Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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SENIOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS — Rote I, left to right: Otha Borders, Marion Townsend, Dorothy Obert, Mablc Pinel, Sponsor, Viola Trop, Mary Chambers, Dorothy Lee McNeil: Row 2, left to right: Peg Savage, Joe Abbenante, Bernadine Amboy, R. Sullivan James, Duane Faulman, Virginia Poole; Row 3, left to right: Carl Britten, Bob Bellairs, Earl Shobe, Tom Strain, Walter Moore, Bill Siegel, Jim Crate, Sherwood Northrup. Class of 1939 Headed by the Senior officers, Carl Britten, president; Bill Siegel, vice president; Peg Sav- age, secretary ; and Bob Bellairs, treasurer, the Senior board of directors again took charge of giving the class of 1939 the fullest and most eventful last year at school. The Senior board, like the boards represent- ing the other two classes, is composed of the class officers and one member elected from each Senior group. Under the sponsorship of Miss Mabel Pinel and Miss Elsa Dietrich, the board has as its duties the planning of all the Senior activities and the governing of the class. One of its most noteworthy accomplishments is the planning and execution of the Senior- Junior party held early in the Spring. Again, because of the shortened school year, activity concerning the Senior dinner-dance started early in the second semester. Miss Grace Pinel went into conference with the board concerning the plans for this event of graduation week. After due deliberation, Carl Britten, the president of the Senior class, ap- pointed the following committees to carry out the plans: decorations, Peg Savage, Doris Gir- od, and Jim Marty; orchestra, Bob Bellairs, Walt Hollowell, and Carl Britten; invitations, Marion Townsend and Dorothy McNeal; tic- kets, Earl Shobe; programs, Viola Trop, Bill Siegel and Dick James; dinner, Virginia Poole and Alexander Canja; arrangements, Jim Marty. The dinner-dance was held May 26.

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graduate body and faculty, of bettering condi- tions in and about the school building, and of promoting school spirit. This is still the main purpose of the Student Council. The council has the power to make rules and regulations affecting student customs, elections, celebrations, special games, and contests, and the general behavior of the stud- ent body. Time has changed the original Student Council. In its early years it was known both as the Student Council and the House of Repre- sentatives. Each home room elected a repre- sentative to the Council; within this organiza- tion of the council, was the cabinet consisting of seven persons, two from each class. The Student Council President was the seventh person. In 1924, the Student Council adopted a new constitution as a result of the formation of the Student Union. In 1936, two amendments were passed and added to the constitution changing the election of the representatives. In order to have a more efficient and active group, it was found advis- able to decrease the size of the council to a more wieldy group and still leave the council as representative as before. The Student Council is now composed of representatives elected to office by the mem- bers of the Student Union. Twelve represent- atives are elected from each class; three from the College Preparatory Curriculum, three from the Commercial Curriculum, two from the General Curriculum, and one each from the Music, Industrial Arts, and Home Econom- ics Curriculums. These representatives are elected at the same time as the Student Union and class officers. The seniors were represented in the Student Council by Pauline DeMott, Phillis Helcher, Anne Doyle, Jean Baker, Mildred Johnson, Shirley Partridge, Max Hoffmeyer, and Carl Britten. Representing the juniors were Marcella Barbis, Lucille Cheney, Isadore Bennet, Har- riet Jennings, Mary Ruth Stewart, Marja Briggs, and Donald Streat. Charles Corrigan, Maxine Somers, Eloise Dunbar, Catherine Cheney, Phoebe Dinsmore, Maxine Gore, and R. C. Gillett represented the sophomores. Leland Furst represented the Technical Curriculum. The Student Council worked out and oper- ated a system of corridor control during the noon hours. During the fourth and fifth hours, students wearing armbands designating them as members of the hall service were on duty in the corridors to direct traffic and supervise discipline. Those who worked on the plan were Alex- ander Canja, Donald Streat, Carl Britten, Mary Ruth Stewart, and Anne Doyle. Assist- ing them were R. C. Gillett, Russell Witte, Ethel Collins, Katherine MacDonald, Mary Ruth Stingel, Betty Shayman, Virginia Macy, Louis Patterson, Richard O’Hara, and Janice Williams. The Faculty advisors were Miss Grace Pinel, Howard Jackson, Lowell Grant, and Stanley O. Broome Since its organization as the governing body of Central High School, the Student Council has been a common ground whereon the fac- ulty and student body may meet and discuss mutual problems. STUDENT COUN- CIL—Row 1. left to right: Virginia Mary, Eloise Dunbar,Marja Briggs, Isadore Ben- nett, Grace Pinel, Sponsor, Pauline Dc Mott, Mary Ruth Stewart, Phoebe Dins- more: Row 2, left to right: Shirley Par- tridge, Anne Doyle. .4 lexander Canja, Bud Gillett, Max Hoffmey- er, Mary Ellen Ward. Ethel Collins. Mildred Johnson. 1939 Page Fifteen

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JUNIOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS—Row I, left to right:Pat Foran. Harriette Sue Montague, Mary Ruth Stewart, Beth Johnson, Dorothy Weber, Jo Ann Atkinson, Kathleen Duncan, Evelyn Smith; Row 2, left to right: Mary Massar, Irene Hughson, Edith Stone, Jean MacMain, Cynthia Earl, Barbara Quast; Row S, left to right: Morrie Bikoff, Bob Corson, Ward Anderson, Bill Edgley, Bob Napper, Jim McLean, Joe Nichols, Jane Newland; Row 4, left to right: Miss Ruth Parmelee, Bob Hunklns, Dick Dinnings, Tom Strain, John Johnson, Charles Miller, Bob Baird. GLASS OF 1940 In the election whirl which began the school year in September, three officers who had served their class as sophomores won positions as junior class leaders. They were: Donald Streat, president; Barbara Gault, vice-presi- dent; Harriet Sue Montague, secretary; and Beth Johnson, treasurer. On Friday, January 13, the juniors and sen- iors held their annual party in the girls’ gym- nasium. A clever, decorative scheme of black cats was used. In late December, the junior play cast began rehearsals under the direction of Mrs. Helen Hardy Brown. The play, “The Little Clown”, was very successfully presented on February 16 and 18. The Junior Board of Directors, under the guidance of the junior class sponsors, Miss Ruth Parmelee and Miss Helen Mutton, sup- ported the juniors in all the school activities throughout the year. Members of the 1938-39 Junior Board of Directors included: Joan Atkinson, Morris Bikoff, James Youngblood, Jean Garner, Bob Crafton, Betty Cannell, Robert Baird, Bob Corsons, James Botsford, Kathleen Duncan, Patricia Foran, Jean Mac Main, Bill Edgerly, Lois Osborn, Mary Rose McElroy, Cynthia Earl, Mary Massar, Charles Miller, Fay Peek, Dorothy Welber, Louise Me Carius, Evelyn Smith, Bob Napper, Joe Nich- ols, Leo Reno, Donna Rolland and Theda Wilkins.