Vestal High School 1961 Yearbook (Vestal, NY) - Full Access

~ E TED: andra imp on, retary; Jim ard, pre•ident. Ron Greene, trea urer; Bill ~Iontro . , vi e preoident. The fir t major d bate of the Vestal D - bate Oub within the chool wa with the tu- dent Council over th propo ition that orne change hould be made in it policie and action . The debat hinged mainly on the qu - tion of the Refer nee Committee and wa won b • the affirmative ide led by Fred Buehl r and arl Kocian. TA DI G: F. Buehler. ROW 0 E: . Kocian, G. Romonchuk. ROW .TWO: T. Benz lew ki, P. Alley, . Cockrell. ROW THREE: F. Hoff tadt, J. Ramer, V. Kryger. Thi ear officer have led the tudent Council of Ve tal to a ne' limit of power and po ition be oming for the fir t time the true school leader that it hould. They have begun u h new practic a tudent Reference Com- mittee, tudent parking, and the ba i of an honor y tern for the future a well as carry- ing on projects from pa t years, for example, the Field rvice Program and tudent scholar- hips. Faculty advi or i Mr. Marvin. Thi i the first year that Ve tal ha had a formal debate or Debate Club, and it ha be n a claimed by all a doing a wonderful job from the beainning. The club participates in formal debates with other area schools on a given topic and within itself on hool mat- ter , uch as " hould senior receive pecial privileges?" and "Why not co-ed gym cla se ?" Mr . Kavanaugh ha done an excellent job a advi or in leading one of V tal' newest club . 91