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STEPHEN CHRISTIE-PRESIDENT: I feel that during my term as President of the Student Council (1973-74) I have acquired more practical knowledge than in the total of my previous 12 years of schoGling. I have been given the ex- perience of being in an influential and authoritative posi- tion, and at the same time being continually confronted with a wall of authority. I have finally begun to under- stand the difference between expectations and reality. This year I have come to understand what is meant by, and follow the advice of Desiderata when it says, "Avoid loud and aggressive persons for they are vexations to the spirit". It has often been said that the Student Council is a puppet of the administration, that the Student Council ex- ists only because the administration wants to make the students feel they have a voice in their education and, in doing so, reassure themselves that the students have none. To a large extent, this is true. The Student Council was created mainly to function as a proponent of school spirit; school spirit being thought of by the administration as a necessary outlet for emotional build-up. Unfortunately, and primarily through lack of support by the student body, the Student Council has remained as such, until now. Now it is time for the Student Council to come out of this primary stage of its metamorphosis, and enter into a second stage. The Student Council must begin to func- tion as an effective liaison between the student body and the administration. Not as a one way liaison from the administration down, as is currently the case, but rather
as a two-way liaison where the students' wishes are empha- tically enforced upon the administration's mind. Only in this way can the students hope to escape from their role
as Epsilon Semi-Morons, in which they are, among other things, subjected to outdated attendance procedures, and exploited by profit-seeking private corporations. You may ask, how can you the individaul, or you as a member of
the student body, help or act as a catalyst in this change? It is simple. All that is needed is the enthusiastic support, and endorsement of the Student Council by the student body. With this support, the Student Council has unlimited power and strength to impress upon the administration
the students' wants and needs.
ANDY SANFILIPPO-VICE-PRESIDENT: In my term as 1973-1974 Vice-President, I have found a great deal of satisfaction in performing my duties on the council. The duties of a Student Council Vice-President are only vague- ly outlined in the Constitution. It states that,the main du- ties of the Vice-President are to draw up agendas and act a chairman for all Student Council meetings. However, the Vice-President's duties hardly stop here. Whereas other members of the Council find their duties outlined very clearly, the Vice-President's duties are very general and, therefore, require a great deal of work. The majority of my work has been that which has been handed down from the President, and I have found myself as almost the second supervisor over the CounciL'
I feel that my 1973-1974 term as Vice-President has been a great experience, and I only hope that my succes- sors can realize enjoyment, equal to that which I have real- ized, as Vice-President.
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