Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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CAMPAIGN BUTTONS brightened up the election activities as the candidates attempted to think of a w'nning slogan or gimmick. BuifoaS cuk£ postm — OacI tb C htfxXtejwZag begiaS DURING CAMPAIGN WEEK the halls were literally plastered with posters that entertained students between classes. t —r

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f-fOKiuAlJ, PG4UUJ, Qlndtlv witV plihufruj UUlO The following Friday, nominations were heard over the PA, and barely were they over when a flurry of posters and tags apeared on walls and students. Speculations resulting from a cross-sectional count of tag wearers brought alternate moans of despair or weak smiles of hope. The primary was slated for Tuesday, December 14. It was a crucial day ... by four o'clock the race was narrowed to three teams of contenders: Rod Hanway and Jack Morgan, Bob Penny and Ed Workman, and Dan Smith and Merrill Anderson. Then began the earnest drive—everything counted for real in those three days before the -election. Posters had to be serious and speeches had to be written with the right kind of appeal. Friday saw candidates looking more harried than usual, but trying to look nonchalant to cover up a very real sense of worry. An assembly, sparked by the arrival of an angel, Santa ( 1 and 2), and a wandering spotlight, kicked off election-day procedues. Voting went on at a brisk rate all day, and at ten of four Dave Wil- cox, Election Committee chairman, announced to a lobbyful of eagerly awaiting students: Student body president and vice-president for second semester . . . Rod Hanway and Jack Morgan!

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NctKwcuj cut jj fiA iqcw who dote djyd JOko THE ELECTION COMMITTEE was in charge of voting procedures for the student body elections held in the lobby all day. To the student body, election week seems rather wild, hectic, and some- what ridiculous. But to the candidates, the election is taken quite seriously under that cover of a happy-go-lucky attitude. For the candidates and their supporters, it is a week of serious effort. Their purpose is to be elected because they believe in their school and the students, and have a sincere desire to make it a better school, a school the students can be proud of. They must decide how to present their ideas in a way that will be accepted by the majority. They work long and late hours, hoping that what they come up with will be better than the other candidates' approach. But when that all important Friday comes and the morn- ing assembly is over, the candidates breathe a sigh of relief and anxiously wait for the results, hoping that they come up on top. But win or lose, for them it v as one of the best weeks of the year. STUDENT BODY Vice-president Dave Wilcox an- nounced the results of the election over the sound system and the victorious and the defeated were left to look back on a week of memories. uuuuv