Lisgar Collegiate Institute - Vox Lycei Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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VOX LYCEI 27 Student Council Students. those of the lower forms in particular, are prone to forget the im- portance of the Student Council, the body which supervises all student activities. ?1O This year is the twelfth since the Council's inception in 1918, when, through the efforts of several teachers, Lisgar received permission to institute a Student Council very similar to the present one. A form of school government in which the students took part was an innovation at that time. but subsequently, many schools have modelled their Council after ours. 1.01. From its rather humble beginning, the Student Council has blossomed out until now every organization in the school comes under its jurisdiction. It consists of fifteen members. The Honorary President of the Council is the school principal and the President is the President of the Fifth Form. The Glee Club, Drama Club, Boys' Athletic Association, and Girls' Athletic Association are represented by their respective Presidents, the remaining student members being the Commanding Officer of the Cadet Corps, the Editor of the Vox, and a Secretary. Four teachers, one of whom is Financial Administrator, represent the teaching staff. Perhaps in the very near future the number of Lower School members will be augmented. .,O . At the beginning of the school year, it is the dutv of the Student Council to see that the ohicers of the various school organizations are installed. 0?l The financial phase is, perhaps. the most important of the Council's duties. The Annual Concert is practically the sole source of revenue. The funds are placed in the treasury to the credit of the Student Council and. after due dis- cussion and investigation, that body apportions the grants to the different or- ganizations, when, through their representatives, they present their budgets at the beginning of the year. 1O The Student Council meetings are held in the school Library on the first Monday of each month. At these, both members of the staff and students work in harmony for the betterment of the whole student-body. At every meeting, the most weighty problems are discussed and disposed of in a manner creditable to a more august assembly. .....O Associations between teachers and students have been most genial during this year's term, the duties involved pleasant. As the end of the school year is rapidly approaching, we take this opportunity to express the hope that future Councils may enjoy equal success and prosperity. R. A. Sheppard. Vth.

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28 VOX LYCEI 'vs 243' Y' The Senior Lyceum The year 1929-30 is one more success added to the record of the Senior Lyceum. The attendance has been only moderate. considering that both upper and lower school were eligible to attend, but the students who were present have declared themselves delighted with the prograinines. Much of this success is due to Mr. Newton Murray, the first term president, who, with the help of the executive, ably guided the Lyceum through the trials and troubles of reorganization. The same energy was manifested by Miss Gwennyth Grant, the second term president, who, with practically no aid from executive or committee, presented a number of excellent programmes. The third term president, Mr. Percival Cawdron, has, at the time of writing, yet to demonstrate his ability, but if he can carry on the good work of his predecessors, which we know he will, his success is certainly assured. The entertainment of the first term was pretty well confined to musical pro- grammes while that of the second term included a French programme and a debate. The annual French meeting was an unqualified success. Those taking part exhibited a wide knowledge and great command of the language. To the staff of the Department of Modern Languages, and particularly to Miss Muir, and Mr. Lalande whose untiring efforts in behalf of this meeting were the largest factor in its success, the Lyceum extends its heartiest thanks for this, one of the most pleasant, as well as the most instructive, meetings of the year. In the short space allowed us, it is hardly possible to give each department of the Lyceum's activities the attention which it perhaps deserves, nor to ex- press to each one separately our appreciation of his or her part in the success of the year. We thoroughly appreciate, however, the service of all pupils who have acted on the executive or taken part' in the programmes, the kindness and unfiagging interest of the members of the staff who have acted as critics, and judges of the debates, and the interest and activity of our members as a whole. lack Cullen, IIIB.. Secretary. F 1 I l' 4 il l l l D l l l l