Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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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

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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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Ruth Parmalee Nurmi A B . M A Co-Sponsor SENIOR OFFICERS—left to right: K. Beth Johnson, Frank Pritchard, Nancy Arnold, Class of 1940 Selected Dinning LED by the Senior officers, Dick Dinning, pres- ident; Frank Pritchard, vice-president; Nancy Arnold, secretary; and K. Beth Johnson, treas- urer, the Senior board of directors took full charge of the affairs which brought to a close the Seniors' fullest and most eventful year. Under the sponsorship and guidance of Mrs. Sulho Nurmi and Mrs. Florence Thomas, the Board had as its duties the planning and execut- ing of all Senior activities and the governing of the class. Like the boards of the other two classes, the Senior board is composed of the class officers and one member elected from each Senior group. Plans for the Senior dinner-dance were begun in April, when Miss Grace Pinel directed the board concerning arrangements for this event of commencement week. Dick Dinning, the president of the Senior class, after due delibera- tion, appointed the following committees to carry out the plans: music, Bruce Pollock, Bar- bara Gault, and Jack Tobin; dinner, K. Beth Johnson, Mary Ellen Ward, and Pete Binel; radio, Leon Decaire, Don Streat, and Charles Williams; programs, Nancy Arnold, and Helen Pettit; decorations, Helen Pettit, Frank Pritchard, and Louis Osborn; tickets, Doris Barr and Bev- erly Thomas; invitations and patrons, Harriet Sue Montague, Mary Hemingway, and Edna DeLong; arrangements, Barbara Gault. The dinner-dance was held May 24. SENIOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS—Front Row: E. Hamady, A Pero. K. B Johnson, D. Dinning, F Pritchard, I. Hjghson, J. A Atkinson; Row 2: S Saltsman, E. Courneya, J. McLean. J. Newland, R. Replinaer, K Car- ter. J. Hill; Back Row: M Massar, C. E. Norton, L. Reno, D. Hill, J Johnson, L. Wright, L Decaire, B Thomas.