Lutheran High School - Paw Prints Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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the Throats are self - consciously cleared and chairs shuffled as the stern eyes of Kevin Smith silently order quiet in the library. It ' s Stu- dent Council Time! And the secre- tary frantically searches for her minutes while the treasurer tries to figure out how to tell the coun- cil that there are only two dollars and twelve cents left in the treas- ury. Soon calm refreshens chaos and the meeting is on its way . . The year was a different one. A better one. Kevin Smith, determined to make student homeroom rep- resentatives just that — represent- If you ever wonder where the money goes that you spend on baked goodies, dances and proms, take a second look at Treasurer Stephanie Stefani. When the activities com- missioners go overboard in planning feasts and festivals it ' s Stephanie who pulls in the reins. She straightens the money books, counts chapel offerings and works with Kaye Shutte in the business office. Kevin is try- ing to bring the administration closer to the kids he ' s constantly hounding Mr. Craven for a meeting with the board . impossible atives of their homeroom - launched an all-out campaign to purify the system. Questionnaires bearing disturbing questions (which purposely caused the answer-writer to think) were given to all students and then brought before the offi- cers. The concern and interest of the officers and the reps managed to touch a few consciences and results did, finally result. In an effort to give the reps more responsibility, the mimeographed homeroom reports were abolished ... it became necessary for the homeroom reps themselves to listen and report back to their homerooms. Incompetent reps be- came competent or were replaced, noisy reps talked less and listened The job of student body secretary requires nimble fingers, sharp ears to catch every- ting being said to quickly write it down, and a lot of patience. Kathy Tsutsui keeps notes at the meetings and serves on other com- mittees such as Homecoming. She says, The thing that really gets an officer down is the low opinion kids have of student council. We could really do a lot if we ever got going. dream more the system became inter- esting. A few dreams were realized — many were not . . many of the dances proved to be poor money- makers. Publicity and promotion were handled with willing and hard- working hands — but it was up to the kids themselves to take it from there, and in many cases this is where we failed. Anothe worry was the outside chapels which were quickly be- coming a circus of many-ringed side shows. The problem was rec- ognized and something was done. X? It could have been a lot better but the thing is, the council can ' t do i by itself — can ' t do it by myself — everybody has to heip, Vice President Gary France sums up the year. When words of wisdom or ideas are need- ed Gary is ready and willing. He takes over the council meetings when Kevin can ' t. People think words are louder than ac- tions — but nobody does anything. A lot more could have been accomplished if stu- dents cooperated. My special thing was this campus clean-up campaign — it was a good idea — but after a couple days people got tired of it. Maybe it was asking too much

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For Kevin Smith the title ' President ' has its drawbacks, I ' d like to be able to do my job without worrying about titles — but that seems to be the only way to get anything done. The main goal I want to reach is to leave something behind for the future councils — to lay some groundwork for them and set some guidelines. Another thing I ' d like to see is more respect for people with positions and just people in general. Kevin worked closely with Dean Craven ( he can be stubborn, but he ' s fair ) and he even met with the formidable Board once or twice. Most of the time the council was allowed to try out their ideas with Mr. Craven ' s approval. Says Kevin, I can sympathize with the kids who don ' t do anything — they ' re getting tired of the same old stuff. I ' d like to do something different, but it ' s not the council ' s fault. The council is a part of the student body — it ' s every- one ' s council — not just the people who go sit at the meetings. If anyone has a problem or gripe they should come to me and I ' ll do anything I can to help. This is a good council, but a lot of things would have been better if we had more response. ' Student Councillors listen intently as Kevii leads a meeting notice the interested ex pressions?

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Student Body Commissioners clockwise; Bharat Patel, Safety — When there ' s glass in the driveway or someone ' s safety alarm proves not to be safe, or car space number 10 is filled by car number 25, it ' s time for Bharat to take matters into his own hands. Laurel LeVan, Publicity — Those crazy signs hanging everywhere but the bulletin boards, announcing activities, are some of Laurel ' s painstaking handiwork, along with the giant calender at the back of the quad. Donna Davis, Roberta Hanson, Lynn vie, Rita Pharris, Activities — The dances, semi-formals, and buses to games are mastered by this dedicated quartet. They scrounge up the refresh- ments, transportation, bands, gyms for dances, and encourage all sorts of baked goods to appear for sale to cover money losses. Rex Briggs, Campus Affairs — When you find your locker taken over by swarms of ants or cockroaches (it pays to throw old lunches away) this is the man to see. Kristy Schlaht, Charity — Kristy was the suggestor of helping to support little Marrianna with our chapel offerings. It was her job to take care of donations and to find causes that needed our support. 1 ' 1: