Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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29 PRO MERITO First Row: M. Stewart, Miss Kingsbury, B. Wyman, S. Brigham, J. Milroy, F. Whorf, Miss Harrington, G. Gleason. Second Row: M. Nichols. J. Dwyer, V. Cole, M. Brow, E. Cohen, L. Merritt, P. Virtue, A. Nitzsche, S. Anderson, B. Crowell. Third Row: R. Burbank, P. Hunter, C. Mitchell, R. Morrow, M. Fisher, S. Roberts. PRO MERITO Muriel Nichols, ' 51 ' I HE Pro Merito Society held their first meet- ing early in September for the purpose of electing officers. Those chosen to hold office were James Milroy, Imperator; Fannie Whorf, Ductor: Sheila Brigham, Scriba; Harold Mc- Avenia, Praefectus Aerarii. On March 7 a special induction service was held for the purpose of admitting three new members: Barbara Crowell, Mary Fisher, and Muriel Nichols. Entertainment and a social hour followed the ceremony. The entertainment, which everyone enjoyed, was as follows: After two sel- ections by the Dance Kings orchestra, Bertie Jean Walker sang two solos, I See Your Face Before Me and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. Next followed a tap dance by Jackie White. Mike Forlman sang The Lord ' s Prayer and Pat- ricia. He was joined by Anne Nitzsche in Moonlight and Roses. All were accompanied by Lois Merritt. The program ended by two more selections by the Dance Kings. The Pro Merito society has accomplished a great deal since the chapter was organized three years ago. The society is a symbol in itself, which inspires students to qualify for admittance. In May another induction will be held for the qualifying members of the class of 1952.

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28 STUDENT COUNCIL First Row: G. Clapp, C. .Mitchell, B. Prouty, E. Cohen, Miss Harrington, E. Stewart. A. Nitzsche. Second Row: J. Kettell, L. Merritt, N. Towle, T. Whittaker, S. Roberts, J. Alilroy, .S. Anderson, E. Grassie, R. Stewart. STUDENT COUNCIL Barbara Prouty, ' 51 THE Student Council held its first meeting of the year early in September. The officers this year are Eugene Cohen, president: Edward Stewart, vice-president: Barbara Prouty. secre- tary: and Charles Mitchell, treasurer. The mem- bers include Susan Anderson. Lois Merritt, James Milroy. Anne Nitzsche, Scott Roberts, Gene Cohen and Charles Mitchell, seniors; Jack Kettell, Richard Clapp, Barbara Prouty and Ed- ward Stewart, juniors: Aram Brazilian, Eliza- beth Grassie and Neil Towle, sophomores; and Thomas Whittaker and Gladys Clapp, freshmen. Robert Stewart is the representative from Grade 8 and Anne Gardner from Grade 7. In the Student Council we have several com- mittees to plan for dances, assemblies, and ways of raising money. James Milroy is chairman of the Ways and Means committee; Lois Merritt, chairman of the S. A. Dance committee. Other committees are Special Assemblies committee, Lois Merritt, chairman; Football Rallies, Susan Anderson, chairman; and Attendance committee, Barbara Prouty, chairman. In October the council sold S. H. S. football pins. We sent delegates and representatives to the Student Council convention at Sharon in November. This year the council has particularly stressed the requirement that only students who have earned athletic letters have the honor of wearing them. If people wear unearned letters, it takes the glory and honor away from the students who really earn them. Again as last year the Student Council held a school loyalty week in March for the purpose of fostering school spirit and showing the true meaning of school loyalty. During the week stu- dents wore insignia and entered essay and poster contests. The climax of the week was the S. A. Dance at which a large crowd gathered. The Student Council welcomes any sugges- tions, problems, or questions from the student body.

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30 KEY CLUB First Row: R. Mitchell, K. Brebner. J. Nitzsche, P. Virtue, S. Roberts, E. Stewart, K. Virtue, R. Clapp, M. Cor- rigan, E. Locklin. Second Row: B. Wyman, J. Milroy, G. Cohen, C. Valine, G. Bearce, Mr. Stewart, R. Morrow, P. Nord, W. Stewart, C. Mitchell, R. Burbank, J. Kettell. , KEY CLUB jack Kettell, 52 THERE are 801 Key Clubs in the United States. The total enrollment of these Key Clubs is 16,385 boys. By a not-too-difficult mathematical process it can be found that the average number of members in the Key Clubs of America is 20.4 boys. Considering the number of large schools that are represented by the Key Clubs, it is interesting to note that there are 23 boys in Scituate High with standards high enough to be admitted into our Key Club. That is 2.6 above average. These 23 boys have been chosen to represent their school in Key Club because of their leadership, initiative, scholastic standing, and school spirit. It is not intended primarily that they get something out of the club, but rather that they give something to it. This year has been especially active for the Key Club. Led by officers Scott Roberts, presi- dent; Edward Stewart, vice president; Peter Virtue, secretary; and Karl Virtue, treasurer, the Key Club began the year by selling Scituate High School book covers. This project met with such success, (850 sold) that it will be attempted again next year. The Scituate Clubbers sold over 200 tickets throughout Scituate to the Variety Show sponsored by the Scituate Teachers Assoc- iation. They also sold many tickets to the Ath- letic Banquet in December. The unpleasant but necessary task of ticket taking was again handled by the Key Clubbers. The Key Club managed to take motion pictures of two of this year ' s foot- ball games. The pictures were later shown to the student body for a slight fee and the receipts presented to the school as a gift. In October the Key Club staged a dance in conjunction with Pro Merito. During Blue and White W eek in March, the Clubbers presented, for the first tiiTie. The Key Club Good Sport ' s Award to a boy and a girl in the upper three grades at Scituate High, who had shown real loyalty Ho the school while remaining in the gen- eral Ijaclcground of things. These awards were given to Fannie Whorf, ' 51, and John Davis. ' 51. It is hoped that these will become annual awards. The Key Clubs of this district bestowed a final honor upon our club when Charles Mitchell was elected Lieutenant Governor to represent this district. As the Key Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, the Key Clubbers have adopted the motto of the Kiwanis and have really lived up to it. The motto is, We Build.