Richmond Hill High School - Archway / Dome Yearbook (Richmond Hill, NY)

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QW! OCPGCIV af War Richmond ltill would have no teams or clubs were it not for the General Organization. Students join the GO. for 25 cents a term, and they nray then participate in all extracurricular' activities. About 90 per cent of the student body belongs. The 0.0. and the class o . ' . 1. . president is chairman and Mrs. D 2 l 'i ' ' , orot ry O Hare is the faculty adviser. This term, the hoard, with the cooperation of a faculty committee, revised the corrsti- tution. lt provides for a party system to elect CD. officers, while the preferen- tial ballot, previously used for all elections, is now used only to choose class officers. The party system was used to elect next term's officers. The new constitution also provides for a system by which the average Hillite will have nrore to say in his government. The students in each official roorrr will choose f l l ' s' ' ' ' a re egate to express their opinions to the class officers, who in turn w'll ' ' D r report to the Student Board. The C.O. offic , , , ,r . . . ry successful school events. This spring's baseball rally was organized by them, as were the Community Dance last September, the March of Dime D , s ance in February, and the Spring Dance on May 8. After 1' . a ' ' rganrzer the Defense Aid Coun- cil. The Council is directly responsible to the Student Board. ln war as in peace, our G.O. can be counted on to face each ' fficers form the Student Board The C' O ers are chiefly responsible for m'rr earl Harbor, the Student Board o f ' l crisis with appropriate action. , I ' V Tlre oflfeers for mtl llus Iernr .v 6.0. oHn'crx are lzrelvn QPIIIPI' l I . lerm ure Bull Birn- . . lruum. r'i1'e-presizlelrl: Milflrezl Sleiger. sec'- tlll'I'IHlf!'I lhmulfl uHl'K',r'X. Irerlsurer: Bal: remrv: Tom Brennan. ulternulc: Cecil llciflell, xeeretrrry: Bill Mezivlf, president. I' 1- unrl JWHIIII' lI'l xhfules. prrsnlenl, mul If allure ffroulnrun. rr . rn: prrsnlenl. rn-usurer.

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enior ,xdrizifa Leadership, scholarship, character, service, and humility, the guiding principles of the members of Senior Arista, were once more set forth by the leaders of this honorary society at the traditional .-Krista assemblies on Novernber 28 and May 8. ln the fall, the forty-nine Hillites whose record of achievement proved them to he most worthy of this society were installed by Miss Ruth Ratelle, Krista Senate Leader. ln the s rrinf sixty-nine new members were elected. l iw . .N few days after the oflicial installation, the new members had to prove that they could take it at a party given for them by the old members. They had to eat candy which was attached to a string, and push balls along the floor with their noses. The newcomers soon became acquainted with the old members when they were told to get the autographs of as many of them as they could within the spaee of a few minutes. Name tags also helped. Plllt' I gf N-. 1 11' .'ll'i.sI1l p11l'tt'. Xen' flrislu lllt'llllIt'I'S ji-eil eurli ullnv' I'lllll'1'HHl' :'o1'el'crl IIIIlI'SlllllllHl7H'.i.