Fort Lee High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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1930 . THE TIONEER 1930 ar :Q17i'f2Di Jena? zbna-T -1:3341 Qzabaifvaabae-fcavai sawn zum 1. Traffic Mr. VVhittemore-Hannibal Cundari 2. Cafeteria Miss lVIildred Brady--hir. lVIiller-VVilliam lliagee 3. Publicity , - Mr. Strong--Dean Grandin 4. Study Hall Miss VValler 5. Entertainment lVIr. Prall-Agnes Walsh 6. Sanitation Nlrs. Foley-Marie Antonini 7. Athletic 4 Mrs. Oettel--Mr. Spence-Edith Svanberg-Brandon Blades' 8. Social - llffrs. Quinn-lVIiss Anderson-Helen Gilpin 9. Civic Miss Nleeker-Arthur Dyer 10. Courtesy ' ' Miss King-lVIrs. Strong-Joseph Oliva ll. Lost and Found Miss Neville-Miss Warren-Martha Freund The Junior high committees are as follows: 1. Sanitation Mrs. Rehburg-Mary Mankivel 2. Courtesy Mrs. Baerthlein-Claire Juleus 3. Trafiic Bliss Jones-John Kirchner 4. Cafeteria Miss Schwab-Peter Gaudiomonte 5. Entertainment Mrs. Spraker-Crystal Dahlby 6. Lost and Found Miss Neville--lkdartha Freund 7. Athletic Mrs. Oettel-Mr. Spence lVIany of 'the committees have met regularly and have developed a definite plan of operation. Four committees, upon which have rested heavy responsibilities, deserve recommendation--the cafeteria and traffic committees of both the junior and senior high. Before the close of the school year, a new Student Council will be elected and we take this time and place to wish the future Student Council members a great success. HELEN GILPIN '3l. 43

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Student Government A radical change has been made in the Student Government of the Fort Lee Junior and Senior High School during the last year. In October it was decided that each home-room should take a vote as to which form of government it considered best of the three forms: military, commission and legislative. The form with the greatest number of votes was to be the one adopted. As a result of the voting, the military form of government which had been in use since 1922 was replaced in 1929-30 by the commission form of government. The plan of the commission government is to elect three senior and two junior high student commissioners who work in co-ordination with two representatives from each home-room. One teacher from the junior and one from the senior high are elected by the faculty to serve as advisors on the commission. The members of the commission are: Dorothy Major, chairmang Helen Gilpin, secretaryg Gustav Moltke, treasurerg Jack Foley, and Peter Gaudiomonte. The two faculty advisors are Miss Maude Brady and Mr. Carl B. Strong. Much of our success has been due to the able services of Dorothy Major, our chair- man, and to the sound advice of our advisors, Miss Brady and Mr. Strong. The committees are being used as a link between the student body and the student council, because it is thought that if more persons are serving on committees, there will be greater interest and enthusiasm displayed by the student body in the welfare of the school. At the present time there are eleven committees in the senior high and seven in the junior high. The committees of the senior high with the faculty advisors and chairmen of their respective committees are: 42

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The Bridge With Books Club The Bridge With Books Club, comprising thirty-five senior high school girls, was organized in November, 1929, with Miss King as advisor. lvleetings are held in the library on alternate Thursdays. ,The club members have for their organization motive the enjoyable association with books. VVe feel this is sufficiently broad to in- terest all bock lovers and readers. It is natural that our programs provide varied contacts with books. This is evident from a brief glimpse of some of our meetings. One was devoted to an ap- preciation of modern poetry, another to reviews of books interestfng to read. A comparison of contemporary newspapers proved to be enlightening. A presentation of biographical sketches of contemporary American girls was an incentive to those inspired to do greater things. A consideration of the library periodicals served to widen and direct our current reading interests. Our Christmas program, held before the holidays, was one of great spirit and merrymakhing. One of the members read an appealing Christmas story from the Atlantic Monthly. Carol singing and refreshments concluded the festive occasion. As this goes to press numerous excursions and programs of special interest have not yet been announced, nor have the prospective members been recorded. Those serving the club in an official capacity are lvlargaret Ennis, presidentg Laura Hewitt, vice-presidentg Marion Miller, treasurerg lVIildred Yach, secretary. The programs are planned by a voluntary committee. MILDRED YACH '3l. 44