Grosse Pointe University School - Pericon Yearbook (Grosse Pointe, MI)

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C. D. S. Student Council Siariding-C. WaTling, M. Kerr, P. SaTTley, S. Goddard, A. Meader, A. Schreiber. SiTTinq-J, V. GarreTr, J, Kuhlman Qco-presidenTj, J. WrighT Qco-presideriTD, M. Behr. The STudenT Council aT CounTry Day is corn- posed oT Two represenTaTives Trom each class OT grades nine Through Twelve, and one represenTa- Tive Trorn each oT The sevenTh and eighTh grades. This group acTs as The legislaTive body oT The school wiTh The sTudenTs Themselves having a real parT in The running oT The government ln iTs weekly meeTings The council makes laws, and, iT necessary, assigns punishrnenTs. ln order lhaT The resT oT The sTudenTs may have a Tair chance To express Their opinions and ideas, open STudenT Council meeTings are held Tor The enTire upper school. However, The STudenT Council does noT oxisT Tor law and order aloneg one of iTs chieT TuncTions is To encourage Triendliness and uniTy ThroughouT The school. 17

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D. U. S. Student Council Slanding-R, Langs, H. Kay, J. Wood. SeaTedfJ. LuTomslci, J. Duncan, W. Babcock, R. Kuhn, E. Davis, T. Sedwick, H. Earle. The purpose oT The STudenT Council is To seT a Tone oT smooThness in The school, impressing upon The sTudenTs ThaT There is an elemenT oT leadership and selT-governmenT To be acquired which will greaTly beneTiT Them in laTer liTe. lvloref over, The STudenT Council serves as a linlc be- Tween The adminisTraTion and The sTudenT body: by means oT sTudenT assemblies, held every Tive weeks, The Council Tries To obTain Trom The ad- minisTraTion The sensible wishes oT The sTudenTs. AT D.U.S. The STudenT Council is made up oT Ten members: one Trom The combined sevenTh I6 and eighTh grades, one Trom The ninTh, Two apiece Trom The Sophomores and Juniors, and Tour Trom The Senior class. As Tor The execuTive group, Dick Kuhn is President Warren Babcock is Vice-President and Gus Davis is SecreTary. These oTTicers see ThaT The Council TuncTions harmoniously and eTTicienTly, ac- cording To The Councils consTiTuTion. The STudenT Council will always sTrive To allow The sTudenTs as many privileges as possible, Tor iT believes in The saying: The leasT governed people are The besl governed people.

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the Growth and Progress . . of the Seniors as we approach qracluaTion, we are aware ThaT iT is The commencemenT oT a new phase oT our lives . . . our growTh OT The lasT Twelve years has been physical, inTel- lecTual, ancl emoTional ...here we summarize our acTivi- Ties and accomplishmenTs oT The lasT Tew years . . . we hope To show whaT These schools have done To aid and guide our GROWTH and PROGRESS.