St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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d K g B Q L d k Student Councll STUDENT COUNCIL made up of representanves of all phases of St Albans lxfe was estab lxshed 1n 1953 and has come to have an lmportant posltlon rn the alfaus of the School The func txon of the Student Councll IS basrcally to uphold the Honor Code and to dlscuss the problems of the School The Student Councxl has only the powers of dlscusslon and recommendatlon It IS to be hoped that the posmon of the Student Councll w1ll be strengthened m the future The Student Councll of 1958 59 has been somewhat ummagmatxve but not mactrve Smce many Student Councxl cases cannot be dlscussed outsxde the Student Councrl th1s orgamzatlon IS not well known or completely understood by many members of the student body Thls year the Student Councll partlclpated ln the Inter School Councxl Assocxatlon whlch first met at St Albans 1n 1954 At thxs meetmg a group of schools formulated a Soc1a1 Code whlch was des1gned to meet the needs of today s changmg condxtlons rn teen age socxal llfe The xdeals set forth there have been adopted wxth moderate success at St Albans The Student Councxl has now reached 1ts full maturxty under 1ts present setup Thls year the Student Councll has seen Ht to suggest a new clxnmg room orgamzatxon wluch seems to be most successful The Student Councxl hopes that 1ts work w1l1 be contmued even more eH'1c1ently ln the years to come than xn the year of 1958 59 10 STUDENT LEADERS 1959 1 1 Front row, l. to r.: Coulter, Woo , S urlevant, Ru e, Syminglon ack row, I. to r.: Aberne hy, an on, Wal er, Foote, R. Jonas C 1 - 7 ' 1 . . ,

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HWI Stn MP refects ACH YEAR THE members of the School elect ten boys from the Semor Class to lead them re sponsrbly durlng the year These Prefects who are not chosen as the result of a popular1ty con test but are chosen for then' qualltles of leadershlp which arouse and deserve respect and trust 1n turn select a Senror Prefect to lead them and to work wrth the Headmaster rn the government of the School The Prefects of the Hftreth annxversary class are leaders rn the athletrc, scholastrc, relrglous, and socral aspects of St Albans llfe The majorrty of the Prefects have not used the power of therr posmon for personal advantage, but have taken thelr job serrously and earned the respect of the School There have been dxsclplrne and order wrthout any of the tyrannrcal show of force whxch has sometlmes been evrdent rn the past This rs a trlbute to the strong leadershlp of the Pre fects, as rs the fact that relatrvely few problems have arlsen th1s year to break the smooth flow of lrfe at St Albans The Prefects of 1958 59 have performed therr dutres more than satrsfactorxly They have been asslsted by the generous cooperatron of the Srxth Form and the School 1n general The Prefects would lllce to wlsh the Class of 1960 continued success ln effectrve government THE ALBANIAN 11 I If I K 3, X' I Front row, I. Io r.: . ison, Lynn. u evant lSenior Prefectl, Trickett, c eck Back mw, I. In r.: E. Smith, Villmoare, C. Jonas, J. Smathers, Coulter , ..