Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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First Row, left to right: F. Dwyer, W. Off, K. Lawrence, J. McGrath, Second Row, left to right: G. Buthusiem, A. Blose, D. Jesser. D. Feeley, D. Riddle, Mr. D. Clark Third Row, left to right: D. Corriden, H. Costello, A. Richey. S. Sedor, M. Malandra The sole purpose of the World Affairs Council was to become increasingly active this this year both in and out of Girard. This year’s Council wa s able to bring the problems of the world a little closer to some of the people who will be facing them in the near future. High School Forums, sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of the World’s Affairs Coun¬ cil, were attended by Girard students who took active parts in all discussions ranging in scope from Biafra to the Problems of Big City America. Through briefing and sheer enthusiasm the Hummers proved to be the true diplomats and formidable foes in any discussion. This increased zeal in attributable mainly to Mr. Douglas Clark, faculty sponsor of the club, who gave considerable amounts of his own time in organizing and directing the Council. The club’s purpose of giving students first hand experience in world government and the major problems that now confront the world was entirely realized this year with Girard’s par¬ ticipation in the Model U.N., an organization which authentically duplicates its N. Y. coun¬ terpart in every detail. The countries are represented by students from the various Philadelphia High schools, of which about 150 attended. Girard represented this year New Zealand. The delegation was headed by Walter C. Johnston. On 4123169 the General Assembly met at the University of Pennsylvania Museum for a whole day, with an attendance of about 700 students who decided either to adopt or reject the various resolu¬ tions, such as Isreali agression, admission of Red China to the U.N., technical problems dealing with voting rules, and uses of the Sea Bed. This year’s World Affairs Council enjoyed and profited from the meetings they attended. A fine note of thanks must go to Mr. Clark for his fine guidance in a project demanding arduous work. {22 y

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First Row, left to right: C. Ferwerdo, C. Mevoli. S. Bonotatibus, D. Fizel, P. Heuboch, L. Martin Second Row, left to right: Mr. A. Falatico, E. Spomer. A. Tangi, F. Dwyer This year a new singing group was initiated in order to arouse more interest in the choir and to enable boys who do have good voices a chance to express their talents. The Girard Cho¬ rale is a select group of fourteen mixed voices ranging from soprano to bass and who show earnest interest in the choir and in singing. The Chorale’s first performance was in the Junior School Audiorium, followed by a performance in the high school. They also participated in the Christmas and Spring Concerts. If interest and hard work continue as has been shown, the Gir¬ ard Chorale will establish a name for itself. Within the last few years there has been a need of more communication between the members of the organization and the officers with Mr. Falatico, the choir director. This year the officers of the choir, Anthony Tangi, Secretary-Treasurer; Francis Dwyer, Vice President; and Charles Mevoli, President, met frequently with the entire group with inten¬ tions of giving the members who make up the organization a chance to register complaints and suggest improvments. It is hoped that these meetings will arouse a greater interest and concern for the choir now that the members can express their opinions. The highlight of the Christmas Concert this year was the choir’s singing of the Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah. In the Spring Concert, the highlight was guest soloist, Mertine Johns, Mezzo— Soprano, singing swinging spirituals by herself and with the choir. The Girard Choir traveled to Dover, Delaware in late March to sing Haydn’s Te Deum” with the admirable Dover Symphony Orchestra. This was a unique and unforgettable experience for all the members of the choir and the results were well worth the hard work and effort put into it. All the members of the choir who were willing to give up their free time to work hard to make better concerts and per¬ formances deserve much credit. i 21 y

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First Row, left to right: Mrs. E. McDaniel, D. Hepperly. C. Troxell, W. Off, J. Debold Second Row, left to right: T. Love, D. Fizel, A. Tangi, V. Gravelle, J. Ferry Third Row, left to right: L. Martin, R. Bujcs, J. Maleno, G. Thomas, E. Garabedian, T. Clayton, P. Keenan, S. Bonatatibus Hoping to initiate many new and highly controversial topics to confront this year’s Junior-Senior Seminar, Mrs. Elsie McDaniel succeeded greatly in accomplishing this task. Although the Seminar group met only three times the entire year, we were privileged just to be able to talk with intellectuals concerning world problems, literary analysis and develop¬ ment and topics directly spear-headed at youth and the establishment.” The distinguished Dr. Sober Butmann, Professor of English at Haverford College, was our first speaker. Dr. Butmann’s lecture, entitled Nature of Comedy,” defined to us the dif¬ ference in the nature of comedy from the 1500 to our present era. From this examinati on, we were able to see the transition of satirical comedy mocking individuals, to the stinging, editor¬ ial comedy pinching the American system, its politics, and American involvement in the world. Dr. Butmann explained to us that people who lived in the early part of our country’s development had to be careful about their nature of comedy” because of the country’s statutes. It is evident in our own life time, however, that freedon of the press has allowed a great sa¬ tirical, witty, and snide form of comedy to take its place in our present society. Concluding, Dr. But¬ mann informed us that literatuure, as well as pictorial comedy has been used as mediums to reflect people’s thoughts when strongly felt. In the month of February, the Junior-Senior Seminar was privileged to have as its speaker Dr. John E. Mock, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, who excelled greatly in his talk, The Significance of Student Protests.” Dr. Mock informed our group that he was in complete favor with protests if they were peaceful, and if the students had a justified point to protest. We thank Mrs. Elsie Me Daniel for all her work, since she tried consistently to make these sem¬ inars an intellectual pursuit. -{23 y