High Springs High School - Sandspur Yearbook (High Springs, FL)

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The Student Covernrnent of Hlgh sprlngs Hlgh School was newly orgamzed 111 September ul N const1t11t1or1 was drawn up and olfrcers were elected the lust week 111 October Durrng the week the C3IlK.lld3IE,S lor electron made tampugn speeehes to the student body The otudent Government IS composed of three ofllctrs Presrdtnt Gene kahhclr Vret Presrdent Lverette Ph1ll1ps secretary Treasurer Duane Ldwlrds two faculty td vrsors Mr Manrung and Mr Counctl a councrl composed of two rntrnbers from e lCll class seven through twelve Ofl1CCfS serve for one year COl1IlCll members strvt 0 only one semester Llected to serve the second semester were 7th Grade Iorene Grade Mrtty Ann Ivty and Donald Polk 10th Grade Harvey Moss and Lavon Mauldrn llth Grade James Bartreld and Bob Palmer l ltl1Grade Iaye Marlowe and Bobby W11 llams The btudent Councrl and offrcers chose for the1r marn project the sponsortng ofthe horneconnng act1v1t1es The dCl1V1I1LS bega11 w1th Sklt Nrght 111 the lngh scl1ool audr tor1ur11 Laeh grade,seven through twelve, gave skrts A pep rally and bonfrre were part of our act1v1t1es The Alumnr were well represented IH our llonreconnng Parade wnh the class ot 17 leadmg the processron All Classes Ihwugh 11 followed To close our homeeonnng actrvrtres an Alunnn Hocral was gxven after the game A lrst of Qentor Prrvrleges was presented tor approval to the StudentGovtrn1nent All the prrvrleges requested were granted Meetmgs were l1eld every other Monday mornrng durxng the homeroom perrod We feel that the organ1Lat1on of student Government has promoted lnghtr rdeals ol democrattc C1llLt,llSll1p and brought the students eloser to the faculty ' s s 'F , ' ' L ' ' s s s 1 s 5, I 4 y x m 1 ' 1 ' x F x N , x w' A x x X x - . , ' s , : 1. . ' ' 3 ' V , , , 2 ri 3 1 ' L - 'I ', . . ' I . ' Q 4 ' ' ' ' f 'Z . Y , 1 ,I ' s . , I f ' , s 5 , 1 f I 1 1 -u s I I t m u 1 I 1, I s J Richardson and Delroy Wittg Sth Grade, Mary Alice McDowell and Tommy Linseyg 9th ' ', D 7 I . f L ' I I y. V' s Z s' T' . 1 Y. 4 ' - s ' ' 1 ' , s . ' 'F F ' , 1 . , 1 s 7 ' ' ' v - '

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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA The Future Farmers of Amer1ca 15 a natlonal orgamzatxon of boys studymg vocatronal agn culture It stretches from Marne to Hawau and Washrngton to Puerto Rlco and has as IIS motto Learmng by Domg We of the H1gh Sprmgs chapter try to learn by domg and each boy cames out a proJect dur mg the year rangrng from 25 chrcks up to farmmg several acres wrth d1vers1f1ed crops The FFA assocratron conducts many contests We part1c1pate 1n as many as poss1ble plac mg specral emphas1s on Pub11c Speakmg and Parhamentary Procedure Our 8th grade team placed 3rd rn the state competmon last year Agam thrs year we expect to work hard on the speakmg and Parhamentary Procedure contests Our chapter conducts tours and f1eld tr1ps to create mterest for the boys Twenty boys took part rn a 10 day educatronal tour to Washmgton last summer Durmg th1s year we have had freld tr1ps to the Tampa Fa1r and to the Fat Stock Show rn Ocala to partrclpate rn Judgmg cattle We have a lab plot where fall and spnng gardens are grown by each boy Through these thrngs each of our frfty two members are getung valuable experiences Presrdent Vrce Presldent Secretary Reporter Sentlnel Advrsor Fred Yarbrough Cohn Wrllramson Denms Polk Dale McComb Bud Holt W L Krlpatrrck It ' ' N Treasurer -------- -------- - --------- D ra per Underwood