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

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Early in the term, when plans for the second issue of the publi- cation were being drawn up, a nationwide student movement, known as the American Student Union, had just been formed and was at- tracting considerable attention. The editors of the Stadium asked the Editor of the Student Advocate, the official publication of the A. S. U., to contribute an article in which were to be set forth the aims and purposes of this organization. This gentleman consented and sub- mitted an article. Space was reserved, and the article was sent to the Faculty Board of Publications for approbation. This approbation, however, was not forthcoming; the article was censored; and the Sta- dium subsequently was ordered to appear without a guest contri- butor ' s name on its board. At the suggestion of Daniel Rothbaum, who was Issue Editor at that time, the matter was referred to the G. O. Council, and a committee was appointed to confer with the Faculty Board and with Mr. Stryker, on this issue, among others. As a result of the ensuing conferences, a Student Publications Committee was appointed, at the suggestion of the Faculty Board, to inform the latter group of any situation concerning the Stadium which might be brought to the attention of the G. O. Council. Permission to print the censored article also was granted with the provision that the Stadium print both sides of the question. Our paper emerged from its growing pains with new liberty and increased prestige. From a journal whose editorial policy had been listless and non-committal, it became more a faithful reflector and interpretor of student opinion. And far from creating an un- pleasant situation between student and teacher, this incident ef- fected a deeper and more sympathetic co-operation between the bud- ding journalists and their counsellors. Thus, with projects of April Fool issues and Boat Ride editions bedeviling the minds of its editors, and with new-fangled notions of liberalism and co-operation being breathed forth into a sur- prised high school world, the Stadium spent an eventful six months, striding forward, stumbling, occasionally falling back, but always, ceaselessly, advancing towards its newly discovered goal. .J THE STADIUM EXECUTIVES Edifor-in-Chief AUSTIN D. GOLDMAN Managing Editors Associate Editors DANIEL I. ROTHBAUM RICHARD STOLLER JACOB SHAPIRO NATHAN SIEGEL Business Manager RICHARD BROADMAN FIFTY NINE

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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

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