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

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, g GRGANIZATIGNS f UQ HE organization at Townsend Harris Hall serves in the double capacity if ,- ' I iff' T 4 't T -TNQ I iff-f 'fs 2? ' fi Q of uniting the students of this institution and of creating an interest in the school. Due to the peculiarity of Harris spirit the organization takes its place in the majority of the students' minds ahead of athletic V i f Q activity. It is upon the club that Harrisites depend to furnish them that certain diversion which is unobtainable in the classroom but which never- theless bears some relation to the course of study. Tracing the pyramids of social life, the Arista takes its place uncontested at the apex. In this group are found the leaders, both in curricular and extra- curricular activities. It is to this pinnacle of success that every Harrisite aspires. Following are the General Grganization, the Stadium, and the Crimson and Gold. The first, a representative body, is composed of deputies from every branch of school life: the club, the class, the public action, and the team. The Stadium, a weekly publication, is the only common medium between the students and their activities. Though primarily a Senior Book, the Crimson and Gold also presents a review of practically every phase of the school cur- riculum. It appears semi-annually. There can be no set and definite composition of the pyramid after this point since it is impossible to rank the remaining organizations in categories of superiority and inferiority. All play an equal part in the make-up of the structure. For nearly every course of study offered at this institution a club has been established with the design of creating a stronger and keener interest in that subject. So there also exists a network of organizations of learning, each with its parallel in the actual school curriculum. In the next division are placed what may be termed the artistic societies. Their main function is to promote an appreciation of good music and art among the students. The spiritual life of the Harrisite is chiefly reflected in the religious societies of the school. They assume quite a broad scope, and hold many open discussions relative to the purpose of the club. The foundation of the pyramid, the base upon which the entire construc- tion rests, consists of those clubs which represent no subject in the curriculum, no artistic element, no spiritual aspect, but which offer to the students some- thing which has been omitted in the general routine of the school. It is these societies that usually enjoy the greatest membership. But here we have only the barest skeleton of the enormous structure of the organization at Townsend Harris. The great network is without flaw. Representation is assured, reward is granted, benefit is derived, and interest is guaranteed. Let us then peruse the following pages with a greater understanding, so that we may better appreciate their contents. -fc s' 'j xl ,Er I fl .gli j 4,4 iss ' mic '1 li f 1 ' is i 'L ma' Page Seventy-Nine

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