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Show ram- Friday, December iAtttcr Day Sun - 18, 1964 junior to study in Germany, see Europe BYH Editorials By Jean Tyler Have you ever dreamed of traveling to Europe by yourself. living in a new country Need for communication arises for several years, and facing the difficulties of a new language. new customs and new w lack of ommuim a; it n lieiuith the war a stu.h'iitlHhh anl the Suuiui.t hm! Ewiiitiw Council.-- has villi' to ,a " Th tiaiei,t of thi- - m!,oo haw no tile meeti- Tl,jv i -t- -i m ( schools? cois.-lan- t, . ldiahlr ouiw f"i' finding out what transpires at of their elected oilieials. -- ng.-- For example, .something ha- - taken place at Executive Council meeting.-- ui,ce the beginning of this year which ha- - hoen hushed up een'in Student Council meetings. As that nothing should he a matte;- of ethics, it would ha.no purpose being discussed by discued there which the studentbody. Another item is that the Council would not allow an election for a vacated cheerleader office to be held, despite a clear a petition bearing the names of lot) students these of ladder grades. When the majority of the petitions appeared to plead his case (to the elfect that the Council had no right and no excuse for appointing rather than allowing election of the new cheerleader), he was voted down 12-In addition, minute- - were not taken simultaneously during tins meeting on Dec. 7, but were pieced together later by the secretary as was evident in the official report. The general election proponent's speech was largely misrepresented in the Student Council Minutes. When the councils can deliberately reject the general consensus of this high school and fear no retribution, some-sorof communication link should be set up before any greater damage to the image and integrity of the councils and the school can occur. - th 1. t Bill of Rights Day - not wrong! Since Tuesday, Dec. lb. was Bill of Rights Day, if is fitting to praise the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that guarantee the freedoms of speech, press, religion yes, even the freedom to bear arms and to petition the government. Read these amendments. Theyre interesting interand communist esting because they allow who love if their country to those For flourish. groups have the right under the Constitution and Bill of Rights to criticize the government, so do the anti-Americ- an anti-America- Isnt that odd ? The very license that permits freedom can destroy freedom. Can freed orb be destroyed here? It can if Americans take no interest in government and forget to vote. if school dropouts continue at a high rate It can and futme citizens are so ignorant they can no longer read and reason and vote intelligently. Bill of Rights Day serves to remind all that the American form of government was won through the sweat and blood of those who dreamed of freedom, and through the deaths of those galant freedom fighters in all the wars. and socialist-communiBut let the forces come to power, and the Bill of Rights will become a bill of wrongs. Freedom depends on intelligent participation in gov- ... ... anti-Americ- ernment st an your participation. 4f Cheerleaders aid school spirit If there are four students who do more for the school than any others, they would definitely be the cheerleaders. They are seen on the basketball floor or on the stage always bouncing with enthusiasm. But the many other services they do go all but unnoticed. Though often receiving little more than a passive response from the students, they still work with energy. Never is a cheerleader seen without a smile for all or urging school support and spirit. The time and expense put forth by these girls is obviously beyond the call of duty. More than Sbb for uniforms and accouterments was spent for the cheerleading cause by each of them. It can be estimated that more than bod man hours have been spent thus far by each under the role of a cheerleader supporting their school. Very few students givethis much service and receive the little recognition that the cheerleaders do. Now added to this diligent team is another spark of life. Each one of these girls and pep many times the support she geb-- . It can be given by not only extra amounts of spirit bu1 also offers to help out with the many extra tasks that need to be done. ever-increasi- ng de-er- ve $: ... $ :j: Her hubby gave her a new mink outfit fur Christmas a trap and a rifle 1 : lie gave her a three-piec- e two needles and a skein of yarn. s sweater set for Christmas leaves BY High for Germany Julia Brown, a junior, has dreamed of this for years and is leaving today for California where she will work for two months to enable her to realize this dream. Reasons for Council decision on cheerleader election given Dear Editor: On Friday, Dec. 3, the school Council met to decide a very was important question brought up by the resignation of a cheerleader. .We had to decide how to replace a studentbody officer, who for some reason, vacated his office. Our schools Constitution has made little provision for cases such as this. It just says that the school Council should see that the vacant office is filled within a week, leaving the method of choosing up to the Council. This left the Council two alternatives: (1) To call a special election involving the whole studentbody, and (2) to fill the office by appointment until the next election. The second alternative was chosen because it seomed to be in the best interest of our school. SIMILAR TENETS Our student government and Constitution are set up to be similar to the United States' form of government, a Republic. In a republican form of government, the people elect representatives whom they feel wdl act in their best interest. We of the school Council are your representatives in your student government. In our national government, when an elected official resigns. a special election is never held. If the Constitution does not specify who is to fill the office, it is filled by appointment. This is true in city governments as well as state and federal government. NO SPECIAL ELECTION The Council decided not to call a special election because it is not in keeping with the policies of our national government. The Council was elected by the studentbody to represent them. Because of this fact, we of the Council felt justified in our decision. This power was given to us by the people who elected us and by the Constitution. We feel that we acted in the best interest of our school and hope that the studentbody will endorse our decision. (EDITORS NOTE; Although this letter came to me unwe felt it in the insigned. terest of the students to print it. We received it through Melodee Lambert who received it from the hand of Kim Bateman, the author. We felt that a statement was required concerning some of the information in the letter. False information has been given about the right of the council to appoint officers by the Constitution. The Constitution states nothing in reference to vacated offices, let filling them within a time limit. V ever been Also, nothing-ha- s said or written by any school authority concerning the terning of our government after the national government. The Council has used the example of filling vacant offices by appoinment. It was not considered that the cost, expense, and burden of a national election almost require an appointment. Also, the time that would elapse from the time the office was vacated till the time it couud be filled by an election could cause a disaster depending on the office, or an inordinate amount of work would pile up.) will leave from New York in early February on the Argentina." She will land in Copenhagen before continuing to Cassel, Germany. "School starts in April, but a person must be in Germany for two months before he can start school," reports Julia. have been Arrangements made for her to live with a German LDS family. A young girl from this family will come to America and live with Julias family. Julia will go to a type of gymnahigh school called sium." where she will take the outlined curriculum. She would like to study more humanities than anythink elese. After graduation she plans to visit France, Austria, Turkey, Greece, and the Holy Land. She chose to study in Germany Mostly because the Germans are domineering in language as well as culture. Julia is the second in a family of seven children, two bows and five girls. She wanted to She come to BY, High because she needed the background German which BY High fers." in of- Jcllij 014 Saint Hick exposed in true Mcty man, Santa is St. Nicholas of the third century who is the basis of todays bearded symbol of American holiday merriment. Nicholas, whose fame originated with his first big act of charity, was bishop of the metropolitan church of Myra in Asia Minor and the heir to a substantial fortune left by his parents who died in an epidemic. He heard of the problems of a merchant who was stripped of his wealth by business failures and unable to offer any money as dowries to prospective husbands for his three daughters. Nicholas secretly dropped money into the man's courtyard for the marriage of his first two daughters; but on the third trip, the merchant hid and by ius coat ca'uut me tails. Nicholas beget d the man to '1 no one. but the word soon got mound. The Claus, fat jolly la.-mo- p t- Debaters win 3rd meet; beat Provo, 18-- 9 BY Highs debate team remained undefeated in its thild practice meet of the season by scoring an 18-- 9 victory over Provo High here on Tuesdav, Dec. 8. Previous victories were notched against Davis and Highland High Schools in dual meets here. Mr. Ken Bowthorpe. speech ami drama teacher and debate team adviser, said that three teams from BY High went undefeated against Provo. These were Bruce Barton and Randy Peterson, Ricky Gunn and Alan Wilkins, and Kim Bateman and Richard Asay. Carol Howell and Cynthia Greer of Provo High were undefeated. d of three The meet con-iste- rounds of alternating egative affirmative-n- debating. Ten teams from each school cnrr.pit-ed- . Student judges representid both schools. Thus, the act of giing in secret at night became the basis for dropping presents into childrens stockings. enjos so great a as Nicholas, regai popularity ed as the special guardian children, maidens, merchants sailors, and prisoners? In the past, children believed, St. Nicholas made his annual rounds on the eve of his Dee a feast day, dropping gift dew chimmeys. Part of the tiaditio-wato leave food for St. Niche-lasteed, generally convened et as a grey horse or white donkey. The name Santa Claus is an outgrowth of the Dutch a n lation of St. Nicholas- - Sint Nicolaus, which through famiha usage by children, betame Suita Kbaas. and finally Santa Clan- Thiough the years, the traditional visit of St. Nicholas be came associated with Chiisi-mas- . But nothing so populai him in the United States as Cl ment C. Moores poem, A from St. Nicholas." common';-knowas The Night Return Who else ti- i s 1 . i" ' -.' Christmas. It was Moores irnmoitnl poem, written in 1,823 especial!'-fohis own children, that fimt desciibed St Nicholas streakii:. across the night sky in a minia ture sleigh driven by eight tiu reindeer, landing on looftops. and out of chimneys. Santa eventually lecrossed the Atlantic to England and the distant parts of the old Briti-.- h Empire. His legend has since r been eanied throughout the world by American servicemei Sun Latter-Da- y A paper published under the authority of the Brigham Young High School Student Bodv. 500 N. ve., Provo, Utah. University Editor Ken Smith Asst. Editor Larry Christensen News Editor Dawn Thurston Feature Editor Jeanie Gardiner Bruce Barton Sports Editor Business Manager .. Dennis Monson Chief Photographer Reed Smoot Asst. News Editor .. Lorraine Clark Asst. Sports Editor . 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