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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY<br />

Although it is one of the lesser known<br />

and more select groups in W-H, the National<br />

Honor Society fulfills several functions<br />

in the <strong>school</strong>. As its name implies,<br />

the W-H NHS is actually a branch of a<br />

nationwide organization, comparable to<br />

the Key Club. Every year, juniors are selected<br />

by the faculty on the basis of academic<br />

record and personal character. As<br />

seniors, these students form an active<br />

core of the following year’s NHS, although<br />

more seniors are inducted into the society<br />

at graduation.<br />

In the beginning of this year, the seven<br />

NHS members held officer elections under<br />

the supervision of faculty advisor<br />

Mrs. McMullen. Seven positions varying<br />

from Secretary to Historian were created<br />

in a burst of goodwill so that all members<br />

would possess a title after their names.<br />

To increase autonomy, the purchase of<br />

sweaters bearing the society monogram<br />

was discussed along with several fundraising<br />

proposals.<br />

However, the most important practical<br />

function served by this organization is<br />

the tutoring program. Students experiencing<br />

academic difficulty can speak either<br />

with a society member or contact<br />

Mrs. McMullen, and tutoring sessions are<br />

organized with a member <strong>wh</strong>o is free during<br />

the same periods. More often than<br />

not, all the involved students benefit<br />

from the relationship as can be attested<br />

by improved grades and satisfied accounts<br />

by tutors.<br />

HALL PATROL<br />

The hall patrol is a group of students<br />

<strong>wh</strong>o volunteer their time between classes<br />

to keep the halls in order. Though others<br />

believe that they took the job "just to get<br />

out of class" the true hall patroller is<br />

dedicated to his/her duties. Their main<br />

concerns are to keep the halls spotlessly<br />

clean and to eradicate loitering in the<br />

halls. The patrollers have carried out this<br />

great responsibility admirably although<br />

this was only their second year in existence.<br />

The hall patrol performs an invaluable<br />

service during the hectic inter-period<br />

minutes of the <strong>school</strong> day. Various methods<br />

are used by the hall patrollers to enforce<br />

rules. Senior Karen Lomnitz relies<br />

on the guilt trip, <strong>wh</strong>ile senior Alex Helander,<br />

leader of the "B” deck patrollers,<br />

uses violence to keep his deck in order.<br />

HONOR SOCIETY: LEFT TO RIGHT, SEATED: R.<br />

Brandi, S. McMullen, D. Lombardi, J. Butler, M.<br />

Shimamura, E. Bart. STANDING: E. Conti.<br />

HALL PATROL: LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW: N.<br />

Arkoulakis, E. Conti, V. Geissler, K. Lomnitz. SEC­<br />

OND ROW: J. Kenny, C. Mallin, A. Helander, J.<br />

Sorger. THIRD ROW: D. Lombardi, S. McMullen,<br />

V. Venezia. STANDING: A. Vlahos, J. Friedlander.<br />

MISSING: K. Robinson, R. McDougall.<br />

Faculty advisor Mrs. McMullen chats with<br />

members Ellen Bart and Sean McMullen.<br />

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