Roosevelt High School - Rough Rider Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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the course INTER-HIGH COUNCIL The monthly meeting of the Inter-high Council was held at Roosevelt High School attended by representatives from each of the high schools. A program was pre- sented giving the highlights of the Na- tional Student Council Convention held in Denver, Colorado, June, 1950 by the dele- gates, Mrs. Erna R. Chapman, adviser, Ellen Julius, President of Roosevelt's Stu- dent Council, and Dick Hudgins, President of Western's Student Council. vlaa- IA 4 THE HEADS PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER Formulating plans for Roosevelt's first Student Day, March 2l, 1951 are Mrs Erna R. Chapman and Miss Elizabeth L. Shields, advisers, Ellen Julius President and Joan Purdy, Secretary.

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wr Student Council charted The atm of the Student Councll ts to malntam the maximum cooperative relations between the student body and the faculty an all matters dealmg wlth and relating to the actlvltles of the pupils The powers that the Student Council possesses are those whnch are delegated to It by the admmlstratton of the school Legally these officials are charged with the respon sxblllty for the proper functuonlng ot the school Thus the school can be a laboratory In whnch under guld of democracy Powers are delegated to the student body to the extent that the students demonstrate thelr wlllmgness and show thelr ability to assume the respon slblltes which accompany such powers The Student Council strlves constantly to tram leaders for respon bllnty to develop a spsrlt of cooperatuon and to create school splrlt Among the numerous actuvstles ofthe Student Coun cal can be listed as far back as last June a trap taken by Ellen Julius and Mrs Erna Chapman sponsor ofthe Council to Denver Colorado where they represented 24 the Dlstruct schools at the annual meetlng ot the Stu dent Councll Assoclatuon of Amernca Ellen later rep resented the latter group at the Mad Century Whnte House Conference on Chlldren and Youth Also uncluded In the long lust of Student Councul actlvltles this year were a student orlentahon assembly the Bull Herson Doll House and Care Overseas drnves the annual Chrlstmas dance partrclpahon In the lnter hugh Student Councul and Student Day The last proved a great success an teaching the stu dents more about school admmlstratnon and gave them a chance to see themselves as thenr teachers see them ln addltnon nt gave the teachers a chance to gain a fuller ndea of what the students looked for and responded to ln a teacher lt was a valuable two way expernence Quietly the Student Councll goes about the lob of makung Roosevelt a better school Our thanks for this work go to all the members Presldent Ellen Julius and ponsor Mrs Erna Chapman l l . .. . . . I U ' t Q u , . . . - , - , . . ance, students may learn and practice the principles ' ' . : . , ' ' I ' ' A SE .. I .. . I , . - ' . 1 1 ' . . D I ' ' I - h 1 t , , 5 . .

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The show musl go on R. Taylor, J. Nance, J. Miller, E. Willingham, J. Biltner, R. Miller, A. Burgess. Where lhe silence hung so 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speok??? H. Lerner, D. Blanken, S. Gershowilz, R. Blair, M. Steinberg, C. Elling, V. Saba, A. Dann, J. Hdmpson, E. Bonavila. 26 -N 1 l I-lvl They also For every reader a book, and seven cards for every book E. Sklar, C. Norris, F. Cohen, B. Warren, E Lehrman, D. Underwood.