Westtown High School - Amicus Yearbook (Westtown, PA)

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Nobody Knows the Trouble Pvc Seen THE QUALITY which marked the leaders of both ends of the House this year was the unusual conf ccrn they had for the problems of representative government at Wcsttown. Mart Hoag at West End and Gordon Kennedy at East End both felt that the respective councils should be helped by active student participation in their government, and should not function merely as disciplinary bodies. Mart urged attendance at open council meetings and Gordon was as eager for suggestions from the boys. Because of the concern of our Student Body Presidents for making our form of government as Eight similar to ideal democracy as is possible, they have put a new spirit of selffdirection and individual responsibility into the student body. This has been shown by the interest taken in open council meet' ings and by the many constructive ideas which have come out of them. The Steering Committee for afterfdinner socials and the occasional evenings of social dancing are but two of the many innovations introduced this year by the FacultyfStudent Social Committee on which Mztrt and Gordon played an active part. Their contribution in opening new fields of cooperative effort will always be a source of pride to their classmates.

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liaclq Row: S. Wsiy, F. Swan, H. Price, D. Thomas. Tliml Row: G. Fleming, M. -lohnf son, G. Wliitiiey, K. Wil' liams, A, Thomas. Second Row: M. Vv'oodward, E. Vvfood, M. Thorpe, S. Kratz, E. Nohle, S. Sinedley. Front Rotei T. Brown, O. Charles, -I. XValker. R. Letchworth, E. Raiiord. Aluxenl: V. Vv'eigel, E. Schafer, R. Tomlinson. A. Pennell. Hat-lg Row: E. Hixon. jaenieke, B. Burdette. A. Hay, Parker, R. Edgerton. Tliml Row: R. English, l... Kesler, Chudnowsky, lvl. Elliott. C, Brown, P. Alden, D. Gould. Second Row: M. Ridpath, E. Michaels, M, li. Moon, E. Somers, M. Moon, L. Clement. Front Row: A, liinnie. A. Hole, E. Peckham, L. Flaccus, L. Kelly. Almenz: R. Fisher. H. Cor' coran. a good example on the haskethall court . . . Even Teacher Gladys who hadnt heen on skates in years turned up at the lake when the ice was in its prime . . . Although there were few, if any, that could maintain the furious pace set hy Master Tom, hoth teachers and masters lastly proved their power as hikers in the heautiful autumn and spring days. On Tuesday nights, Faculty meetings were the scenes of discussion and dehate of many and routine as well as weighty questions. Nothing concerning the welfare of the student hody was too insignificant Seven to rate other than full consideration. The controf versial social system tried them time and again. A new and more liheral scheme was adopted this fall, which raised many prolwlems as new systems do, and the handling of these involved great care. This is our faculty, the hands at the wheel. They the stahilizing and permanent quality, the last' are ing part of our school. They know our hopes and our fearsg they guide our destinies. Both indivif dually and collectively we truly respect and have for them deepest affection.

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've Got My Eyes On You THIS YliAR,S student councils have accomplished a great deal in the ever important task of cementing studentfteacher relationships. Witli a minimum at' tention to disciplinary prohlems, the girls' council applied themselves to more constructive ideas. Open council meetings were held to promote hetter under' standing on the part of the students toward council proceedings, and to facilitate the councills appreciaf tion of student opinion. The hoys' council introduced the new system of having a hoy elected memher every six weeks to serve that length of time. This rotating system gave a Nine M. Hoag, C. Wlxittlesey, M Noyes, E. Uhrbrock, I james, A. Corbett, B Vinieratos, N. Rohrbough, A Whitson. Absent: R. Letch worth. Truehlood, T. Fisher Segal, F. Hetzcl, F. Llerandi, W. Eisenian, P. Coney. larger number of hoys the opportunity to learn what went on hehind the closed doors, and at the same time gave them a share of the responsihility of self' government. Operating jointly, the councils tackled the prohlcm of social relationships. In an attempt to create a a more natural social atmosphere, the Steering Com' mittee was appointed to provide the evenings' enter' tainments. The variety of activities they sponsored encouraged participation hy everyone in the social life of the school. T. Brown, G. Kennedy, A. . J-