Phoenix Union High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Board of Control Edwin Beauchamp, Senior Class President Kathleen Roach, Senior Girl Representative Mary Siscell, Junior Girl Representative Hanley Slagle, Senior Boy Representative 1 . Q, V' Paul Adams, Juniorf,Class President , V , Kathleen Johnson, Sophomore Girl Representative Jean Carson, Freshman Girl Representative Bill Hazelett, Junior Boy Representative V Jack Lindstrom, Sophomore Class President Harriet Wilkinson, Girls' League President 1 -! Daniel Twitchell, Freshman Class President Walter Boyd, Freshman Boy Representative James Brush, Student Body Dramatics Manager Billy Martin, Student Body Social Manager Robert Conrad, Student Body Athletic Manager Beecher Twitchell, Boys Federation President

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Student Government President ..,........,,. ,,..v,, E arl Melby Vice-President ....,,.. ,,,,,.., S ue Navarre Girls' Secretary .,,..,... ,,,,,.,,,,,,,, T helma Price Boys' Secretary ..,..,.... .,,V,.. F rancis Shaughnessy Embodied in a spirit of modern democracy, student participation in gov- ernment is evidence of a steady progressive movement in school admin- istration at Phoenix Union High School. The system of Student Body government in effect here is administered by one central governing body, the Board of Control, and is divided in two main divisions, the Girls' League and the Boys' Federation. It is essential in a large school, such as Phoenix High, that all law making be carried- on in a smaller body than the school at large. Each spring, however, every student in the Associated Student Body gets his turn at the political side of the school. This is election time, and, from the nom- inations in the annual assembly for this purpose until the final election, the political fervor of the student body is unrestrained. Everywhere are posters, personal cards, and even advertising in the school paper. Each student stands firmly behind his choice for office while classes are likely to be neglected in reckless abandon. After the election, however, everyone cooperates harmoniously with the new officers, even though his own candidate was defeated. It is this stu- dent cooperation in government that makes it the efficient organ that it is today. Minor divisions of administration built around the nucleus of student gov- ernment are the advisory groups, which are divided by classes into boys' and girls' groups and meet for a period of 25 minutes each day. 1 With this splendid foundation for government and with the whole-hearted cooperation and willingness of the Associated Student Body at large, it is practically impossible for this system of student government to fail to function perfectly. Price, Shaughnessy Navarre Melby Page 23

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Page 25 Traditions Committee Shaughnessy7Dixon, Beauchamp Carson, Evvard, Siscell Navarre,,Roach, Scholz If Woodmansee, Price, Robersbn Allen, Wilkinson, B. Twitchel D. Twitchell, Diettrich, Conrad Stauffer, Bowers, Johnsoh Hayt, Cox Martin, Slagle, Hyde Aycock,fMeIby, Hazelett Lindstrlbm, Boyd, Quinn Sponsor-E. W. Montgomery Presenting a most variable routine of duties is the position of Student Body presi- dent, held this year by Earl Melby. He presides over all general asemblies, mak- ing these assemblies practically the only place where he comes in contact with the school at large. ln the governmental part of the school he presides over the Board of Control, for here he must serve as a leader in determining school policies. He does not vote, however, except in the case of a tie. A unit closely associated with the Board of Control is the Traditions Committee, whose purpose it is to encourage worthy traditions inauguarated in the past and also to initiate new ones. Here again, the Student Body president officiates. The school's First Officer also is the school's official spokesman and must officially represent the school in its intra-scholastic relations. Fulfilling this capacity sometimes dulls the attraction of this honored position. For, once this year, and once in the past, the Student Body president has had to apologize to authorities of other schools for certain discourtesies rendered their school.