Sharon High School - Marsengold Yearbook (Sharon, MA)

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SHARON HIGH SCHOOL 25 STUDENT COUNCIL STUDENT COUNCIL Herbert Gross Why do Ave have a Student Council ? Students unaware of the Council’s duties often ask, “What good does the Council do?’’ Every student should know w hat the Council does, for every member should report to his homeroom on the activities of each meeting. I ' he members of the homeroom should insist upon such a report and should elect members who will report fully and clearly on what takes pLce at the meetings. T he Council member should also explain to the homeroom the kind of problems over which the Council has jurisdiction. The students should give their problems to the Council member to present at the Council meeting. If the Council has no business for its meetings, it means either that the students have neglected to give their problems to their representatives or that our school is so perfect and every student so con- tent that there is no reason for a Student Council. I am inclined to doubt the latter, aren’t you? Our Student Council has accomplished much this season. A calendar was made for all social functions during the year. This body went on rec- ord as being opposed to the prevailing inferior as- semblies and determined to bring about improve- ment. An open forum was planned to discuss the problems of the students, but the failure of pupils to submit topics made it impossible. The Council did its best w ' ith the able guidance and invaluable patience of AIiss Crocker to solve the problems presented by the members. The officers for the year, who were Herbert Gross, Presidfent; William M ' elcher, Vice-presi- dent; Cynthia Allen and Sylvia Paul Secretaries, had the splendid cooperation of Irene Bentley, Ja- net Baker, Jane Clark, Eleanor Rockett, Richard Whitney, IMarylee Ward, Paul Condon, Thomas Coffey, Priscilla Morse, Herbert Turck, Marion Plumner, Gertrude French, Irving Post, Nicholas Vacca, and George Allen.

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24 1940 YEAR BOOK NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Top Row: J. Bradford, R. A. Whitney, K. Southern, R. Carter. R. Spaulding, R. S. Whitney, H. Paul. Bottom Row: D. Kitterman, J. Baker, I. Bentley, V. Hare, W. Rockette. ' I ' HE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Irene Bentley Eor the past few years, the Sharon Hi h School has been granted the privilege of awarding to a selected group of its student body, keys, symbolic of membership in the National Honor Society. The possession of this key gives the recipient full membership in the Society. The students, worthy of this honor, are selected by a committee, composed of faculty members. The selected students are those students who, throughout their high school career, have dis- played outstanding character traits, excellent school cooperation, and have maintained a representative scholastic standing. Since members are selected from both the Junior and the Senior classes, it is gratifying to realize tlmt [ohn Bradford, irginia Hare, and Douglas Kitterman, tvho were nominated as Juniors, have retained their membership this year. The fol- IcAving were elected to membership this year: Seniors, Janet Baker, Irene Bentley, Robert Car- ter, W ' illiam Rockett, and Richard Spaulding; Juniors, Harold Paul, Kendall Southern, Ralph Whitney, and Richard Whitney. As we leave the hallowed halls of Sharon High School, it is our sincere wish that the above mentioned Juniors wdll carry aloft the torch of character service and stu- diousness that we, as Seniors, pass to them.

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26 1940 YEAR BOOK “VOICE” STAFF Top Row: M. Ward, W. Melclier, D. Kitterman, M. Rose. Front Row: Miss Newton, V, Hare, A. Mullen, Mr. Hearn. THE VOICE The Sharon Hi h School Voice took the form, this year, of a newspaper instead of a magazine, appearing once a month instead of quarterly as the students preferred the type of publication which features personals. The staff, with Virginia Hare as editor-in-chief and w ' ith IMiss Newton as ad- visor, tried to give the students in personals, stories, editorials, and banter the type of paper which they wanted. The success of the paper, however, is largely due to the untiring efforts of the reporters in both the junior and senior high schools and in both sixth grades as well. Mr. Hearn and his business managers also were an important element, as upon them rested the responsibility of the financial success of the paper. As this paper was published every month instead of only four times a j ear, it kept the interest in scholastic journalism alive, offered a high oppor- tunity in student participation, and helped to cre- ate a closer union betw ' een classes. The staff has worked faithfully, consistently and earnestly; and the result of its efforts has been an outstanding piece of work.