Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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] tu den t (den ter Seated, left to right: C. Troxell, Mr. F. Seifert, D Callohan, Mr. G. Dunkle, D. Carpenter Second Row, left to right: W. Linton, R. Hockenberg, D. Puzo, L. Martin, A. Richey, J. Verna, P. Lanza, A. Tangi, D. Hepperly The activities of this year’s Student Center showed a great improvement over those of past years. With the renovation of the premises, business picked up tremendously. Many new services were offered at this year’s Founder’s Day and Mothers’ Days, including waiters at each table, a clean store, and many other small things which, we are sure, made the visitors’ stop more enjoyable. The Canteen Dance appeared in the social light this year. This event, which was less for¬ mal than a class dance, brought a profit only in the sense of enjoyment. The small financial loss from the dance was due to the moderate attendence by the students. Due to more efficient management, the store was open every weekday and occasionally on Saturdays. This management enabled the store to make a good net income, and pay back the investments of the Juniors and Seniors with interest. Also due to this increase in net income, we were able to eliminate many of the debts contracted by last year’s staff. A new and dedicated member of our advisory staff was Mr. Frank Seifert, who took a large portion of the work from the shoulders of Mr. Dun¬ kle. We would like to thank him for his help. As usu¬ al, Mr. Dunkle gave up much of his free time to work at the store and, for his work, we thank him very sin¬ cerely. Dr. White also deserves much of the credit for the smooth operation of the store; without his help in keeping the books up to date, we would not have been open long enough to make the profit we did. Special appreciation is extended to Dennis Calla¬ han for doing a fine job as store manager. Through him the store was able to function. -f 24 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

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l hoto rcipliij C (uti First Row. left to right: J. Warswell, J. Reichard, J. Yencel, T. Ayjian, Second Row, left to right: Mr. R. Ayjian, E. Mullen, D. Jesser, R. Bujcs, F. Dwyer. Mr. J. Demcisak This year’s club proved to be one of the most valuable assets of the school. The two vigorous advi¬ sors, Mr. John Demcisak and Mr. Robert Ayjian, gave up their time to teach and stress the important segments of photography. The club’s objective this year was to establish an active membership and a reputable name. Through the backing of our Principal we received considerable funds for club use, not to mention new equipment given to the club by Mr. Ayjian. The members of the club impressed upon the faculty and the alumni the reliability of the club. This year ' s members have built an efficient club; now it is up to the members of the lower classes to expand the club and provide the school with excel¬ lent service for all its publications. An innovation in this year’s club was model photography. Under Mr. Ayjian s guidance, the boys were taken to different parts of the city to photograph different scenes. Through talk¬ ing with professional photographers and illustrators, the members found photography to be a growing field which will always open new paths to adventure for those interested in its magic! Most of the club’s members were active throughout the entire year. The faculty mem¬ bers who participated in the activities and sports were issued enlargments of their respective groups. One major accomplishment was getting the Principal of the High School to back us. Once he saw that we were out to work he rendered his fullest cooperation. i 25 y