Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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DEMOCRACY AT WORK September of 1944 launched the third year of student government. The Student Council is under the direction of Mr. Forster, with Miss Haas and Mr. Hoke serving os faculty ad- visers. This group of students meets weekly to plan dances, scrap drives, and other activi- ties. The council is composed of twenty-five mem- bers. one from each of the home rooms. There are eight freshman, six sophomore, six junior, and five senior representatives. Mary Murphy, a senior, is an honorary member, since she was the representative at the Student Council Con- vention held in Chicogo last year. The officers of the Student Council ore as follows: Frank Steidl. president: Bob Murphy, vice president: Mary Dickenson, secretory-treasurer: and John Frazier, reporter. The Executive Board of the Student Council is composed of ten members. This group serves os a higher committee for the council. Mem- bership is limited to three seniors, three juniors, and two each from the freshman and sophomore classes. Some of the duties of this group are to elect suitable officers for the Student Coun- cil and to decide which problems ore most urgent. The Student Council has become a vital or- ganization of the school. Representing the voice of the students, it helps promote cooperation between the faculty and student-body. It is an opportunity to practice democracy. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FIRST ROW: Frazier. Dickenson. Steidl. Eld- redge. Campbell. SEC- OND ROW: Brunsman. Z i e r e n, B. Murphy. Bishop. STUDENT COUNCIL FIRST ROW: Parrish. Frazier. Dickenson. Ste- idl. Elderdge. Camp- bell. K.enost. SECOND ROW: Miss Hoos. Brunsman. Knight. Thompson. M. Murphy. Zieren. Gilbort. Run- yon. B. Murphy, Harris, Hodge. Mr. Forster. Mr. Hoke. THIRD ROW: Toflingor. Bishop. Spier- ling. loffland.

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ARTHUR C. FORSTER. B.Ed., M.A. To our principal, we students of Paris High School owe many new and worthwhile ideas. Mr. Forster was the instigator of the Student Council which has aided the advancement of the school. It gives the students a chance to present ideas which they believe would improve our school. Mr. Forster has gone more than his half of the way in co-operating with the students and in trying to meet their wishes. His patience and understanding of young peo- ple has been greatly appreciated by the whole student-body. ARTHUR C. FORSTER. B.Ed.. M.A. THE SECRETARIES What would the principal and superintendent do without their efficient secretaries? In Miss Mary Ellen Tweedy and Miss Margaret Sullivan are found two very reliable assistants. Mary Ellen is a favorite with the students because of her youthful outlook on student life, and with the teachers because of her business-like management of the office. Miss Sullivan's calm effi- ciency is admired by all. It is the duty of Mary Ellen to keep detailed rec- ords of all students during their high-school days, to type and mimeograph papers for teachers and to han- dle the principal’s correspondence. Miss Sullivan takes care of the records fcr the elementary schools. The sec- retaries are essential to the smooth functioning of the school program. MARGARET SULLIVAN MARY ELLEN TWEEDY

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 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Maude E. Dorsett, A.B. Georgana Green, Ph.B. Remember when English was all commas and question marks. Shakespeare and Milton? It's not that way now. These things still have their place, but if you stepped into an English clossroom today, you would be apt to think it a class in speech or journalism, or perhaps drama, and maybe radio. Future journalists get the chance to show originality and writing ability, and receive con- structive criticism, not only in weekly themes, but even in personally written newspapers. They'll cover the world-shaking events of to- morrow with poise and practice. For the stu- dents interested in radio work, the clever skits and dramatizations, written and produced by themselves, in connection with the study of the drama, are particularly absorbing. Writing let- ters to servicemen of Paris High is a unique highlight in some closses. And don't think the boys aren't glad to get all the inside informa- tion on basketball, dances, and all the features in high school life! You're just as apt to find an English student reading the latest best seller for a current book review as reading an old biography or tale of long ago. Are you inter- ested in writing poetry? Then step right in, for some classes write original ballads along with the study of their origin and construction. The students owe this modern, balanced Eng- lish program to several teachers: Miss Cross. Miss Dayton. Miss Dorsett. Miss Green, and Miss Hochstrasser. Their genuine, unflagging in- terest has given keener insight and higher ideals. Their aim has been to make English practicable and usable in everyday living.