West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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mm The prospects for next year ' s Senate are equally good for there are many juniors in the House of Representatives, and they will undoubtedly form a lively Senate. Plans for the Congressional Banquet to be given at the end of the second term, are being made, at which we will have a chance to display our appetites as well as our forensic ability. The Members Ardussi, Arduino Ardussi, Wallace Baumgart, Clarence Benson. John Bixby, Guy Cole, Victor Compton, Hugo Doering, Harold Eynon, Laverne Galamo, Frederic Harris, Earl Hart, Raymond Johnson, Charles Kaiser, George Kessell, William Lehr, George Lewis, Junior Lovette, John McDonald, Cullen McGovern. Irving Mertz, Harold Metcalf , Donald Moore, Albert Murray, Charles Needham, George Oserowsky, Abe Rankin, Leroy Ross, Burton Ryan, Hubert Schurr, Kenneth Snyder, Henry Speath, Leonard Struthers, David Winslow, Everett Tovi nsend, Herbert Tanner, Martin Schiff. Milton EARL HARRIS, Clerk. I i

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SENATE After considerable discussion the old Student House of Arthur Hill was divided into two bodies, the Seniors withdrawing to form a Senate and the underclassmen comprising the Lower House. A constitution was drafted and accepted and the officers for the first and second sessions were as follows: 1st Term 2nd Term President Don Metcalf Don Metcalf President Pro Tem Wallace Ardussi Cullen McDonald Clerk George Needham Earl Harris Assistant Clerk John Benson Abe Oserowsky Censor Everett Winslow Everett Winslow Sergeant-at-Arms Burton Ross Harold Mertz The primary object of the Senate is to create an interest in debating and parliamentary law. That it has accomplished its object is self-evident, for Arthur Hill now possesses many a gifted speaker, where before there were but few. Bills for discussion were those that confront our Congressmen, and in each case they were handled with cleverness and force by the student legislators. On February 17, 1923, there was an open meeting to which the public was invited and before a small crowd, a lengthy and spirited debate was held, resulting in the adoption of a ' ' Bill to Provide for Capital Punishment of Major Crimes. Other issues debated upon were: The Compulsory Ballot, Cancellation of Allied War Debts, the Freedom of the Philippines, and many more equally important.

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STUDENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Student House is the oldest existing debating society in Arthur Hill High School. Under the inspiring leadership of Mr. Haggard it has developed from a mere assembly into a live organization entirely capable of discussing any question that may come up. At the begin- ning of this year, the Student House was divided, the Seniors withdrawing to form a Student Senate. The traditional fighting spirit has lost but little upon its separation into two bodies, but on the contrary, this session has witnessed some of the stormiest debates in its history, excepting none. Its recent faculty advisor, Mr. Neeles, has proven himself impartial, and a staunch friend of every member of the Student House. His resignation was received with sorrow by this body. The Student House is fortunate in having Mr. Schreiber as his successor. All the meetings have been well attended, and an organization that is so well attended certainly has something behind it of very high quality. The Student House has not only benefited its members mentally but it has given them a view into the intricacies of legislation, and a knowledge of politics that will prove invaluable when they become full-fledged citizens of the United States. It has proved itself equal to the task of producing logical, clear-headed debaters, and, if it has accomplished nothing else, that alone has earned for it the gratitude of every member. The following are its officers: 1st Semester 2nd Semester Speaker Clerk Assistant Clerk Sergeant-at-Arms Student Critic Ray Goodrow Culbert Arnold Fred Helfrecht Henry Lauer Ray Goodrow Nathan Schrieb Thomas Mahar William Purmort William Roethke Theodore Roethke The Members DeKline Brown Kretchman Izzo Johnson T. Roethke Baker Bliss Hall Hintz Sedgeman W. Roethke Mahar Lauer Steele Cripps Arnold Hard Manion Stroebel Purmort Schrieb Crane Goodrow Little john Brownrigg RAY GOODROW, Secretary.