Newport High School - Blunita Yearbook (Newport, PA)

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FEATURES — ....d THE BLUE AND WHITE D.A.R.. CONTESTANT CHOSEN LTigfi -L 2 3i4 i a rry 617 S 131 4 S 1 1U i!!'tT 'fr I c ; ! 7 jj V11.74' R I A. This is the Golden Jubilee Year of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution and the Perry County Chapter is extending the Good Citizenship Pilgrimage in every country. Senior students in each public-high school choose by vote three girls in their class who excell in the following qialitlos to a degree? 1. Dependability-truthfulness, 2. Service-cooperation 3. Leadership-personality; so If -control, ability to assume responsibility. 4. Parti otism-unselfish interest in family, school, community, and nation. From the three girls thus elected, the high school faculty selects one who becomes the Good Citizen of her school. A Ques-tionaire will be sent to the principal. Under this supervision the Good Citizen will be allowed one hour to complete the test. All D.A.R. Chapters in the state of Pennsylvania will participate in the Good Citizenship Pilgrimage and from the winners of this contest, the Pilgrim will bo chosen who will represent Pbnn-sylvania as the guest of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington in April. The senior class and faculty have choson Kiss Zoe Y agner to participate in the D.A.R. contest this year. Last year Kiss Esther Jones represented the senior class. The regular meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association was held Monday, January 20, 1941. The President opened the meeting and gave a short talk on th« value of oducation. Miss Blanche Robinson outlinod the program of the tuberculosis society as far as it concerns our school. All the students are to be given the tuberculin test and then x-ray if there are my symptoms of the disease. Tho teachers are also urged to take the test. The tuberculosis cases were greatly increased in Perry County this past year. The community is asked to cooperate in tho work of this society. A panel discussion was carried on by the parents, townspeople and members of the faculty, Mr. Kipp, Henry Fall, Mr. Rothen-berger. Miss Laurence Wolfe, Miss Fanouf, Miss Margaret Smith, Mrs. E. C. Hoke. Tho subject for the evening was The Purpose of the Parent Teachers' Association. Many interesting questions were brought to light and it is hoped that further -work will be done on the subject. The banners were won by grades 10-A and 1-B. The next mooting will be hold Feb. 17, 1941. It was decided at a recent meeting of the Newport Lions Club that ()50 would bo presented to the P.T.A. to use for the purchase of an amplifying system. This amount of money was half of the proceeds from th©!:- play, Headin' Hollywood, sponsor-ed by the Lions' Club.