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

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT Tom Harrison, Warren Owens, Wim Ray, Andy Tujios, Phil Patterson, John Volkman, Susan Schettler, Chuck Culp, Hank Lamb, Hobby Hogle, Craig Knight, Sandy Felt, Sue Hazeltine, Lynn Holladay, Kandy Kimball, Kris Nusbaum, Mary Bransford, Mischa Axiine, and Shelly Hackett attend a weekly meeting of the newly formed student council. For all the change that went on this year in each school, the thing most revolutionized was student government. Because of the vast differ- ence in previous systems a completely new form of government was necessary to bring together the best elements of each. To draw up this new form a constitution com- mittee, consisting of Shelly Hackett, Hank Lamb, Kit Sumner, Bryan Bird and headed by Father Winder was established. This group met peri- odically for eight weeks. Their efforts produced what they felt was a sound plan of student gov- ernment. The administration and student body thought so, too, because it was immediately and unanimously ratified. Under the new system there are three divi- sions: the Senate, composed of four prefects, four faculty members, and the principal, is the most important body in the government; the student council, which is composed of class presidents, ten student representatives from the senior class and one extra junior; the Student Forum, the third body, responsible for the planning of all student affairs is made up of all activity chairmen. After ratification, the senior class voted to in- stall Shelly Hackett, Hank Lamb, Bryan Bird, and Kit Sumner as the four prefects and elected Becky Markley, Susan Schettler, AAischa Axiine, Wim Ray, Hobby Hogle, and Phil Patterson to fill the six other student representative vacancies. This new plan of student government was so well thought of by the Northwest Accrediting Associa- tion evaluation team that some members took copies of the constitution back to their schools.

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ACTIVITIES Woe unto he who cries, There ' s nothing to do. There is plenty to do if one only takes the trouble to look for it. Besides participation in school sports, all students have the opportunity to try-out for the all-school play, to join the UN Club, or to contribute to the production of the yearbook. Students can attend dances, go to games, or audition for the cheerleading squad. . . . Indeed, there are so many things to do that some students feel as though they are being pulled in four directions at once— but when the final curtain closes, the final resolution is drafted, or the last deadline is met, the student who par- ticipates can be proud of giving something to the school and pleased that he has grown a little in the process. 45

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The four students responsible for coordi- nating the student activity program meet for a lunch hour session. Kris Nusbaum, Girls ' Activity Association president, and Chuck Culp, Lettermen ' s Club president, flank the two juniors with whom they are working out plans for next year ' s student forum. The juniors are student council vice- presidents, John Volkman and Kandy Kim- ball. The senate meets with the chairman, AArs. Corr and the four faculty advisors. Shelly Hackett, Father Pete, Bryan Bird, AAr. Pur- dy, AAr. Larimer, AArs. Bradley, Hank Lamb, and AArs. Corr at one of the many noon meetings held in the library. Kit Sumner, fourth member of the senate, was absent at this particular meeting. 47