Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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Helen Foster Mildred Blackwood Vernice Whelchel Robert Vct laun Lucile McMiIIin STUDENT COUNCII Beverly Carlisle Alvin Johnson Harry Wood Creole Arthur W. E. Jett SOPHOMORES Jean Saclcett Jane Farmer Jean Erwin Anne Dissell Kenneth Webb Will Kennedy Bernard Rudisail Alice Moore Juanita Ross Jean Robbins Marcella Easler Cena Bishop HONORARY MEMBERS Miriam Lyles Curtis Anthony John Brady Ruth Malone Jane Lynch Edna Byars Almon Dill Jane Owens Charles Hughston Marjorie Taylor Jimmie Glominslci Michel Patton Frederick Robertson Parlcer Tabor COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT PICTURED George Justice Jay Bridges Millard Johnson lhonoraryl Fay Spearman W. D. Sawyer Helen Anthony lhonoraryl Jim Mabry Hazel Seay Marjorie Caldwell lhonoraryl Grady Stewart Vernon Wear

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Officials of the Student Council, lclt to ri ht: Miss Amelia Sanders and Mr. Charles Humphries, advisers, 5 George Case, Vice-President, Bill Neely, Secretary, and Catherine Hale, President STUDENT CQUNCII The Student Council is composed ol a representative lrom every homeroom and a Council president who is elected from the senior class by the student body. lt is a distinct privilege to be a member ol this organization. Alter two years ol carelul planning, the Council was organized in i936 under the supervision ol Mr. John C. Otts, who was then head of the English department. It is now under the direction ol Mr. Charles l-lumphries and Miss Amelia Sanders, co-advisers. The main objectives ol the Council are to promote and maintain a better spirit within the school and to help unily the student body. It also gives opportunities to the students to make suggestions toward the better- ment ol their school. These are made through the home- room presidents. Each section elects by popular vote a Council mem- ber trom those ol its students averaging SO per cent or more. The Council holds meetings once every weelc at an appointed time. Other meetings may be called by the president or laculty advisers. Every year the Student Council selects certain proj- ects on which to work. The assembly programs, the lost and found bureau, and the hall director system are all parts ol its activities. This year the Council staged a school-wide waste paper campaign to lceep the building lree ol waste paper and at the same time collect this paper lor re- use because ol the shortage. The hall director system, put into operation several years ago, was used again with great success this year. Three square dances, one lor each grade, were spon- sored this year by the Council. Proceeds went toward the purchase ol vestments For the chorus. Council members continued their service as ushers at assembly programs and at baslcetball games. Because ol the national emergency the girls ol the Council organized a Red Cross unit. Wcelcly meetings were held, at which girls knitted and rolled bandages. For the benetit ol the seniors, the Council sponsored the sale ol calling cards. This was successful, and the protits were used to buy delense bonds.

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TI-IE STUDENT CGUNCII IS INSTALLED The installation ol the l94l-'42 Student Council was held on Thursday, November l3, in the gymnasium. The entire student body attended this ceremony. Seats in a section ol the gym were reserved For the parents and liiends ol the Council members. Programs were issued to these visitors. The Council consists ol the presidents ol homerooms, the president of the Senior Classs, and the president ol the Council. It is a representative group through which the students have the privilege of making a contribu- tion to the improvement of school relationships. The installation program was one ol the most beauti- lul and impressive assembly programs held this year. The gymnasium was decorated in blue and white. The window paintings, done by art students of S. H. S., used a King Arthur motif. Both the orchestra and the chorus toolc a special part in the ceremony. The ceremony was opened by the student body sing- ing two verses ol the Alma Materfi Catherine l-lale, president of the Council, then led the processional while the orchestra played and the chorus sang Wagner's Pilgrims Chorus, alter which the chorus and Council sang ulnteger Vitae. Next, Mr. C. l-l. l-lumphries, one ol the faculty ad' visers lor the Council, read the Scripture and led the student body in prayer. The chorus and the orchestra then gave the Chil- dren's Prayer from 'il-lansel and Greteln by l-lumpe erdinclr. At that time Miss Amelia Sanders, sponsor lor the Council, administered the oath to both the Student Council and the Council otticers. Catherine l-lale made a briel but inspiring tallc ac- cepting the ottice ol presidency. A candle-lighting ceremony Followed, in which all the Council toolc part. The recessional was l-landel's Largo, Because ol the seriousness of the program, no ap- plause was given during the ceremony. l-lonorary members ol the Council, who do not talne oath, served as ushers for the occasion. The installation ceremony is traditional. The window paintings ol King Arthur motif, the colors ol blue and white, and the use ol l-landel's Largo are to the Council symbolic ol its obligation always to uphold the highest ideals ol school citizenship.