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e first, would get to be the main president from September until February, while the other person is mainly in chargeof finances. And then from February to June, it would switch. Some other things that we have taken from them arehaving meetings once a week and the president running assembly, although we call it Community Time. During thegirls assembly (since it was still an all girl school) the president would give out an award to the class with the leasttardies and for their reward the grade with the greatest number of tardies would have to clean their tables at the endof lunch for two weeks until the next assembly. Student Council was also over how Study Halls were run. They werestricter than we are now with Study Hall, even though back then these rules were made by students. For example:1) Students are to sit in their assigned seats 2) Students are not to ask for academic help from the supervisor or fromany student. If these or any other of the 8 rules were broken then their names were given to Student Council and theywould have to have a supervised Study Hall.A major difference that the Student Council had back then was how active they were. In the documents that Ifound, there were copies of surveys and proposals made to the students and the staff. One of the surveys taken in1984 was for the students to see how they felt about the cafeteria in terms of how the lunch hour was and how theyliked the meals. Later in 1991 a proposal called the Student Council Junior Lunch Proposal was made. It was very wellorganized and in full detail so that the teachers knew exactly what they were asking for. They included quotes fromthe Detroit Country Day principle, who had already enacted this program and he said that it was going very well.The juniors stated in their proposal that they would only go out on Fridays in Second Semester, they would sign inand out, if you’re on probation you’re not allowed to go, and being late to a class after lunch will have the standardconsequences. We still use these rules today which shows how effective Student Council is when they map out everythingand have all their facts together and are very detailed about what they want to do. After this proposal therewas another questionnaire that was made note of in the documents that I found where Student Council asked thestudents opinions on many different issues. This questionnaire like the last one mentioned was not, yes or no, but afree response which better helps the council because it helps the students give more details and really tell how theyfeel without giving their name. One of the questions included ideas for something they used to have called Winterfest. One of the ideas that they asked about was having a talent show and big wheel race. Although we don’t have bigwheel races, we do have a talent show which takes place in the later part of the year.Moving on to the Student Council of 1999-2000, the difference that they have with the Student Commission nowand Student Council years ago is that their meetings were during class instead of lunch time or different free time thatthe community shared as a whole. The teachers could make the student stay in class only if there was a test or quizand whatever else work was missed, the student had to make up. As the years went on, the role that student governmentplayed became less and less. We still have a role now, but what that role is a lot of people aren’t aware of anddon’t care to find out. Student Commission needs to get back in the game and really tend to the needs and wants ofthe students while working cooperatively with the staff. We have more opportunities now and a very good networkthat we can use to our advantage and make things change in the Liggett Community like our past councils have.This Page: Student Council 1995-96. Previous Page: Liggett Student Council 1917-1918