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

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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,

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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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larincila ea 0 Lee REPRESENTATIVES Each advisory class delegaTes To a responsible boy or girl The auThoriTy To represenT The class in The STudenT GovernmenT oT The school. The represenTaTives oTFicially express The opinions of individual sTudenTs and reporT To Their advisory 0l'l'l CABINET AcTing as an advisory board To The STudenT PresidenT The cabineT is composed OT The presi- denTs oT each oT The Tive honor socieTies, The presidenTs oT each aT The year classes of The school, The Chief JusTice of The STudenT CourT, and The STudenT Vice-PresidenT. classes The decisions made. The represenTaTives pledge Themselves To loyally supporT and parTici- paTe in The sTudenT governmenT. IT is Through The weelcly meeTings oT class represenTaTives ThaT The STudenT PresidenT con- veys assignmenTs and messages To The various homeroom classes. The chairman This Term, STU- denT PresidenT Barbara WhiTehursT, has pro- moTed school spiriT and good Tellowship among The advisory secTions Through The class repre- senTaTives. FirsT Row: M. SchuchaT, S. Terl, B, Whifehursf, D, Kemp, S. Dawson. Second Row: J. Coursey, C. FiTzpaTriclr, D. Miller, C. Yearley. The cabineT may suggesT bills and proiecTs Tor The beTTermenT oT The school. IT has a wide inTluence in sTudenT parTicipaTion in governmenT since iT is charged wiTh The dual responsibiliTy oT advising The sTudenT execuTive on school poli- cies and oT TranslaTing These policies inTo school pracTice.