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3, ComplGte ”student govornmont” is impossiblo, then, because students cannot be held strictly responsible for what happens. But there is such a thing as student participation in the government of the school# There are many activities in our school which the students could handle very capably. Most of us v/ould like to have a hand in planning the life of the school and in carrying out that plan. Take these for cxcmples. The school controls a rather profitable monopoly in the privilege of selling drinks and can dy at athletic contests. This year that monopoly tos turned over to the Junior Glass in order that it might raise money for the Junior-Senior banquet. This is in no way a criticism of the decision to give the Juniors this privilege, but under a form of student participation the representatives of the student body might have had a voice in the granting of this concession. Perhaps the students should have the right to express their opinion each year in the choice of a manager of the book store. The clubs v/e already have should probably be broadly supervised by the student body. . These problems v/ould, of course, be taken care of by the elected represelitatives of the student body. As was stated above, the principal v/ould in each case have'the power to veto any proposal ho considered unwise. It is our belief, however, ' that in the majority of instancos any idea which an intelligent, conscientious student group endorses vdil also meet with the approval of the principal. The Student Patrol is the first step in this direction. It is an experiment in student participation. Misconduct in the halls is an offense not against the faculty, but against the student body. No teachers are ever run over in the corridors. ' In every case the victim is a student. The movement of traffic, then, is essentially a student problem. It ought, as such, to be handled by students. V/e have turned it over to you. We intend to give you every opportunity to make it a distinct success. If the students of Albemarle High School demonstrate in this experiment their ability to govern themselves efficiently and honestly, you may fost assured broader opportunities for participation will certainly be offered. - H. C. McFadyen 5*^ ST. V;JLSNTDT3»S DAY St. Valentine’s Day is generally observed by the sending of missives especially by young people. Its origin is uncertain, but it was celebrated as earlj’’ as the fourteenth century, and • probably earlier. Saint Valentine was a Roman catholic bishop who was martyred in Rome in A. D. 270, on the fourteenth of February. Some say that it was the custom for Saint Valentine to go around from house to house, leaving food on the doorsteps of the poor, and that the custom of sending Valentine greetings developed from that, /mother explanation connects the modern celebration of the day v/ith the observance of the Roman festival Lupercalia, v/hich occurred on February 15. At this time each young man'drew from a box the name of a lady, to v/hom he was to be faithful for the ensuing year. - Geraldine Rogers
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