Pocatello High School - Pocatellian Yearbook (Pocatello, ID)

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T e School Court Y cy. -VW 'rv r...- bs ,..,, ,. i t Members of the court are, left to right, first row-Elaine Cox, Anne Kanomaita, Richard Jones, Deon Vernon, Karen Camerud, Paul Simmons, Richard Reisinger, Richard Fields, Jackie Taylor. Second row--Beth Donnelly, court clerk, Mike Sawaya, chief justice, Mr. Floyd Exeter, advisor. Mike Sawaya,Chief Justice 'F fl i R 2, S3 Qi E The School Court is the judicial branch of the school government. lts membership con- sists of a chief justice, five senior justices, four junior justices, and a clerk. The justices are all appointed by a faculty recommendation with the exception of the chief justice who is elected by the student body. The main func- tions of the court are deciding constitution- ality of laws and acts of student government, revising parts of the school constitution, and prosecuting violators of school law.

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T e Senate A V A DMEM, AD i'J-S'n-3 Members of the senate are, left to right, first row-Nancy Bohi, Secretary of the Senate, Nancy Morimoto, Sheri Long, Dennis Anderson, President of the senate, Susan Gratton, parlimentarian, Patti Christ, Toni Francis. Second row-David Jones, .lon Rich, Dave Alvord, Bob Pfrimmer, Joe Koehler, Jim Platt, Raymond Scheele. The Pocatello High School Senate is the s m a l l e s t governing body of the legislative branch and is patterned closely after the United States Senate. The membership consists of the vice-president of the student body, three members from each class, the president of Girls' Council and the president of Boys' Council, the secretary of the student body, and o 'faculty advisor. The vice-president of the student body serves as president of the senate. Duties of the senate include originating and providing plans for the raising of money for student body use, approving appointments by the student body president to the student ac- tivity positions, introducing bills to safeguard the property of the school and of the members of the student body, considering all bills pro- posed in the House of Representatives, and approving awards which are given to deserving students at the annual awards assembly. The senate also is responsible for establishing a testing program for school citizenship and giving tests to the sophomore students. Dennis Anderson, President of the Senate 1...3F

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House of Representatives 5 V,,e' gx r 1 f Cy Pi f. gy ' Mm Y 'Tj M 1 l Je VNU 'V J Af 4' , if fp' ,I V, ' , 'JAX ,7'V fr 5 2 ,J ,J 129 lv, m f J M l qi Z fi! f in x lf ff' XA J Lf-tj Roy Anderson, Spe ker of the House The House of Representatives is the largest body of the legislative branch. ln the house each member of Pocatello High School is represented through a home room representative elected by the members of the homerooms at the beginning of each semester. The speaker of the house is elected by the student body for each full year and is the presiding officer. The main func- tions ofthe house are to propose bills and to vote on bills passed by the senate. Senior members of the House are, first row, left to right-Julie Curtis, Michele Bircher, Kenneth Neider, Millicent Hegsted, Shirley Jensen, Ray Anderson, speaker, Nancy Riley, Judy O'Neal, Merel lsham, Mary Ann Henderson, Kristen Holman. Second row-Marilyn Rowland, Philip Simison, Sharon Payne, Julenne Hill, secretary, Jonelle Burton, Sandra Chase, Ernest Link, Ronda Lindsay, Gloria Hoehnen, Jackie Swisher, Mrs. Evelyn Rice, faculty advisor. Third row-Willard Swenson, David Haskett, Clifford Knoblich, Park Price, Philip Felt, Tony Gee, Howard Rasmussen, Mike York, Jerry Dissault, Robert Hudson, Kenneth Curtis, Gary Ruchti. 20