Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School - Columbiana Yearbook (New York, NY)

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K' Um fqihlelfic ' ' BACK ROW Bob Sultar Jerry Horn Dave Klepper Dave Lewis Dick Lewis Paul Kamrass MIDDLE ROW Frank Sommerfielcl Pete Pomeranz George Benedict Tony Kossove Mark Steele Jim Lister FRONT ROW Marshall Wendell Herb Klagsbrun Marty Sommer Art Funk Tame after hme there were conflicts and mutual problems affecting different teams m the school In each case the Athletec Assocaatlon, composed of the captains and managers of each team was the debat :ng ground for restorlng harmony ln the sports fleld At nts first meetmg the Assoclatlon be gan to keep C G S sports up to date by electing Bull Manhelmer president and Herb Klagsbrun secretary The problem of approprlatlng the money which the G O was prepared to spend on athletlcs was considered flrst Several plans for hold mg expenses down were dlscussed and the S1800 was distributed according to the needs of each team Much duscusslon on the AA calendar was devoted to the question of sweaters or lackets for varsity lettermen After the members examined samples of both types the malorlty voted for sweaters Durung the year there was much talk of the oplnlon that soccer and tennis were not Important enough to rank as mayor varsity sports Because tame ran out a flnal declslon was postponed Father Tlme saw a new sport volleyball established for the first time as a mmor actlvlty The AA appointed Its co man agers who began the season by schedul mg a number of games In addmon to the actual establlshment of the volleyball team a track team was contemplated Another new stop ln the A A tlmetable was the annual Alumni Dance and Basket ball Game Formerly under GO super vlslon the popular affalr, glven In memory of the members of the class of 43 who lost their lnves durmg World War ll was spon sored solely and successfully by the A A Not only dld our Athletlc Assoclatlon provide for the varsity sports and those who had gone out for them but at also catered to those who elther dud not have the time or aballty needed to make the various teams EE tix 5 1 1 1 1 1 . 2 1 1 I I , . : 1 1 1 - ' 1 I ' r 1 . . . . ' ' , . I . . . . . . . . r I I - 1 r

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UWLQ 0 . . X BACK ROW Peter Meyer Mike Fruedman Frank Sommerfield Larry Deutsch Tony Kossove Teddy Redluch Steve Godsuck FRONT ROW Bob Sumon Jum Luster Mr McCormack Duck lewus Marty Sommer What the maunsprung us to the watch the G O was to C G S Thus student govern ment functuonung along democratuc lunes coordunated the many actuvutues of the school and gave each boy the chance to contrubute to the cultural and athletuc events of the school year The G O also acted as the leguslatuve organ of C G S establushung new laws and regulatuons to keep abreast of changung tumes Not to be outdone by last years or ganuzatuon the G O of the 1948 49 era calendar The electuon utself went down un CGS annals as a clockstopper As electuon day approached only one student had declared hus candudacy for the presu dency Thus boy, Jum Luster had been clocked as o fine athlete wuth three mauor letters to hus credut When the fateful moment on Fruday May 7 arruved, Jum stull the lone candu date for the presidency won a sweepung vuctory Rucky Lewus was elected vuce presu dent, whule Marty Sommer and Bob Sumon were appounted treasurer and secretary respectuvely The work of commuttees us always essen tual to a smooth runnung G O clockwork Durung our year these varuous groups made Father Tume sut up and take notuce The Publucuty Commuttee functioned luke a ftne tumepuece mauntaunung a colorful stream of posters before the eyes of the student body The T949 epoch saw the burth ofa new propruated funds to the A A an Audutung Commuttee, consustung of Marty Sommer Ted Redluch and Frank Sommerfleld was formed to report on the condutuon of ath letuc equupment and the needs of the varu o s teams It was belueved that such an ac count would enable the government to assugn funds more accurately Altogether the total of 53100 was allocated to the varuous sports and publucatuons Our GO organuzers legislators leaders l'- ..-2 CUE? Nz added many memorable days to the school GO- fommlllee- Since 'he GO- had. QP'

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Um S Uawdf Abe Fnedberg Mr McCormack Aaron Feder Syd Gross For years the IUdIClGl branch of our three part student government was the Student Court It was composed of a faculty adviser and of three lustlces se lected from our sensor class by c vote of the GO Although punishments seemed the most Important of Its functions the courts real purpose was rather to pre vent misdemeanors by the threat of pun lshment A novel corrective measure whnch was constructlve at the same time was the wrltlng of three thousand word compost hons on speclfled sublects Despite the fact that a faculty member attended the courts sessions the declslons were made by the court members Thus In most cases the verdict reflected the oplmon of the student body When there was need for a trlal a mem ber of the Senior Councll Introduced the case to th court and acted as the prose cutor A dnscusslon of the school law In volved and of the details of the case was followed by the d6CISIOn of the lustlces who took Into consnderatuon the possible prevention ofa sumllar nncldent From time to time the admmlstratlon made recom mendatlons for the handling of the case Abe Frledberg Chief Justice Syd Gross Associate Justice Aaron Feder Associate Justice 5 mm? ' , . 1 1 ' . , ' . e - 1 , . . . . 1 - I . I - , . . . . . 1