New Britain herald., 1917-06-28

and the student body, so that sugges- Etions may be received from the in- dividual students in matters of impor- tance.
 The work of the traffic committee has been very valuable this year. It has so regulated the traffic in the buildings, that much time and annoy ance are saved by both the teacher and the pupils. Traffic officers are stationed on each landing of a stair way and at certain posts in the halls to enforce the rules. For example, one rule requires the passing of all students to their assigned rooms as soon aa the warning bell rings, and another forbids the use of the drink ing fountains after the warning bell has rung. Although these rules seem rather hard to obey, they work out for the best in the end.
 This year the members of the conn mittees were appointed by the chair men of the sub councils and by the head master of each building, but next year a new method of appoint ment is to be used. Cards are to be distributed upon which the students may pledge that a certain person is fitted for some particular committee. Reasons for the persons proficiency must be given, and the card must contain the signatures of from eight to ten students. It is hoped that in this manner the committees will be composed of members who have proved themselves capable this year, or who show signs of being capable in that sort of work.
 As a conclusion, I wish to state that student nt-government offers an pppor- tunity for each one to give part of hts time to the service of his school and classmates, thereby promoting that desire for responsibility and trust l which Is a necessary element in the young people who are to become a vital part of this great democracy, the United States of America.
 SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
 1 (Miss Kathleen Germaine Grace). There is no adjective so vaguely | used nor variously defined as the \ word social" For its splendid ge- | neric sense the learned men of our times delight to use it. But some l use it in restrictive sense, and often on the same page put 1t into an- titheeis with itself. A meaning for
 society is all companionable people
 those who serve their companions.
 Social categories must differ from philanthropist to paperhanger. But to be considered social any category 1 should be embracing, not exclusive
 but inclusive.
 Intellectual life requires for its
 expansion and manifestation the in-
 huence and assimilations of the in- terests and affections of others. Mag
 xini. that greatest of all democrats
 said: "Education is not merely .
 necessity of true life by which the
 individual renews his vital force in
 the vital force of humanity" High
 school life discovers above all what
 has been called the extraordinary
 pliability of human nature," and ii
 seems impossible to set any bounds
 to the moral capabilities which might
 unfold under ideal social and educa-
 tional conditions. But in order to
 obtain these conditions those in
 charge of the management of a high
 school recognize the need of co- operation. The educational activities
 of high school as we'll as the so-
 cial undertakings are but differing
 manifestations of the attempt to so-
 cialist democracy"
 Tho membership of our high schools has changed with enrolment increasing three or four times as fast
 as the total population. and a more
 varied membership is discovered than formerly. Consequently the demand for effective mixing processes grows imperative. The place of the high
 school In popular thought is chang
 tnG. The hiEh school functions are
 chenginE. From having been purely fTseollAxiate preparatory school for I