George Washington High School - Continental Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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STUDENT BOD WINTER 1 3 4 D y Allen Ewen . . . student body president Winter ' 40. Tall . . . lanky. Revised constitution . . . every article and section brought up to date . . . raised grade standards for cabinet. Lower grade council formed . . . fifty members ... to encourage lower grade participation . . . very democratic move. Created tenth and eleventh grade representation . . . gave lower grades cabinet mem- bers. Put all clubs on par ... all clubs made equal ... no impartiality . . . limited students to membership in only two clubs. Dissolved old inter-club council and formed a new one . . . consisting of presidents of all clubs. Changed date of Needlework Guild drive from fall to spring . . . had chest built, inspired leadership class to teach public speaking and best ways for exerting leadership. Sponsored clean-up campaign. Truly Washington ' s most democratic president . . . serious . . . conscientious ... an excellent speaker. Very popular . . . was active in all walks of school life. Knight . . . Ephebian . . . member of Yeomen ... a cadet . . . brilliant scholastically ... a Seal- bearer. . . Torchbearer.

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Mr. Arthur Andreson . . . registrar . . . assisted in the attendance office by Miss Whitman and Mrs. Adams . . . supervises all phases of attendance . . . registers all new students . . . handles legal side of school affairs . . . trans- fers students . . . issues work permits . . . first contact between the school, social agencies, and the juvenile authorities. Mrs. Patterson . . . text book clerk . . . issues and collects the thousands of text books . . . has charge of lost and found articles . . . takes care of the school ' s switchboard, gives strangers information about the school. Mrs. Stephens on . . . Mr. Stockton ' s secretary . . . supervises the clerical staff . . . has charge of supplies and equipment . . . keeps the time sheets of the teachers, clerks, and custodians. Mrs. Herbert . . . Mrs. Stephen- son ' s assistant . . . writes the daily bulletin. Miss Deister . . . credit clerk . . . takes care of the credit cards of all active, graduate, and transferred students . . . keeps students ' report cards and possible failure notices . . . receives from and sends to other schools transcripts of grades. Miss Hollingsworth . . . Mrs. Sutherland . . . counsellors . . . assisted by Mrs. Morrison, Mr. Bauer, and Mr. McNellis . . . make out programs for all students . . . refuse or grant change of programs . . . give tests to deter- mine a student ' s general ability . . . give information about colleges, vocational schools, possible jobs, and scholarships . . . interview students who have two or more failures at the fifth week, the tenth week or the fifteenth week period . . . present members of the junior high guidance staffs and the graduating classes the work and the course of study in senior high . . . run off enroll- ing of all students in their classes before end of semester so that each student begins semester with program in hand . . . confer with homeroom teachers in regard to the program activities of the homeroom. OFFICES Elsie Whitman Jane Patterson Lena Corelick Edith Adams

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Darrell Jensen . . . friendly . . . sincere . . . democratic . . . the students ' choice . . . for leadership . . . outstanding character. The nervousness of the campaign speeches . . . the platform . . . the students ' going to the polls . . . days of anxiety . . . election returns . . . new student body president . . . con- gratulations . . . happiness . . . desire to serve . . . his first cabinet meeting . . .organization and plans . . . his first assembly . . . each one improving his forcefulness and leadership. Luncheons and Commerce meetings attended . . . representative of Washington . . . Cabinet reorganization proposals . . . need of special election . . . the trying and enjoyable Friday Cabinet meetings . . . motions . . . controversy . . .vote taken. Test of endurance . . . other duties. The familiar you are now excused to lunch that follows the close of an aud call. . .cheerfully lending a hand in rallies. . .the invitation of the tenth and eleventh grade dance. As the semester ends draws near . . . the duties in- crease . . . the award assembly . . . the installation of new Cabinet officers. With heavy heart he turns his office over . . . sad but ready to give advice and experience to the new carrier of the burden. The reverberation of the student approval . . . with choking voice . . . Thank you accompanied by the continuous student applause, he exits . . . new president enters . . . an- other cycle has been completed . . . Time waits for no man . . . but his memories shall forever linger . . . Farewell! SUMMER 1940 PRESIDE T S