Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Our Safety Council The Safety Council at Charlotte High School lias a perfect record. This organiza- tion was formed two years ago to meet the traffic needs in the new school. In spite of the size of this organization its duties are many. A group of officers are assigned to traffic duties in the street; others are stationed in various places in and out of school. 'Phis year the Rochester Chamber of Com- merce furnished the squad with yellow rain coats, for which the school furnished lockers to store them in until some cloudburst. The squad consists of the following: Carroll McHridc. William Howard, captains; Harold Thomas, William Ilrice, William Cook. Samuel Trilotti. Fred Kelly, and Mr. Ercnstonc, ad- viser. The Hortus Club The new name for the irccnhousc Club is Tltr Hortus Club. Hortus is the Latin word meaning garden. The plant lalx ratory serves the Science classes, and in addition is the headquarters for the Hortus Club. Plants are raised by the club niemliers for use in their homes as decor- ation. and in their gardens. Each club mem- ber. in turn, forcuses the attention of numer- ous other pupils and adults on his plant projects. The club lias a membership of eighty-five, and a waiting list of twenty-five, each member with his own plot and his own special projects. Some are studying the effect oi artificial light upon the growth and development of sweet peas. Some meml ers are developing special varieties of snap-dragons. Others are e ] eri- Ci.uh Christmas Exhibit

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The social activities of Charlotte High School's “I,es Rahillards” have been the Sep- tember induction tea. a city wide banquet in DcccmlxT. and the February induction tea. A banquet is now lieing planned at which this chapter will be the host. SOCIETIES As the end of June approaches, the Opti- mates ! x)k Ixack over the past year with utmost pride. The program of the year included an 1 liter-high School banquet at which Charlotte was host and a tea at which several new mem- bers were inducted. I TI MATHS

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morning in the grafting of cacti, geraniums, ami lilacs. At 7:30 a. m. club members begin to assemble for work on their hobbies. After school, from 2:30 to 5 :00 p. m.. the laboratory ami gardens arc alive with interesting experi- ments. The plant project has now coordinated with the Art Department by furnishing plants for art sketches and has provided the Homemak- ing Department with vegetable products for lessons in canning and preserving. Each year geraniums have been raised as a group project for annual Decoration Day planting. An outgrowth of community interest in gardening, kept alive, at least, by pupil club work has fostered the formation of a new adult Lake Shore Garden Club this spring. With the equipment provided and through the sales of plants, flowers, and seedlings by the Hortus Club, the plant laboratory has become nearly self-supporting. Furthermore, the science teacher in charge is giving gener- ously of his leisure time to promote the object- ives of our work. It is because of bis unsel- fish devotion to the interests of the club that success has resulted. .. ., Dorothea kookus The Craft Guild For many years excellent work in the academic and commercial courses lias been given special recognition, but none lias l»eeii given to the art and technical courses. In the academic course there arc the French and Latin honor societies, and in the commercial course, the Commercial Honor Society. There is now being formed a craft guild for the technical ami art groups. The plan of the craft guild is to let a 1h v work two terms as an apprentice, after which he liecomes a journeyman. While he is a journeyman he is allowed to submit a project to the guild. If the project ] asses inspection it is placed in the guild and the lmy becomes a master craftsman. Peter Rookus Chi-Y The Chi-Y organization consists of mem- bers from the junior and senior years in High School. During the last term, the membership has increased 100 percent. It is affiliated with the Y. W. C. A. and Miss Hal kick is the ad- viser. Several liaskets of fruit and candy have Ijccu sent to lola during the holiday seasons. Your Camera Club This organization lias not been officially recognized yet by the Students Association but it is essential to carry on the pictorial work of your school. Our three objectives are: First, to create an interest along photographic lines as a hobby; second, to keep a pictorial record of school history; and third, to produce lantern slides for the assembly programs and to cooperate with the News StalT in making pictorial news reports. We are always ready to serve von within the range of our ability and equipment. John Bullock