Episcopal Academy - Tabula Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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FRONT: E. Campbell, J. R. Smifh, Hiers, ArndT, Shouvlin. SECOND: Heebner, Gerhardh Murphy Sfarling, Largey. STUDENT COUNCIL PresidsnT ....,. . ...Richard H, l-Tiers ViceJPresidenT ., , .... J. Roland SmiTh, Jr. Secrefary ... ,,.... Willis C. ArndT During The pasT year The STudenT Council has given considerably more aTTenTiOn and cOnsideraTiOn To cerTain proiecTs OT inTeresT and impOrTance around The school Than was eviclenT aT TirsT glance. As in previous years, The members OT The STudenT Council represenTed Their class- maTes in The various meeTings and rOundTable discussions ThaT Toolc place ThroughOuT The year. The one regreT OT The Council lay in The TacT ThaT The sTudenT body did noT seem To Think OT The Council as Truly represenTaTive and, as a resulT, did nOT lay upon The Council iTs whole-hearTed TrusT and cOoperaTiOn, alThOugh in The laTer parT OT The year The sTudenT body realized ThaT The Council was sincere in iTs desire To be a Truly represenTaTive body. AT This Time The Council underToOlr The iob OT reorganizing The Service Program, aTTer having held a Torum in a Friday assembly which proved To be one OT The mosT saTisTacTory oT The year. The Council gave considerable ThOughT and Time To The suggesTiOns oTTered by The sTudenTs and accordingly revamped The Service Program which proved TO be iTs largesT unclerTalcing OT The year. The Council also rearranged The demeriT sysTem, requiring a sTudenT having over Ten demeriTs To worlc Them OTT by manual labor around The campus, wiTh The hope OT having The demeriT sysTem carry more weighT Than during The previous Tew years. Diclc T-Tiers and Milne Shouvlin represenTed Episcopal in The lnTer-Ac STudenT Coun- cil and Took a large parT in carrying ouT and OriginaTing ThaT group's excellenT pro- gram. The I949-l95O l.A.S.C. was responsible Tor The lnTer-Ac CanTeen which was held Tor The TirsT Time This year on The iniTial SaTurday OT each monTh aT The various lnTer-Academic schools. The lnTer-Ac dance, 'held This year aT Episcopal, was again a greaT success, due in no small parT To The eTTOrTs OT Hiers and Shouvlin and also The Senior Dance COmmiTTee under The direcTiOn OT WalT T-leppensTall.

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FRONT: Hiers, Bazemore, K. SmiTh, March, Shouvlin. BACK: Hewson, Nixon, Mr. ST. Clair, Salisbury Beahm. STUDENT VESTRY Warden ..., ,.,,. K enneTh C. SmiTh, Jr. Sgcrgiqry ,,4, ,..... C harles W. Bazemore Treasurer ....... RoberT M. March ThroughouT The I949-T950 school year, The STudenT VesTry conTinued iTs quieT and unobTrusive work aT The Academy. The reading oT The lessons, The running OT The chapel services, and The supervision of The chariTy campaigns in The Upper School were iusT a Tew oT The acTiviTies ThaT were carried on by This group. ATTer a sTudenT opinion poll, Talcen in The dining room aT The beginning oT The year, The VesTry decided To carry Through The pledge sysTem again as a means OT collecTing Tunds Tor The various chariTy drives, mainly because iT had been so successful in This connecTion during The preceding year. This year, The VesTry broughT abouT a more sysTemaTic meThod Tor The mainTenance OT The chapel. A lisT was posTed and Two vesTrymen were assigned To spend Trom Tive To Ten minuTes each day in keeping The chapel in order and in mending The hymnals and prayer books.