Grant High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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V. 8. Grant MEMOIRS Page IS llllimilliniMIIMIIIIIIIIIinilllinilinMIllMMMIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIMMMMIIHIIMMIIMIIinnilllllllllMMIIIIIIMlinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllinilllllllMlllllllllllinillllllMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIUllllMIIUIMIIIIIIM The election of officers on the Student Council was entirely within the Council this term, though hereafter it is planned that officers shall be elected by members of the Student Body. On October the third the following officers were elected: John Paul Jones, president; Eugene Tarbell, vice-president; Bernice Woodard, secretary, and Frances Ford, treasurer. The first activity of importance undertaken by the Student Council was the choosing of the colors for the school. A committee of the representatives and teachers was selected to arrange combinations of colors for the pupils to vote on. Royal blue and gray, standing for peace and the national unity, restored by Grant, won by a large majority. A button sale was sponsored by the Student Council as the first means of making money for the treasury. A button with a blue background and a gray letter “G” was sold for ten cents and a goodly little sum was raised in this way. As another means of making money, the Student Council had charge of collecting dues for membership in the Student Body. The following rules for organizing a school club have been adopted by the Council. 1. The group interested must petition the Council seeking permission to form a club, stating its purpose. 2. Those interested must secure a faculty advisor. 3. They must write a constitution to hand in to the Council for approval. The following clubs have conformed to the rules and are well started in their organization: Girls’ Trails Club, Boys’ Radio Club and a Girls’ Debating Club. These clubs are proving popular. A committee has been appointed from the Council to work with some of the Faculty members to make a Constitution for the Student Body. We have been very fortunate in getting money this term. Benson Polytechnic boys showed their friendship for us by lending us five hundred dollars for a term of three years without interest. All stores with which we have traded have been exceedingly kind in giving us plenty of time in which to pay our bills. We are hoping that future Councils will perfect and carry out the projects which the first one has started, and so conduct affairs that our Student Body organization will be a great success. With a fine school spirit to support them, and with the loyal support of the students, the Student Council will be able to make laws that will increase the welfare and happiness of all the Student Body of Grant High —Bernice: Woodard.

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Page 12 MEMOIRS V. 8. Grant Student Council HE STUDENT GOVERNMENT PLAN was put into effect in U. S. Grant High School in its first term and it has worked exceedingly well; though of course there is still room for improvement. The idea of not having teachers watching every move of the students has been enlarged upon and the pupils have been gaining a sense of their responsibility for their own conduct. Mr. Fletcher has allowed the students every freedom possible, and will continue to do so providing the privileges granted are not abused. This term, because the students as a whole were not well enough acc|uainted to elect competent students to the Council, the members were appointed by the teachers. In order that members of the higher terms might be given the leadership in school affairs two representatives were selected from each of the fourth and fifth term rooms, while only one was selected from each of the other rooms. In the future, the members of the Student Body are to elect the representatives on the Council, and it will in this way more nearly represent the pupils.

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