Mercersburg Academy - Karux Yearbook (Mercersburg, PA)

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J VKVV .v,f i YV ,.V' 4 'r ..t...u .....1s..9.l..'T...t.l .5T..isJ Q... vide and talvulate all lvallots and keep order at elections. ln addition. each spring they appoint a nominating assembly. composed of seniors. who meet and select school leaders to run for presi- dent of the Senate and Student llouncil for the lollowing year. lu a second major tit-ld. llerecrsluirg has al- ways unhcld its heritage of line. loftv school spirit. To keep this spirit at its nolslest. there are manv activities which implant the Nlcrcers- luurg ideals in the new student. The tirst is the Yonng Men's Christian Association, an or- ganization formed to promote the physical, men- tal. and spiritual welfare of the students. It maintains throughout the school life a strong, high moral sentiment. The governing body consists of the lievereud llichard F. Wlentz, along with two other facility memhers, and four stu- dents. The active work of the organization be- gins during the orientation period. lin the spring of each year, the four Y.M.C.A. oflicers and one memher of the upper middler class at- tend a conference. At this meeting. various political, and religious problems are discussed. One of the most enjoyable activities sponsored hy the Y are the well-attended Saturday even- ing movies. These weekly movies are presented 511 YMCA 0l l lffl'lRSf1 r'ur11 lefl: Mr. Vilentz. Skeocll ttreasurerl. Kreirler tpresidentt. llruckenmiller tvice-presidentl, l'. Yarner lsecretaryl. by the Projection Crew, a group of lvoys who are interested in hroadcning their knowledge of film projection. The responsibilities of the crew include setting-up the equipment. running the projectors. remaining after the movie to clean up the Assembly hall, and putting away the equip- ment. The services of the group. under the PROJECTION CHEVV-First H1111 from left: Friedman, Hurley, Viiilliailts. Kenig. l.orentl. Rapp. Second row: King, Calder, Landau, Byrne. 215 , L mf!

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nf: T Wt, ' WV wv I, 54' U., Lin 0,2 wg Qi , . . ,.. . lavulty tltlXlSt'l'5llllD ol Nlr. l lullp l.. lfzlrrvtl. are grvatly apprt-t'iatt-tl hy tlw entire stutlent hotly. l or tht- sttulvnt whose latlu-r. gl'illItlliillltt'I', or me-u glillttlllltlllllxl' atlenmlml xlt'I4f't'l'SlTllI'fI as a stntl:-nt or nu-niht-r ol tht- lat-ulty. tht- Gramlsons is an organization ol' lIllpUI'lilllt'0. Sinvv l92tl. tlu- lirst yt-ar tht- son ol a Nlt-rm-rsluirg gracluatt' rame lu-re. tht- group has liven ret-ogiiizetl as one' of tht- traclitions ol tht- Ar-atlt-niy. 'lihv l'at't that tht- numlu-r ol granclsons maintains a high en- rollnu-nt t-at-li yt-ar is t-x'icleiu'c that Nit'I't'PI'Slll1I'g Mnnini tc-ml to sustain a warm feeling ol affer- tiou for tht- school. lfilty-four grantlsons are present this yt-ar. l or those hoys who are interested in the rninistry as a xovation or in any other hranvh ol Christian st-l'x'ir'e. there is the Christian Serv- ice Group. This group mer-ts from four to six tinu-s 1-arh vt-ar in tht- honu-s of Mr. ,lavohs ancl l ll 'l'l'il4iN 'l l.I'.Yf muy from left: Xllranison. .-Xliinansky. Cass Nlr. Wt-ntl. the faculty aclvist-rs. At those gather- ings llu- rlulv tlisr-usst-s religious prohlt-nts anul various aspects ol' Christian Sr-rx'ic'4-. Thus. it is another lh'lt'l'C'Ul'SllllI'g avtivity wllivli flirt-vts the niintls of Nlercerslturg lvoys to spiritually uplift- ing thought. A thirtl phase ol ixlE'I't't'liSlllll'Q.S heritage lies in tlw honor work arvomplislu-tl hy the SlllIlt'lIlS. Here. perhaps as nowlu-rv 4-lst-. lit- tlw stimuli lor prohing thought ancl honoring srholarship. Hut hartl work is not rewarcletl inert-ly hy gratles. N'le-mhersllip in honorary 1-lulrs aiul intlixitlual satislavtion ol a joh well tlonev rewarcl tht- :-arnc-st student. The' following organizations hase their membership upon those who show a kl't'll interest in the rc-spec-tive fit-lcls ol stucly. The Fifteen, Nlerve-rsluirg's honorary literary organization. is 1-omposetl of seniors who clem- onstratt' great apprt't'iation of lfnglish litt-raturt' txu'v-presnlenlt, l'rantz tprf-snlvntl. N, Hellas tst-t-rr-- Y I taryl llope. .-Krthur. Nvrwrzfl mir: xlLlt'llI. Nl. Br-llas. llonaltlson. Rell. lllr. St'lltAllFIlllt'l'Q'f'V, lollowli. lt'l1l'llllLtll. liow. llunter. tile-wlautl. l ln, - .N - .A