Hollywood High School - Poinsettia Yearbook (Hollywood, CA)

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new respect in 1962-61' rearcganziatzan completed A complete reorganization of Student Body Government was be- gun in 1961-62 under the administration of President Jeff Cobb. Dur- ing Bob Henricks' term as President in the Spring of 1962, a new Constitution was hammered out-one designed to increase the iniiuence of the Student Council on campus. The first elections under the new Constitution were held in May, 1962. Compulsory voting in roll call was abolished and new election procedures, modeled on those employed by city and state governments, were introduced-even to the use of voting booths and ballot boxes borrowed from the County Registrar of Voters. Tudor Williams, elected President for the Fall semester of 1962 became the first chief executive chosen under the new Constitution and new election procedures. With Tudor providing excellent leadership, the Student Council commanded a new respect on campus-a respect in part evidenced by the unprecedented number of candidates who vied for Council posts in the January, 1963, election. The spring semester election campaign began to simmer during the week before Christmas vacation and came to a full boil on our re- turn to school in January. The Quad broke out in a rash of posters. The four candidates for Student Body President, all active, all popular, went into high gear, button-holing every passing student in an effort to Corral votes. The actual election, supervised by DeWayne Glazier, Student Body Boys, Vice-president, was the smoothest-run in many a semester. Continuous ballot-counting provided a final tally within half an hour of the polls' final closing. Two candidates for the presidency remained in the running, and in the three days that intervened between the primary and the run-off, considerable political manoevering took place. A whirl-wind, one-day campaign before the run-off saw the two candidates who had been knocked out of the running in the primary throw their support to Vic Katch who, in the final count, came out on top by a comfortable margin. Installed in office in an impressive ceremony, Vic quickly demon- strated qualities of leadership that further enhanced the reputation of the Student Council in the eyes of the school. He was ably abetted by Boys' Vice-president Sam Barr, Girls' Vice-president Karen Ralke, Secretary Peg Peretzian, and Treasurer Blair Stewart. Spring semester Student Body Obqcers: Karen Ralke, Girls' Vice-presi- Vic Katch, Spring semester Student Body President, ran well ahead dent- Sam Barr Boys, Vice-president, jim Whitsett, Treasurer, Peg of the tlzree other candidates in the primaries, won the run-ab' Peregfzian Secmfafyi election by a landslide, and has since justified the confidence 25 placed in him.

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Spring semester Student Body Council: Seated are Margie Wolk, Tirn jones, Gillie Norman, Lloyd Schwartz, Laurie Spangler, Allan Lynn Switzer, Peg Peretzian, Karen Ralke, Genie Melone. Standing Cutrow, Art Patterson, Alan Levine, Jack Egan, Blair Stewart, Inn in front is Francisco Hernandez. At the hack, from left to right, are Whitsett, Dennis Bylo, Sam Barr, Chris Keehn and Kent Berlcey. Student Council Bays' ana' Gzrlf Leagues ret ar-reaching goals daring . etkiltqxt mf. Another glimpse of election clay activity at the polls. Donna Weir and Lynn Switzer are too hiisy handing out ballots to face the camera. 26 Hollywood's governing organizations-the Student Council and the Boys' and Cirls' Leagues-began their work this year with an enthusiasm that showed no signs of flagging. The Council staged a hilarious Kick-offv as- sembly to promote activity card sales, then settled down to consider the serious aspects of student participation in school govern- ment. An example of its work is the effort made to induce the L.A. Traffic Commission to adopt more liberal parking regulations on Hawthorne Avenue. Early in the spring semester the Council organized the Student Forum and delegated to it the task of drawing up a Code of Con- duct. The Councills Grounds and Improve- ment Committee inaugurated a Mclean cam- pusi' campaign that brought results, while the Policy Committee tackled the thorny club problem and produced a plan, adopted by the Council, that promises to settle the issue. Cirls' League, in addition to its charitable work, undertook the organization of Girls' Day in Business and Cirls, Week activities, while Boys' League started a League Coun- cil to assist its oflicers in the planning and execution of such events as the Fall Football Rally and the Noon Volleyball Tournament.