The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-21
ADOPT new RULES
GOVERNING AWARDS
At RICHMOND HIGH

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Members of the high school student
council adopted the recommendations
offered by the special committee rep
resenting the faculty, on awards and
honors, Monday morning. The recon-
mendations embrace the awarding of
the honor medal, the school monogram
letter in athletics, scholarship and de-
batting, and awards by outside persons
or organizations. Following are the
conditions governing awards or recon-
mended by the faculty committee and
adopted by the student council:
I. The Honor Medal-The honor
medal, the highest honor given by the
school, may be awarded to those pu-
pills who, because of faithful service
and ability, have been of particular
value to the school in any of its acti-
vities. 1t is the award for excellence
in any recognized school activity.
The following rules shall govern the
award of the honor medal:
/. A committee of five teachers shall
be named by the principal, said COM
mittee to confer with the members of
the faculty and recommend to the
principle for consideration by the fac
ulty. such pupils as in their opinion
merit the honor medal.
2. The honor medal shall be given
for exceptional scholarship, manage
ment, leadership, service, perSever-
ance in the face Of difficulties, or for
unusual attainment in any recognized
school activity.
3. Character, citizenship, mental at
titude. and loyalty to the ideal of the
school, shall in each case be the pri-
mary consideration on which the
award is based.
4. A pupil who has failed to main
tain satisfactory grades in regular
work during the school year shall be
ineligible for the award.
5. The maximum number Of honor
medals awarded in any one year shall
not exceed two per cent of the total
enrolment of the senior school. The
committee shall, however. recommend
only those meriting the high honor of
the award.
IT, The School Monogram.
A. The athletic r. shall be award
ed as follows:
1. Football-A pupil must play in
three regular games in one season
with a total of at least ninety minutes
and must finish the season. The let
ter shall be a white block "R" Sx5%
inches.
4. Basketball-A pupil must play in
four regular games with a total of
at least one hundred fifty minutes play
and must finish the season. The
monogram shall be white Old Eng
lish "R" 3x21a inches on a red circular
field with white margin.
3. Track-A pupil must meet one
Of the following conditions:
a. Win two-frst places or four
seconds or equal state record in a
dual meet.
b. Win one-first or two seconds or
equal a state record in a sectional
meet.
C. Win place in state meet. The
monogram shall be a white block ''R'
on red circular field having a white
margin.
A. Tennis-A pupil must have played
in four inter-scholastic matches. The
2Ax2A inches on a red rectangular
field with a white margin.
In every case the candidate for the
award must be recommended by the
coach. The basis for this recon-
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sportsmanship. The term finish the
stay on the squad until the end Of the
season unless prevented by conditions
over which the pupil has no control
B. The scholarship r. shall be
awarded as follows:
l. The silver "R" pin shall be award
ed to every pupil who makes "A" in
35 hours of work in any one school
year. A pupil fulfilling this condition
a second or third time shall have the
additional dates engraved on his pin
9 The Forensic "R"-This shall be
a white block "R" 2Ax2 inches on e
diamond shaped red field with white
margin 1t shall be awarded as fol
lows:
a. Debating-A pupil must make
the interscholastic debating team ane
participate in at least one interschol
astic debate.
b. DiscusSion-A pupil must be the
winner of the local contest with a
least five speakers in the contest. anC
must represent the school in the dis
trict contest.
C. Oratory--A pupil must have rep
resented the school in an interscholas
tic oratorical or declamatory contest
Ill Awards by outside persons ant
organizations:
l. The Mary T. Foulke prize ($25
offered in 1920-21 by Mrs. Mary T
Foulke to the pupil writing the hes
essay on municipal government.
3. The Good English medals giver
annually by Mrs. Allen Hole to a DO,
and girl of the graduating class. Sc
lected as habitua!ly using the bes
language.
3. The d. A. r. priZe-A medal of
fered by the local chapter of the D