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

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a Townsend Harris chapter of the American Student Union. In spite of the efforts of a few more liberal members of the council, who advocated the recognition of such a chapter, the charter was al- most overwhelmingly denied. Though the council has no actual control over Stadium affairs it definitely asserted itself in that direction with very satisfactory results. As a concession to the G.O. demand for the limiting of the number of condidates for the editorship of the Stadium, the Faculty Board of Publications applied pressure to reduce the number of can- didates from four to three, thus bringing to a harmonious close a situation which for a time promised to be embarrassing to both parties concerned. However the main work of the council was divided into two parts: the first, that of laying the foundation for a new Insignia sys- tem; the second, the issuing of a new, revised handbook. Under the existing Major and Minor Pin Award system, it is practically impossible for a student to obtain a pin If he limits his work to any single activity, as the General Organization, Stadium, or Crimson and Gold. I his has resulted in a student ' s devoting himself to several activities, thus being unable to give his best to any one of them. The newly-planned system, however, will award Major and Minor Service Pins to each field of endeavour, thereby encouraging specialized work, and also eliminating some of the petty graft at- tached to the present system. Realizing that the issue of the handbook published in January, 1935 was rapidly becoming out of date, last term ' s council began work on a new edition. The task proved so great that it was carried over into this term and was completed, for the most part, in the past semester. Richard Stoller, student editor of the handbook, employing a small but experienced staff, did an excellent job on this important volume. The book had a wide circulation, and will form one of the more lasting tributes to the fine work of this term ' s G.O. Council. THE COUNCIL President Lloyd Ulman Vice-President „ Richard Grossman Secretary „ Seymour Mann Treasurer ,,. . Alan Often Publications Del. Abraham Lubarsky Service Del Harris Mayer Club Del Lloyd Weissenbach Athletic Del. Sidney Halpern Upper A Warren Kraemer Lower A Robert Slebert Upper B « Barnet Tannenbaum Lower B Leonard SItomer Upper C Benjamin Weinstein Lower C Robert Blackman FIFTY-SEVEN

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Seymour Mann Lloyd Weissenbach MEMBERS OF THE G. O. COUNCIL Lloyd Ulman Richard Grossman Warren Kraemer Sidney Halpern Alan Often Abraham Lubarsity THE G. O. ' S ACCOMPLISHMENTS by Alan L. Often Working harnnoniously and capably under the leadership of an experienced executive, Lloyd Ulman, the G.O. council this ternri added another important page to the history of the General Or- ganization influence In Harris extra-curricular life. The first indication of the success to be enjoyed by this group in the past semester came in the drawing up of the term ' s budget. Deciding to appropriate a greater amount to aid G.O. subsidized activities instead of amassing an unwanted balance, the Budget Com- mittee presented a report calling for one of the largest expenditures since the formation of the organization. During the semester an old problem cropped up In new form. The question of whether or not a group with any other fundamental purpose than an educational one should be allowed a charter by the school arose when a group of students applied for the chartering of FIFTY-SIX

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JACOB SHAPIRO NATHAN SIEGEL AUSTIN GOLDMAN LLOYD ULMAN DANIEL ROTHBAUM ABRAHAM LUBARSKY RICHARD STOLLER RICHARD REUBEN THE STADIUM-GROWING PAINS by Lloyd Ulman If, as it has been stated so often, a free and wide-awake press is essential in a democratically governed state, then it follows that an alert and independent student publication is equally vital in a school where both faculty and students desire to see created that much sought goal, student self-government. This term, our school newspaper, the Stadium, experienced its first growing pains. It awoke from its somnolent lethargy and strode forward a few paces. The reason for this advence lies in the initiative and ability of its editors. Austin D. Goldman and Daniel I. Roth- baum. Managing Editor, are two Harris journalists whose ingenuity and enterprise will be long remembered and appreciated by the stu- dents of the school. A helpful and sympathetic Student Council aided greatly in achieving this progress, and, of course, no improvements could have been realized without the spirit of friendly cooperation and guidance evidenced by those three instructors who form the Faculty Board of Publications — Messrs. Alles, Dyer, and Blake. FIFTY-EIGHT