Salem High School - Fenwick Papers Yearbook (Salem, NJ)

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Student a SQH iGov't. Future I:-6I'l'T12I'S Cap and ' Bells Traffic - Squads vu Preridents XVAYNE SHEPPARD AND VIRGINIA RUSSELL Vice-Presidents FOUNTAIN HOGATE AND DORIS GREEN NORMAN PATRICK ALLEN GLASPEY AND DOROTHY SHEPPARD EDWARD BROOKS AND ELLEN MOORE FRANK GREEN AND LUCILLE GODFREY GEORGE JOHNSON AND LAURA MILLS GRACE L. W HYTE Secretary and Treasurer Senior Representatives junior Represe11tati'ves Sophomore Represe'nfati'ves Colored Represc1Itati'vvs Adviser Since 1925 Salem High School has been governed by a Student Self Government Asso- ciation. During these last twelve years it has been necessary to make many amendments and add to the regulations governing our association. Perhaps the most important subject discussed this year was the point system, which most schools have adopted and found very effective. Suggestions were made for the develop- ment of school spi-rit and for the encouragement of better manners in the halls, cafeteria, and classrooms. For the hrst time the entire council went to the State Teachers' College at Trenton to attend a Student-Self Government meeting. Two members of our council, Virginia Rus- sell and James Bivins, gave talks before the assemblies. Jack Wright acted as chairman at one of these gatherings. Various other members took notes and reported their findings at a special assembly. . A new safety patrol was organized to aid trathc before and after school sessions at Star Corner. This squad has done a very eflicient job. To aid conditions in the cafeteria at noon time, a service patrol was organized. The study hall problem was discussed and much done to improve this condition, but due to a lack of rooms the study halls are over crowded, making the problem a serious one. President CARLTON DUNN Vice-President DAVID ELVVELL Secretary JAMES BIVINS Adviser XVILLIAM EVANS The Future Farmers of America is an organization designed to create a better knowl- edge of country life and to promote greater interest in agriculture in those students of public schools planning to choose farming as a vocation. During the hrst semester the activities of the club included a trip to the county fair at Reading and another to the State F. F. A. meeting and judging contest. Competitive sports in wrestling and boxing were held. At the close of the semester, forty F. F. A. mem- bers traveled to the State Fair at Harrisburg. ' The club's activities during the second semester included tryouts for the F. F. A. play, participation in a Hilly Billy Orchestra, spring judging contest for poultry and dairy pro- ducts, and a Father and Son Banquet on parents' night. At the close of the school term, twenty-five F. F. A. members spent the week-end at Highpoint Camp, New Jersey. , President MARY CHARLES FIGLESTAHLER T F D L OW . - ' RANCI O B J Vrce-President JAMES BIVINS Azieqsmer M SL OEHR F Secretary NTILDRED CASTLE Umar ARIE ' L' This year Cap and- Bells continued its tradition of presenting many fine plays to the student body and the public. The Junior three-act play, December 3 and 4, was a new addi- tion to the Cap and Bells' production program. This and the Senior three-act play were the .only ones- shown to the public. One of the most touching of the one-act -plays given in assembly was the Senior Lincoln Day program, The Boy in Blue. This play clearly showed how family relations were torn by the Civil War. The Washington's Day feature, In Warb- ivrgtwfs Day, was given in assembly by the Junior Class. Other performances much enjoy- ed by the student body were just What They Wanted, a Christmas play, Dress Reversal, 21 comedy play with 21 cast entirely Of boys, and just Before the Prom, a mystery play with a cast entirely of girls. The annual Senior play,Tl1e Eyes of Tlaloc, April 7, 8 and 9, concluded a most satisfactory and entertaining year in Cap and Bells. Captain GLENDON LODGE Adviser GRACE L. XVHYTE . The traffic squad has been constantly on the alert for any improvements which might contribute to the general running efhciency of the school. This year its efforts have been widely directed. lt has improved. order going to and from assembly, before school in the morning and at noon, at football games, and in the cafeteria. The new safety patrol has been incorporated within the trafiic squad. rx . lu 30' QF' ' 2 +

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F, 1 l Aviation Club Biology Club President JAMES Woon Secretary RUSSELL Wll.Ll5 Vice-President HARRY Woon Adviser NIILDRED A. PURNELL The aviation club was Hrst organized in October. ln the course of the next few meet- ings different type planes and -plans for building models were discussed. Soon some of the members were bringing their own models to the meetings for the others to see. Interest seemed to be divided between solid models and flying planes. Successful test-flying meetings were interspersed with discouraging crack-ups. Those who launched their models in midair and watched them glide, fly, or even cave-in had a great time doing so. President ALLEN GLASPEY Secretary PAULINE SMITH Vice-President FOUNTAIN HOGATE Adviser MARY W. OAKLEY This is the sixth year that the Biology Club has been organized for furthering interest in nature study for both old and new members. This club meets twice a month. At the meetings this year, the club members have enjoyed programs conducted by the students themselvesg who have discussed topics of current biological interest. They are also entertained by instructive slides rented from the Trenton Museum. Outside speakers were brought in to lecture upon special branches pertaining to biology. These lectures were given by doctors, dentists, state foresters, and others interested in nature study. I President BETTY KIGER Secretary DOROTHY ZANE E I-'bra ry Viee-President ESTHER SONVERS Adviser lwARY W. OAKLEY The duty of the librarians is to keep the library in order, help the pupils End books, and then record the books taken out. U Discussions to improve the methods in the library are frequently held. New books are registered as they come in. The club has started to file all book reports that the students of Salem High School have read in their four years. This has not yet been completed. r II Editor-in-Cbief NIARIAN Woonwfmn The Assistant Edilors james Srvnrn, BEATRIC CROFT, DORIS Fox Salem Oak DEPARTMENT EDITORS Boys' Sports Girls Sports . Class of '57 Class of 538 Class of '39 Class of '40 Feature lflf riturs Almrmi Reporter Humor Exchange Allen Glaspey Ella Sullivan Frances Bacon Cecelia Irlilyard Norman Patrick Robert Laird, -Ir. Eliz. Hilliard Seymour Sendrow Edgar Newton Norman Miller Eliz. McCarthy Proriuction Adviser CORNELIA SAMUEL STAFF ARTISTS Ellen Levitsky Dot Sheppard Marion Haskett BUSINESS STAFF lllarzager Russell Willis Production Russell Willis Warren Ray Circulation Arthur Hall TYPISTS Q Clmirmaiz Mary Fogg Assistants Minnie Halpern Eliz. McCarthy Florence Farenkopf' Literary Adviser ROBERT L. NlSSL.EY Although the physical make-up remained the same, the contents of The Salem Oak this year were of a different nature than in the past. I lt was generally thought that as an organ of news its limitations were such as made some change practicable. As a result of this view, the staff and advisers effected a gradual transformation from a strictly news magazine to one that attempted to be of a literary na- ture, and still take care of the more important news items. Scores of -pupils submitted arti- cles, short stories, plays. and poems for publication, which indicated an increased interest on the part of those for whom The Oak was intended. 32 ge R - st--. S