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

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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

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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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W'37 BOYS' ASSIZE COURT includes: Back Row: E. Urbaeh, B. Ward, F. Laybhen, A. Benson, B. Alshuler, T. Taylor, R. McCreery. Middle Row: I. Rubel, H. Barneson, G. Mann, R. Becker, H. Borenstein, B. Peters, H. Host, C. Petty. Front Row: D. Shepherd, R. Sommer, B. Figge, G. Pryor, F. Billings, B. Asher, M. Snegoff. BOYS' ASSIZE COURT First Semester The Boys' Assize Court operates in cooperaf tion with the student body and the Council in maintaining an eflicient government through the making and enforcing of laws necessary to the school's welfare The Court, headed the Fall semester by Gay Pryor, meets once a week. Three divisions of the Court which meet as often as necessary are the Jury committee, whose duty is judging offenders, the Assembly committee, guardians of order in the auditor' ium, and the Lawn committee, to whom belongs the task of keeping our campus in order. KNIGHTS First Semester Since the time when they were organized un' der the supervision of VicefPrincipal Swan, the Colonial Knights have always endeavored to carry out in all their acts their motto, For the Honor of the School . During the fall semester Chief Knight john Snow wielded the gavel while the Knights com' pleted their many deeds of service. A primary duty is the keeping of order in the Assemblies. Charge of the athletic area during sports events and the study hall during rainy lunch periods is also under Knight jurisdiction. 24 W'37 KNIGHTS include: Back Row: R. Catterlin, H. Barneson, T. Hauge, D. Kiechle, G. Pryor, B. Jaques. First Row: T. Freear, A. Rasmussen, N. Kendall, J. Snow, G. Foltz, S. Gortikov. J. Elliott.