St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ACTIVITIES

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Independent Schools Wrestling Tournament Semi-Finals: Harclaway, just before the pin with eleven seconds to go. on Arterton, St. Albans' only champion, pins his man. Co-Captain Rosenbaum receives his award for third place in the heavyweight division. ATHLETICS 1963

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Mike Reuss makes a speech to the Class. Government Class LL EVIDENCE indicated that the 1962-63 session of Government Class would be a Conserva- tive year. The Liberal stalwarts who had so successfully dominated the Class last year graduated. Replacing them would be a well-organized Conservative machine headed by the incoming leader, Ben Guy. However, as events developed, the year was a stalemate going into the final issue of the year. The Class spent three weeks discussing platforms. Guy found himself attacked from all sides when he presented policies similar to those of Senator Goldwater. Liberal leader Tap Ben- nett, on the other hand, emerged from behind his volumes of writings relatively unscathed. 'Civil rights was the irst issue on the agenda. Guy modified his stand, and, as a result, there was little difference between the two leaders, proposals save for the issue of whether or not res- taurant owners should be compelled to serve all patrons, regardless of race. On this issue Guy held that there should be no such requirement, while Bennett took the opposite viewpoint. A last-minute speech by Tony Day and a solid Fourth Form bloc provided the Liberals with a nar- row victory. The Conservatives struck back on the United Nations issue. Guy passed a resolution bar- ring Red China from the body, over Tom Reston's opposing position. Mark Haller unanimously pushed a bill through calling for a confederal system of government in the Congo, and Bob Hard- 94 ACTIVITIES 1963