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

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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

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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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We plan. . . f N fx K ICQ, - 50' 4-L.. 'gf8E l'-7 '49 Aw N 4' 'gui'-v'JY G, 'V 0 tram... 2' 'T ' X , X , 5 X' X K , ..q!4Hnf4 I Kagan I. . . . interesting and entertaining assembl ies. The Finance Committee: this committee costs each student 87.50. responsibility for it was assumed by the com- mittee, who recruited willing workers for the Center. The Community Service Committee organized work at the Church of the Master. The basement was repaired, and equipment generally re-organ- ized, and toys were repainted and new ones made. The Assembly Committee has gained unusual renownthisyear. Although the committee has been operating on a severly cut budget, itxhas managed to produce interesting, entertaining, varied, andeveneducational assemblies, ranging from lo- cal talent shows toa.science assembly. The local talent shows have provided manyof'the especially bright spots on the year's program. Now people are saying that besides just being brilliant, every Joe and Jane at H.M.-L. can play nChop- sticksn and a mean bass fiddle. The chemistry show was another bright spot. It was supposed to go off withzabang, but unfortunately the banging machinery was out of order and only a thud and a giggle were heard. The assembly was a hit, how- ever, and a repeat performance for thelower school was received with similar success. Among other high spotscn1the Assembly sche- dulewas Sing Out, Sweet Land, given by the ninth grade, the Horace Mann School for Boys'assemblM which never came off, and the all-school musical program in the spring. The Assembly Committee can be proud of this year's achievement in providing the school with good assemblies. Only four members on the com- mittee were old hands atthe business, but Chair- man Alice Gutmann happily announced that the new members caughton fast. All in all, the committee has had a busy and gratifying year. Last, but not in the least least, we come to the Finance Committee, that pillar of student government and savior of financially embarrassed committees. Pat Reed and her crew of trusty treasurers drew up the budget at the beginning of the year for the Counc1l's approval. Financial operation was somewhat stymied this year by lack of money. All committees had to Wmake don with severely reduced allowances. They seemed to fare fairly well, even though the shoe may have pinched many of them. For a detailed analysis of H.M.-L.'s student economy see the latest copy of WMoney isn't Everyth1ng...H issued by the Finance Com- mittee. As we leave the wistful vistas of H.M.-L.'s crowded corridors, we brush a dollar bill from our eye fthe one we never gave to the S.A.F.D, and think nostalgically back upontheevery-other Thursday sessions at which the Council and the committees arranged affairs of state for our school. Page 10