I was in the student council at LGHS for a couple of years. Then in my Senior Year I ran for class president.

 I remember that the candidates gave a speech in the auditorium to all the students in the Senior Class... I spoke about protesting against the Vietnam War. The other candidate, Jim Lang, said... "This year, let's just have fun!" and the audience cheered loudly. at that point I knew I had lost. My friend, Rich Field, also ran for Student Body President and he lost also. We were in a crowd of people that always was in the student council and suddenly we were out... It seemed like a big deal at the time... however, I don't actually remember what the student council actually did, if we did anything at all...

Read more of my Autobiography at:
http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html