Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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37 WITH ALL TRIMMIN'S! Yuletide found the Registrar's Office ready, with season's smiles included. Here are By now, every Centralite believes in Santa Claus! Or you would think so, if you coulcl hear some of their requests at the Registrar's Office. No schedule is too tight or involved to keep them from writing their own ticket, that is, until some patient R.O. clerk explains. There's A Santa. BOOKS! BOOKS! They come and they go, at the Bookstore, but Manager Harold Everill and his assistant, Norma Thorneycroft, never lose their smiles. Tickets, student activity accounts, and stationery sales keep customers coming into Mr. Everill's general store. Eleanor Watts, Helen Thomos, William Gates, Dorothy Schwarting, and Pot Robbins decorating the evergreen. Final authority is Mr. Gates, assistant princi- pal, who deserves a better fate than he's suf- fered since overcrowded Central opened. Triple sessions, doubled-up classrooms, staggered schedules all have contributed to his worries. He and his staff can put Ol' Santa to shame!

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GREETINGS! This slice of Christmas cake's for you! Gladys Wilke, A-V assistant, prepares to serve secretaries Eleanor Parks, Vice Principal's Office, Kitty Sheen, Princi- How About A Service beyond the call of duty . . . That's the commendation which usually accompanies an Award of Merit. But few students think about the hundreds of extra services rendered by Classified Personnel. A teacher calls from his home to tell Mrs. Pretzer he'd forgotten pal's Office, Martha Fitzgerald, Guidance, and Betty Pretzer, PBX-receptionist, at their annual Yuletide Party. The decorations were delightful, the refreshments super! Merit Award! to turn off a ,machine in the lab and would she get someone to do it, a parent calls, asking that her Willie be given an urgent message, a club adviser wants some advice, a teacher is locked out of her room, why can't l graduate with less than the required credits. . .and so on, Behind the smoothly running machinery of a large school is the dedicated service of many wonderful people. You'll find them in the Principal's Office, Dean's Office, Registrar's Office, at the Health Center, Bookstore, Cafe- teria, and Warehouse. You'll see them on the grounds, patiently gathering trash we've thoughtlessly thrown there, at the parking lots, at the crossings. We owe them our deepest gratitude for their countless kindnesses. PLUGGING away at the busy switch- board is Mrs. Pretzer while Mrs. Sheen prepares to sort mail for the teachers. 2?

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l l LEADERS in student government were Bill Lennartz, student body president, Lynda Morris, secretary-treasurer, Bob Smelick, vice president. The latter will be i959-60 president. Democracy Goes To Work Ours is a working democracy at Central High. Government by, tor, and ot the students is no idle phrase, we are learning the principles ot democracy in the best possible way, by prac- tice. In co-operation with the Guidance Board, our student body officers work to see that fair play, understanding, and progress become integral parts ot our student government. GUIDANCE BOARD on the job. Checking a newly-pro- posed student body bill are Phil Blende, Florence Howard, When a student is cited for breaking a campus rule, he appears before the board to be judged without prejudice. The Guidance Board meets regularly to help students and to revise and evaluate any proposed student body legislation. Through these representatives eve- ry student can voice his opinion and work for better government at Central High School. Adviser William Ball, Bill Lennartz, Bill Mahan, and Mary Ann Fudge. They apply justice - with mercy. 4