Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Activities The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. — Thomas Henry Huxley

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O U cz fclnunLihatujE (Dj-j-Lczii. Dr. Raymond I. Haskell Mr. Karl R. Friedmann Acting Director of President Secondary Education and Head of the English Department Mr. Malcolm J. Nicholson Director of Elementary Ed u cat ion Mr. Ernest L. Ogden, Jr. Assistant Director of Elementary Education Mr. Charles T. Cunningham Administrative Assistant and Resident Master in Science and Guidance Mr. John C. Donccker Assistant to the President Mr. Lauris R. Wilson Administrative Assistant and Senior Resident Master in Bordeaux Hall « [ 6 l

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National Honor Society •7 Left to right-. W. ' Walker, W. Ricci, R. Williams, W. Green, D. Young, C. Weiss, A. Ambrush, J. McDevitt, R. Frey, W. Eliasson, J. W estgate, G. McDonald 3 he National Honor Society is an honorary society to which those members of the Junior and Senior Classes who excel in the qualities of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, and service are elected. Twice a year, in the fall and spring, those who have been chosen by the existing members of the N.H.S. and by the faculty are inducted into the Society. This is one of the most important assemblies of the year. Some prominent person of the area is invited to give a speech on what he feels is pertinent to the occasion. The import¬ ance of the assembly is felt throughout the audience, as none of the boys knows who might be called to the stage to receive the gold pin symbolizing membership in the Society. Upon receiving their pins, the newly inducted members take the following oath: I pledge myself to uphold the high purpose of this Society to which I have been elected, striving in every way by word and deed to make its ideals the ideals of my school and of my life.” With this oath, a responsibility is assumed that each member must observe. Although every mem¬ ber of the N.H.S. is not expected to be infallible, he is expected to act as an example and by his deeds be a good representative of his school and of his chapter of the Society. During our fall term as Juniors, Arthur W. Ambrush, William L. Eliasson, James J. McDevitt, Charles J. Weiss, and James F. Westgate were chosen to receive their pins, an honor of which they may well be proud. From these five boys, the officers of the Girard College chapter of the Society were elected. Jim McDevitt be¬ came the President, Bill Eliasson was elected Vice-President, and Jim Westgate was appointed Secretary-Trea¬ surer. In our Senior year, seven more boys were inducted. These seven, Walter J. Green, Raymond E. Frey, Gil¬ bert McDonald, William T. Ricci, William D. Walker, Gomer R. Williams, and David A. Young helped to make the membership from the Class of 1959 a more complete group. The generosity of the Girard College Alumni Association is also evident in the National Honor Society. The twelve members from the Class of 1959 wish to thank the Alumni who sponsor two dinners a year. Thanks are also given to Mr. Albert H. Schoell who effectively served as faculty sponsor of the National Honor Society.