Fairfax High School - Colonial Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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13 STAN LEY GORTIKOV Editor of Gazette BILL FIGGE Commissioner of Publicity BARBARA MORGAN Girls' League Presulent IRA BARZILAY ftsszstant Lord High Cofmmissioner CHARLOTTE H0li0WN'l1'Z Pronzelhean President ELizAnE'rH KOERNER Commissizrner of Clubs W ,37 GEKALDINE FoRNEx' Commissioner of Advertising Art RUSSELL MCCREEIIY Commissi :mer of Safety BETTY RYAN School Historian COLONIAL COUNCIL BE'1 r1E J AC KSUN Adjutant GEORGE BUSH Conznzissionm' of Oral Arts JOE ISENRERG Commissioner of Boys' Athletics WILLIAM CORGI-IRAN R.O.T.C. Cadet Major ANITA PAINASI Chancellor of Exchequer GR.xcE REEVES Commissioner of GAY PRYOR Boys' Assize Court President WARD PAYNE Town Crier JANET CHAMPION Girls' Asmze Court As well as an executive head, a democratic organization must have a representative legisf lative body. At Fairfax the legislative duties of the school are vested in the Colonial Council, an elective body of 19 members, presided over by the Lord High Commissioner of the school. The members of the Council all fall in one of three classiications. First there are those ofhf cers who are chosen specifically by the student body to occupy certain positions on the Counf cil. These are elected at the end of every semesf 22 Girls' Athletics President MR. RAE G. VAN CLEVE TOM FREEAR Principal Lord High Commissioner ter to serve the following term. Secondly, there are those Commissioners who are appointed by the outgoing Council members to fill their posts during the following semester. These appoint' are also made at the conclusion of a work. In the third classification aye placed all those who become members through being elected the head of a school organization ments term's by that group. These elections are naturally held at the first opportunity for the organization meet.

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Student Government . . . of the student, by the student, and for the student has not perished from Fairfax, but continues to operate for the advancement of the school. Executive, oratorical and social abilities are the qualifications necessary for the oiiiciating over the Council, presiding at school gatherings, and representing the school on the outside, These are the duties of the highest office in the student gov' ernment, the Lord High Commissionership. Verifying his southern accent Tom Freear, elected to this office for the first semester possesses a birth certiicate marked Memphis, Tennessee. His elementary education, begun in that metropf olis, was continued in the Ramona and Cahuenga grammar schools in Los Angeles. Following his junior high experience, gained at Bancroft, Tom moved to Fairfax, remaining until graduation. In junior high where he served in many ca' pacities, his greatest service was as president of his senior class. He earned membership every term in the honor society and won a special award for outstanding service. At Fairfax, Tom's talents won the interfclass debating and caused his selection as representaf tive in the Extemporaneous Oratorical Contest. S'57 PRESIDENT GAY PRYOR His scholastic ability was again shown by mem' bership in Prometheans and the California Scholf arship Federation. In school politics he attained prominence as the twicefelected president of the Boys' Assize Court, followed by his selection as Lord High Commissioner. At the conclusion of the fall semester it became the duty of Tom Freear to pass the gavel of auf thority to the one whom the student body had chosen to succeed him, Gay Pryor. Actually born at Plainview, Texas, Gay adopted Los Angeles in his first year, later enrolling in Laurel Gram- mar School. These six years were followed by three at Bancroft junior High, then graduating to Fairfax. Gay's active past in school activity reached a near climax as President of the Boys' Assize Court during the first term of the year. His ex' cellent record in this capacity recommended him to the student body for the office to which they next elected him, that of Lord High Commisf sioner of Fairfax. RECEIVES GAVEL OF AUTHOR' ITY FROM W'37 PRESIDENT TOM FREEAR. - TOM FREEAR GAY PRYOR W,37 Lord High S37 Lord High Commissioner Commissioner . . ve'rijies'southern accent. . . . attained prominence. 21

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Once a week the Colonial Council meets in the council room to consider the business of the school. It is the duty of each member to champion the rights of the section of the school which he has been chosen to represent. Attendf ing each meeting is H. C. Backer who acts as faculty sponsor. Q It is the duty of the'Council to formulate the decisions and rulings necessary for the manage' ment of the school. In its hands it holds the purse strings of the student body and all expenf ditures made from the treasury must first be approved by this body. That the democratic method of school man' agement has not failed is conclusively shown by the capable manner in which the Councils have performed their duties in the year just passed. A large part of the credit for the smooth running of these school matters must be given to Tom Freear who guided the W'37 Council, and to Gay Pryor to whom the S'37 Council looked for leadership. GAY PRYOR Lord High Commissioner KATE ELLEN MURTAGII Assistant Lord High Commissioner IRMA WEISKOPF Commissirmer of Clubs STEVE CARIIWELL Commissioner of Boys' Athletics MR. H. ORLO BACKER Faculty Sponsor MAIHION WALKER Adjutant EUGENE KAHN Commissioner of Oral Arts CHARLOTTE HoRoWITz Promethean President BOB BECKER Boys' Assize Court President ESTHER STROUSE Commissioner of Girls' Athletics SYLVIA SCH ULTZ Comm issionvr of Publicity S '37 COLONIAL COUNCIL HAROIID SHIDLER R.O.T.C. Cadet Major KAY MULLANE Girls' League President ANITA PAINASI Chancellor of the Exchequer JANET CHAMPION Girls' Assize Court President CHARLES PETTY Commissioner of Safety PAT SMITI-I Commissioner of Advertising Art JEAN MILLER School Historian MTARCELLE J ABOUR Editor of Gazette BYRON PALMER Town Crier X! fl f , oi. 4:-ns, i N A ,,, . - srrlrrt