Tilden Technical High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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At last it has come to Tilden! This September, through the efforts of Mrs. Gentleman, former social studies teacher at Tilden, a program of extended student participation in school govern- ment was inaugurated in the form of a Student Council. Begun with the idea of bringing all the organizations in the school under one head, the Council has the support of every loyal Tildenite, student, and teacher. Since Mrs. Gentleman's transfer in Ianuary, Mr. Fewkes, physical educa- tion instructor, has taken over the duties of spon- sor. Aiding Mr. Fewkes in the all-important job of sponsoring the Student Council are Miss Murphy and Mr. Gammertsfelder. members of Tilden's faculty. Objectives of the organization are multiple. It aims to familiarize the students with the school's problems and to teach them how to handle these problems to develop student leaders, to orientate new students by contact with the upper-classmen to provide practical experience in the use of the tools of democracy, and finally to drive home the realization that every student and teacher has an important part in the building a better Tilden. All these objectives are accomplished by bringing about a closer co-operation among all the organ- izations in the school. The council is patterned somewhat after our national government. Each division elects a re- liable delegate to attend the bi-weekly meetings Olson, Kneen. Biedermann, Angus. Wickman, Strauf, Hesse. Castleberry. Kroc, Roman, Cundiff, Magnuson, Slier, Lurie, Ioneliunas. Dill. Moy, Wolniak, LaFlame, Sobczak, Markus, Halverson, Mossman, Stronaek. Catuara. Bioudo, Powers, Mihleder, Weiss. Otto. Gygantou. Scharding, Sec: McBride, Pres: Williams, Treas: Mohler, Kunst, Walker, Huizenga. Rita.

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STUDENT CGUNCIL Fourth Row: Guxgume, Gclinski. Leahy. Shoder. Third Row: Iuderholm. Cannon. Siegers, Reutz. Second Row: Solcxrski. Roseland. Stolaxski, Monaco First Row: Long, Matthiessen, Newmcmn, Barnes. Top How: Smith. Cusack, White, Iohnson.

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of the whole council and report back to their division. From the entire student body four officers are elected each year. For the 1941 fall semester, after a heated campaign, Iames McBride, pres- ident: Ieffery Barnes, vice-president: Robert Scharding, secretary: and Arthur Williams, treas- urer, were elected. For the 1942 spring semester they were the same with the exception of the president. Upon Mr.McBride's resignation Robert Schoder was elected president. Within the Student Council are representatives of the ninety-six divisions in the school. Also within the Council is an Executive Council, made up of the four officers and one student representa- WE CHOOSE tive for each year,1A to 4A, which, because it is a small group, meets once ct week. The purpose of this Executive Council is to discuss and act on matters pertaining to the school which they then report to the entire Student Council. The members of the Student Council in turn report to their divisions so that every Tildenite is informed of the work of the Council. Also meeting with the Executive Council are the five members of the president's cabinet. These five boys are charged with co-ordinating all the school activities under the one head, the Student Council. These cabinet members are: Herbert Hesse, Department of Public Relations: Harold EXECUTIVE Second How: Mohler. Williams. Hesse. Stronczek, Angus, Stolarski. Smolka, Monaco, Ridgway. First Row: Wolnick, Knapp, Schoder. McBride. Scharding, Barnes, Kneen.