Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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First Row, left to right: S. Bonatatibus, A. Tongi. Mr. P. Brown, C. Reed, R. Duckworth Second Row, left to right: Mr. R. Farber, Mr. J. Shuster, F. Dwyer, Mr. J. Stafford, Mr. R. Covert The Student-Faculty Senate was first organized in November by Dr. Karl R. Friedmann at the request of the student body representatives. This body was not the representative organi¬ zation that had been requested; instead, the faculty members were selected by the President and the student members by the Student Body President. The Senate, unfortunately, never accom¬ plished what it was hoped it would, for most of its meetings were wasted in idle talk. The first Senate was therefore disbanded in early December. The merits of an organization representing both the faculty and the students was recog¬ nized nonetheless and in January the idea of reinstuting the Student-Faculty Senate was promptly presented to the new President, Dr. Gayle Lawrence. Dr. Lawrence soon gave his approval to re-establishing the Senate with its members being elected by the groups they would represent. With his approval the President assigned the new Student-Faculty Senate two important tasks: to form a new and more effective disciplinary system and to recommend a fairer grouping system.The form¬ ulation of a disciplinary code was considered the most important assignment given to the Student-Faculty Senate; therefore, much time was spent in finding out what would best benefit Girard. Individual rostering was felt to be fairer than the present 1, 2, and 3, groupings, and the Senate urged that Girard hire a specialist to draw up these individual rosters. The second Student-Faculty Senate proved to be an effective and efficient representative body. It is our hope that its role of advising the President on educational policies be greatly increased to give the Senate much more influence over all areas of Girard life. The Student-Faculty Senate is a body in which both the students and the faculty are equally repre¬ sented. i 26 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

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First Row, left to right: J. Daubaras, L. Samuels, T. Bonanzino, R. Dundon, Mr. A. McCaffery, S. Bonatatibus, J. Maleno, L. Stranzl, J. Ferry, W. Linton Second Row, left to right: R. Bujcs, G. Potter. W. Off, M. Keeley, A. Tangi, M. Malandra, W. Powell, D. Fizel, R. Ritter, C. Ferwerda, T. Love The Girardian, 1968-69, was destined to be a success from the beginning, as it received unusual enthusiasm from most of the Student Body. Though the Class of 1968 failed to get an edition of the literary magazine to the presses, it did provide several outstanding articles for this year’s magazine. With this start and much work, a forty-page edition of The Girardian was able to reach the students. Special thanks must go to Richard Dundon, the magazine’s printing advisor, for his patience and devotion; without his help such a publication would not have been possible. The Girardian , 1968-69, was strikingly different in every respect. The cover design, con¬ tributed by John Ferry, was as unusual and exciting as the magazine itself. Keeping within the idea of a dynamic theme, the inside pages contained several full-page photographs and illus¬ trations. These innovations to the literary magazine sarved to relay to the reader, at his first glance, the difference in this year’s edition of the Girardian. Articles were submitted by almost every class in the High School as well as the lower grades. The form and subject content of the writings were equally diversified, for every area of the students’ interests was represented by either a poem, short story, or essay. Political essays had authors coming from both ends of the political spectrum. Styles of poetry ranged from conventional, to modern, to almost revolu¬ tionary. Because of this variety in style and subject matter, this year’s magazine provided something of interest for every reader. This year’s literary magazine, along with its new new staff, also enlisted the aid of a new faculty advisor, Mr. Andrew McCaffrey. { 27 1