Mount Vernon Seminary Yearbook Cupola 1964

Mary MeAllister, Martlia Slessman, Elizabeth Edwards, Betsy Leith, Joan Cousins, Tempe Grant, president, Mary Griffith,
Jane Brady, Noni Hastie, Blanche Capel, Jane Withers.
Student Council
At the annual Honor Assembl\ last fall each
student signed her name beneath tlie Honor Code
to pledge her ]o\alty to the school and her lionesty
in all phases of school life. It is the Student Council's
responsibility to see that the school rules and
regulations in reference to this lionor system are
remembered and practiced at all times. Accordingly
the Council has the right to deal with any individual
who shows lack of concern or respect for the school.
Student Council meets once a week. Members
include the president of the Student Body, the
presidents and \-ice-presiclents of each class, the
president of House Council, the Day Student president,
the president of Optima, and a secretarytreasurer.
The faculty acbiser is Mrs. Lowry. The
Council discusses how it can best help the students
understand and maintain citizenship rules and
standards. Student body meetings held se\'eral times
throughout the >ear also give Council members
suggestions regarding the students' desires or concerning
their opinions of certain policies.
Last fall the members returned to school early
to welcome both old and new students to Mount
Vernon. A tea for new girls and their parents and
a "Hobo Hootenany" for everyone completed the
orientation. The Council also had a drive to raise
money for the Ginling School in Taiwan where many
of the school's buildings and supplies were destroyed
by a disastrous earthquake and flood.
Representatives of the Council have also met with
the Interschool Council to learn about other forms
of student government practiced by independent
schools in the Washington area. A senior mixer in
the fall was a project organized in cooperation with
these schools. Council members also joined the
Junior College students in December to present
the Pelham family with a Christmas puppy on behalf
of the Student Body.
Under Tempo's experienced leadership the Student
Council has discussed the problems which
inevitably face any type of government and has
established the best solutions for these problems.
They must then rely on the complete cooperation
of the students in order to maintain the standards
of Mount Vernon.
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