Metropolitan Vocational High School - Metropolis Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Ama!! we wr .---...F A THE STUDENT COUNCIL 'lille Student Council miglil well lie compared to tlie House ol Representatives in Congress. Composed ol a representative lrom eacli section. its primary lunction is to carry out tlle wislies ol tile students tliemselves. Tlie representatives merely relate tlxe feelings ol tlieir sections to tlie rest ol time lmody and in tliat way activities tllat are really wanted liy tlie students are carried on. Among llie widely varied activities ol time General Organization, wlwicli include dances. movies, swing sllows. clulis. and a newspaper, perllaps tlwe newest and lastest growing are tlie Varsity Teams. Due to tlie consistent demands lay the students lor tlwese teams. a lxaslcetlmall team. under tlle supervision ol lvlr, Koslan, was formed last term. A swimming team was ll'lCIl organized witli Mr. Barr as Faculty Advisor. This term baseball and lraclc were added to tlwe list. The upper body ol tlie General Organization. tlle Board ol Governors, meets wlien necessary to review motions passed in time Student Council, and to decide tlieir desiralailily. Tliis body is composed ol tliree representatives ol tile Council, tlie G.O. President, and live teacllers. Dr. Keller presides as clwairman. The Board of Governors acts as a guide to tlie Council and is an important linlc lJetween time students, tlie teaclmers, and tile administration.

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Remember May The First 1 A challenge to our memories, some folks are always making. I sometimes stop to wonder 'bout the liberty they're taking. The Alamo-Remember itll the men would always say, They printed signs, poetic lines We can't forget the day. Pearl Harbors been attackedfn, they screamed- We'll not forget t That it was ever possible's a very doubtful fact. Remember Pearl Harborn is what we'll always see'-1 It gets me sore, what is it for? This forceful fallacy. One slogan, though, I'll ne'er forget--It's etched deep in my brain It's printed there in brighter tights than Remember the Maine. Its awful, dazzling, blinding light has put me at my worst, Its pointed spear is tipped with fear- HRemember May the First! I in You can't scare me with silly talk ,bout finishing on time, lust foolish words don't mean a thing, they aren't worth a dime. My project isn't tough, you see, just keeps me on the go: Fact it's a cinch, it's just a pinch .... Am I worried? Oh, no! I I Oh, foolish words, unthoughtful words, you nearly caused my end! You would have, too, if not my ways I presently did mend. For, when the month of April came, and found me barely started, Those flaming words rung through the herds. And idleness departed. I I his act! 1 Remember May the First tick, toctz, Remember May the First. The day was coming so darn fast that I was fit to burst! Oh, gosh, it,s almost done I think, my proiect's near complete The day's so near fm gripped with fear, But it can,t have me beat. Remember May the First tick, tock--it's going to drive me mad, The constant throbbing of the clock is too much for this lad, But here it is. my proiect's done, the fudge has quenched his thirst. Now try forget-I even yet- URemember May the First! ALVIN SISKIND

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HONOR SOCIETY Xve. time newly eiectect memtzers of ttie Honor Society do sotemniy pledge oursetues to maintain our tmigim sctioiarstiip, to preserve our good ctlaracter. and to continue our services to ttie end ttlat we stmuii teave ttmis sctiooi tnetter and finer ttman we at first found it. Ttmis oattm, wtmictm is tatcen tmy every memtmer ot time Honor Society, states tmrietty tmut neverttmetess comptetety. ttme tmasic purpose ot time Society. Untitce nmany ottmer similar organizations, tVtetropotitan's Honor Society seetcs tire weii-rounded student. Standards ot admission are not unusuatty tmigtm, tmut ttmey are unusuatty varied. Satisfactory sctmotarstmip is tundamentat, tgottm in stmop and academic wortcg com- menctatmte ctmaracter traits are essentiatg good tmeatttm and good attendance are re- quiredg and tinatty, a moderate amount ot service to ttme sctmoot community is needed. Vvtmite time Honor Society does not exctude time very tyrigtmt student or ttme very active student, students wittm eittmer ot ttmese traits atone, Witt not secure admission. No one tmas as muctm to do wittm admissions to time Honor Society as time in- dividual appticant. iVtemtmers ot time Society Witt tmctp ottmer students titt out apptications, taut ttmey tmave no voice in ltme etection ot nmemtaers. tVtemtJers ot time tacutty' give students ltmeir grades. ot course, taut tmave no direct connection wittm admission to time Honor Socety. Time student wtmo is eager to otatain memtoer- stmip in time Society, tmowever, tmas a great deat to do wittm time success ot tmis appti- cation. tt tme tmas met time requirements. no student or teactmer can prevent tmis etection. On time ottmer tmand, it time requirements tmave not tmeen met, no one in sctmoot or out can do tor tmim wtmat tme taited to do tor tmimsett. VVtmite time Honor Society devotes consideratate energy to time recruiting and etection of new memtners, its tnasic purpose is tnetter stmown in its many ettorts to tmetp matte our sctmoot a tmetter ptace in wtmictm to wortc and tive. Typicat ot' ttmis is its sponsorstmip of ttme Service Honor Rott. a tist ot time names ot att our students and teactmers wtmo tmave entered time armed services ot time United States. Ttme ptaque wtmictm now stands in time totmtiy ot time main tmuitding represents onty one aspect ot ttmis wortc. Letters are written to servicemen, and wtmen destiny catts, to ttieir next ot kin. Ttmrougtm time Honor Society, pictures ot some of our servicemen tlave been stmown at sctmoot assemtoties. Ttmere witt be more ot ttmese in ttme future. Time Honor Society is stitt young. and stitt growing. tts goat is not a re- stricted memtmerstmip of 50 or 60 students, tmut ot t,000, 2,000, even 5,000 students: its goat is to transtorm ttme Honor Society into an Honor Sctmoot.