Medill High School - Medillite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THIRD PERIOD CIVICS CLUB If Vlfinter Comes the third period Civics Club under the auspices of Mrs. Celinda Abbot will provide for the needy ones. During Christmas the club pre- sented many gifts to the poor children at the County Home for Convalescent Childrenn. They have contributed to the charities. Simon Linch was Pres.g Belle Schick, Vice-Pres.g Joseph Ferrito and Ben Moskovitz, Treas. PROGRESSIVE CIVICS CLUB The Progressive Civics Club under the direction of Mrs. Abbot has done many things in the way of making this school better, such as, taking care of the boy's lunch room and helping to make 312 cleaner. They also started a campaign for the better treatment of substitutes. The ollicers are as follows: Pres. Pincus Shapiro: Vice-Pres., Ethel Tirskyg Sec., Daniel Fasanscog Treas., Martin Kanter and Sgt.-at-Arms, Louis Stolfa. Page IOS

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STUDENT COUNCIL First established in '26M, the Student Council has already become the most important and active organization in Medill. It secured the co-operation of the school clubs in its year round clean-up campaign and the result has been a much cleaner looking school. It was the Council which established and took care of the soap and towels for Medill. In the spring a campaign was started for a Bigger, Better School . About 2500 posters containing pictures showing the appearance of Medill were planned to be distributedy They were to go to parents of Medillites together with pledge cards which would be sent to the Boardg prominent alumni, welfare clubsg Chicago newspapers, Chicago high schools, the Board of Education, and Aldermen. The Council officers the first semester were: Gabe Goldberg, Pres., Allen Schultz, Vice-Pres.g William Kaplan, Sec., and VVilliam Riegelhaupt, Treas. Allen Schultz became Pres., Clara Rosen, Vice-Pres., Lillian Lippman, Sec., and Isaac Cohen, Treas., in the Spring semester. Page 107 rug

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GOVERNMENTAL CIVICS CLUB The fundamentals of government were read and discussed during the 5th period at the meetings of the Governmental Civics Club. Its oHicers Were: Pres., Evelyn Hussesg Vice-Pres., Lillian Lippmang Sec.. Mary Jacobsg Treas., Sam Mason. . ' OCCUPATIONAL CIVICS CLUB' In order to promote interest in the study and practice of civics at Medill, and offer its members an opportunity to master the art of leadership , Mrs. Celinda.B. .Abbot,s seventh period civics class organized into the Occupational Civics Club. The oflicers for the first and second ten weeks respectively are as follows: Pres., Charles Levin fboth timesj 5 Vice-Pres., David Ginsburg Cboth timeslg Sec., Minnie Bloom and Rebecca Sherman: Treas., Max Somberg and Minnie xBloomg Sgts.-at-Arms, Solomon and John Sheehang Reporter, H. D. Friedman. Page I09