Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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s. yeniuiar Front Row, Left to Riqht: R. Setzer, A. Hollier, R. Posquorelli, D. Ahlum, R. Boyles, S. Jalowoy, Mrs. Me Daniel, W. Mac llvain, R. Yaksima, G. West, M. Ahlum, R. Me Gonigle, D. Halbach. Back Row, Left to Riqht: D. Me Goniqle, S. Thomas, D. Plank, G. Fizel, D. Cundari, R. De Christoforo. J. Fisher, M. Oqden, L. Kazimir, D Me Gee, D. Laili, E. Kreinar. With the help of Mrs. Elsie McDaniel and Mr. Charles Maillardet, the Junior-Senior Seminar for the school year 1967-1968 was a complete success. The members have surely profited greatly from this year ' s series of lectures. The topics dis¬ cussed were of national and local importance: subjects which the average high school student would not have ventured to undertake on his own accord. The members gained needed insight into mat¬ ters which all students should have a knowledge of. Dr. David Crownover, of the University of Pennsylvania, gave an extremely interesting lecture on Archeology as a Carreer or Hobby. Along with this informative speech, he presented a movie entitled The Book and the Spade. This film gave interesting information on how a dig is con¬ ducted. Mr. John Penney, and Oxford graduate attending the University of Pennsylvania, was requested to give his im¬ pressions of America. Mr. Penney’s talk gave a very clear picture of what an average foreigner thinks of America. Our most sincere gratitude goes to the sponsors, without whose help we w-ouldn ' t have had a seminar this year. They gave of their time willingly, faithfully, and unselfishly. Their aid on scheduling speakers for various sessions is greatly appreciated. Our thanks also go to Mr. Patrick Brown. It was Mr. Brown who made the significant contribution of sched¬ uling Mr. Penny to speak. The members of the Seminar and Staff who attended the lectures undoubtedly widened their minds both spir¬ itually and culturally from topics discussed. The Class of 1968 sincerely hopes the future Sem¬ inars will be as informative and worthwhile to the un¬ derclassmen as they have been to us. Mrs. Gloria Effing speaks on Greek Isles 1 21 }

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Enjoying one of the largest memberships to date, the World Affairs Council was increasingly active this year, both in and out of Girard. High School Forums, sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of the World’s Affairs Council, were attended by Girard students, who took active parts in discussions about the Mid-East Crisis, Russian Foreign Policy, U.S. Military committments in Vietnam, DeGaulle, and Afri¬ can Nationalism. Through briefing and sheer enthusiasm the Hummers were recognized by many as being the spark plugs” of these discussions. This increased zeal is attributable mainly to Mr. R. Porter, faculty sponsor of the club, who gave consider¬ able amounts of his own time in organizing and directing the Hummers. The club’s purpose of giving students first hand ex¬ perience in world government and politics under prac¬ tically the same conditions was entirely realized this year with Girard’s participation in the model U.N., an organization which authentically duplicates its N.Y. brother in every detail. The countries are represented by students from the various Philadel¬ phia High Schools, of which about 150 attended. Girard had two countries to represent this year instead of the usual one. Britain was headed by John Duckworth and the Russian State Byllo Russia headed by club president Ed Kelleher. Four resolutions were brought up concerning top international issues. On April 4th the General Assembly met at the U. of P. Art Museum auditorium for the whole day, with an attendance of about 800 students who decided either to adopt or reject the various resolutions. This year’s World Affairs Council enjoyed and profited from the meetings they attended. Our special thanks go to Mr. Porter for his sincere devotion. -{20 y I

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Ui ouncL Front Row, Left to Right: G. Morrison, F. Valentino, J. Fulton, H. Younq, D. Cundari, E. Kelleher, R. Mercer, D. Matthews, R. Lorenz Bock Row, Left to Right: T. Claytbn, A. Tangi, P. Keenan, C. Mevoli, M. Rotundi, J. Daubaras, C. Reed, W Boyd, D. Zucco The Student Council of 1967-68 has earnestly strived to improve every aspect of Girard life. In doing so the Council members, as well as the entire Student Body, have learned the value of working together. Their hard work and constant effort proved immensely rewarding in the final analysis. Last year’s Council accomplished the task of initiating the Student Court. Since it was started late in the second semester of 1967, it could not be fully evaluated. The continuation of the Student Court into the new year has shown that judiciar responsibility can be awarded to the students. For the past five years the Student Council ha; tried to establish a successful program for re¬ served boys. This year, under the leadership of D minic Cundari, free tickets for college football games were provided for these students. A Flyer’s hockey game was provided by Mr. Hal Free¬ man, director of the Spectrum. In March, three members of the Council and Mr. Harold Holman, the Council’s sponsor, were invited to attend a conference of Student Councils at Charles Ellis school. This meeting gave the Girardians a chance to see how other prominent high schools function in various phases of everyday school life. It proved to be a very en¬ lightening experience. In order to better the scholastic average of the high school a tutoring program was suggested and enacted by the Council. Senior instructors as well as those being tutored profitted from this project. Whenever there were vacancies in the building staffs, seniors accepted the responsibilities of acting as house¬ masters. This effort also helped the faculty and students to have a better mutual understanding. The Student Council would like to express its sincere appreciation to Mr. Holman for his loyalty to the coun¬ cil. The Council would like to thank the student body for its support. i 22 y