Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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STUDENT COUNCIL AAA Senior Representatives Junior Representatives.... Sophomore Representatives President........ Secretary........ (JEAN WILSHIRE ) JACK ROWAND i ELIZABETH HARDESTY JOHN ULLOM I BETTY JANE MOORE (JOHN FEAR JACK ROWAND ....JEAN WILSHIRE JE Student Council consists of represen- tatives of the student body, elected by the popular vote ot the class which they represent. There are two representa- tives from each class, one boy and one girl. The aim of this organization is: “To create and maintain a strong school spirit among the student, and to promote better relationship be- tween the faculty and the student body.” This organization was formed about nineteen years ago, and each year it has grown stronger and better in the understanding of its duties and is now one of the most important factors of the school’s government. This year, in order to establish a uniform commencement invitation, the Student Council met with the senior committee on invitations in order to establish a satisfactory one for the next three years. The Council wishes to establish a precedent by which more students in our high school may obtain letters. Heretofore boys on the football and basketball teams, and girls obtaining a cer- tain amount of points were the only ones who received letters. An attempt is now being made to give a larger representation of the students a chance to make a letter by awarding a letter to members of the tennis, track, and several other teams. This will be done by setting up certain standards in each field. The Student Council is a necessary part of the high school’s organization. It provides the link between the administration and the students as well as assisting in the activities of the school. 15

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CLASSES AAA TJ7|E are in England, during the reign SR of Arthur, among Feudal Lords, Knights, and Squires; and though -sxsLl actuaiiy those nobles are not here, their spirit is present with us, around a table of such deeds as that established by King Arthur. All they embodied has been repeated, elevated to the greatest heights, in the senior class, and their position is just as noble, and respected, and coveted as the throne of former Lords. In the manner of Launcelot fulfilling a quest, with no thought to danger, like Tristram and Gareth upon missions demanding the best of Knights, do the seniors assume respon- sibilities, shoulder difficulties, and by their accomplishments set an example inevitable that we follow. The ideals of knighthood were symbol- ized in their weapons. To speak of his sword is to speak of the Knight, his faith. Golden spurs were his special badge of honor, forbidden all of lesser rank; so is the juniors’ name indicative of their stand- ing. The shaft of the spear symbolized truth, its iron head, strength. The integ- rity of this class embodies all those an- cient weapons signified. The helmet sug- gested modesty; spurs, diligence; only modesty tempers the advancement of this group, and proof of the latter is the high average of the junior class and their past accomplishments. The sophomores, too, pattern their predecessors, King Arthur’s Squires. They had graduated from the rank of page, first stage preparatory for knighthood, to the higher, more dignified rank of Squire. In the same way have the sophomores passed the initial period of development and ad- vanced nearer their ambition. The Squire attended a noble whom he held as an ideal, one he considered himself privileged to serve. He aided his Lord and relinquished his sword or horse when his master’s was gone. These same qualities prevail in the sophomore class. They follow the exam- ple of their superiors with characteristic earnestness, and they show the same loy- alty and unselfishness displayed by Squires of that earlier day. 17