Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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233 STUDENT BODY officers include: Ray Hunter, president, Carolyn Black, sec- retary, Peg Heflin, financial secretary, and Jim Walker, vice-president. Leaders . Cn The Job With Diligence lt's been an epic year in Central High stu- dent government. Created was Cafeteria Com- mittee, a step in self-government which has the trappings of all which is democratic, this was the year a dreamer named Ken Weiss helped the Executive Committee present the impossible project: an all-school carnival, lt will also be remembered as the year student government bought 91 American flags for the school, to boost patriotism and love of country in each classroom. Many of the widely-publicized activities will remain as signs of student government's work during this past year. But it often remains for the small but important day-to-day administra- tion of student body business to show just how good a student government has been running. Few students could realize the tre- mendous success the democratic, committee system of government has enjoyed at Central. They might not be aware of the skill and dili- gence with which the officers accomplished their tasks during the daily meetings. They could not know of the extra hours student leaders gave to improving student government with legislation, ideas, and raw labor.

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2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sittin Schatt Orw' H fl' W lk - g: , lg, e in, a er, Webb, lmnan, Jacobson, Bruce, Gentry, Weiss, Hunter, Black, Mr. Felton lsponsorl, Driskell. Standing: Arnote, Klein. Group met every day for an hour. If You WantAnything Done... The foundation of a good government is its Executive Department, the branch which de- termines what, if anything, gets done. Cen- tral's Executive Committee this year provided a solid basis for progress, while giving equal representation to opposing viewpoints. The year l96l-62 saw more concrete examples of capable, efficient student government than in any previous year. The student Executive Corn- mittee was a fair sounding board for new ideas, projects, and activities, plus an important chan- nel of communication between the student body and administration. As school opened in September, student body President Ray Hunter presented lO basic goals, and aimed every project during the year toward fulfilling the promises set forth in those goals. He asked for cooperation, and got it. GUIDANCE BOARD: Linda Smith, Ray Hunter, Phil Towers, Peg Gelt, Bob Blanchard.

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First Come Responsibility TRUE DEMOCRACY must begin with respon- sible representation. Student Senate is Cen- tral's laboratory in democracy. Unusual in high school student governments, the Senate is fashioned much like our national govern- ment, so students can get an important lesson in American government while serving as high school senators. Under the determined leadership of Senate President Jim Walker and the watchful eye of Sponsor Elmer Felton, the Senate initiated important reform measures, giving the man in the classroom a larger and more important voice in his student government. ln February, the Senate provided for student body-initiated recall of officers, and impeach- STUDENT SENATE--iTop Rowi: Spector, Gentry, Hart, Gelt, Driskell, Mr. FeltOn, Chambers, Smith, Espy, Rubenstein, Jacob- son, Kendig, Ragland, Asay, Tower, ROW 2: J. Hunter, Hall, Blair, Dale, Foley, Eglinton, Arnote, Orwig, Buros, Johnson, Weiss, ment of any officer guilty of detrimental acts. Many Arizona high schools have inquired about the Central High Senate, and at least two are considering adopting the system. The Senate was visited by delegations from West and North high schools this year. Throughout a year of controversial legisla- tion, senators maintained their individuality and decorum, voting on the merits of the pro- posed bill, not on whims of any ruling bloc. A Senate first were new Student Senate note- books, containing mimeographed copies of all legislation, minutes and procedures. They were kept up to date with frequent supple- ments, aimed at keeping each senator informed of all business relating to student government. McCutcheon, Moore, Fisher, Ray Hunter. ROW 3: Cross, Grod zinsky, Faris, Heflin, Hess, Kipnis, Stitt, Hill, Mardian, Bernard, Wahl, Jim Hunter, Buehler. BOTTOM: Samuelson tvisitorl, Stein- man, Webb, Sankey, Grodzinsky, Dick, Evans, Smith, Wilson 124