Latin School of Chicago - Sigillum Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Page 85 text:

NMWXR

Page 84 text:

SIGILLUM Football ,35, '36, ,37 Basketball CLJ '37, '38 Tennis '38 Track Award '36, '37 Student Council ,36 General Science Award ,js ROBERT CHARLES SICKEL Robert Sickel is well known for his genial smile and pleasing personality. Perhaps one of the more socially minded boys, Bob is recognized for his accomplishments on the clance Hoof. Bob has I1Ot limited his interests to girls however, but has attained meritorious athletic accomplishments. His speed extends to track, where, on his visit to Texas last year he broke several records. Bob has also been an out- standing member of football and basketball squads. Bob is the moody member of the class, but his good nature has been far more consistent than his attendance during the first part of the Week. Bob wll be long remembered as a thoroughly likable and pleasant fellow.

Page 86 text:

SIGILLUM Crowe, Seipp, Blossom, Bennun, Pnferl, Denniilon, Frrmclze, MfCarty, Poxlfll THE STUDENT COUNCIL ln view of the fact that the school is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year l believe it fitting that a brief history of the Student Council be given. The faculty started the Council in 1927, its purpose to help maintain order and discipline in the high school. With this organization the faculty hoped to get the boys to assume responsibility, to teach them self-government, and to be more independent. The Council was at first composed merely of seniors appointed by the faculty. The group, numbering three at first, was presided over by a Senior Prefect. The first three Councils, then known as the Senior Councils, were headed by George Lill Q'26D, Harold Hodgson C27-,28D, and Peter Fortune C28-'29D. They conducted highly successful Councils, creating a close and friendly relationship among the student body as well as maintaining discipline. ln 1930 the Council, under the able leadership of B. Henry Sincere, drafted the present constitution. According to this Coun- cil members were to be elected by the student body and were to represent not only the senior class, but also the fourth and fifth forms. With these changes the Council became an even more responsible part of the school. First under the leadership of Frank Lagorio and then with Thomas Cveraghty, the student body came to respect the Council, finding that student government could be both effective and popular. Several important amendments were added to the constitution in Geraghty's year, as well as the Ath-