Pratt High School - Osage Yearbook (Essex, CT)

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OSAGE - Pi Club Lelt to Right: Anne Toppin, Marian Daboll, Lloyd Scholes, Sally McCallip. The Pi Club, our honor society at Pratt, was organized in l93U by the faculty. The constitution is patterned after that of the National High School Honor Society. Election to this club is the highest honor awarded to students at Pratt. To be elected one must be in the upper titth of his class. He is then chosen by the faculty and rated on such qualities as character, sportsmanship, health and extra-curricular activities. Three Seniors, two Iuniors, and one Sophomore are elected each year. The faculty reserves the right to elect more than three Seniors if it seems titting. The students elected are awarded with a letter Pi, symbolic ot Pratt. The purpose ot this club is to encourage greater personal development in scholar- ship, health, service, character, and all 'round good citizenship . The present members of the club are: Sally McCa11ip, president, Marian Daboll, vice- presidentg Lloyd Scholes, secretary-treasurer: and Anne Toppin. 8

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OSAGE Student Council Ist Row-Dorothy Zuppe, Marian Daboll, Frank Santi, Sally McCallip, Mr. Macliimmie, Florence lvlook. 2nd Rowe Roland Cook, Genevieve Pianta, Allen lewett, Merritt Comstock, Marion Hmielewski, Richard Higgins, Robert Potter, Patricia Mailliard, Frank Riggio. Our Student Council was organized in l934. lt was created to take care of all school and social activities, such as traffic problems, assembly programs, etc. There are fourteen members: The president of each class automatically becomes a member. The members of each class elect a member or members as follows: Seniors 2, luniors 2, Sophomores l, and Freshmen 1.Then the faculty choose members as follows: Seniors 2, Iuniors l, and Sophomores l. The council has followed the system used in Bacon Academy so successfully. The principal has the power of veto but has used this power only twice since the council started functioning. The present council has been the most active and efficient one to date. Among its accomplishments we number the new radio, the coke machine and more frequent afternoon dances. The members of this year's council are, Seniors: Sally McCallip, president: Frank Santi, vice-president, Marian Daboll, secretary-treasurer: Allen Iewett, and Roland Cook: luniors: Marion Hmielewski, Merritt Comstock, Patricia Mailliard and Genevieve Piantap Sophomores: Robert Potter, Florence Mook and Frank Riggiog Freshmen: Richard Hig- gins and Dorothy Zuppe. Faculty Advisor: Mr. Mackimmie. 7

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O S A G E Traffic Squad lst Row'-Albina I-Imielewski, Roland Cook, Andrew MacWhinney, Richard Drudi, Irma Spencer: 2nd How- Genevieve Pianta, Donald Sangster, Merritt Comstock, Marian Daboll, Kenneth Hayden, Edward Carlson, Frank Carr, Marguerite Young. First attempts at a traffic squad were made in 1932 on March 4, and the following week the squad was at work permanently. There were officials posted at each doorway and other intersections in the corridors. An immediate success, it eliminated confusion, noise, and saved time in passing from class to class. The rules are much the same as the rules of the road. At present the squad is appointed by a joint committee of the student council and the faculty. The committee also elects a leader for this squad, this year's captain being Roland Cook. They now have a system of giving tickets for offenses. When a student has received three tickets he must appear before the student council. Then, too, any tickets received count against the general home-room rating. This year the traffic squad was assigned the very important duty of evacuation of the building in case of an air-raid alarm. The traffic officers direct the deployment of the various groups. 9