Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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TOWNSEND HARRIS SENATE

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' I M ,J-zsyvsrxvzn-' t I 11 , -4-:arf-Nisils, -rf?-' -Q if 'fa ,4..' . 'Q T T in T I T I lg T 'ff5'i gTf'2'Lm f,:'. .-v. -f.- xiaftac-:2.cf.::.fsifm-MQ:va-,LI.A XQ.. Tract-l-4,-'w ff., riff: e4L,.C.f1Zrh:.a.f -.fw4-1.2-'fsi-haziufms-.1LmJsL,Q' g for the purpose of increasing the political knovsledge and Qs- public speaking ability of 1ts members the Townsend XYPQQW9' H - . . .4-Q A arrls Senate was organized by a few energet1c and able- minded students. Gne main function of the club's sound foundation is that it has been modeled upon one of the greatest and most eminent bodies for political discussion in the world. V V ' re?-l z rl i ODELLED upon the United States Senate, and established The club members decided to carry on business in the same way as does that renowned body, and to imitate it in every way, even to the name. For this purpose they secured, through New York State Senator Frawley, a subscription to the f'Congressional Record and a copy of the Rules of the U. S. Senate. Mr. Frawley also referred them to U. S. Senator 0'Gorman who wrote them a letter of com- mendation. At every meeting of the Senate, bills are brought up in regular form to be duly passed upon, bills which are still to be taken up by Congress, and in this way considerable originality is shown. Be- sides these bills, all the political, social and economic questions of the day are taken up and fully discussed. 'XYith the excellent experience that the members of this club are receiving, it may be that in the future we shall number them among our national senators. The officers of the club are as follows: Pres., N. Marksg Pres. pro tem., I. Kantrowitz, Sec. I. Mangioneg Legisla- tive Clerk, B. Margolis, Ser.-at-Arms, H. Marquardt.

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All 'llllfi .. .t ...t t t t a t .. A i six T s. , I-ll? HARRIS ART SQCIETY has become a permanent society in the.School, For a few terms it labored along 1 under many difhculties, but then suddenly pushed its head L above water and determines to keep it there. During the last year it has attained brilliant success, for success under such hardships as the Harris Art Society labored, is well termed phe- noinenal. The hardship lay mostly in the fact that there were very few students of any artistic talent in Townsend Harris who cared to spend an afternoon at a club-meeting learning to draw well. For the first terms the attendance was very small but has now reached quite a number. Mr. Hutchison was the first faculty advisor, and then later Mr. Katz, of the College. It was at the latter's helpful suggestion that the members of the Society began to sketch from life models. These life models were arrayed in American costumes, and for the sake of Variety, sketches were made of the costumes of European and Asiatic peoples. Another excellent idea conceived by the members was to refer all business of the club to a committee. This was a means of saving time and unnecessary arguments which the club would have had under normal arrangements. The committee makes a report at every meet- ing upon which the club votes. For the student desirous of improving his knowledge of drawing there are a great many opportunities to be found in the Harris Art Society. The club's prosperity has been marked and each year will see it grow stronger and firmer as a Society of Townsend Harris Hall.