Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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SENATE SPONSORS y , , Mr. Pegg, a sponsor of this governing body and a State Director of the Student Participation in School Government organization, speaks about Parents? Visitation Day to be observed next Friday, after school. He requests the presence ol all Senate members to help direct the visitors to the different class rooms and guide them through the building. Plans are then made for the State Convention at State College. Two delegates are chosen, but all Senate members are asked to attend. A letter of inquiry from another high school is read by the secretary. This letter contains questions concerning the organization of a student senate such as ours, and queries concerning work which we do and the number of members in the group. Two other letters are also read. The first, from the National Association headquarters, contains a request for a uwrite-upi' and a picture of our Senate, to be published in the National Association Magazine. The second, from Governor Earle, congratulates the Senate upon the great progress which it has made. Two senators volunteer to take charge of the Lost and Found Depart- ment for the coming week. The president then requests the members to be ready to offer suggestions for the Senateis annual banquet, which will be arranged at the next meeting. Miss Krick, another sponsor of this governmental body, gives invaluable assis- tance with plans for such festivities and her beautiful flowers, so graciously contributed, have been used on numerous occasions. The president also asks each member to observe the building and give plans for improving the appearance of our school. There beinff no other business the meeting is ad'ourned. . . D 7 C .l This is an example of a typical Senate meeting taken from the records kept by the secretary. ln addition to taking care of important problems which come up unexpectedly, the Senate members, as part of their routine duties, take tickets for different assembly programs, assist with the welfare work of the school, handle Parent-Teacher Association tickets, take charge of the Reception Desk, and conduct the Corridor Patrol. Page Twenty-two . . . ASSISTS IN SCHOOL GOVERNMENT

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SENIOR CLASS CJF1938... President .......... Robert Thompson Vice President ..,..,... Ray Detwiler Secretary ,..., . . . ,Naomi Ellstrom Treasurer . .. .,.. Dean Getterny Standing-Thompson, Detwiler. Seated-Gettemy, Ellstrom. HREE short years ago we set out upon a new adventure. Now, as Seniors, about to reach the final milestone of our journey, we look back with pride on the events which made it so successful. We realize that it is time for us to relinquish our posts to the oncoming classes. ln a short time, our class members will set out in all directions, each to find his own Hplace in the sunf' First, let us pause a moment to review together the outstanding events of these last three years. Do you remember those first few days when that exasperating word 'cSoph-o-morei' was thrust at us from all sides? ,lust as were our predeces- sors, we, too, were trampled by the rushing madmeni' who infested this vast ubewildernesswg we slid around the newly-waxed halls, went up the 'cdownv stairs and arrived at classes late. Before long, liowever, we were duly initiated into the 'chew Regimei, with the aid of an explanatory assembly given by the upper-classmen. The mysteries of the many organizations and various phases of school life were brought to light at this time. 6'Will you sign my petition?U was a familiar request as the time for the class elections approached, and several days later we haunted the bulletin boards for the results of the election. The Sophomore Amateur Hour and MHop7' concluded the activities of our class as in f0Z1l'liU0'S77 and our thouffhts l c an turned to vacation and then to a new school year. Just as Uthe middle class is the mainstay of a nationfj our Junior Class became the backbone of A. H. S., tor so we thought, until we were Sf-niorsj. An exciting scoreless tie with Johnstown gridmen left us a little crest-fallen, but gloom rcally descended upon thc school when the P. l. A. A. declared Curwcnsvillc thc title holder. Ah! Mistletoe in the doorways, a Christmas tree, green and red stream- ers, and to complete the scene, Santa, himself fwith Bob Thompson behind the whiskersj, contributed to the success of our Junior Christmas Carnival. When the orchestra said uCoodnighl,7' we wished each other a very MlVlerry Christmasu and went home for the holiday season. Page Twenty-four