Bayonne High School - Yearbook (Bayonne, NJ)

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STIDKXT CONGRESS The Student Congress and its official governing body, the Executive Council, have had a most successful vear. The following are problems which thev have solved in 1940-1941 : Definite plans have been laid for the re-establishment of the Beacon and for the issuing of new Student Tickets and Freshmen Handbooks in September: a program of bi-weekly assemblies has been introduced: a dance or series of dances will provide for the financing of the Student Activity Award: the Executive Council itself has been reorganized into efficient Congressional Committees, and by amendments to the Constitution the time for annual elections has been changed to June. Under the leadership of Miss Elizabeth Glenn, the Congress has advanced steadily toward its double goal of unification and expansion of student activities and of settlement of student problems. It is with regret that by graduation this year the Congress loses the services of its first president. Whitney West neat, who has set a high record of achievement for others to follow. FAcri r v ADVISEES Forty-eight

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NATIONAL HONOR SOC'IKTV To Ik qualified lor election to the National Honor Society, one must have an average of ninety per cent and a definite interest in extracurricular activities. I lie four cardinal points stressed for new members are Scholarship, ( haracter. Service ( for others) and Leadership. t their monthly meetings the members discuss any problems concerning the Society, it- Constitution, new members, and methods of stimulating interest in it. Chief 'acuity Adviser President I ’ice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Makjon Levis John Ski knar I’ai la Levy Joseph ink Bintz Jf.an Price Ktmei. Rchexsteix KKADINO CLl'n I he motto carved over the fireplace of the Library is the inspiration of these omnivorous readers whose literary appetites consume everything from Shakespeare to Ogden Xash. What have they done this year? They have listened to musical programs featuring Mac Leish's Air Raid and Robson's singing of Ballad for hnericans; they have organized theater parties for Twelfth Sight and Watch on the Rhine, and wound up the season with a picnic in Warwick, New York, home of their adviser. Not bookworms by any means. A dviser President I ice-President Secretary Treasurer K. Wilhelmina Ackerman Jerome jOlembeck Robert Adams Siiiklev Lpstkin-Blanc HE Ml KOI e Torty-scvcn

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FIRST FLOOR rsiiEus SECOND FLOOR I'SUERS THIRD FLOOR LSI IFRS Abraham Golusii ADVISERS Fidijlis Wanci.er John Marconi Forty-nine