DuSable High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE SIJIIIAI. STAFF The Social Staff, organized and known for years as the Dean's Staff. is the oldest service group in the school. The girls who make up its membership are selected because of their high scholastic standing and leadership ability. They are the official hostesses of the school and in so functioning are privileged to make a contribution to the social life of the school and at the same time receive valuable training individually. The chairman of the group for the school year 1939-40 is Mae Gordon Davis. Co-chairmen are Helen Langston and Nellie Millet. The sponsors are Miss Ieanette Triplett and Mrs. Nellie Murray. Page Forty STUDENT IIIIUNIIII. MARDELLE RODGERS The Student Council was organized in February, 1935. Its purpose is to provide a more effective organization of the student body, to promote higher standards of scholarship, to develop the best student conduct, and foster all legitimate school enterprises. At the present time, the membership is 246 students, one representative and one alternate from each division. Its first sponsors were Miss Cora Anderson, Mrs. Marie Butler, and Mr. French. The present ones are Miss Helen Fortune, Miss Cora Anderson and Mr. Lester Wilson. The council's outstanding accomplishments have been: to initiate the Activity Drive every semester, to act as student governing body, to develop the Beautify Du Sable Fund, to admit new clubs to membership on school list, to sponsor Christmas collections, to prcmote clean-up campaigns, and this year to sponsor a successful drive to raise money for basketball uniforms. The most important members this semester are: Ralph Mitchell, president of the Senior Class: Frederick Lights, president of the Iunior Class: Alfred Cannon, Chief of Marshalls: Morris Proffitt, commanding officer of the R. O. T. C.: Lionel Iordan, treasurer of the Senior Class: and Othello Ellis, cheer leader. Outstanding members for scholarship are: Morris Proffitt, Vivian Starks, Lionel Iordan, Mardelle Rodgers, and Frederick Lights. The officers are: Iohn McLean, president: Frederick Lights, vice-president: Mardelle Rodgers, secretary and treasurer: Harriette Smith, assistant secretary and treasurer: Charles Crump, sergeant-at-arms: and Raymond McEwen, assistant sergeant-at-arms. V THE STUDENT PIIHUM Ever since the organization of the Student Forum, the club has served its purpose to a very high degree. This club has developed in its membership a keen interest in many social, civic, and political problems It has discussed many subjects of vital interest: such as juvenile delinquency hous ing, and the Constitution. The organization has given its members a chance to develop speaking ability and alert minds. There are more than forty members in the Student Forum. Many out standing persons of the community have been guest speakers of this organization. The officers are: Iacob Dochee, president: Ralph Mitchell, vice president Dorothy Tate, secretary: and Horace Powell, sergeant-at-arms. Miss Mary Herrick is the sponsor.

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WHATS THE NEWS ? What's the news? It can be found in the Recorder which is published bi-monthly by the reporters who are members of the A. Iournalism Class and by other efficient members of the staff. Each year the editor-in-chief and at least one other member of the staff attend the N. S. P. A. tNational Scholastic Press Associationl, which convenes in different cities in this area. They return and impart to the staff many new ideas which they have obtained from lectures, clinics, and panel discussion groups. The staff has membership in the Greater Chicago Scholastic Press Association. After three semesters of efficient service on the staff, each member is eligible for a letter, and a pen after the fourth semester. Graduating members of the staff are: Ardesta Campbell, editor-in-chief: Ralph Mitchell, boys' sports editor: Earl Coffman, columnist for the Voice of the Students: Edith McFarland, exchanges: Lucyle Dallas, Arby Iohnson, and Mildred Mann. Miss Ernelle Bowles and Mr. Iames Lucas are sponsors of these journalistic minded scribes. Page Forty-two lllllia DIVISIIIN Miss Marie O'Keefe's division was the only 4A division to reach the 1002 mark during the Activity Drive. Their picture appears on the opposite page. 1 BETA IILUB The Beta Club was organized by Mrs. Ida Taylor Iones. at the Wendell Phillips High School in 1925. The original club was composed of twenty-nine junior and senior girls who assisted in the library. The club at present has a membership of fifty-two students, boys and girls, sponsored by Mrs. Irma F. Clarke, librarian. Before a student is accepted on the staff he must meet certain qualifica- tions. He must have an average of or above, interest in library work, a period per day to work, and be recommended by his division teacher or some other teacher who knows him personally. The purpose of the Beta Club is to acquaint the members with the different library facilities, to give instruction regarding the library, to plan effective library services, and to provide some social contact among the student assistants. A student who becomes a library assistant renders a valuable service to the school, his library, and his fellow students. At the beginning of each semester, the new members are initiated into the organization in a most amus- ing manner. When a student has completed three semesters of faithful and high quality work in the library and rnet certain other requirements of the Beta Club, he is awarded a school letter in recognition of the services he has rendered. The club officers are Theodore Steele, president: Evelyn Dukes, vice- president: Lilorene Long, secretary: Ben Barnett, sergeant-at-arms: Harrison Duke, treasurer: and Anthony Mayo, reporter.