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SPRING TERM, 1914 ,,,v-5,3 T was left to the present staff to take advantage of the N , insistence of financial embarrassments to hinder it, to make Q the paper artistically perfect. The Academic Herald left by the preceding staff was, in its way, a good paper, but there were serious faults. The dummying was imperfect, the arrange- ment almost barbaric in taste, and the typographical errors in some issues were overwhelming. In these respects the Herald attained a notoriety that was distinctly depreciative. It was the task of Ralph Arcaro and his associates to improvise remedies to introduce an arrangement that was not a derangement and to minimize typo- graphical mistakes. This the staff has nobly done and, in so doing, has accomplished the complete regeneration of the Academic Herald. 71 financial security it was heir to, and Without the nagging Speaking collectively, it was the staff that did it, it was inevitable that every man on the staff should contribute something to this end. The staff of a paper, however, can be epitomized in one word: the Editorls name. It was Arcaro who directed the Academic Herald, who piloted it through the many inclemencies of the journalistic ele- ments. Tt was Arcarois individuality that molded the Work and stamped it with the brand of quality. NVhatever the Herald accom- plished was due to his having loaded, directed and primed the guns. The assistance he received from his associates was, however, inval- uable. Mr. Seadler's experience, Messrs. Forgioneys, Hahn's and Gershvin's contributions, all tended to round out and polish the efforts of the Editor. The Academic Herald staff that leaves this june may well pride itself upon its achievements.
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42 V THE HARRIS ANNUM, e'r i 1'b S T , f - - . . ,, r- ' - 'fl3, f f T T 1 ' ,.4, S, .. . 5 . .' 555 - . , ' 1 5 ' A I . - '21,-2 :i . H ' ' 1 jv-x Q 'I .. fx -,y ' l f , ,. a , f ,:- : . A',- c li- V A,-q , ' A. ' , 5 , up be ' ji 5 -,J , S H N the term of january l9l2 when the present Epi er X U, ,W just one literary society the Webb The NVebb was '1 9., c,! club of long standing and high repute, but it was composed -gag: wg? . , g Q La X7 I W Class was in Lower C, there was in Townsend Harris Hall ii ' ' ' KS 37 I .S 4 .. S , . I c L i'-rlllf 'VP N . . 1 solely of upper class fellows, who would countenance no lower-class 'fpresumptionfl There is no doubting' the fact that the lVebb Literary Society was an excellent club, but the trouble lay in its exclusivcness. llflany of the students earnestly desired to join it but were not permitted to do so. A few of these, however, were too ambitious and too active to receive such a rebuff and not resent it. They immediately set to work to form a rival society, which they named The Harris Debating Society. These few students had no idea to what extent their little project was destined to make our school sit up and take notice, for, although their club at first grew slowly, it attracted the attention and interest of all as a new feature of Townsend Harris organizations. But, at about the same time, another club, The Groesbeck Debating Society, sprang up, and entered what had already become a keen corn- petition for literary supremacy. The XfVebb was compelled to awaken from her long slumber and open her doors to the School, forgetting her former exclusiveness. Witliin a year, however, despite her efforts to kindle anew the smoldering fires of life within her, the VVebb was no more. The Harris had met and overcome her on her own ground- debate, And then the Groesbeck clamored for recognition, and loudly challenged the Harris. The following semester, she, likewise, was defeated and she, too, succumbed. Now the Harris Debating Society was supreme in her chosen field. Sometime previous to its successes the club had asked Mr. Schulz, of the English Department, to act as Supervisor and Honorary Mem- ber of the Organization. This position he willingly accepted, and it
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