Forest Park High School - Forester Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Ag tAe IQQOIQ 8, Ol' tk? IQQOIQ ForesT Park is exTremely TorTunaTe in having one ol The TinesT sTudenT parTicipaTion in governmenT programs in our naTion. Our governmenT aT ForesT Parlc is paTTerned aTTer The naTional governmenT. AT iTs head are The STudenT PresidenT and The STudenT Vice-President Torming The execuTive branch. IT includes iudicial and legislaTive branches besides. This year's adminisTraTion has been highly successTul under The leader- ship oT STudenT PresidenT Barbara WhiTehursT and STudenT Vice-PresidenT Jack Packard. Along wiTh many oTher accomplishmenTs, The following proiecTs have been compleTed: The school sign was erecTedg a Junior Air Raid Warden and Fire WaTcher Program Tor The duraTion oT The emergency was inaugu- raTed: The DeTense Barn Dance was held: cerTiTicaTes Tor deserving STudenT QTTicers were awarded: a commiTTee To organize The TronT hall bulleTin board was Tormedy organized CaTe sporTs under The auspices oT The STudenT Gov- ernmenT, EThical Club and Four Square Club were begun: slogan posTers were disTribuTed, and lasT, buT noT leasT, Tloor numbers were posTed aT The landings aT The sTairways. Could we Tind beTTer proof OT The success OT This adminisTraTion? Barbara WhiTehursT and Jack Packard have proven beyond a reason- able doubT To all Those who have chosen To waTch Their Terms of oTTice ThaT Their success is due To The TacT ThaT They were consTanTly sTriving To supporT Those proiecTs ThaT promoTed The besT aims and inTeresTs aT The school. In The days To come we shall remember how well Barbara WhiTehu'sT has carried ouT her oaTh oT oTTice: I pledge myselT To be loyal To my school, To be TaiTh- lul in my TrusT as iTs STudenT PresidenT, and To serve no TacTions wiThin The school, buT The whole school. BARBARA WHITEHURST JACK PACKARD STudenT PresidenT STudenT Vice-Presidenl'

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g0Uel l'll'l'lel'l of tk? ,020 ey BOARD OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES ExTra-curricular acTiviTies play a large parT in sTudenT liTe aT l:oresT Parlc. Every boy and girl has The opporTuniTy oT parTicipaTing in STudenT Govern- rnenT, oT belonging To some oT The TorTy-odd clubs, and oT engaging in a large number oT aThleTic evenTs. Since The individual inTeresTs and hobbies oT each l:aresTer are so well provided Tor, almosT every sTudenT belongs To one or more organizaTions. In a school oT TvvenTy-Three hundred boys and girls, one can easily see whaT a Tremendous Taslc iT is To Talce care aT The adminisTraTion ol all aT These arganizaTians. Their supervision is in The hands aT an advisory council lcnown as The Board aT STudenT AcTiviTies. IT is The duTy oT This board To granT charTers To clubs, To superinTend sTudenT organizaTions, To appropriaTe all Tunds, and To arTiculaTe sTudenT acTiviTies so ThaT There is no overlapping oT aims, and The perTormances aT Two organizaTions do noT conTlicT. IT malces cerTain ThaT a proposed club has every opporTuniTy To organize, ar, iT iT is similar in aim To anoTher club already organized, ThaT iT ioin The older one. IT sees ThaT acTiviTies are pro- vided ThaT will include The inTeresTs and aims aT The maioriTy aT boys and girls oT l3oresT Parlc. Our principal, Mr. Wendell E. Dunn, is chairman oT The board, and he has had as his assisTanTs This year, Mr. AlTred P. ScoTT, Vice-Principal: Miss Sophie M. Becker, Special AssisTanTp Mr. OTTO K. Schmeid, Mr. Rex Sims. Miss Doris V. Church, and Mr. Henry Hirsch, along wiTh our STudenT PresidenT, Ba rba ra WhiTehursT. e T To RighT4Mr. Henry Hirsch, Mr. Alfred P. ScOTT, Miss Doris Church, Mr. Rex Sims, Mr. Weride Dunn, Miss Barbara WhiTehursT, Mr. OTTO K. Schmeid, Miss Sophie M. Becker.

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. . . eafaggdlzecl upon flume STUDENT COURT Since our STudenT GovernrnenT is Tashioned aTTer The NaTional Government one OT The mosT imporTonT cogs in our sysTem is The iudicial branch represenTed by The STudenT CourT. This all imporTanT body has The power To Try sTudenTs who have vioIaTed laws oT The school and To render decisions. Any verdicT pronounced by The CourT, however, is subiecT To The princi- paI's veTo or The cuIpriT's appeal. The members during The pasT Term have been: James Coursey, Chief JusTice: Lois EberT, Peggy STewarT, MilTon Volk, Rober-T Todd, Eleanor SENATE ForesT Parlc's SenaTe plays much The same role as does our nofional SenaTe. Bills passed Through This body keep our school TuncTioning smooThIy. IT is composed oT one sTudenT elecTed Trom each haIT-year class. Joclc Packard, The STudenT Vice-PresidenT, presided during The pasT Term. I-Ie wos ossisTed by The year represenTaTives: Edward Jones, IZA: BurTon STern, IZB: Herman Hollies, IIA, Philip Vollc, IIB, William Ober- Telder, IOAQ RoberT Russel, lOBg Charles Web- sTer, 9Ap MorgareT Wood, 9B. Bauer, Bruce Wood, AssocioTe JusTicesg MarTha Wilson, Cleric: Lee VogeIsTein, BaiIiTT. Firsf Row: E. Bauer, P. STewarT, J. Coursey, Chief JusTice: L. EberT, M, Wilson. Second Row: M. Volk, B. Wood, L. VogeIsTein, R. Todd. LeTT To righT-C. Websfer, E. Jones, I-T. I-lollies, D. Moxom J. Packard, M. Wood, R. Russell, B, STern, P, Volk,