Souderton High School - Unaliyi Yearbook (Souderton, PA)

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GEHIVIAN WINS FOR 81'S This year's national presidential elections provided an excellent opportunity for the students of Souderton Area Joint High School to study the campaign procedures. Their experiences in the WFIL television demonstrations and mock election proved to be of significant value when applied to balloting and choos- ing able candidates. Tom Gehman, the 81 party's nominee, was victorious. Brenda Schlegel, the lt contestant, and Ed Fahringer, of the Bodieite party, supplied strong competition. Campaign signs were posted throughout the school. Unique singing announcements, platform leaflets, heated debates, card table headquarters, whitewashed alleys, and political chants were developed for the occasion. The candidates delivered their speeches to a rapt audience, and the various demonstrations which followed consisted of Sl dancers throwing candy, fellows dressed as frogmen, and waltzing sign carriers. Con- tinuing the three-day senior class trip and adding more clubs to the schedule were two basic issues of the party platforms. The benefits gained by participat- ing in the mock elections and campaign activities will be useful to all as future citizens. -.gm g TL CC - ri. VOTES ARE TALLIED - Election officials, Blaine Rittenhouse, Dennis Atkinson, and Bob Hesselbacher, under the supervision of Mr. Boorse and Dr. Maxwell compile election results. In conjunction with the national elections this year WFIL-TV spon- sored a series of programs entitled Youth in Convention. This proj- ect which included nearly sixty high schools in the Philadelphia area was designed to promote interest in the 1964 presidential campaign and also to enable students to ex- press their opinions on each candi- date and his policies. Things went exactly according to regular party procedures. On four consecutive Saturday mornings speakers from various high schools appeared live on WFlL-TV and debated the major campaign issues. The vigorous demonstrations organized for each speaker brought back memories of the national party conventions held last summer. A few days before the national elections WFIL-TV held a mock election with all the area high schools taking part. When all was said and done everyone agreed that Youth in Convention had been a valuable lesson in democracy. NI LBJ Campaigner -- John Froelich ap- pears on Youth in Convention, a WFIL - T.V. series, where he voices the Democratic views on national defense. Rini- -ph, t x X . ls t flax L - M gf

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