Manhasset High School - Tower Yearbook (Manhasset, NY)

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l.l2FT CfUlvIlNIlTTI2E FOR UNDERSTANDING STUDENT PROISLEMS Ilan' Om' A. Childs, M. Mc-zey, tl. Howard, j. Vecciotti, K. McDowell, D. Vciltman. Run' Tivo- M. lwillldlltlli, li. liutler, N. Nylund, D. Rogers, I. Herrfnrth, M. Lange, D. Cehe-Harhersky, C. Smith, R. Terzi. RIGHT-SERVICE COMMITTEE Run' Our--M. vV.lllSIl1ilfl, M. Talhott, M. Lang, G. Mezey. Ruiz' Tim-H. Wfestervelt, D. Guder, D. Rogers, j. Shumway, M. Wittsclmen, DI. Kruckle. periods, hut everyone acclaimed the activity period, which encouraged and enahlecl us all to participate in more school activities. Eventually the twenty- minute period hecame the first senior privilege, and those seniors who had a li average were permit- ted to tack it on to their regular lunch periods. The new Ci, O. council under President jack Diefendorf started the year hy announcing that all activities had to he chartered hy the council. That is, every cluh or activity meeting during the ac- tivity period had to suhmit a list of its aims and purposes for the year. lf the list was satisfactory, the cluh got a charter from the council. If not, it was not recognized as a school activity. The new council also started work immediately on the Ci. O. card drive, under Hugh Kitchener, the G. O. vice-president. Wlieii the annual class elections were held, the new council took the trouhle to evaluate the elections, so that next year's elections could he conducted more efficiently. The council also worked toward fulfilling our greatest wish-to get a youth center in Manhasset-by at- tending meetings for that purpose and sponsoring the school's magazine drive. Yes, any Thursday during the activity period, the council could he found either in the hoard P00111 or in the lihrary council room, planning how to improve M. H. S., and discussing the prohlems involved in managing our school. We were proud to see the council function, for it was a symhol of the freedom we enjoyed as Manhasset students, hut mainly the class of '-i9 was particularly proud, hecause they had finally worked their way to the top in Man- hasset High, Manhasset's General Assembly, the Student Cfon- gress, hegan its usual husy-ness with the aicl of a few sparkling freshman congressmen who moved questions, tabled discussions, and proclaimed Gout of order with all the spirit and enthusiasm of old masters. The yearly drive to put an end to finals was begun, and with remarkalwle speed and effi- ciency the school was opened on week ends for

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ln the English department we encountered Miss Barbara Ann Wilken. Skinny, er-ah-Miss Wil- ken, was, however, to teach freshman classes, so with a sigh the upper classmen departed. In the physical education line both the boys and the girls had new instructors, Miss Dorothy jor- gensen, and Mr. Edward Walsh, who coached the Senior journalism, and Radio Workshop. Much interest was displayed in these courses, and the Creative Writing students even printed a booklet at the end of the semester containing their short stories, poems, and radio scripts. The next thing that came to our attention was the annual change in schedule. It was a little con- TOVUER STAFF Rau' Om'-XV. McKillop, j. Stein, N. Barrow, A. Fincke. Kelly, B. Fowle, H. Powell, A. McGeeney, -I. Bennett. Razr' T11'r1-W, Braznell, L. Thwaits, A, Cleaver, G. Thompson, N. Smith, R. Martin, -I. Larie, G. Dunne, M. Cote, S. Carstens, Rau' 7'brw-j. Moghtader, K. Brinkman, M. Craig, H. Kitchener, W. Martin, R. Kiefer, R, Schmorr, C. Theiss, rl. Arnold, A. McDowell, G. Bogner, E, Smith, Rau' F0lH'iF. Kruse, T. Austin, A. Sands, R. Zeiller, G. Riggs, D. King, D. Guder, football team, and managed to break Manhasset's depressing losing streak. Manhasset introduced five new courses last fall for seniors interested in English. These were Prac- tical English, World Literature, Creative Writing, fusing, even to the seniors, who couldn't laugh too hard at the confused freshmen until they got straightened out themselves. There was considerable controversy over the twenty-minute period between the fifth and sixth

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the benefit of those who were at last growing weary of Pappass The congress also juggled the number of buses to away football games with great enthusiasm, and in many other ways managed to keep busy for forty minutes a week and still leave great piles of motions on the table. The new Cub staff under Elizabeth Block started off with a bang, their first issue comming out tyet, Vllllllllfllg!'I'Cl11CITTl5CI'?J on October sev- enth. The Cub had a few carry'-over features from last year like Can You Imagine. . Life ls but a Song, and Bill Braznell's very popular column, Out of This Worlcl g but there were new ones too, like News in Brief, and Club News, which all went to make the Cub a more informative and easily readable paper. The various Cub departments started the year off very' enthusiastically. The editorial staff, headed by 4 . 1. 5 .Yu A john Moghtader, surprised M. H. S. by coming out with a few sizzling opinions on school otliters, and published many letters to the editor. especially after an article called My Hero was printed in the Cub's second issue. A real innovation in this y'ear's Cub Reporter was a sports column writen by Bob lferguson and Alice Cleaver, who liked to see their names in the paper, too. On the XVarpath, as the col- umn was called, included everything from discus- sions of athletic events to complaints about locker room conditions, and was widely read by Man- hasset's sports-minded Cub subscribers. ln the entertainment world, Don Guder and his assistant Judy Shumway, heads of the Assembly Committee, were busy scheduling school assembly programs, while the Assembly Preview and the Assembly Reading Committees were simultaneously G. O. DANCE Run' flmfwl, Howard, li. Fineke, G. Fetzer. Run' Tren-- J. Stein, li. Meyer, T. Austin, D. Howard. CHEERLEADERS Razz' Out-A. liincke. N. Barrow, DI, XX'ood, H. Powell M. Frame, Run' 'I Ifllfli. Cowley, R, Stlunorr. li. Kelly- -l. Stein, M. Hufiiard, M. Craig. l.. Thwaits.