The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-02
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Governed By
Students

The Woodlawn High school really
has a wonderfully developed plan OF
cooperative student government. The
plan was first started upon when Mr..
Carmichael was principal of the school
some years ago. Throughout the years
following the plan was altered, i'm
proved upon and firmly established as
one of the big organizations of the
school, until it has finally emerged in
this form in brief. There are two gov
crning bodies, the Principals Cabinet,
and the Council. The Principals CAD
met consists Of secretary Of the tive
divisions of school activities, namely +:
scholarship, social service, literary
societies, order, and athletics. Iheir
duty is to assist and advise tine
principal in any matters that come be-
fore him. The council consists OF com
mittees on each of these five activities +;
the committees being made up OF one
student from each semester beginning
with the third. The duties Of the council
are to take any action that they see
| fit and is constitutional for the good
of the school, while the individual COM
mittees work upon their particular
phase of the school work. Inside the
council there is also court which
| is made up of a chief justice, the presi-
dent of the council; and the remainder
of the council as jury. The duty of
| the court is to measure out justice TO
any law breaker -who is brought before
| it. BY this plan each body has some
thing definite to do and there is a
head to every branch.
The students making up the
principals cabinet are as follows secre-
tary Of scholarship, Miss Jack Coker
Secretary of athletic, Mr.. Whitney
King; secretary of literary societies,
Mr.. Cecil Womble; secretary Of social
service, Mr.. Thomas Garst; secretary
of order, Miss Sarah Cunningham.
Those students composing the council
are. third semester, Mr.. Forest Jones
fourth semester, Miss Ruth Bush; fifth
Semester. Mr., William Durham; sixth
semester, Miss Mary Glenn Reynolds
seventh semester, Miss Margaret Bass
eighth semester, Mr.. George Pullman.
On the scholarship committee, and the
faculty member is Miss Francis Caller.
The committee on social service is for
fine third semester, Miss Doris Allen
for the fourth semester, Miss Christine
Woodland: for the fifth semester, Miss
Elizabeth Spratley for the sixth
semester, Mr.. Bill Barber; Tor tne
seventh semester, Mr.. Dueberry Cop
land; for the eighth semester, MISS
Julia Newman; On the committee for
literary societies: for the Athean'
Miss Ina Nation; for the Vestaiian'
Miss Sarah Hargrove; for the Phiiiips'
Mr.. j. G. Miller; for the Lee, Mr'
Hugh Massey. These last are the repre-
sentatiyes of their respective literary
society and the faculty member OF the
committee is Miss Rosa Lee Warston:
On the committe for order are: Head
marshal, Mr.. Dan Bryan; deputy
marshall, Mr.. Gregory Ratliff; and
clerk, Miss Elizabeth Scheuing. The
faculty member is Miss Christine
Robins. On the committee for athletics
are: Miss Harlott Burns. president
Mr.. Hood Reavis, vice-president; Miss
Grace Bennett, secretary, and MISS
Catherine Fuller, faculty member.
The Taller is the name of the Wood
lawn High school paper. For three
years, since Woodlawn began, the
Taller has been in existance and every
year it has shown improvement. This
year after several changes in the form
and executive manner of publishing the
paper, the school is expecting it to have
the biggest year that it has yet seen.
Nearly every one subscribes to the paper
and backs it in every way possible ;
even the people around the school are
for it. They contribute advertisements
and a good many take the Taller
every year. The purpose of this well
organized school paper is to promote
better school spirit in athletics, in
social activities, and in the class room.
Besides this it gives those on the board
chance to become experienced in
newspaper organization and well ad-
vertises the school itself.
In one respect if not in many it has
other high school papers beat. The board
has a definite organization, with a
definite head, and every member of the
board has definite assignment. This
semester the faculty advisors for the
Taller are Miss Doughtry, Mr.. Hurbert,
and the proof reader, Miss Fink, Mr..
Milton Shelby and Miss Annie Nunnel-
ly are the editors in chief, Mr.. Milton
Speer is the business manager, ath-
letics editor is Mr.. Whitney King and
jokes editor, MIR. Frank James. On the
advertising force is Messrs. Thomas
Garst, Cecil Womble, and Misses Alma
johnson and Elsie Nesbitt. On the cir
culation are Messrs. Jack Cocker and
Bill Barber. The exchange editor is
Mr.. Harry Fletcher and the reporters
are Mr.. Walter Hurchell, Mr.. Robert