  The ``$D$'' matrices for all states of the two fundamental representations
and octet are shown in the generalized Euler angle parameterization. The
raising and lowering operators are given in terms of linear combinations of the
left invariant vector fields of the group manifold in this parameterization.
Using these differential operators the highest weight state of an arbitrary
irreducible representation is found and a description of the calculation of
Clebsch-Gordon coefficients is given.
