Champaign Junior High School - Retro Yearbook (Champaign, IL)

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THE NINETEEN THIRTY-SIX RETRO Page42 THOMAS YVISE JOAN XYERSTLER FAYE RICHARDS HELEN ZIEGLER JACK CAMPBELL Commissioner of Commissioner of Captain of Hospitality Captain of Public Property Social XVelfare Monitors Chairman Patrols Pupil Government The Champaign Junior High School students participate in the school government or management, under a representative plan patterned after the city government of Champaign. Each home room elects representatives to the vari- ous departments and branches of the system. Through these representatives the wishes of the home room groups are presented: and, when provisions are made, the home rooms through their representatives cooperate. In this plan there are five departments, each with a special field of work. Under each department are smaller divisions to assist in carrying out the plans. At the head of the system is the Department of Public Affairs, which is actually the Student Council. During the year the Council sponsored many activities. Among these were basketball games and a dance. They also sold tickets to games held in the gymnasium and took charge of some assembly programs. First semester Mr. McCall was the sponsor. Second semester the sponsor was Miss McGinty, The Department has accomplished much and has cooperated with pupils and teachers. Under this Department is the Bureau of Finance. This Bureau operates the Champaign Junior High School Bank. The money which is deposited in the bank comes from any source made by the home rooms or clubs, such as revenue from candy or pencil sales, matinee hops, etc. The Department of Public Property was divided into two divisions: the Department of Public Property and the Department of School Property. Mrs. Ruth Thompson and Miss Boyd supervised the respective departments. The work of the Department of Public Property was to take charge of lost and found articles, while the work of the Department of School Property was to investigate the condition of the building. They had an auction sale of the properties lost during the school year. In order to regulate and improve traflic in and out of the building the Department of Streets and Public Imrovements was formed. Patrol boys and Monitors work with this division. The sponsor of this Department was Miss Cline. The two Bureaus, Outdoor and Indoor Traflic, met separately. All monitors were members of the Bureau of Indoor Tramc. All patrol boys were members of the Bureau of Outdoor Traffic. The monitors took charge of the halls and the auditorium during the lunch hours. There were four squads directed by three pupils, with assistants. The patrol boys directed the outdoor

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ACTIVITIES

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Pagc43 THE NINETEEN TH STUDENT COUNCIL L h Car lene Hod es, Ruby Pilcher, Jeannette Third Row: Dick Besore, Lawrence Berbaum, Velma Luckc, Barbara uet , o g Andrews, Pauline Sizer, Richard XVilson. Second Row: Jeanette Chumbly, Helen Weir, Anne Bates, .lay C. Flowers. Delbert McCulley. Jay Gould, Edward I Roderick, Paul Hamilton. First Row: Lu Ella Lierman, William Fryer, Edward Moran, Virginia Hawkins, Wilma Morfey, Charles McDaniel, Bill XVerstler, Lucy Shaw. traffic at the corners of the streeet. Mrs. Ella D. Thompson directed the work of the patrol boys, and Miss Green advised the monitors. The Department of Public Health and Safety was organized to seee that our school remains clean. This Department was supervised by Miss Bassett. The work of this Department was to establish order during the fire drills and to inspect the class rooms for orderliness and cleanliness. As an incentive toward the goal of cleanliness the department awarded a banner every two weeks to the room which was rated cleanest and most orderly according to the decision of the committee. This Department assisted the Department of Social Welfare in promoting school beauty and in keeping a clean school. This last Department was also concerned with the individual pupil and visitor needs. The members supervised the work of the Hospitality Committee, which cooperated with students and teachers by rendering thoughtful, helpful, and courteous service to teachers and classmates. They gave aid to the visitors by showing them throughout the building. Miss O'Byrne formulated and directed the work of this group. The Department of Social Welfare has two cooperating bureaus. Under the direction of Miss Kannmacher the Bureau of Social Welfare operated. The Hospitality Committee is an enlargement of this group. In order to promote school attractiveness the Bureau of Decoration set standards for each home room to meet. Inspectors graded each room several times a week and greatly increased the beauty of our school. Miss Cross a.dvised this bureau. There was a Faculty-Pupil-Government Committee to promote cooperation between the students and faculty. It was headed by Mr. McCall the first semester, and Miss McGinty the second. lt advised and sponsored each division of the pupil government plan. IRTY-SIX RETRO