McGraw High School - Mac Yearbook (Mcgraw, NY)

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. . . and students Left lo riglrl: Roberl DeWalt, Jim Brown, Phyllis Wheelock, Janice Pilfman, Harriell Moore, Sandra Sfone, Trevor Bilodeau and Mr. Baer. Hli S'l'UlJEN'l' Council co11sists of eight members, two from each class in High School. One member ol' each class is chosen by popular vote with each class holding its ow11 elections. The president ol' each class is automatically a mem- ber while the specially elected student from the class holds the title-Student Council Representative. Uflicers ol the student body are elected by the other 111e111bers to the council. This year, a senior, Trevor liilodeau. was elected to the presidency ol' the council which has been very active not only in our own school but within the county. One problem the council has handled has been the noon hour pass system. The council passed lour laws governing the places where one may go and come during the noon hour. The reason for this action was to cut down the confusion that used to exist. The council also decided to have the 7th through l2lll grades attend the Christmas party at McGraw Central. Our council, which met bi-monthly, discussed the school's hall problems, where there are many students in the halls at one time. XX'e discussed the using of a permission card lor activity period, this being the last period. The object ol this would be to lessen the duties of the home room teacher. This year. lor the first lull active year, McGraw Cen- tral School Student Council participated in tl1e County Student Council Association. The County Council was started in -Iune ol' 1951 but was llot actively underway until September, 1952. McGraw volunteered to have the lirst meeting. The County Council agreed to meet every six weeks, each time in a different HICIIITJCIJS school. The schools that are represented in the organization are: Marathon, Virgil, Cincinnatus, Homer, Truxton, and McGraw. It was decided that three delegates and an ad- visor should represent each school at each county 111eet- ing. The students and advisor from Mcfiraw for the year 1951-1952 were Phyllis Xlllieelock, -james Brown, Trevor Bilodeau and Mr. Baer, principal. The objects ol' the County Council are: to create bet- ter eitizenship through experience in government, to promote a spirit ol' cooperation between schools, and to present co1111no11 problems and attempt to solxe them through an exchange ol' ideas. One problem that was discussed was the handling ol students who misbehaved while o11 the school bus. An- other discussion centered around how best to solve the problem ol the student who gave no reason for not ill- tending music festivals and other activities when they were depended on by their instructors to aid in the activity. These two are examples of the various types ol' prob- le111s brought before and discussed by the County Stu- dent Council. Directly after the meeting an inlormal disclission period is held by the students while the advisors use this time lor matters common to them. The student council is an active body in McGraw of which the school should be proud. Students should ad- mire this organization and consider it a privilege to belong, for it is the body which speaks for the students.

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the representatives ofthe taxpayers . . . 2 , tv -9 i l Q., :W Lefl fo righl, sea+ed: Mr. Leroy Baer, principalg Mrs. Es+l1er Corey: Mrs. Muriel Hulbert, clerlxg Mr. Donald Ryan, president: Mrs. lrene Kinney: Mr. Chester Lacy, disfricf superinfendenf. Leif io right standing: Mr. Joseph Weislwauph Mr. Harold Crozier: Mr. Marion Gilbert Mr. James Brown. Only one rhzinge oc'cn1'rccl on the Board ol' licltlczn- tion during thc past year when james C. Brown wus vlwlcrcl to replzicl- R. Karl Reynolds, ol' McGraw, who was not an rzindidzltc for re-election because of ill health. The hoard has spent inziny hours ol' l-lllllllllll work illlllllg' tht- past your in the planning ol' the new build- ing :is well :is carrying on the business ol' the rentrzil school. XVQ- ht-lic-ve it will he zu lmcaxutilul, useful, and m'llic'ic'nt plzlnt to which the people in the central dis- trict :is well us others in the state will point with pride. We hope wc can continue to improve our whole school siluzltion bv llICl'C2lSlIlQ opportunities for our lpovs :und girls to slirurccl through ll hrozndcr l'lll'l4ll'll- lnni, hella-r l'zu'ililic's :ind improved instruction. ln l'L'llll'll thc zldministrzition hopes that the boys lJl'L'K'l2ll0 the L-xpvnsv :ind cllort put lorth to nlzikc this possible. You mn do this by taking the proper Care ol 'l school Uillllllllllflll, the building, lurniture and my gronncls. XVith everyone doing his shzire we fun halve School Principal. Mr- Leroy Beef :I lim' srhool lor many years to Come. 8

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xmlimil liuilcling. NIH' is also lwllrllll lu living milling lu mlull behind the scenes, but . . . Miss Belly Burlingame and firsl grade sfudenf, Sally Jo lvlassingill. Ilu- xllimil :Huw ix zu linux In-rwil. Slit' gnu In llu' lJl'lll1fll xllzlic' llflllll' IlIlINllIQ me-llimla in I'l'QlllLll' xilinol ilzlssvs. xcllmilx In sliulx lull llll' pupils lux! :ix xlll' mlmw ill llll' fvnlml lilll- Miss Helena Dwyer and sludenf, Jeannefle Sycuslre 'I lic all-lllul llXLQlClll5l is :l livllmlul person in Iliis Mlmul. Slim- Llvalm :xml mliukx our lcclli Leif lo riglwf, firsf row: Evereff Rulison, Richard Morgan, Lawrence Winfield. Leif 'ro riglil, second row: Clarence Maybury, Fred- erick Slrong, James Wildman, DePuy Freer. I0