Malverne High School - Oracle Yearbook (Malverne, NY)

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l ADVISORY COUNCIL 'll THE suggestion of the Student Council at new advisory board was organized this year, consisting of the presidents and leaders of all the organizations throughout the school. Its purpose is to advise the Student Council in regard to what action should be taken on all serious questions brought up bv thc student body. .Xltho the ,Xdvisorv Council has not bc-tn in cxistence long. the first mccting lim-ing been held in l'i63lJ1'll1ll'f', we hope to innlse it a per- mnncnt and powerful factor in thc school. Nlginy questions of importance htive come up before the Council, but one issue in particular has aroused at great dcail of discussion. It was the proposal that ll student ticket bc sold, which would cover admittance to :ill school activities and which would cost more than the usual General Organization membership card, This plan was generally accepted und will probably go into effect next year. .Xfter duc consideraition the Council elected the following officers: Robert Riker, ffrfxfia'f'11z,' lidward Vecchio, Norma Fawcett, and Robert Yrooman, vica- jJ1'f.ritlc111f,- and Troy Baydaln, 5ccn'ltz1'y. 27

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STUDENT CQUNCIL HIC Ol FICERS elected by the Student Council for the nrst term were YVilliam Stehle, president: Virginia Jessup, vice-presidentg Betty Cornell, secretaryg Ruth Meyers, treasurer. 'lihe first business before the Council was the annual Hallowe'en Party. A cup was purchased for the winning class, and was subsequently won by the class of '37, whose name was engraved on it. When the magazine campaign was launched, the whole school voted that the proceeds go to home room activity. Suggestions from the Suggestion Box, p-laced in the library, were considered at each meeting. Dancing in the gymnasium more than one day a week was voted on by the patrons of the cafeteria, and confirmed by the Council. President Stehle joined the South Shore Organization of Student Council Presidents. When the new representatives and otlicers had been elected for the second semester. the Student Council immediately set about the task of attacking new busi- ness. It successfully initiated the first annual Interclass Play Tournament and awarded a silver loving cup to the winning class. 'l'he scope of honor awards was enlarged. offering recognition for three years' participation in extra-curricular activities. Members of the National Honor Society were given pins. The Council also sponsored two outstanding assembly programs: a recital by George Hernandez, interpreter of spirituals, and a marionette show. Hansel and Gretelf' under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Hyde. 26

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I Y l i . -b.3f'PY' i' NATIGNAI. I-ICDNOR SOCIETY LliC'l'ION to membership in the National Honor Society is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a student of Malverno High School. The purpose of the society is to recognize outstanding achievement in fields other than athletic. Its members are selected from the highest third of the junior and senior classes, but scholarship alone will not insure membership. 'l'o scholarship must be added leadership. service, and character. By the students who attain this distinction. it is considered the crowning achievement of years of service. XYillia1n Stehle, l,I'c',l'!.tl1t'Hf Alice .Xndos Carlos lleiarano lletty Clark Yera Ferguson Mary Iflatley Robert Higgs Marion Holton Wallace Liverance Gordon Matheson llean O'lJonnell Rosemary O'Gracl5 Robert Perlman Robert Riker lVilliani Sehlegel lVillia1n Sly Gerald Wilsnack