Westport High School - Brownie Yearbook (Westport, MA)

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» eg el oom ee! The Student Conielt of We eatpuet. High School might as well be non-existent. The Student Council is an organization made up of rep- resentatives from all classes, whése job is to make decisions over the class activities. The Student Council members are all responsible and able to deal with problems with maturity. If the members were not they would not have been elected to the Student Council. The question is, why, if they are responsible and mature, are they not allowed to make these decisions that they are sup- - posed to make? The answer is that the decisions are made by the Council but are completely disregarded hy higher authorities in the school. The decisions do not. mean anything. After study- ing the problem and approving or disapproving of it, the Coun- cil‘makes its decision, but this seems to have no effect on the higher authorities in the school who make their own decision and that decision is it, no if’s, and’s, or but’s about it! This would not be so bad if it did not happen so often and if the higher authority would bring it before the Council and let them decide, because it is the job of Student Council to make these decisions. On Novmber 17 I attend tion at Norwell High Sehool. cil members from other Massachusett’s communities. ind that other Student Councils did not have this prob ae and were more than a figurehead in school government. I found that especially in parochial schools the Student Councils have great power; they are the ruling body in the school, and members are nce pected, Pi pope students and teachers. They make all the decisio jage school affairs very well lL oniy hope see in the coming years will ly SEN OR Srentic be more like the Cou I 1entioned., SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Do Studentgpoicd taginnorehange? In most instances, I don’t believe that the student should attend PTA meeting@ CLASS SSES¢’s night. This is a time for the teachers and THO 's speak freely about their charges. The presence of WHO fe) € WHO ay eer either teacher or Caley from fully ACTIVI trikes or herself. It was just by rest refore, that I found myself in a maze of adotis SPORTS: ers, and students in the F actory School several weeksa¢ vas han to find a ride home with my parents if t ADVERTI Above the din a USIO ere NT 'S one phrase which I repeatedly heard, ““Yes, I have seen a great deal of improve- ment in Johnny,” or “Sus an’s attitude toward school is so much better this term.” I heard similar comments so often that Il began to wonder what had caused such a marked change in so many of the student body. Could it be that the student hadn’t changed at all? Maybe it is the teacher that has changed. I don’t mean the teacher so much as the teacher’s reaction toward the student. Per- haps the teacher has come to accept Johnny for what he is as an individual, and therefore ceases to object to eertain atti- tudes Johnny may have. Teachers are human, too, and they can change their minds about others 3ut should an acceptance of someone be labeled as a change or improvement when there hasn’t been any? the ai Seniors Get Ready To Learn of Aceptance Or Rejection ing sample tests. This year, the range of applica- tions from Westport students is well seattered to schools across the Uni- ted States. Pennsylvania, Massa- by GAIL LASH ehusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Now that the seniors have taken Indiana, Utah, and Connecticut are College Boards, it’s pins and needles 2 few states to be. included in the until April when most colleges noti- list. fv applicants of either ‘acceptance Early aeeeptance has already been leo yf Cor onve ntents | rront-and-jide View About the only way to describe “Shindig” on Channel 6 is by com- paring it to hot and cold waiter. Some shows ate very good while others are only fair to poor. Some shows, especially those fea- turing English artists, realiy and tend to be the best of the shows. Yet the mumber of good. shows does outnumber the bad shows and I feel they are worth watching. —Bob Oakiey SWing The camera Sweeps across a rive inged with silent factories, iy the story of a mill town ifs -peopie unfolds. Written ana directed by Angus Bailey, “Below the Hill’ is Fall River’s own story, starring natives of Fall. River: Ma nnion, Lita SG re ie Ray Bernier, Susan Anderson, and Roger The story reveals how the shut ting down of Fall i fected the personal River's mi lives of its peo nas assumed he once rl wath the loss of his position as fan Seer upporte e iSO Loses Ct His m oral Sia ie ys a which he had PAG ood or ¢xXam- ine ati Wer, re develop- ne S1rpeuwmsrara fe brie Oo | el! and si ¢ i i 2 a b phy chologi cis him until he ceases to faye aman and is no longer regar s one by his wife. At a time 42 n these two people need each o rs comfort so much, they are instead lrawn apart and even repulse Dy the changes which have come over them The ending is not a “they lved BEDE 5 evernul fter’ scene, [t's one 1ich smacks of reality. This is neO9 1 pl oe story. it is by no me an S a ¢g us DY tu tion in te no } Hit , Hol type Gace £ 9 : some Vv ie’ erave in eacl prot CLiOn., what goe Below the Instead, 95 views learn of ; E41) Nearly 111 Juniors Order Rings Members. of the Junior Ciass ceived their rings Thursday Novem- ber 19. Out of the class of 111 stu- dents, nearly ail had been measured for and ordered rit last May. The rings, whicl a rdered from the L. G. B ypany of Attleboro, cons gold en sapphire set in { i0 carat gold. The words “Westport inscribed around year ef gradua- High School” are the stone, and the tion is engraved on the sides. Also engraved against the contrast background are a coat of arms and the words “loyalty” and chola ship’.on one side, and the schor initials on the other sid Th tials of the ring’s owner are seribed in: band Students made $5 deposit on the rings last May and were required to pay their class dues and the bal- ance of the cost before receiying There y« or eighty s class. You are seniors the stage ( are certain the pinnac ine similar that is astr est mounta pon you, fleeting m« ne and in (COR Key Che For Suc Clut pl ¥4 } A S for | Key Gar W £¢ i Key r Ley CC eos ty ak decal tak conducted it OW i th of D, id rrovidel Gets W

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