Aiken High School - Hornet Yearbook (Aiken, SC)

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Garbed in painter’s attire and busily applying paint to the trash cans is Student Council president, Drayton Sanders. Repainting the trash cans was one of the projects undertaken by council in the fall of 54. Another of the duties of council was to operate the cash register during the recess period in the lunchroom. Here James Babb operates the register as Mrs. Horton, the dietitian, supervises the serving of the meal. Among these committees were an assembly committee, headed by Joe Lanning; assembly-properties committee, co-chairmened by Gary Helms and Mike Collins; audio-visual aids committee with Jim Purcell and Brookie Wyman in charge; election committee, bulletin board and display windows committee, and constitution committee, under the chairmanship of Tom Moseley, Lynn Biggs, and Jack M o r t o n respectively. A few of the outstanding projects completed by Student Council in 54-55 were the painting of trash cans on the back campus, the erecting of signs to designate parking places for school personnel, keeping order in the canteen and lunch lines, and making themselves available whenever help was needed by other activity groups. Despite the fact that the new building contributed many new problems, Drayton and council, advised by Mrs. Betty Owen, emerged not only successfully but also proudly. Joe Lanning tells the second semester council members some of their duties. Students on this council are David Crouch, Dixon Kilbourne, Merritt Nimmons, Herndon McElmurray, Freddie Wells, Edward Keel, Gail Wood, Sandra Harris, John Pope, Linda Leifer-mann, Nina Green, James Babb, Linda Howard, Diane Vander Voort. Helen Flannery, Gary Blessing, Beth Bodie, and Alice Willing.

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Student Council officers—Joe Lanning, vice-president; Drayton Sanders, president; and Lynn Biggs, secretary-treasurer—arranged and conducted well-planned chapel programs. A highlight in Drayton’s and Joe’s term of office was their attending the state convention of student councils in Sumter, S. C. Student Council The fact that Aiken High School has a Student Council shows that the students have a democratic form of government. Members are chosen each semester—one from each homeroom, one from the junior class at large, and two from the senior class at large. A student must have attended Aiken High School for one semester and have passed all subjects the preceding semester to be eligible for membership on council. Drayton Sanders, who presided over Student Council this year, showed his leadership ability in many ways, one of which was the successful organization of new committees. First How: Tom Bush, Barbara Budnaitis, Mary Frances Wright, Emily Parker, Mrs. Betty Owen, Adviser. Second Row: George Gregory, Mike Collins, Gary Helms, Tommy Watson, Dent Johnson. Third Row: Edna Bosler, Frank Sampson, Ken Wagner, Wesley Clark, Alvin Hawkins. Fourth Row: Jack Morton, Eva Dell Smith, Rose Gomillion, Karen Hansen, Tom Moseley. Fifth Row: Arthur Gregory, Wesley Muckenfuss, Jon Lackey, Luanne Sanders, Buddy Llewellyn.

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National Honor Society Membership in the National Honor Society is based on character, scholarship, leadership, and service. One must have maintained a “B” average in his high school studies, must have been a student of Aiken High School for one year, and must be a member of the junior or senior class to be a candidate for membership in this honorary organization. A number of students become candidates, but to be elected to the Aiken High School chapter of the N. H. S., a student also must show outstanding Edward Keel Laird Slade Chartee Muckenfuss George Gregory Kay Kennedy Linda Smith Ramona Pierce Barbara Wright Joe Lanning Phyl Wagner Faye Rackley Jim Fuchs Fred Maxwell Pete Wallace Drayton Sanders Jackie Brown Anne McGhee Sydney White Jim Overbeck Barbara Blair Sybil McNeil Alice Willing Mrs. Margaret Bobo Adviser Mr. J. O. Willis Honorary Adviser Dale Hagen President George Wilson Vice-President Martha Ann Rushton Secretary Karen Hansen Treasurer 18