St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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 , ..

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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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Front row I I 'I' cltet! Wood H Oman ack I B MacDoug ll Walker Lea Ab e I Rucker! Vestr F ACTIVITY denotes success, the Vestry of 1959 had a good year of lt, assummg more dutxes and meetmg more frequently than any group ln recent years To wax SIaClSIlC3l, the Vestrymen con ducted some forty flve Evenmg Servlces, read twenty seven Lessons, presented flve talks, and assumed numerous other responsxbllltxes of conslderable xmportance The latter included ushermg at several Cathedral Serv1ces, taklng part ln the USO canteen at the Church of the Epxphany, and count1ng weekly Chapel offermgs ohn Wood the Senlor Warden , ohn Lea, and Woodxe Hartman were frequently seen openxng the Chapel to fresh a1r to stlmulate relxglous enthuslasm However, by all odds the most lmportant duty of members was to serve as pages to three Dlocesan COHVCHIIODS, the first two of wh1ch were engaged ln electmg a Blshop Coadjutor There were many new ldeas and lmprovements ln the Mornmg Servrces Mr Dlrksen s 1m prov1sat1ons and preludes, added to hxs clynamlc hymn playmg drd much to lmprove Chapel smg mg New hymns, cantxcles, and anthems were mtroduced Next year, a brxlhant new Dlrksen Slcmner pxpe organ should further lmprove the smglng ln add1t1on, the mdxvxdual Class Serv xces and Departmental Servxces were mtroduced w1th great success, culmmatmg m a wonderfully muttered Latm Servxce Several fine talks were gxven by v1s1t1ng clergy from other churches The work camp ldea d1d not flourlsh thls year, although several opportumtles were taken by mterested students All the campalgns went tolerably well, and the Vestry devoted conslderable care and tlme to charlty donatxons The Outgoing Vestry extends to next years group 1ts best wxshes for a successful year 12 STUDENT LEADERS 1959 , . ar.: ri ' , , ar B row, . lo r.: . a , , s n : ' - , - . . . . , -