Philadelphia University - Analysis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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II Il ll W HHH , The history of Crowfoot began in l925, when a group of leading students at the old Broad and Pine Streets School gathered to- gether to establish the Crowfoot Honorary Society. In order to form a nucleus around which may be developed student opinion and action to advance the interests of the student body at the Philadelphia Textile School, this Senior Honorary Society to be known as Crowfoot has been called into being, so reads the preamble to its Con- stitution. Membership in Crowfoot requires that a student maintain a two-point grade average for the semester previous to his selection. Other factors considered are extra-curricular activities, attitude towards work, and last but not least, good fellowship. Also, the opinions and recommendations of the faculty are seri- ously evaluated in the final selection. The Constitution has set a maximum of three members each from the Sophomores, lunior, and Senior Classes. However, these quotas need not necessarily be filled. ln ad- dition, the President of the Senior Class and the Editor of the Analysis may also be se- lected, provided they can meet the standards set by the Society. In the Spring of each year, usually dur- ing the week before finals, the crowfoot Society holds its annual banquet, to which the entire student body and faculty is in- vited. At this affair the new members are Tapped into the Society, and presented with the scroll and key of membership. Prior to the Tapping ceremony the names of those selected are kept in strict secrecy. And the insignia of this Society shall be a key in the form of a crow's foot, bear- ing in its claw a scroll, upon which shall be graven a fasces, the ancient symbol of the magistrates, and the coptic letters which translated spell Excelsior. OFFICERS President ....................... Thomas R. Scanlon Vice-President ......,..,..... Thomas W. Qualman Secretary ....... 9 ............. Ely Fendell Treasurer ..................... Leonard G. Coleman SITTING: L-R--Leonard Coleman. Charles Dager. Murray Spring, Donald Thomas. Thomas Welsh. Theodore Manheim: STANDING: L-R-Walter Dean, Ely Fendell, Richard Mansfield, John Farrell, Thomas Qualman, Thomas Scanlan. Norman Hogg. Iohn Denton. i

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Balloting during Class officer Elections being supervised by Representative Crandlemire. The duly elected representatives were to hold office for the balance of the school year. The men elected were, Seniors, Ed- ward Alexander, Ted Manheim, and Richard Mansfieldg Iuniors, Secretary George Booz, President Frank Foulkes, and Vice President Fred Kerng Sophomores, Treasurer Charles Dager, and Stuart McConaghyg Freshmen, Ralph Lees and Lawrence Smith. A tremendous responsibility rested with this first Student Council. Radical or hasty action could undo in one sweep what had taken months of planning and hard work to bring into being. They had to avoid becoming a gripe agency , but at the same time intelligently serve the student body and the school administration to whom they owed their existence. Each member realized that authority and respect had to be earned and that simply electing a Council to office did not automatically include these things. It was with this in mind that they drew up By-Laws and lay the groundwork for many of the projects completed the following year. The present Student Council took office in October 1949 and will continue until Octo- ber, l950. Their term of office has already witnessed many significant things. The Stu- dent Council sponsored the first annual Freshmen Smoker in early October. At this affair PTI's new students had a chance to meet their school as well as each other. Class Officer elections were initiated and successfully run off after a very spirited campaign. Early December saw the first successful all-school dance in PTI's First Annual Christmas Ball. The dance was the combined effort of the Student Council, Frat- ernities, and Textile Fellowship. This affair culminated a Clothing Drive for the needy in Europe, and was complete with a horse and wagon, which toured the Germantown area soliciting contributions. It served as an introduction to our new neighbors and re- sulted in newspaper publicity of national scope as well as time on several local radio programs. The Student Council had taken its first shaky steps and was becoming firmly en- trenched as an indispensible part of our school. Open Meetings were held at which the students as individuals could present their problems, opinions, and suggestions to their elected representatives. A Cotton Car- nival was sponsored in April with the 1950 Maid of Cotton presiding. The affair was made more memorable by a fashion show staged by one of Philadelphia's leading de- partment stores. Student Council also provided a visitors guide service and is currently working on a Student Handbook to be published in the fall'of l95U. Other functions included the budgeting of the Students Activities Fund, ar- ranging an athletic program at the German- town YMCA, conducting a Red Cross drive, and jointly sponsoring several Friday night dances with the nurses of the Women's Med- ical College Hospital. The Philadelphia Textile Institutes Stu- dent Council has conscientiously endeavored to serve both the student body and the facul- ty. Any measure of success that has been achieved is due to the fine cooperation this group has received and we are sure will con- tinue to receive. May we take this opportunity to con- gratulate the men of the graduating class and wish them Godspeed- in their lives ahead.

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The student section ofthe A.A.T.C.C. has the unique distinction of being the only group of its kind at P.T.l. conducted by the students under the guidance of a national organization. The parent organization has incorpo- rated in its by-laws, provisions for the mem- bership of students enrolled in educational institutions of a specific type. Students pur- suing courses of study in the application or manufacture of dyes and chemicals for the textile industry, or in the testing and research fields of the textile industry, are eligible to become members. At the monthly meetings conducted in school, the student members are given the opportunity of hearing men Whose effort and time has been directed towards the dyeing and finishing of textiles as Well as men en- A. A. l. ll. C. gaged in the related fields of textile chemis- try and fibre research. These men give us the practical side of what we might expect to encounter when we finish our technical training at school. This form of education is just as important to us as is the theoretical background given in the classrooms and laboratories. The student members are exceedingly grateful for the foresight of those men who have chosen to include them in an organiza- tion of such invaluable aid. OFFICERS Chairman .,.................... Iohn H. Hennessey Vice Chairman .... .... W alter T. Ambrogi Secretary ........ .... H arry A. Roselle ROW 1: L TO R-Kolfer, Tomko. Spring, Scanlon, Mansfield, McAllister, Kriendel, Danuen- burg, F. Hennessey, Ieundros, Aniline Black, McLuckie, Grifo, Kern. ROW 2: Guffy, I. Hennessey, Armenante, Combs, Mcxuderbuch, Kerr, Feitlowitz, Newman, Phelan, Foltz, Spielmcm, Lynch. ROW 3: Roselle, Lukas, Batkin, Geiger, Orlemcm, Farrell, Greeves, Putinier, Dean, Holweger, Monego, Firsching, Winslow. ROW 4: Kirk, Wigglesworth, Sutcliffe, Walter. Manheim, Prince, Rosenberg, Weinstein, Strcxuch, Chesler, Sebra.