Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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General Office Typing Boys’ Foods Biology The Commercial department has a large enrollment. In addition, many students not in the commercial curric- ulum who feel that training in typing and shorthand will help them in later life help to swell the number in these classes. Typing classes are almost always filled to capacity, and shorthand classes are often crowded. Bookkeeping, a very important subject to commercial stud- ents, is required of all for at least one year. Commercial law, commercial arith- metic, and retail selling are offered for commercial students who hope to qual- ify for clerical, executive, and sales po- sitions after leaving school. Basic Eng- lish, a one-semester course, is required of all commercial graduates. Fine Arts department subjects list four drama, four art, five public speaking, and nine music classes. The Home Economics course includes clothing and foods. Popularity of the boys' foods classes has increased to the point where there are six of them, while girls have eight. Twelve clothing classes are included in the course. Gymnasium classes are extremely crowded, because of the overflow en- rollment and, because this class is a requisite for graduation. Twenty-five study halls are filled to capacity to per- mit students to prepare the work as- signed for outside of class study.

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Language classes are rather popular in Central, for many students take a language as their elective. Latin classes are more numerous, having sixteen, with French not far behind with four- teen. There are four German classes. The sixty-eight science classes are divided up into different groups. Mod- ern Science, which has twenty classes, is a requisite in the Commercial Cur- ricula. Library Study Hall Chemistry classes number fourteen, while seven physics classes are for sci- ence majors in the College Preparatory curricula. Seventeen biology classes add testimony that the average student takes at least one year of some science. Four physiology classes, five physio- graphy, and one geology class show that students have interests in a wide field of science. Higher mathematics subjects, judging by appearances, are very popular with many, for their are five advanced geom- etry classes, three higher algebra, and three trigonometry classes. Beginning algebra is usually taken in junior high school, consequently, there are only three classes at Central. Printing Reference and Research Art Studio

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STUDENT COUNCIL—Around the table from the left: Bill Crick. Shirley McPike, Lucille Weisse Jeanette Rasbach, Jimmy Tobin, Georgianna Dyer, Betty Shayman. Ronald Russell, Dick Dinning, Ethel Collins, Don Streat. Dorothy Flagg, Frank Prichard, Gretchen Kleinheksel, Donna Rolland, Crellis Meythaler, Marjorie Clement, Pat Garvey, Jane Harvie. Dorothy Salim. Council Heads Student Government THE STUDENT COUNCIL of Central High School is composed of the Student Body officers and representatives elected by the various cur- riculum groups. The elections in the fall of 1939 showed Don- ald Streat had come out on top as President. With him were the other victorious people: Ethel Collins, vice-president; Patricia Garvey, corresponding secretary; and Jane Harvie, re- cording secretary. The year 1940 was the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Council. It was one of the first groups of its kind in the country and spon- sored the first Student Union in America. This was started in 1924 and since has spread to more than a hundred schools and colleges throughout the land. 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 student body. The main purposes of the group are to provide an effective understanding between the students and the faculty, bettering conditions in and about the school, and to promote school spirit. The Social Commission headed by Georg- ianna Dyer, has charge of noon hour dances. parties, and other social functions. Ethel Collins was the chairman of the Finance Commission which has for its duty balancing the Student Union's budget. The Activities commission had for its chair- man Robert Crick. This group saw that all ath- letics were functioning properly and that clubs were properly chartered. The Welfare commis- sion was also headed by Ethel Collins. Among the projects of the year were the de- sign, and sale of book covers. In cooperation with the Hi-Y and Booker T. Washington club, a system of noon hour hall supervision was attempted. In the spring, the Council, backed up the drives of the three classes in obtaining funds for the building of the new tennis courts. A safety committee made safety stickers to place in the rear windows of automobiles. A safety assembly was conducted in April for all the students of Central. As a result of an amendment to the Constitu- tion in 1936, the number of members of the Council was decreased and the way of repre- sentation was changed. Now the Indians are represented according to class and curriculum. There are twelve members. 14