Rhode Island School of Design - Portfolio Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Reston See) cet eOe4 2 ibe ENC OU NEL E IT Is OVER A YEAR now since in a general assembly the school accepted plans for their first student council. We have come a long way by now, a way not unbeset by difficulties. We could not let work slide and rest on the laurels of our tradi- tion; we had no tradition. You had backed our formation; you had elected us; but it was up to us to prove our worth. We will review here our work since last fall, so that you may see in total, our accomplishments for this year. Elections at our first meeting placed us under the leader- ship of H. Tikotsky, president; J. Bessel, vice-president; M. Curry, secretary; D. Atwater, treasurer; and C. Lunsford, head of committees. Proposals of yours and ideas of our own were quick to come in. At lunch you have been dancing, between eating your ham and your jelly sandwiches, to the music of the nickelo- deon. It didn’t “just appear” one day; the student council had it installed. Also in the cafeteria, the Christmas tree didn’t walk up on the platform by itself. We put it there, decorated it, and paid for it. In January the student council sponsored assemblies began, under the direction of Ira Rakatansky. So much is to be said about these assemblies that we have written them up in a separate article. January also saw student identification cards issued and the beginning of many new projects. However, as we said in beginning, everything was not easy. President Tikotsky resigned when he left school to take a defense job; our secretary, M. Curry and our treasurer, D. Atwater were also forced to resign. Vice-president Bessel now became president and new elections made A. Rogers vice- president, E. Allen secretary, and I. Rakatansky treasurer. It seemed only to fire the rest of us to work harder. J. Bessel took charge of a U.S.O. dance in Memorial Hall, which was very successful and has just been repeated, success- fully again, under the sponsorship of the Trek Club. All the class dances, the Trek Club activities, and the Dramatic Club 7

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Raeo 1 Diane plays have been backed morally and financially by the student council. Plans for the annual New York trip were worked out but we were forced to discard them because of the war. The yearbook committee itself was formed months ago and with the help of many students throughout the school has compiled this book. In the midst of all this activity we decided to purchase student council keys for all members, believing that we were working hard enough to deserve some recogni- tion. Now, as this article is being written, a whole series of new plans, mostly related to defense, are being either discussed or actually started. One project is a bi-weekly news sheet which E. Allen and a committee are starting, and will distribute free toeach student. Miss Allen and her committee are enthusiastic about the paper and plans seem to be working out well. It is hoped that once the paper is started, many students will take an interest in helping to bring it out. It is also planned to hire the Hodgman Pool one day a week so that the increasingly frequent attacks of spring fever felt by the student body may be cured by cold water. The defense activities are varied. A defense stamp drive, as already started in many schools, has been mapped out. A forum with three guest speakers has been suggested for an assembly to help enlighten our minds on some of the complicated aspects of the war. First aid for school air raid wardens and more courses open to all of us have been recommended. A list of the addresses of R. I. S. D. boys in the service is to be posted, in the hopes that they will be flooded with letters from the students. Our job is not over for the year, but the yearbook must go to press, and this must stand as a complete report. It is up to you, whether or not in future years we function well or exist at all. Being your representatives, if we are not backed, desired and advised by you, we have no reason for existence. We thank you greatly for the help you have given us this year. A. R.