Coun- cil ' s second vice-president. A government of the students, by the stu- dents, for the students is the goal of the Strong Vincent student council. Every community must have a government and its laxity or efficiency de- pends on the members of the governing body. Ever since its birth, Strong Vincent has had a student council. Some years it has done very worthwhile work, other years it has not. This year the Council members have taken up a challenge and have de- cided to make this Vincent community a truer democracy. To this end they have begun to ex- ercise more fully their constitutional powers. One An annual duty of the Council is to sponsor and pro- mote the Carnival with the aid of faculty and students. The annual musical comedy is under the auspices of the Council and an outside director. Many dances and other money-making projects are under the Council ' s direction and the proceeds are devoted to various worth-while causes. Supervision of activities sponsored by the Council is taken care of by specially appointed committees. New ideas are constantly being suggested at the regular Monday- after-school meetings. All of these ideas are considered, discussed, and acted upon. With the aid of the faculty advisers, the Strong Vincent student council is marching on to greater achieve- ments. Twenty

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Beyond the classroom, the boy and girl become absorbed in delightful hours of club and crroup activities. With th ir fri nds they present plays, enjoy droll initiations or attend teas, work on publications or argue upon the unicameral svstem of crovernmp»nt.

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Torch Bearers President . . Robert Nichols Vice-President . Robert Lohse Secretary Esther Shannon Senate . Misses Mercer, Bryce, Warfel Mr. Coon, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Armogost Mr. President, may I present for membership in the National Honor Society ? If this state- ment applies to you, everyone knows that you have received the highest honor Strong Vincent may bestow. It means that you have excelled in the four points which are the foundation of the Na- tional Honor Society. These points are Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service. Having a fine character includes conscientious attendance and behavior in school and is measured by your teachers ' impression of you. Your scholastic aver- age must be very high, depending on competition, but over 90 if you are an 11-2. It is obvious that those who are leaders deserve honors and almost anyone with ideas and the initiative to carry them out can be a leader. Service to Strong Vincent includes active membership in clubs and various committees and any constructive deed for the school. After the new members have been formally inducted in an assembly program, the whole society at Vincent enjoys an informal party. The organization meets several times a year for special purposes but has no definite schedule. This is not a very active organization for the very good reason that the members are selected for their activity in other clubs. However, last year a handbook, giv- ing information about the school, was edited and distributed by the Honor Society. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Strong Vincent chapter, number 81, which started in old Central High School. In all the ten years, only 347 students have been admitted. This shows how high the standard has been kept. Ten years is not so long in view of the fact that the first honor society was originated in 1776. At that time Phi Beta Kappa, an honor society for colleges, was begun, and later this inspired the organization of the first honor society in secondary schools, founded by Dr. William B. Owen of the Chicago Normal College when he was principal of the South Side Academy in Chicago. This idea spread all over the country and soon the National Honor Society was formed with the idea that na- tional recognition has more value than honors granted by individual schools. The goal of the National Honor Society is to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership, and to en- courage the development of character in the pupils of the school. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY— Front Row: Weaver, Speed, Wolford, Shores, Lohse, Rob ' t. Nichols, Shannon, MacDonald, Santomenna, Guthrie, Addessi. Row? 2: Arbuckle, Mead, Wagner, Nagle, Ster- rett, Britton, Hall, Miller, Greiner, Ny- berg, Nelson, Pearce, Lee, Birkland, Max- well, Henry, Beckman, Wagner, Snow. Row 3 : Neiner, Pratt, Merri- man, Lund, Saint, Krieger, Gallagher, Rich. Nichols, Sawdey, Parker, E. Lund, Wal- den, Feisler, Firch, Marlowe, Van Atten, Talarico, Driscoll. Twenty-one