North Phoenix High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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we, Uhe Students Matters of vital importance to both the school and the students are brought before and voted upon by the Executive Committee, central student governing board. Members of this group are all elected officers, and include the student body officers and a girl and boy representative from each class elected from and by the Student Council. Acting as advisory members to the body are presidents of the Girls' League, Boys' Alliance, and each of the four classes and the Chief Justice of the Honor Court. Faculty advisers this year were Miss Ellen Nitzkowslci and Mr. Lew K. Barney. ln order that all students might participate in school government and keep in direct touch with its policies, there exists the Student Council, or legislative branch, representing the entire school. Its membership includes the student body Vice-President, as chairman, and the Secretary- Treasurer of the student body, as secretary, together with elected representatives from each home room. This body legislates for the students of the school and all policies are brought before them. STUDENT COUNCIL-Seated: Dorothy Bishop, Pat Lindsay, Betty Greenbaum, Betty Jo Pace, Mary Donnell, Betty Johns, Janey Helm, Georgia Annon, Mary Alice McBride, Sylvia Smith, Peggie Grace, Jean Tonneman. Standing: Jim Beaman, Jim Stiles, Reg Machell, Johnny Driggs, Jack Bradt, Pat Garrity, David Lincoln, Gene Sage, Harriet Rawlins, Ella Mae Lindsay, Marilyn Kellogg, Shirley Ann Tucker, Eugene Honaker, Mr. Lew K. Barney. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Seated: Miss Ellen Nitzlcowslci, Jack Null, Betsy Smith, Jim Stiles, Pat Garrity, Alf Williamson, Florence Puntenney, Harold Witchey, Mr. Lew K. Barney. Standing: Dorothy Bishop, Janey Helm, Marilyn Price, Priscilla Peterson, Kenneth Voyles, Dudley Ketcherside, Eugene Honaker.

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STUDENT BODY OFFlCERS-Pat Garrity, President, Bob Mclndoo, Vice-President, Jimmy Stiles, Secretary-Treasurer .A .New Experiment In Democracy ln the first year of North High's existence, l939, it was necessary to organize a new school govern- mental program. Many ideas and suggestions were made and were discussed pro and con by students and faculty members. lt was finally agreed that North High, as The Honor School of the West, should adopt a democratic form of government fashioned after that of our United States. As a result, we have today executive, legislative, and iudicial branches in our school government. Unusually fine leadership in the executive branch has marked this year at North High, with Pat Garrity, Student Body President, Bob Mclndoo, Vice-President, and Jimmy Stiles, Secretary-Treasurer, leading the way. ln the assembly held for the installation of new officers of the school, Pat, Bob, and Jimmy accepted not only their new school positions, but also their responsbility as supervisors of governmental problems, with the benefit of their fellow classmates in mind. They agreed, also, to see that the rulings and policies of the school were carried out. These officers are the presiding members of the Executive Committee and the Student Council. Pat Garrity, as Student Body President, acts as chairman of all assemblies as well as our repre- sentative and ambassador of good will to all high school conferences in the state. He attended the State Council Convention at Flagstaff this year as our delegate. Chairman of the Council, the legislative department of North High, is Vice-President Bob lvlclndoo. Bob's iob corresponds, in this capacity, to that of the Vice-President of the United States. As Secretary-Treasurer, Jimmy Stiles fulfills his intricate iob by keeping all records and business transactions of the Executive Committee and Student Council as well as maintaining a careful watch over all student funds.

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HONOR COURT-Miss Ruth Adams, Leo Voyles, Florence Puntenney, Kenneth Voyles, Barbara Creighton, Joe Swift, Jack Vivian, Phil Gates, Betty Jean Alldredge. jhey Jlfiete C9ut Justice Living up to the tradition of our reputation as The Honor School of the West and desirous of perfecting as nearly as possible a law-abiding, self-governing body, North Phoenix High recognizes the importance of the Honor Court. This group enforces the student made regulations by acting as the jury and judge before which the erring student appears. These members then decide upon the seriousness of the infraction and the resultant justice to be dealt. The six judges who were nominated by petition and elected at a general student election were Jack Vivian, Kenneth Voyles, and Joe Swift, seniors, Betty Alldredge and Phil Gates, juniors, and Barbara Creighton, sophomore. Freshman home rooms elect a new judge every two weeks. He observes one week and acts as judge the next. This gives experience to a group of new students and helps to train them for future participation in student affairs. The senior judges alternate as Chief Justice of the court, and as such automatically become a member of the Executive Committee of the student body. The appointed members of the court are the secretary, Florence Puntenney, whose duty it is to send out call slips and keep records of all cases, and Tres Coerver, bailitf, who admits and dismisses offenders to the court. Miss Ruth Adams is faculty adviser. This judiciary system of North High has been most instrumental nd successful in teaching students that very important fact that every broken law has a subsequent punishment. Since one of the aims of education is to develop good citizenship, this early lesson in discipline is one of utmost importance.