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HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The first high school honor society, having as its primary aim the en¬ couragement of high scholarship, was Phi Beta Sigma, organized in 1903 by five girls of high scholastic standing in South Side Academy in Chicago. Soon honor organizations were formed in various parts of the country, as the high schools had long been desirous of emulating the activities and ac¬ complishments of Phi Beta Kappa, the honorary fraternity, in colleges. The movement spread rapidly. In some sections of the country a num¬ ber of schools agreed upon the same standards for their organizations. After the successful operation of such societies was noted by educators, the Na¬ tional Association of Secondary School Principals, at a meeting in 1919, con¬ sidered the organization of a national honor society. The committee appointed faced the problem of providing an organiza¬ tion broad enough to meet all of the varying needs of the numerous societies already formed. Scholarship only seemed too narrow; therefore, character, scholarship, leadership and service were decided as the fundamental princi¬ ples most worthy of encouragement. Consequently, the National Honor So¬ ciety was founded in 1921 at the Atlantic City meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. This society has made a rapid growth, having today more than twenty- two hundred chapters with a total membership of two hundred fifty thous¬ and in various states of the United States, Porto Rico, Hawaii and Philippine Islands. Now chapters of some states have organized state associations and hold conventions for discussions and interchange of ideas. Due to the expansion of this organization, two enterprises were launched last year. First, a Revolving Scholarship Loan Fund was established for the purpose of aiding members in securing higher education. Forty scholarships of two hundred dollars each are available only to members in the upper three years of college, preferably the third and fourth. They are made upon the basis of financial assistance required and the level of scholarship maintained. Second, the first publications of “Student Life” appeared in October, 1937. This periodical deals chiefly with student activities and projects in the Ameri¬ can high schools. The Columbus Chapter of the National Honor Society was granted its charter in June, 1928. It has at present two hundred eighty-one graduate and active members. Miss Edna Folger, Sponsor Page eleven
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SCHOOL BOARD MR. GLENN THOMPSON MR. D. M. BOTTORFF MR. ALBERT GOSHORN Secretary President Treasurer THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE
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