St Pauls School - Sigillum Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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Sitting: Nicolai, Guido, Hogan, P. Reichers, Maynard, Merk. Standing: Kortlucke, Hedrick, Levy, Torres, Soechtig, Seligman, Paulsen, Courtenay, Murphy, Elias, Mr. Robertson, W. Lister, Vissicchio. Sitting: Durando, Henricksen, R. Thomas, Courtenay, Seligman, Buckley, Elias. Standing: J. Reichers, Hogan, Groten, Torres, Jaeger, Hausch, Maynard, Kron, Foote, Mr. Canning. 50 urrent Zffairs Under the leadership of president Richard levy, vice-persident Frank Nicolai, secretary Charles Elias, and adviser Mr. Neil Robertson the Current Affairs Club has proved exceedingly interesting and instructive to its members. Meetings, consisting of a business session and a discussion portion, were held every two weeks. The business section usually consisted mainly of electing new members and of making plans for the future. When the business was completed, the meetings usually turned into heated discussions of world affairs. An added attraction of the Club was its field trips. During the year excursions were made to the Federal Reserve Bank, the New York Stock Ex- change, the United Nations Building, and the New York Times. rmlzotograplzg This year, as in the last tour years, the Photog- raphy Club has made tremendous progress not only in its facilities but also in the quality of its photo- graphic productions. This progress has been made possible by the guidance of Mr. Canning, the ad- viser, and the financial support of the Mothers' Association. Among the newly made purchases are fifteen lockers and numerous developing trays. All equip- ment is used under the supervision of the older members who have the ditticult task of training the newcomers. With the newly acquired facilities, the quality and the quantity of the photographs have increased. The work ofthe Club has been used by bath the Sigillum and the Record. According to the constitutional provisions, the Club elected as their officers Adrian Courtenay president, Richard Thomas secretary, and Richard Levy treasurer.

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Cgllle m8COl' The Record, the school newspaper, published ten issues this flat. s editorial staff and reporters were chosen for their ability nd for their desire to work hard for the success of Wii:X L g L . litor Richard levy, managing editor Alexander Dunlop, ky :lviser Elwyn A. Ellis, and the entire staff are responsible g this year's Record one of the finest ever published at St. Pugh. The staff improved the paper in many ways with new techniques setting, in balancing pages, and in writing new and ies. ln each edition there were special features such as 'ticle on the Cuban rebellion or pictures. The editorials wlrflffhv- ting and often controversial. Photography editor Seligman. ln- eased picture coverage of all events and sports editor Haflji! ww it that there was a better coverage of all sports. Business :urtenay was exceptionally successful in soliciting sufficient dd- irtising to pay for all needs of the paper. Circulation manager 'enner's iob was slightly more burdensome this year as he had to uil the Record home to all parents. Assignment editor Guido did fine iob also. Many new candidates tried out for the staff and were givtn :tensive training in writing articles, in setting up the paper, and writing headlines. Many of the candidates were selected as 'porters for next year. ln May the staff were guests of the Record at a beef steak dinner hich was held at the New Hyde Park lnn. At that time gold and ver keys were awarded to the senior members of the staff accord- g to the length of their service onthe paper. Student After a lapse of some years, a Student Council was this year reinstituted at St. Paul's. After several weeks of campaigning by the candidates, the student body elected as its officers Heagen Bayles president, David Carver vice-president, and Harley Schwadron secretary-treasurer. The Upper Forms elected their representatives, bringing the total membership to ten. Fr. Feringa is the faculty adviser. 'J Sitting: Dunlop, Levy, Brenner. Standing: Guido, Hallett, Seligman OUI'lCl. The purpose of the Council is to promote scholarship, athletics, and school spirit. lt will also promote activities for the betterment of St. Paul's students. So far this year the Council has been busy drawing up a con- stitution, defining its membership and its functions. Present plans will have the Council enforce school rules and the Council Court handle disciplinary matters. Sitting: Nicolai, Mallett, Carver, Bayles, Schwadron, Nottingham, Clayton. Standing: Harris, Haynes, Turnbull.

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x sk X . eil. Seated: Lawry, Morrione, Hogan, Fliedner. Second row: Wright, Watson, Spatz, Gunther, Beiman, Bodor, Anselmi, Yrausquin. Rear row: DeRonde, Hof, Lutz, Rich- ards, Kershaw, Pollard, J, Reichers. Front row: Cuic, Tschudin, Duncan, Brenner, Leary, Courtenay, Meyer. Second row: Towers, Monitto, Hilton, Durando, Masters. Back row: Bayles, Bass, Clayton, Ladd, Bradley, A. Brown, A. Baerenklau, Merk, Spitzer, Fr. Geerls, Dun Y lop, Jaeger, Harris. .madio last year's efforts have paid off, for the Radio Club now has within the school its own radio sta- tion. This station is the outgrowth of the combined eltorts of Lawry, adviser Mr. Ward, and other mem- bers ofthe Club, who, by selling candy bars, raised the money necessary for the enterprise, The W2T.lFl2, as the station is called, is serving a two-fold purpose: it enables foreign students to communicate with their homes and it gives boys who are interested in electronics an opportunity to do some preparatory work in the field. Some of the stations with which the St. Paul's club has made contact are in Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Cuba. Ably advised by Mr. Ward, the Club has drawn up a constitution and elected as its oflicers president William Lawry, vice-president Thomas Morrione, secretary John Fliedner, and treasurer Thomas Hogan. ervers ' Qiuilcf Since the founding ofthe Servers' Guild some ten years ago and of the Sacristans' Guild this year, St. Paul's has never been at a loss for servers. ln those ten years almost two hundred and titty boys have participated in the various services. This year's president of both Guilds, .lon Bren- ner, with the invaluable assistance of the assistant sacristans Clayton, Harris, and Longnecker, sets up the chapel for the morning, evening, and Holy Eucharist services. Every member of the Servers' Guild serves once every two weeks. The sacristans alternate once every four weeks in supervising the 7:00 a.m. Eucharist. Father Geerts, school chaplain, has shown great interest in both guilds and has given valuable advice and assistance. The four sacristans are all boarders and represent the four different Forms.