Malvern High School - Mirror Yearbook (Malvern, AR)

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.gllucfenf Cfomci The Student Council of MHS for 1948-49, sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Rutherford and Mrs. Lucy Finley, was one of the most active councils that the high school has had for several years. The Council was made up of 27 members. Tom Murry and Suzanne Hardin were elected president and vice-president, respectively, in the spring of 1948, after a very stirring and enthusiastic campaign. Mary Pearl Harbuck was elected to serve as sec- retary and John Hughen was elected treasurer. The Council had an important part in the high school affairs this year, and they completed some very worthwhile projects. Among these were the six concrete benches purchased and set up on the campus. Homecoming parade, this year, was in complete charge of the Student Council, and it proved to be a very successful one. It was one of the larg- est and best-organized parades ever to be held in Malvern. Another important project was the school calendar. This was the first year that the Council had had complete charge of the Friday assemblies in the auditorium. They were most successful in this job and very few Fridays passed without a program of some kind. All the assemblies were interesting and helpful to the students. The Council itself sponsored a talent show which was very entertaining. The largest and most important project was the operation of the book store. Although the Council could pkay cash for the books of seniors, only, last spring, it was helpful to the students, and the lack of cash was solved by issuing receipts for all books of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade students. The receipts were to be cashed after school opened this fall. The Council hopes and plans to pay cash for all books purchased at the end of school this year. Three large trash containers were also set up on the campus this year to take care of waste paper on the grounds. With the precedents set by this year's Council, there should continue to be marked progress in the activities of the Council on the MHS campus.

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K, X l,. W4 :Qs E' Student Council Tom Murry .................. President Suzanne Hardin ........ Vice-President Mary Pearl Harbuck ......... Secretary John Hughen ,.........,..... Treasurer Milton Baker .......... Parliamentarian Jerry Gage w,.,,vv,,, Sergeant-At-Arms Mrs. Rutherxord ...u........ Co-Sponsor Mrs. Finley -M .........,.,,, Co-Sponsor Q S N V sr QF S Adams Ault Borland Boyett Carr Cooper Cox Elliott Ethridge Faulkner Garrett Hardy Hossfeld Howe Neighbours Patrick Robertson Roland Scott Speakman Van Dusen Q V

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Q Carr Cooper Elliott Harbuck Hardin Hardy Knauts Murry Speakman Vaughan Brooks The National Honor Society was started to stimulate scholarship in the second- ary school, and to endeavor to place secondary education on higher levels. This is done in two ways. It was decided from the beginning to try to recognize character, service, leadership, and scholarship in the students of the high schools, and in so doing to try to stimulate all members of the high school to try to attain those at- tributes and those elements of high standing. The other way is that the National Council tries to impress on all members who are chosen and inducted into the society this feeling that when one is elected into the National Honor Society, it is not only for his career in the secondary school, but it is for life, and that he, a stu- dent and a graduate of the high school, going out into life, will be held to the pledge as a member of the National Honor Society, no matter where he goes, no matter what he becomes. Malvern Chapter of the National Honor Society was organized in 1936, and has become one of the most widely recognized and respected organizations of the Mal- vern school. The total membership is now one hundred twenty-six. According to the constitution, The purpose of this organization shall be to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to pro- mote leadership, and to develop character in the students of the American secondary schools. Hence, while scholarship is the main requisite, it is not the only objective in the National Honor Society. The emblem of the organization is the keystone key. It is favorable in troduction to the ranks of the scholastic organizations of any college or literary group outside of college. This year three students of the Malvern Chapter will participtae in a national competitive examination sponsored by the National Honor Society. Ten S300 scholarships will be awarded. Malvern Chapter has an annual initiation ceremony in the Spring. It also has an annual dinner party given by the sponsor, Mrs. H. A. Brooks. i H.: Lf' ' I