1952 Magnet Yearbook

THE STUDENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE
J:ud .: R U II'; :\Ia" Rosen thal. :\l r. Hagan, T revor E ~· I O l1 .
F ...."t H"", : A nd y Za jac. J u ne Hewe s, Br ia n Hoc ker,
In t he :o;pri ng of 1951, a group of
Iour-th , formers. Lorna Dennison.
S heila :'IlcCoy, Rober t Hill, Beve r ley
Finland . J oy Verno n, Harvey Cowan
a nd Aileen Porter decided to take
:-ltCPll to establis h it Student Council
at J urvi«. )1an :o:, man y meetings wer e
held and teac he rs were consul ted.
After th ese st uden ts had obtained
permission to have a St udent Council.
t he constitution had to be wri tten.
Thi s constitu tio n had to meet the approval
of bot h teachers and students.
Finally after more meeti ngs an d consultations.
the ta sk was completed and
Jarvis W8!\ ready fo r its first election.
Candidates were nominated. poste
rs were placed in prominent position
s, ha nd-bills were dis t ri buted. and
speeches were mad e. Then the elections
were held. Trevor Eyton was
elect ed presid ent and Dodie Sperry
vice-presid ent.
At the first meet lnx. Andy Zajac
was elected treasu re r. Hi-ian Hocker
social-convener. )tax Rosent hal publicity
director and June Hewes secreta
ry . Xow we had ou r Student Council.
Rut whe re were we to begin our
work ?
We had our fi rst dance, the " F ree­
For -All". Everyone came. Who will
ever forget Harvey Cowan as the
penniless widow in her t wen ty- room
shack. Svd Sho om as the villain, :\turray
Ber man as the beauti fu l heroine.
t he clock. or Sauerkraut Sam?
As we held more dances. some independently
and some in conj unctio n
with clubs. we contin ued to be successful.
At the " ) Iagnet Roundu p", a
wester-n affair, we chose a ) Ii:-ll'l )[ ag.
net, Kat hy George, and had squa reda
nci ng, Xear Chr ist mas we had the
"J ingle Bell J ump" wit h San ta Cla w"
a Christmas t ree and all the t rimmings..
The Studen t Council in vited
t he basketbal l teams of St. Cathar-