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

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Traffic: Department WITH increasing size has come increasing efficiency to the Traffic Depart- ment. Captained by Charles Ordman and aided by Mr. Whyte, the Harris traffic cops have, this semester, set a new high for general compe- tence. They have patrolled the halls as never before, performed the previous unheard of feat of maintaining order on the stairs, and, carrying out a ruling whose enforcement had in previous terms proven impossible introduced quiet and order into the Study Hall This last was the most rmportant of the departments achievements Heretofore when a club held a meeting or a class election the Hall would become the scene of countless miniature riots This of course dis couraged many of the more serious students from attending meetings and was an important factor in the downfall of Harris clubdom Contrary to popular misapprehensions the checking system inaugurated three years ago by Sam Ellman and Israel Feintuck is still in use and 1S work ing exceedingly well Under this system the Traffic Department is divided into three squads A B and C each of which is commanded by a captain and either two or three lieutenants Each lieutenant is in charge of a platoon which in most cases is composed of seven men Over the entire squad are the Chief and the Recorder Company A is in charge of the stairs between classes It is its duty to keep order prey ent running and see that there is only down traffic on one case and up traffic on the other It is the hrghest of the companies Company B is in charge of the locker rooms and halls during lunch hour According to regula tions these cannot be used without special permission Company B sees that the regulations are obeyed Company C has miscellaneous duties and relieves the members of Company B every few weeks It is the training school of the rookie The officers C laze CHARLBS ORDMAN COMPANY A Capmzn BERNARD SIEGFRIED Lzezztfnantr Paul Rabut Harry Schneider Mortimer Hirsch COMPANY B Capmm ALDIS GERZLER Lzezztemzntr Herbert Feinberg onas Salk COMPANY C Cazpmzn CARL VoN DOENHOFF Lieutenant! Milton Maybruck Paul Sausman 7 7 5 ' l 7 ' 7 7 ' , - . , 7 7 , . . . I . . 7 . Recorder .....,....,...........,................,............,............,...........,...... WILLIAM SPIRO Page Ninety-0

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Diramatiie Society 66WHfXT is one man's meat is another man's poison g and so it is at a time like the present, when the oldest and best established societies of Harris are shaking on their thrones like a man with the ague, and only by dint of the greatest sacrifices managing to keep from toppling off into oblivion, the Dramatic Society, but a term old, gains in membership' and popularity day by day. Despite the seemingly fateful disinterest in clubs which is sapping the lifels blood from its colleagues, the Society continues to grow and to prosper. The reason for this may perhaps be found in the unique way in which the Club operates, Meetings are infrequent, usually once each month. But in order that the activities of the Club may never cease small groups meet constantly to rehearse plays plan a theatre party or edit the Dramatist the organ of the Societv Then when a meeting 15 held both the members and the student body attend it with eagerness for they know that behind each program are many weeks of hard work by various small groups and that instead of long arguments over business meetings of the Dramatic Society are both entertaining and instructive Among the actrvrnes of the society during the past term were a theatre party held at the Republic a meeting in the Study Hall at which Miss Blanche Collins of The Subway Express cast spoke and a play also presented in the Study Hall The Dramatist the Club organ was just as last term very fine and well deserved the title of The Best Club Paper The Officers who did so much to put the club in the position it now occupies are ARTHUR KRIVIS P1 etzfienl MAXWELL WEITZMAN S6C16f6l1y THOMAS FAY Publicity Manager 7 7 7 7 . U I 7 , , 7 7 7 7 7 7 r r ' 7 1 7 , ' A 7 SIDNEY LIPSHUTZ .....,,........,...............,......,.............,.,..4,....... Vice-Preridenz ' ' Page Ninety-thx' I