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WI L M E T T E L·IF E December 6, 1929 il er Tri-Ship Aims and Activities · Receive Widespread Publicity Professor Frisbie of New Trier High School Pens Article on uschool Review" ~ew Trier High scho~l's Tr_i - ~~ip Boys' cluh, it s aims .and 1ts acttv1ttes, are explained in an arttcle by Prof. F. D. Frisbie:, faculty .sponsor of the club, which appeared t .n · the Oct.obe~: 1929, issue of "The School Re~te~. Th~ article is entitled " A Functtonmg Boys Club." Many parents of New Trier hovs as we11 as other residents of the to~ship, will be interested in Professor Frisbie's description of the club and of the work it is endeavoring to accomplish. The article follows: "It is generally recognized by educators that secondary education in America has as one of its main objectives the training of young people for participation in the affairs of life. In the effort to provide such training, progressive high schools have modified the curriculum and introduced personnel work. The Kew Trier Township High school has organized a complete system of personnel activities. Thi s system is intimately related to the adviser system. This article de. cribes the operation of a boys' club which cooperates in an important way with the adviser system of the school and supplements thi s system at several points. Need for Boys' Agency "There is need in every high school for a general organization to give express ion to the intere ts, needs, and desires of the b<..:s. Such an organization exists in the ~ew Trier Townsh!p High school and is known as the· TnShip Boys' club. The membership includes every hoy wh o is registered in the schnol. ·Tri' as a part of the name \\·as taken from 'Trier.' 'Tri' is aL;o used in its numerical se nse to indicate tl;!at the club ha s three aims, namely, lello\Yship, citizen ship, and sportsmanship. "These general aim s are interpreted as including certain specific aims. The club aim s to assist the administration of Novelties in Silver of distinctive character SPAULDING-GORHAM INC. MICHIGAN AVENUE CHICACO OIUUNCiTON AVENUEE V A N 5 T 0 N ~with. BLACK STAll · flOST·GOIHAM INC. 7ifth .Avuuu .New tprl. the school )>y developing pupil mora le, sQlving pupil problems, and serving a a · means of contact wtth the communit\. The club aims to assist the pupils coll c·~ tively by improving pupil morale, carr ying on social enterprises, supporting ll llpil activities, enlisting community support, and serving a~ a means of contact with other high schools. The club aim -; to assist individual pupils by providi ng wholesome actiyi~ies, creating pupil hel p committees, extending help when nccb sary, and developing friendly attitude5.. , "The club has the usual officers, c~lO :-, en by all the boys in the school. These officers make up an executive committee. This executive committee appoints SP\'cial committees whenever occasion ari~c ~. The general program of activities is di scussed at weekly meetings of representative boys. Determine Pupils' Opinion "The boys and girls in the school are divided into groups of about thirty each. Each group meets each morning for hal f an hour. Representatives are chosen hy the various boys' groups, and these representatives meet on Monday during what is known as the adviser -period. All matters pertaining to the boys' club are dealt with in the meetings of these representatives. Time is afforded for the discussion of those problems of the school which are of specific interest to the boys. The Monday meetings also afford an opportunity for determ!ning pupil opinion, and they provide a direct avenue of approach to .all boys. "An· organization of this type is justi fied to the degree to which it contributes to a realization of the general objectives of the school. The following activities constituted the larger part of the program for the last school · year and 1nciicate the extent to which the cluh contributes to the life. of the school community. "A large room was made available for club purposes through tl:le completi on of n new gymnasium. A committee was appointed to determine the uses to which the room could most satisfactorily be put. r\nother commitee worked in conjuncion \\.'ith this fir st committee to select furniture suitable for a boys' clubroom. .\s a result, the clubroom was supplied with chess tables, magazine5, a radio, ·a nd a phonograph. Here the boys gather during lunch periods and after ~chool. During class periods the room is used as an honor study hall, to which boys se lected from all four classes may go. The room is entirely under pupil supervision. The ."Upervision has proved to be entirely sati~factory to the administration. The furnishing of the room was made possible by a gift of one half the cost from an interested citizen. This gift was made on the condition that the boys raise the other half. Ninety-six per cent of the hoys made contributions of a dollar each, and the rest of the money was raised by means of a dance; "Four evening · dinner meetings were held ear:!h semester. There were inspira· tional speakers at these dinners, and r~c rea tional numbers were provided. These c.ccasions also furnished the opportunitY ror holding the father-and-son banquet, the fresbman reception, etc. . "On invitation of the Tri-Ship Boys' c·lub, sixty-five boys and faculty advist>.rS from the other schools in the local ath~ letic league met at the New Trier TownRhlp High school to discuss pupil activities and other problems common to the various schools. As a direct result of this meeting, there waR created an organization known as the Suburban League Boys' council, which promotes friendly relations between the pupil bodies of the suburban-league high ~chools. The new organization aims to bring the members of the various schoo~s into contact with one another on ot!l:!r than a competitive basis. Last spring this organization sponsored a. banquet l'tttended by more than three hundred boys representing all the schools in the suburban league. . .· Assist With Problems "Special committees of the club have assisted the dean's office in the solution. o'f several pupil problems. An extenstve Ch.ristmas charity program provided help tor twenty families. A special assembly lEcture by Capt. Donald MacMUlan was ~rranged. 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