Haverford High School - Greystones Yearbook (Havertown, PA)

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SENIOR RECORD JANUARY, 1930 H. T. H. S. STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Government for the years 1928-1929 has drawn the curtains on one of its most successful years. We, the class of January, in order to carry on the fine administrations of student governments that have preceded us, have tried our utmost in every respect to maintain and even surpass the standards of our predecessors. Our student gov- ernment may be favorably compared, in a small way, to our state and even our national governments. Not unlike our larger governing bodies, we, too, maintain executive, judicial, and legislative departments. This body is looked upon, not as a group of policemen, but as an advisory board, trying to keep an even tenor of happiness and tranquillity throughout our academic years in this institution. Once again we do not hesitate to say that our school could well be used as a criterion by other schools throughout the country. We do not claim, however, to have reached a state of Utopia, but we do maintain that we have done our best. Who could do more? George Rosengarten, presiding officer of the student government this year, has ably handled its affairs. Acting as his vice-president we find Charles Weidemann filling the part as under- study for President Rosengarten so that he may aptly fill the vacancy left by January graduation. As our secretary we find Mildred Davis ever willing to handle any task assigned to her. Betty Cathcart, assistant secretary, will take her place upon graduation. This group has tried to keep the scholastic machinery running smoothly and we feel that their efforts as engineers have not been futile. We extend to the June class of 1930 our wishes for its continued success.

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SENIOR RECORD H. T. H. S. JANUARY, 1930 STUDENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS The Student Government Departments which are Traffic, Finance, Social, San' itation and Property, were organized in the early part of the semester and did some good work under the able guidance of their sponsors and their heads. The Traffic Department was under the guidance of Mr. Coppedge, as faculty chief, and Donald Eister, as student head. The duties of this department are to take charge of the lieutenants and marshals, who direct traffic so that all congestion in the halls may be eliminated, and who also supervise the lunchroom and the halls. This department did some excellent work by directing the guests who attended the con- vention of the Southeastern District Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers, which was held at Haverford in November. The Finance Department had a very successful quarter under the authority of Miss Rohrer and the leadership of Charles Weidemann. The duties of this depart- ment are the distribution and sale of tickets, and charge of banking, which is done every Tuesday. In October tickets for the Senior Play were distributed to the home rooms, and a drive was made to enforce more regular banking. The Social Department had as sponsor, Miss Cope, Miss Smith substituting for Miss Cope during her illness. The head of the department was Francis McGee. The chairman has charge of the social hours. The first social hour of the year, a Hallowe'en affair, was held October 30, and was a huge success. The purpose of these social hours is to bring the pupils and the teachers more closely together, and to bring about a spirit of companionship and friendship. The Social Department also gave its services at the Parent-Teachers Association Convention by greeting the guests. The Sanitation Department, of which Mr. Hughes was sponsor, and Erwin Davis, head, worked hard in striving to make the school a neater and cleaner place, and succeeded very well in this. The duties of this department are the inspection of the lunchroom, the locker rooms, the girls' and boys' washrooms, and the home rooms. Because of the efforts of this department there has been a marked improvement in the lunchroom, and dishes are no longer left around on the tables. The head of the Property Committee was Charles Miller, and the sponsor was Mr. Howarth. This department has charge of the care of books and of lost articles. The lost articles are placed in the treasure chest, and in addition to this, every Mon- day a list of the articles in the chest is placed on the bulletin board at each entrance. Meetings of the departments are held every other Wednesday during activity period to discuss the various duties of each department. The head of each department is a member of the Student Council.

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SENIOR RECORD JANUARY, 1950 H. T. H. S. N4TICN4L HCNCE SOCIETY By far the greatest honor which can be conferred upon a student at Haverford, is election to the local chapter of the National Honor Society. The organization was introduced to our school through the influence of Mr. Carter, who worked hard to establish this society whose span is nation-wide among secondary schools. The Honor Society holds, as a torch and as the keystone of real manhood and womanhood, four cardinal principles: Character, Scholarship, Leadership and Serv- ice. Those, in the junior and senior classes, who live up to these standards are allowed to wear the key. The elections are limited to fifteen percent of the class. The society is sponsored by Miss Ruth Bishoff, while the officers are: George Rosengarten, president; Austin Clark, vice-president, and Helen Palmer, secretary. At present there are 16 under-graduate members and a large group of alumni banded together by the high standards of the society. Linking these two groups more strongly, is the annual banquet held just before Christmas, where faculty, alumni and under- graduate members of the society join with friendly cheer. It is the desire of the class of '30 that the National Honor Society may always remain an ideal to be held aloft and coveted by Haverford Students.