Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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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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Left to Right: W. Poprycz, C. Reed, A. Tonqi, R. DeChristoforo, H. Young, D. Cundari, Mr. H. Mazaleski The Student Court, initiated last year on a trial basis, has become very successful, and this year became a very necessary part of Girard life. The charter reads, The purpose of the Student Court of Girard College shall be to give certain mem¬ bers of the Student Body the responsibility of charging, hearing, acquitting, convicting, and in the event of con¬ victing recommending and administering the punish¬ ment of individual students.” The Student Body President, Dominic Cundari, d d a commendable job as judge of the Court. The Court consisted of the Class Presidents, Harry Young, Anthony Tangi, Charles Reed, William Poprycz, and Daniel Matthews, and two Court secretaries Ronald De Christ- oforo and George Sedor, and faculty sponsor, Mr. Henry F. Mazeleski. The members of the Court displayed an honest and unbiased approach at all times during court sessions, which is vitally important in any court. The faculty sponsor, Mr. Mazeleski, was an indespensible advisor to the court. For many years, Girard was lacking in student responsibility. The students needed something that they could take wholly upon themselves. Also lacking among the students was respect for themselves and each other. The idea of a form of a student jurisdiction over the Student Body was presented to attempt to extinquish these problems. After much work and a united effort, the Girard College Student Court was developed. The question at the time was, Would it work?” As a result of the hard work done in the past on the court, and this year s improvements, such as an additional court secretary, the Student Court has become a firmly fixed part of Gir¬ ard College, working by, for, and with the srudents! i 23 y