Haverford High School - Greystones Yearbook (Havertown, PA)

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SENIOR RECORD H. T. H. S. JANUARY, 1950 THE Hl-y CUJE The Hi-Y Club was started at Haverford High School in 1926 through the com' bined efforts of Mr. Peake of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Philadelphia and our principal, Mr. Carter. The name of this club is explained by the Hi, standing for High School, and the Y standing for Y. M. C. A. The purpose is to create, extend and maintain through- out the school and community a high standard of moral character and good fellow- ship. A president is elected from the Senior class and the vice-president, secretary and treasurer are elected from the junior section and lower classmen. Five sponsors are chosen by the members from the men teachers on the faculty. The sponsors at this writing are Mr. Carter, Mr. Cornog, Mr. Howarth, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Livingston. The officers this year are: President, Andrew Sherrard; vice-president, Ben. Robert - shaw; secretary, Franklin Dunn; treasurer, Charles Weidemann. The club has a quota of thirty-six. The prospective members are voted upon at a business meeting, one of which is held once a week and oftener if necessary. Social activities consist of a dinner which takes place every third Thursday evening at six o’clock. Mr. Saunders, our Y. M. C. A. representative, secures a good speaker who talks on a subject which is both instructive and interesting to boys. Those accepted are initiated into the club with a beautiful and solemn ceremony, including a binding oath which the candidate declares. During the years of its existence, the Haverford Chap- ter of the Hi-Y has grown, in body and in standards. It is the mother chapter of several newly formed Hi-Y clubs. The club receives cordial respect from the students and various organizations of the school, and it co-operates by ushering and helping in numerous other ways at the functions of the school.

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SENIOR RECORD H. T. H. S. JANUARY, 1930 THE fcy-ur’CH iPitc ©e ©ire reserves This year has been an active one for the Girl Reserves. At the first meeting Mildred Davis was elected to the chair and work was begun immediately for the year. The entire group was divided into committees and the rest of the officers, Jean MacDonald, Dorothy Ely, and Lydia Hawksley, preside over them. There is a group of small Indian boys and girls who go to a western reserve school, but are too far distant from their homes to return during the Christmas holi- days. To provide presents for these children has always been the duty of the Girl Reserve units, and this year the Haverford Chapter took a great part in the work. The Children’s ward of the Bryn Mawr Hospital has also been ably taken care of, and many a small heart was gladdened with the novelties that the girls brought. The Girl Reserve movement is not a plan; it is an idea. It is not a set way of doing things, neither is it a tool; it is an understanding. This understanding has grown out of the experience of younger girls who have responded to encouragement, to initiate and create, in other words, to think for them- selves, to direct themselves, to express themselves, and to make for themselves. The Girl Reserve movement is a way of living which is effective in its appeal. It brings to girls an understanding and appreciation not only of themselves but of others, and of God as creator and director of their world. Freedom, interest, tolerance, faith, health, are some of the precious things girls have in common in their striving to live in the way of Him who came as a child among men, and who grew in wisdom and stature in a very human way, until he stood in favor with God and Man. Through discussing the “why” in choosing certain things to think and do, through direct work and play, Girl Reserves learn to find and give their best and make Christ real in the world in which they live.

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SENIOR RECORD H. T. H. S. JANUARY, 1930 TEE RETCET Since the fall of 1924, the Retort has gradually been growing in perfection and popularity. This year during a crisis as to whether the Retort should remain at Haver- ford or not, the students rallied enthusiastically and promised their support. The Retort is issued once a week and relates the news of the past week besides future announcements. The paper also has an Editorial page and a Sport page, both of which are very attractive. Under the capable sponsorship of Miss Cope, Miss Smith and Miss Hughes, the Retort has weathered many storms and has not only obtained a safe harbor, but has made known its presence on the sea of school papers Ever since the Retort came into existence there have been hard working staffs and efficient editors to direct them. The majority of the 1929 staff belongs to the senior class which graduates in January. These seniors are as follows: Editor-in-chief, George Rosengarten; News Editor, Helen Scheehle; Headline Editor, Helen Watts; Proofreader, Marian Hagy; Assistant Proofreader, Elizabeth Kerr; Exchange Editor, Helen Hoffner; reporters, Dorothy Edgerly and Dorothea Hanna. It is sincerely hoped by these seniors of the staff who graduate in January that the Retort will continue in its good work and will be even more successful. The camaraderie which exists among staff and sponsors in the Retort office is not to be exceeded in any other organization of the school. As Haverford’s official organ, the Retort holds a place of high respect not only in the school but in the surrounding community.