Walt Whitman High School 1967 Yearbook (Bethesda, MD) - Full Access

198 Student Government Listening to the gripes and needs of 2100 students and then taking action, the Student Government Association tackled everything from more pleasant cafeteria conditions to Senior exemption from final exams. Each homeroom elected a representative and an alternate twice a year; those elected in the fall attended an orientation workshop. Meeting every Thursday, SGA repre entatives made motions and sugge tion then took the ideas back to homerooms for student discu sion. Whitmanite participated actively in their student government both by attending Rep assemblies and by joining SGA Committees. The SGA Journal, which com· piled activity report from all the officers, was distributed to each student four times a year. Members of the Executive Committee also wrote a regular column in the Black & White. In the belief that legaJized moking areas would help minimize vandali m at Whitman, the SGA succeeded in entering a con ideration on the agenda of the Maryland State Teacher ' Association. Another proposal, the exemption of Seniors from final exam , was defeated in a close vote by the Montgomery County Principal's Association. An SGA fir t was a Student Discipline Advisory Board. Serving as a liai on between students and faculty, the Board recom· mended disciplinary action on controversial cases. Politic came to Whitman with the SGA-sponsored assem· blies at which poke Gilbert Gude and Royce Hanson, can· didates for U.S. Representative from Maryland's 8th District. STUDENT GOVERNMENT A SOCIATJON Seated: L. Hilken, F. Feller, C. Jamie on, I. Bennett, G. Honeycutt, C. Goodwin, P. Oran– burg. Second Row: L. Hom, S. Vincent, P. Nathan on, S. Gray, S. Witt, C. Herson, B. Sweetser, S. Brady, C. Salmond, E. Salmond, D. Elliott, J. Confrey, ]. Derner, D. Darcey, C. Childs. Third Row: G. Patterson, . Weinberg, D. Klein, A. Pollack, S. Jone , T. Junkin, J. Rollow, R. Forre t, J. Korb, W. Becker, J. Hamilton, W. Webster, S. Initiates Lectures Mock elections allowed the student body to "elect" county and state officials. A variety of current issues-from the independence of Rhodesia to the legalization of LSD– provoked lively debate at the after-school discussion groups initiated and conducted by SGA. Working to make life at Whitman more pleasant, the SGA arranged for music and a fourth lunch line in the cafeteria. The Quadrangle Redevelopment Project progressed. The dress code was modified. To tackle the problems of correlating club activities and improving communication between service clubs, SGA formed an Inter-Service Club Council. As a service to students, a student telephone direc– tory was printed. The SGA also operated a dittoing and stenciling service. Proceeds from Slave Day, when SGA officers were auc– tioned, entered the treasury. Funds accumulated from proHts made by the school store and from the SGA spring concert which featured Wilson Pickett and the Marvelettes. At the SGA-sponsored Activities Carnival in June, Whitman clubs attracted dimes and nickels to their booths. A five-hundred dollar scholar hip was establi hed for a Whibnan student in financial need to use at an area college or vocational or business school after graduation. To benefit needy families in the area, the SGA sponsored a charity drive. Money was also sent through the Save-The-Children Foundation to Rita Bolletta, Whitman's foster child in Italy. Lowenstein. Fourth Row: L. Walleigh, S. Albin, B. Pumphrey, M. Hilken, S. Anderson, D. Burch, J. Stowell, R. Sherwood, R. Melnick, ]. Leivick, B. Salan, E. Huang, M. Foulger, E. Schoenfeld. Fifth Row: B. Rastetter, B. Jancin, R. McCord, T. Gall, C. Arey, G. Browne, L. MitcheU, F. Levin, B. Yeomans, R. Copeland, G. Webster, G. Cox, C. Gilchrist.