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THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The William T. Wallace chapter of the Na- tional Honor Society came into existence dur- ing the month of March, 1945. The chapter was named after William T. Wallace because Mr. Wallace, principal emeritus of H.H.S., re- presents the very principles on which the Na- tional Honor Society is founded, and because the local council felt that the school would like to honor him. Mr. Wallace delivered the address at the initiation of charter members in 1945. The National Honor Society is the high school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa. The ob- ject of the chapter is to promote scholarship, to develop leadership, “to stimulate a desire to render service, and to encourage the develop- ment of character” in high school pupils. Mr. Taylor, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Hilson, Miss McElwain, and Mr. Reinhardt made up the faculty council of 1945, and Mr. Taylor, Mr. Reinhardt, Miss McElwain, Miss Robson, and Mr. Damson, the 1946 council. This council selects the members, membership being based on scholarship, service, leadership, and charac- ter. The student must be a junior or a senior and must have attended Hastings High for a year. He must have a scholastic average of 2.00, the equivalent of a “B.” The initation this year was held in Central Auditorium March 13. It opened with an in- vocation by the Rev. Winston L. Stone, after which the choir, under the direction of Mrs. Arthur Lower, sang “Our Master Hath a Gar- den”, “The Lord’s Prayer”, and “To Thee We Sing”. The Rev. Don M. Gury delivered the address, entitled “The White of an Egg,” after which Mr. Carl Damson explained to the group the significance of membership in the National Honor Society. Then followed the solemn candle lighting ceremony during which each member rose and received a candle which he lighted from the combined flames of four other candles signifying scholarship, character, leadership, and service. The candles were held by charter members Martha Wedel, John Richardson, James Cole- man, and Esther Ragla. John Malcolm called each initiate to step forward and receive his candle. When the candle was lighted, each in- itiate received a yellow rose, the chapter flower, from Beverly Bradford. After repeating the pledge, administered by the faculty adviser, Mr. Edwin L. Taylor, the initiates were wel- comed into the chapter by Mary Lockwood, president. The Rev. Stone concluded with the benediction. The members initiated in 1946 are as fol- lows: James Burns, Robert Casey, Alfred Cort- right, Agnes Fuller, Anne Goodyear, Sally Goodyear, Patrick Hodges, Norma Jaksec, Mary Lou Jensen, Colleen Jones, Donald Keech, Jean Kenyon, James Long, Frederick McDonald, Robert Rogers, Mary Salton, Smith Sherman, and Elaine VanHorn. Seniors initiated as the charter members in 1945 were Milo Coldren, Elizabeth Cortright, Thomas Dolan, Patricia Fewless, Lois Campbell, Doris Lockwood, Agnes Thompson, Philip Frandsen, Donna Jean Bach- elder, Paul Myers, Charlene Cappon, Marjorie Ritzman, Richard Foster, Laura Salton, Lor- raine Schantz, Florence French, Shirley Henry, Robert Hollister, Doris Snyder, Dorothea Van- Horn, and Merilyn Zuttermeister, 1945 presi- dent. Junior charter members were as follows: Mary Lockwood, '45 vice-president and ’46 president; Martha Wedel; Beverly Bradford, ’45 and ’46 secretary; James Coleman; Esther Ragla, John Richardson; and John Malcolm, ’46 vice-president. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Seated. Mr. Taylor, adviser, Mr. Reinhardt, treasurer, Miss Robson, A. Goodyear, Ragla, Wedel, Bradford, Ful- ler, VanHorn, Jones, Jensen, Jaksec, Kenyon, Miss Mc- Elwain, Mr. Damson. Standing: Cortright, Long, F. Mc- Donald, Hodges, Richardson, Malcolm, Lockwood, Cole- man, Burns, Sherman, Keech, Rogers. Absent from pie- ture: S. Goodyear, Casey.
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FACULTY-STUDENT COUNCIL The main governing body of the school is the Faculty-Student Council. Meetings are held every Monday, and representatives voice their opinions on matters of importance to the school. A year ago the students elected the officers, with Robert Casey stepping into Ex-Mayor Tom Dolan’s place; Virginia Demaray being elected traffic manager; Burl Valentine, chief justice; Bernard Manker, public service chief; and Sally Goodyear, sanitary engineer. Those selected to serve on the commission were Gloria Hart, Kenneth Smith, and Charles Gwinn, traffic commission; Patrick Hodges, James Burns, John Richardson, and Esther Ragla, just ice commission; Alton Bennett, Douglas Cooper, and Norma Jaksec, public service commission; Patrick Kelly, Anne O’Con- nor, and Neil Will, sanitary commission. Mr. Jones represented the faculty on the council. When school started in the autumn, it was found that the chief justice, Burl Valentine, had moved to Big Rapids. The members of the justice commission immediately assembled and elected Patrick Hodges to fill the vacancy. Later in the year, Virginia Demaray moved to Kal- amazoo; therefore the members of the traffic commission convened and elected Kenneth Smith as the traffic manager. Mayor Casey automatically became chair- man of the council. Richard Feldpausch was elected vice-chairman; Esther Ragla, secretary; and Robert Branch, general treasurer. John Richardson was appointed student athletic treasurer by the Athletic Board. For the second semester Beverly Bradford was elected vice-chairman; Neil Will, secretary; and John Malcolm, general treasurer. During the year the council worked out ways in which to bring students and teachers into closer contact, the main goal of the F. S. C. The council’s chief innovation of the year was a system adopted by the council limiting the number of offices a student may hold at one time. Each office is given a certain number of points, and no one person may hold offices whose point value exceeds six. The point rat- ings are as follows: mayor, 4; president of Boys Union Council, 3; all school officers, 3; presi- dent of F. F. A., 3; president of the Girl Re- serves, 2; Doomsday Book staff, 1; president of Hi-Y, 2; class president, 3; president of Girls League Board, 3; Doomsday Book editor, 3; class secretary, 1; class treasurer, 2; and class vice-president, 1. GIRLS LEAGUE BOARD Every girl attending Hastings High School automatically becomes a member of the Girls League. The girls from each class elect three representatives to act on the board. The pur- pose of this organization is to promote social life and further a democratic spirit among the girls. An all-girl assembly was held at the begin- ning of the year with singing by officers of the League, Girl Reserves, and by a few freshman girls who were initiated. To raise money, the Girls League Board sold school colors to students of the high school. They were worn at the dedication game with Charlotte. An all-school Thanksgiving assembly was planned and sponsored by the Girls League with singing and a talk by the Rev. Leason Sharpe. In February the Girls League presented the Women’s Glee Club from Western Michigan College of Education who participated in an assembly for the entire school. The board members served them lunch before their re- turn to Kalamazoo. A Prisoners’ Ball was the theme for the all- school dance which the Girls League planned for April 5. Balls and chains were used as decorations. Each guest was asked to come with prisoner’s stripes as insignia of identifica- tion. A spring style show previewing Easter bon- nets and gowns provided interesting entertain- ment for a girls assembly April 18. A movie on “Good Grooming” was also shown. The constitution of the Girls League was re- vised and brought up-to-date by the Girls League Board. Officers of the board were president, Georgia Will; vice-president, Esther Ragla; secretary, Colleen Jones; treasurer, Anne O’Connor. The faculty adviser was Mrs. Hamilton. BOYS UNION COUNCIL The Boys Union Council is the governing body of the Boys Union, an organization to which all the boys of Hasting High School be- long. The officers of the council are elected by the boys of the high school, and its mem- bers include a representative of the F. F. A., one from each of the boys sports, and one from each of the four classes. The general pur- pose of the council is to promote friendliness among the boys and between the boys and the faculty, to make all newcomers feel at ease, and to instigate a higher degree of school spirit. The officers for the past year were as fol- lows: president, James Coleman; vice-president, Fred McDonald; secretary-treasurer, Pat Kelly; and sergeant-at-arms, Jack Echrinaw. Headed by this excellent set of officers, the council began its season of activities in the fall with a get-acquainted assembly for freshman boys. At this assembly it was proved by James Coleman, master of ceremonies, that some of the teachers already knew the boys of the freshman class. Perhaps the greatest achievement of the council this year was sponsoring an all-school party, the Sour Note dance. Although there was not an exceptionally large crowd, the dance proved to be very enjoyable. The Boys Union Council also revised its con- stitution, thus concluding a successful year.
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