Newark High School - Reveille Yearbook (Newark, OH)

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Our Student Council F. C. BOYD. At the present time I think all who read will concede that tremendous changes are taking place in secondary education. Probably the one most needed and the one destined to fix the value of all others is the Spirit in which this education is administered and received. In Newark High School the door through which this all-important change is invited to enter is the Student Council, A constitution establishing the Council was drawn up and ratified by the student body last September. As stated in this con- stitution the principal purposes of this organization are: 1. To unify all student organizations under one general control. 2. To encourage and promote all worthy school activities. , 3. To give the students greater opportunity for self direction. 4. Tfo develop in the student a growing appreciation of membership in a democracy by providing the educative responsibilities of, and privileges of partici- pating in, such a democracy in the school. The membership of the association includes the city superintendent, principal, teachers, and all registered students in Newark High School. The Council itself is composed of the eighteen Home Room presidents and two faculty members, ap- pointed by the principal. The officers are elected by the school at large, having been nominated by a committee composed of the faculty and senior members of the Council. The president automatically becomes president of the student body. Several standing committees are named by the constitution whose chairmen are to be appointed by the president in consultation with the faculty members of the Council. Some of the committees are: Organization Committee, Elections Com- mittee, Scholarship Committee, Attendance Committee, Assembly Committee, Social Committee, Welfare Committee, Vocations Committee, Ticket Committee, Athletic Committee, and Citizenship Committee. Additional committees may be added as the need arises. To get a true picture of our organization one must remember that each of the 1153 students enrolled in Newark High School is first assigned to one of the eighteen home rooms. Each home room is organized and its president is a member of the Student Council. Each home room will have many of the same committees as named in the Council. Thus it can be seen that the, say, Scholarship Committee of the Stu- dent Council, will be leading, planning with, and supervising eighteen committees. In this way its program can be uniform and can quickly reach every individual in the school. What has been said of the Scholarship Committee is equally true of other committees. This makes the Student Council the hub of the school with spokes running out to every school activity, influencing the life of every student. With this short description of its organization, purpose and jurisdiction what if any, have been its accomplishments this year? This question I think is best arf- swered by a review of the activities of the Council. Space will not permit more than a rough outline of the accomplishments of a few committees and it must be borne in mind that many of the programs are only in the formative stage. There is no intention of allowing a mushroom growth and a quick demise. Instead, the pro- gram is psychologically sound based upon careful study and must go forward with an ever-increasing amount of pupil responsibility as student leadership rises and develops to meet its challenge. Naturally one of the first committees to function was the elections committee. This committee busied itself with securing and disseminating information of demo- cratic voting procedure. It prepared and issued all ballots, supervised the election, counted the votes, and declared the results. In each home room a similar committee performed the same duties. This committee is deeply indebted to the Mimeograph department for the printing of the ballots. Right here let it be said that that is one of the fine things that every one has learned-the dependency upon others and the necessity of cooperating with them. Scholarship must ever be in the list of first essentials of any school striving for high attainment. The Scholarship Committee is constantly striving for new ways to encourage the individual to higher levels of achievement. Through the Reveille the names of the students attaining an A in three or more subjects each six weeks are published. This year this committee, under the leadership of Miss Laura Hosick, has established a chapter of the National Honor Society in Newark High School. The membership includes the highest l5'Z7 of the senior class. A recognition chapel marked the installation of this new society in our midst with Dr. J. L. King of Denison University as guest speaker. Much work remains to be done before the full significance of this move toward a higher and broader scholarship level can be realized, but the committee feels that it has taken a stride in the right direction. CContinued on Page Thirty-twoj TWENTY-TWO

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