Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Standing: John Ritland, Hank Heath, Mike Inglis, Bruce Bergland, Mr. Everett Ritland. Seated, clockwise: Nell Bruner, Vicki Ervin, Theresa Judge. Carol Rouze, Sue Soults, Hamp Tisdale, Bob Beaty, Dan Roach, Gary Myers, Bob Pasley, Gary Fernandes, Kendrick Brown, Margaret Maxwell, Vivian Voelker, Mary Ellen Bragonier, Darla Hanlin, Roger Hedrick, Bill Jackson, Bill Rosebrook, Wally Stephenson, Roger Jensen, Dave Spatcher, Bill Davey, Pat Dahm, Mary Jane Walsh, Barb North. STUDENT The purpose of Student Council is to provide an opportunity for student participation in government. Therefore, it is sometimes called a laboratory in democracy. The weekly meetings, presided over by student body president Gary Fernandes first semester and Rein Saral second semester, gave the representa¬ tives from each homeroom an opportunity to express the ideas and ideals of the whole student body. The bulk of Student Council work was carried out through the elaborate system of committees which held frequent separate meetings to accomplish their COUNCIL specific tasks. Such major projects as Back-To-School Night, Homecoming, Career Day, and student body presidential elections would not have been possible without the following committees: Service, Assembly, Social, Citizenship, Homecoming, Noon Hour, Welcom¬ ing, Election, and Awards. Assisting Mr. Everett Ritland as officers of the first semester Student Council were Gary Myers, vice- president; Ann Kirkham, secretary; and Andrea Parks, treasurer. Left: Gary Fernandes, first semester student body presi¬ dent, hands the gavel to Rein Saral, second semester student body president.