The 10 students were part of the eighth annual Southern Regional Model United Nations Conference, a simulation of the New York-based association of world states created in the aftermath of World War II to work for international peace, security and cooperation.
Participants simulate the roles of delegates from U.N.-member states.
Held shortly before Christmas in Atlanta, the 1997 conference drew some 450 participants. Most of the approximately 30 schools represented are in the Southeast, though delegations from as far away as the District of Columbia also took part. Wahnee J. Sherman of Carthage, and senior Brad Sweet of Cleveland. Additionally, sophomore Lacey L. Clark of Starkville, senior Michael J. Highfield and junior Mecklyn E. Morgan of Richton were selected to serve on major convention committees. Lacey Clark and Patrick F. Shepard, a sophomore from Katy, Texas, were named to a group that will research and choose issues to be debated then.