Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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THE AR DSLEYAN THE STUDENT COUNCIL OF ARD SLEY HIGH SCHOOL This Council consists of presidents elected by each grade from the Fourth through the four years of High School, and a Council Advisor chos- en from the Faculty. The members are as follows : A. W. Silliman Ex-otlicio Viola Van DeWerker Faculty Adviser Theodora Brown Senior Class President and President of the Conucil Raymond Barnett President 3rd Year Thelma Hallahan President 2nd Year and Treasurer of the Council Gardner Welch President lst Year John Santore President 8th Grade and Secretary ofthe Council Lillian Robertson President 7th Grade Vito Barbieri President 6th Grade Alvine Knell President 5th Grade Stanley Travis President 4th Grade The object of the organization is to promote such activities as will be of best interest and benefit to our High School. The Council framed a Constitution and By-Laws which were unani- mously adopted by the School in general session. Each member of the Council is furnished with a copy of said Constitution and By-Laws. The Council has raised, through different means, a total of 326972, and has already expended 850. for Honor Awards and 824. for a cornet for the School Orchestra. This Council is the chief point of c t and the F on act between the Student Body aculty and Board of Education. The Council makes rules, sub- ject to the approval ofthe Principal, governing student action. The Coun- cil makes recommendations for improvements thiat seem to be needed. At the request of the Student Council, the Board of Education took up the matter of shower baths. They will probably be installed before fall. At the monthly meetings, each Class President makes a report of the condi- tions in his room, and any necessary im ' f considered b ' pros ements. The suggestions are 5 the members of the Council and the decisions reported to the Student Body at the Monthly Honor Assemblies. The Student Council, during this past school year, has made the High School News a success, supported the Honor System, acted as Editorial Board for the 1924 Ardsleyan, and cm'f1'ilntt'ed larf lv ' rise in school spirit. ge, .o the wonderful

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D 4 THE ARDSLEYAN FOREWORD This is the Hrst Yearbook of the Ardsley High School, and the most ambitious publication ever assembled by the student body of this School. In 1923 we had a school paper called The Ardsleyan which was published four times during the year. On the whole, it was only the enthusiasm of the Editorial Board and the Faculty Advisers, and the munificence of the Student Council that kept it going. By the time the manuscript was trans- lated to the finished magazine, the news was stale. Although the student body from Grade 6 upward loyally supported the paper, there was usually a deficit for the Student Council Treasurer to efface. In September 1923 the problem of a school paper again came up to greet the Student Council. On the advice of Principal Silliman they decid- ed to publish a weekly newspaper of one or two sheets on the mimeograph, which would furnish fresh news and a small revenue which could be devot- ed to the publication of a School Annual at the end of the year. These plans proved more successful than our hopes. The High School News went to press every Friday noon and an hour later was in the hands of the readers What metropolitan daily can beat that record? Extras were published at critical times-as when the Mutts beat the .Ieifs in the Subscription Contest and when Brown and Underhill won both first prizes at the Greenburgh Speaking Contest. This Newspaper had a weekly cir- culation of 200 to 500 copies, and expenses being light, and the publisher generous, the Annual Fund reached EE70. by May 1st, 1924. In the pages that follow we shall attempt to publish the pictures and the news of the school year 1923-24 that are most worthy of permanent re- cord, and to impress upon the reader the wonderful school spirit that ex- ists in A. H. S.

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