Forest Park High School - Forester Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Student government Alan Corncy Sara-jane Cold Our student government is lilcened to tht which has so completely led our na' tional government. The chief executive is the Student President, aided hy the Student Vice President. Acting in an advisory capacity, is the Cabinet, Z1 group made up of the presidents of the school's five honor clubs, the presidents of each year, the Chief justice of the Supreme Court, and the Stu' dent Vice President. The Cabinet strives REPRESENTATIVES-Sponsor: MR. Ronan. Prcsidmt: A. CORNEY, Student President. Sctrctary: S. Col D, Student Vice President B118

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was held. and since that tnne there have lween two graduating classes each year. in Fehruary and in Vlune. lhe earliest comtnencements were held at the Lyric theater. Alter the first class graduated. an alumni association was formed. with the aim ol' doing something to show that interest and love of Forest Park exists even alter leaving the school. Among other activities. the Alumni sponsors a dance semi! annually in honor ol' the graduating class. Another organization outside the school was the Parent' lieacher Association, which lyecatne active alter l92-1 to assist the school in whatever ways possilwle. Although it was dtshanded heliore the second Vy'orld Vyfir, hope has heen expressed for its reorganization in the near liuture. As time went on. the increase in annual enrollment made necessary .1 new huilding for the 'Iunior High department ol' Forest Park. ln l93Z, the Garrison .lunior lligh School opened with the seventh, eighth. and most ol' the ninth grades from our school, alter which liollowed a reorganization ol' the entire senior high unit. During this new era in the history ol' l'orest Parlt. several liaculty' changes were made. The lirst ol these in l933 followed the passing ol' Miss Annalwelle l.ee White, who had succeeded Miss Patterson as Vicefprincipal. A sundial now stands on the lwront campus as a memorial to Miss VVhite. ller position was hlled very capalaly lay Miss Sophie lleclser, whose remarlsahle leadership has done much to inalse Forest Parls the line school it is today. -lihe second IILIAIOI' change in administration occurred when Mr. Vy'endell l'. Dunn came to Forest Parlc from the Midwest to till the post ol' Principal alter the resig' nation of Mr. Owens in l97m'5. Xlr, Dunn continued and increased ellorts to lteep Forest Parlc in a place ol' dignity and inlluence in Baltimore, a policy which Mr. Owens had successfully inaugurated and carried out during his administration 'lihe years passed on until I9-ll, when this period in the ltlie ol the school ended ahruptly. On Decemher 3. l94l. Mr. Dunn assemhled the entire student hody' in the auditorium to hear the hroadcast ol' the declaration ol' war lay' the United States. thus marl4ing a new stage in the lilie of every' graduate and under! graduate, The school now outhtted itsell' lor war with atrfraid shelters, frequent drills, sale of war honds and stamps ll . P. was the hrst school in the country' to sell hondsl, disaster reliel' units. and special courses designed for pre'dral't training. Several memlwers ol the faculty joined the armed forces, among them our adviser, ,Iohn P, Burger, as well as many students and graduates. Seventy rseven ol' these hoys heroicallv gave their lives in the service of their country. To them a memorial gate has recently laeen erected at the liront entrance to the huilding hy' the Alumni Association. Vy hen the war was over in I9-15 Forest Park again went hack to normal. Many' ol its teachers returned and new ones were added to the stall.. During the war, the resignation of Mr. Scott had heen accepted and Mr. Carroll A. Royer hecame the new assistant to Mr. Dunn. ln April. 1946. a Middle Atlantic Association ol' Secondary Schools and Colleges committee of twenty six memhers visited the school for three days and evaluated it in nine areas, such as stall, curriculum. student activities, etc., according to lQlI's lil'tlllttllll't' Qfriternt. Their study resulted in the school's receiving tl rating ol' Very Superior in seven of the nine areas. and High Superior in the other two. To the lwest ol' our ltnowledge, this rating is unexcelled. During the hrst quarter century ol' its existence, Forest Park has graduated almost 9.500 students. including the class olihlune, 1949. However, we all know that the history' ol' our Alma Xlater will never close, for Foresters will always continue to Enter to learn and go liorth to serve. lirtziua lli'iM,ys

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to make a better school and a better student body. The judicial branch of our government is provided for in the form of the Student Court. This court, which is appointed by the Student President, justly tries offenders of school rules and determines their punish' ment, if necessary. Helping the court, are the student officers. Following the pattern of the Federal Government, we have two groups of repre- sentatives-the Senate and the Representa' tives. The Senate consists ofone representative from each semester year, with the Student Vice President presiding. This is a most active phase of our plan of government. To complete our system of government, the Representatives, one from each class, help to carry out the functions of the student government. So the students of Forest Park High School take an active part in governing themselves, a practice which is an old American custom. CABIN ET-Scatctl: A. BADDOCK, A. Corney, S. Coin. Standing: C. Mfmcous, A. Gnoss, S. FRANK, C. PKBRAMSON. R. ANDERSON, T. Duron, A. Kairr, M. SENATE-Scared: C. ABRAMSON, S. GOLD, P. HAMMEIK Standing: D. DIXON, H. FORD STUDENT COURT-S. CLVSTER, B. GARY, N FISHMAN, S. FRANKRI. CAMPius1..i.,j. SAC:-is, SCHINKER ARENA, C. Coovsn