Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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THE OFFICE For the first time has the interior of the office been photographed. This room, familiar as it is to all Manlius students, could, if gifted with the power of speech, tell many interesting tales. Within its four walls, many tears have been shed. Here, confessions of misdemeanors have been made, sacred confidences given, and pleas for many and varied causes made. In this room has justice been meted out to both to the offender and the offended. Here parents have come to offer suggestions and to receive them for the general improvement of the school and to promote more effective relations between the school and home. Traveling salesmen have in this room displayed their wares each with a claim of superior goods. In this inner sanctuary has the board of education discussed its vital problems, hired and fired its employees, and established basic rules for the operation of the school. This room has felt the presence of thieves coming in the dark of the night to steal, destroy and desecrate. Barren as the room may seem with desk, safe, typewriter, book case and chairs, it is, nevertheless, the center of the school controlling the business, social, curricular and extracurricular activities of the institution. ASSEMBLY There are 110 desks in the assembly. This year, however, only 98 of them are occupied. Of this number, 24 are seniors, 26 are juniors, 25 are sophomores, and 23 are freshmen. The library, containing about 1,200 books, is in the back of the assembly. Books may be checked out for a period of two weeks. If they are kept overdue a fine of two cents per day overtime is charged. A moderate sum of money is spent every year on the library; it will soon be one of the best among schools of this size. In the front of the assembly are history and biology reference books, in addition to two sets of encyclopedia. It is in the assembly that we have all of our special programs, such as visiting speakers, demonstrations and similar numbers. Every Thursday afternoon an educational movie is presented in the assembly. Some of the subjects are travel, safety, nature, etc. A daily newspaper, magazines, and a dictionary are kept in the assembly for the use of students. The ping pong table in the back of the room is in constant use from 8 o'clock in the morning until school time, all noon, and after school until 4:30 o'clock. As a whole, our school is as well equipped as any other of this size, and we hope it can always be kept so. STUDENT COUNCIL President Lawrence Dale Secretary-Treasurer Jack Swanson Vice President Rubye Lindelof Faculty Members Miss Mensendick Mr. Hake The Student Council is an organization consisting of two students from each class and two faculty members. They are, Freshmen, Marilyn Carlson and Max Dahl; Sophomore, Viola Ray and Leo Lindelof; Juniors, Sadie Whipple, and Jack Swanson; Seniors, Rubye Lindelof and Lawrence Dale. This Student Council helps to organize, promote, and in a way supervises the activities of the school. Appointment of committees and plans for school events, such as parties and the annual carnival are supervised by the Student Council. As an elected body, representing the interests of each class, it can insure that each activity is properly organized, conducted, and financed.

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