West High School - Cat Log Yearbook (Bremerton, WA)

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UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENT LEARNED AT STATE MARK CLARK PUNK COSTELLO June 14-21 was a week of inTense buf enioyable educaTion Tor The Three WesT High seniors who Took parT in The 1964 American Le- gion Boys STaTe. Along wiTh abouT 500 oTher WashingTon and Alaska high school boys, They learned abouf our sTaTe governmenT by lisTen- ing To lecfures and by seTTing up a model sTaTe on The PaciTic LuTheran UniversiTy campus, com- pleTe wiTh ciTies, counTies, poliTical parTies, cam- paigns, elecfions, and The acTual performance of The responsibiliTies OT holding public office This learning by parTicipaTion made iT possible To undersTand democracy wiTh a clariTy These Boys STaTers won'T TorgeT. Terry Linkleiter and others enioy Boys 5Ta1e. TERRY LINKLETTER JANE STRONG Evergreen Girls STaTe, which is sponsored by The American Legion Auxilliary, Took place in Ellensburg CenTral WashingTon College. Approxi- mafely 350 girls aTTenoIed and represenTed al- mosT every area in WashingTon. The girls noT only learned how The levels of governmenT Tuncfion, buf also learned Their responsibiIiTy as ciTizens. AlmosT every girl held cn ciTy, counfy or sTaTe oTTice, and iT noT, was appoinTed To be a lobbyisT or page in The legis- lafure. Everyone Took parT in The governmenT and shared in The recreoTion acTiviTies. Jane Strong poses wiTh girls at Girls STaTe. I, 46 67

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NEW PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY STUDENT COUNCIL T' s FRONT ROW-Kris FedT, Joyce Akamine, Mele Howland, Marcia Anderson, Donna Brott, Sue Engstrom, Bev Branch, Kaye Guerin, Kerry Briggs, Janice Hulbert, Jami Dasho, Linda Chapman, Parti Harvey, Candy Carlson. SECOND ROW- Linda Dawkins, Claudia Brott, PaTti Josephson, Carol Ann Kelley, Karen Couch, Leonard Costello, Dale Guimond, Mar- STudenT Council, which is The legislaTive body of The sTudenT governmenf, includes one represenTaTive from every homeroom and all The sTudenT body officers. The presiding officer is The ASB vice presidenf. The ASB secreTary serves as recording secrefary. Traffic SafeTy became a realiTy This year when The Traffic safeTy commiTTee Took moves To inform sTudenTs ofthe responsibiliTy of Traffic safeTy. A new idea insTiTuTed This year was a school spirif week, with Barbara Fowler as The FRONT ROW-Merridy Losey, Judy Prowse, Kathy Smith, Judy Spencer, Donna Muller, Suzy Munns, LoreTTa Woods, Tessie Thomas, Marsha Pfieffer, Charlene Ward, Kathy Per- rone, Peg Parsley, Pat McKenzie. SECOND ROW-Jody Olson, Pam Muller, Penny Pendras, Cindy Pettitt, Jant lin Criddle, Larry Kelly, Jim Matsuyama, Kim Enstrom, Ber- nice ,Griffin, Robin Brown, Amanda Campbell. THIRD ROW --Rick Garland, Tony Howell, Tom. Danskin, B. B. Buskirk, Bruce Horish, Bob Efird, Jack Guy, Ed Kalmbach, Jerry Kemp, Mark Hoffmann, John Munns, Greg Gran, Bruce Buskirk. chairman. DifferenT acTiviTies were planned for each day of The week, including a blue and gold day, a pie-eaTing conTesT, and a Sadie Hawkins day. A baskeTball game wiTh EasT on Friday broughf The evenTful week To an end. The smoking commiTTee, headed by Larry ThaTcher maole greaf progress in educaTing sTu- denTs of The hazards of smoking. A survey was Taken aT school To defermine The amounT of smoking sTudenTs do. A radio broadcasT from The school was one of The mosT successful steps Taken To inform sTudenTs. Faulk, Chris Lindstrom, Robin Brown, Patty Shank, Chris SToffel, Jane Strong, Jo Spencer, Barbara Reddin. THIRD ROW--Ken Metcalf, Joe Reid, Randy Schrader, Terry Link- letter, Terry Tell, Jim Pet'liTT, Bill WrighT, Dan Lenihan, Jim Kruchoski, Tom Burris, John Sitton, John Woodward. L 66 e

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BOYS CLUB OFFICERS CREATE INTEREST IN CLUB JEROME KEMP MARK HOFFMANN CURTTS BAY GARY SHUTE president Vice-President Secretary Sergeant af Arms MR. LINDQUIST Adviser The Boys Club began its year with an as- sembly in September and a hall sale in October. December was The month of The successtul Boys Club Toy drive, in which oTTicers collected Toys and students brought them To school. These were Turned over To The Tire department for distribution To needy children at Christmas. In January The club entered The city basket- ball league and had a great season, placing Third out of 25 Teams. The club held a success- Tul after game dance in February and an as- sembly in March. The annual arm wrestling Tourney Took place in April and another dance was held in May. A sole in June ended The activities for 1964-1965. Other accomplishments were The drive for blackout curtains for the gymnasium, more meet- ings, and more money in The Treasury. Gary Shute, Mark Hoffmann, Jack Guy, Jerry Kemp, Curt Bay, John Sitfon.