Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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mm 2925 Levon's social co mittee 1946. Because of the excellent management Committee there just happened to be enough This year the Social Committee headedby Levon Simsarian, decided to try to cooperate with various other branches of' our school government which are con- nected with social wel fare. The Committee worked with the School Service Committee in dabbling with dance decorations, with the World Service Committee in backing benefit affairs, and with the Assembly Committee in making highly imaginative announcements topersuade the not-always- so-imaginative boys to ask girls to the school dances. ! For those of' us who do not peruse the highlights of' the financial columns. it must be pointed out that the Social Committee carried through a successful social season on a very limited budget. The allowance was half' the amount oflast year's allotment and one-third that of of' the Economics Division of' the Social money for one whole extra dance Cinter- schoolj and for authentic orchestral arrangements for both the Christmas and the Commencement dances. The Social Committee gained new prestige this year when, much to the surprise of' the student body, it succeeded in enforcing a new and much critized policy f'or school functions. This policy restricted admittance at dances to H. M.-I.. students and their invited dates. As the committee's battle cry, No crashers or mashers allowed , echoed through the halls, Levon andhisgirlish cohorts quietly went about their job of' providing bigger and better dances for the student body. The World Service Committee is another organization which concerns itself' with social wel fare, but on alarger scale. The committee has done alaudable job in direct- :lng a relief' program for Europe. Chairman Charlotte Rappaport reports that at the beginning of the year a detailed plan was drawn up for food and clothing drives, and for asystem whereby each section adopted a European family. In each cl ass individuals contributed a minimum of' ten cents a week to send C.A.R.E. packages as often as pos- sible to their chosen family. Page The World Service Committee plans social welfare on a larger scale. 1 8

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QMIIIUI' The Student Council has enjoyed a year of rather relaxed activity. The at- tendance in Room 309 on alternating Thursdays has generally been on the scarce side. There have been,however, several issues which have roused school interest by their dynamic import. In the beginning of the year, for instance, the arrange- ment of the school finances and the appeasement of the various committees hoping to receive aid brought eager spectators scurrying to Council, exuding public opin- ion. Later on, after a depression in audience population, Council attendance picked up again for the Study Hall hearing. With the exception of such incidents, the Council's Census Bureau reports that a new low was hit. The reason for this is not due to the lack of student interest QOh, never!J but rather to the fact that this has been a quiet year and few definite, school-shaking issues have arisen. A subject which brimmed our filling cup of faith in student government was the George School Conference. President Pierre Epstein, Study Hall administration authority Jeanne Bilby, and a faculty member served as delegates to the conference, which was a meeting of representatives from several noted institutions of learning to discuss student government and how it is handled in the respective schools. The H.M.-L. delegates reported back tothe Councilthat Horace Mann-Lincoln came through with flying colors. It seems that we have a governmental system somewhat advanced over that employed.by the other schools represented at the conference. The Public Relations Departmentn of the Horace Mann-Lincoln Sch001 Student Council has released a release quoting President Pierre L- Epstein's general com- ment on the 1947-48 Council. He says, 'On the whole, the Council year has been a quiet one, with the students discussing the different phases of student government rather than passing motions on them.' ...and save on the cost of... Page 7

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An extensive clothing drive was organ- ized in the fall. By Christmas there were forty packages of clothing ready to be sent to Europe. The fast-growing students of the elementary schooljoinedwiththelugh school and, as usual, outdid the upper school in clothing contributions. During the second .semester a contest was held to see which class could raisethemost money for sending C.A. R.E. packages to the adopted families. The affluent eleventh grade won, but the increased tempo of contributions sent several extra packages to Europe. The World Service Committee deserves great credit for making the school C.A.R.E. conscious and for organizing extensive and unusually successful drives for European School Service Committee preparing propaganda relief without relying onz1'pledgeW system. WI serve, you serve, he serves...,n the members of the School Service Committee could be heard muttering as they changed case displays on the third floor. They have indeed served this year. What with filling the show cases on the third and fourth floors, supervising the clubs, decorating the gymnasium and halls for dances, and preparing posters and other propaganda for school affairs, the committee has had quite a busy year. Among the displays featured in the show cases were exhibits on Japan, Guatemala, and the United Nations. In the third floor case, a pictorial his- tory of the Class of 1948 featured the snapshotted sins of the Seniors. The Chess Club and Drama Club thrived, though several attempts to establish a Photography Club and a Stamp Club did not succeed. D Chairman Margy Lamont feels that, although the committee may have missed out on organizing clubs, the dearth of them was perhaps partly due to lack of interest among the students. N0n the whole,' she says, 'this year has been successful for the School Service Committee and its members have worked well together.N Under the dynamic leadership of Mike Meiss the Community Service Committee has writtenoffl948 asaxdppinggoodyear. Among An iron hand rules the Commnmity Service Committee. the many deeds of good-will recorded in the committee archives one may find the follow- -K . A y,l, aa. ing feats: The Community Servicers managed the whole progrannfor nMan and Superman', an ob- scure play written especially for a benefit performance for the Horace Mann-Lincoln school. They enlisted students to buy tic- kets andtxmput their names, for a price, in the Souvenir Guide booklet. The committee discarded their persuasive thumb-press when theplayachieved immediate success with the committee's excellent backing. A great contribution was made to the Saturday Center. This year complete Page 9