St Marks School - Marker Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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Pete Billings Bill Gibbons Pep Assembly sponsored by Student Council and Lettermen’s Club STUDENT BODY OFFICERS Peter Billings was elected Stu- dent Council President in a very unusual election. Pete’s name did not appear on the ballot made up of names chosen in the customary way of nomination by classes. He was nominated from the floor of a general assembly, and he then made a speech calling for reforms in the school election process and in the composition of the Student Council. After his election he did institute these reforms by amend- ing the constitution of the Student Council. He is well qualified for the office, having served on the original constitutional committee and on Student Council for many years. Bill Gibbons was elected Vice- President. Bill, many times a class officer, has also served several years in the council. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer were established by a constitutional amendment. John Volkman and Chuck Culp were elected to these offices. Page twenty-three

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Student Council held its meetings every Wednesday during Chapel Student Council officers L. to R. Treasurer Chuck Culp, Secretary John Volkman, President Peter Billings, Vice-President Bill Gibbons. STUDENT COUNCIL The composition of the Student Council was changed this year by constitutional amendment. Two offices were created — those of secretary and treasurer. These officers were elected from the student body and became voting members of the Council, whereas in the past these two offices were filled by members already elected. Three committees were created to help solve the problem of administration of an increasingly large number of organizations. The three committees were the publications commit- tee, to act as a liason agent between the staff of the yearbook and newspaper; the social committee, to plan dances and other social events; and the athletic committee, which dealt with athletic enterprises. Page twenty-two

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MARKER A yearbook is a chronicle of the events of the school year, so work on it must begin as soon as school starts and continue throughout the year. Preparation began last June, with the selection of the editor and principle assistants, and continued through- out the summer, with several boys attending a yearbook workshop at B.Y.U., and prelim- inary staff meetings. Under the direction of Bill Yaggy and Mr. Larimer, the actual process of assembling the Marker began in September and continued through April. Producing a yearbook requires getting pic- tures of all major school events, writing capsule descriptions of these events, putting this into logical form within the limitations of space, and, of course, selling advertise- ments to pay for all this. We on the staff hope that this year’s Marker is an accurate and interesting reflection of the school year, and that it meets the high standards set by previous yearbooks. The Marker staff wishes to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. Clyde E. Nelson of Quality Press for his efforts in the production of this and other yearbooks. Without his unselfish help, printing costs would have severely restricted our freedom in assembling this book.