Topeka High School - Sunflower Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Topeka High Elecis Voting in Senior Election Room N Qctober 11, some 1,053 duti- ful high school students betook themselves to the polls designated for their respective classes and cast their votes for president of the Stu- dent Council, election and deputy election commissioner, and the of- ficers of their particular class. Everything considered, the elec- tion was a success. Through the efforts of Louise Ellis, election commissioner, Mary Louise Smith, her assistant, and Miss Nina Mc- Latchey, faculty adviser, the whole project went across smoothly and without the confusion which is all too likely to characterize such affairs. Seniors Count Votes There was also an election board of nine students appointed by the commissioners to take charge of the voting at the three polls. The entire board was c o m p o s e d of seniors. Helen Stants, Freeman French, and Imogene Shrives had charge of the senior polls, Isabel Townley, jan e McDermott, and Philip Oliver were in the junior room, and Albert Carpenter, Dor- othy McAfee, and Ruth Stanley were the three who served in the sophomore room. Whetlier the members of this board were for- tunate or unfortunate may be de- termined by weighing the advan- tages of getting out of classes for two days and being served two ex- cellent meals by the foods depart- ment against the disadvantages of having to make up two days! work Ten . ,M,,,,..,..,a W,,,,,,,,.-ff . ...W ,,.,, 4,,,.,,.p- W, as well as doing the actual amount of work involved. Voting booths - borrowed from the city, if you must know-were temporarily erected in three rooms, the Student Activity Room for the seniors, the Social Room for the sophomores, and Visual Instruction Room for the juniors. Yes, we wondered where the Visual Instruc- tion Room was, too, and so did a number of juniors. To those who were persevering in their search it finally proved to be the room where slides and pictures are shown, to the right of the library. Perhaps the vague doubts as to the where- abouts of the room in un i o r s' minds is the excuse for the small number of votes cast by that class as a whole. The primaries, held one week be- fore the final election, narrowed the field, which was rather crowded in most instances, to two candidates for each office. Only in the case of Student C o u n c i l representatives were there four candidates. In three instances, a lone candidate walked straight from the primary into the office. Schwartz Re-Elected Such was the case of Allan Dun- can who, unopposed, was elected to the highest office in the school, president of the Student Council. Lloyd Schwartz scored another proof of his popularity in being elected president of his class for the third consecutive year. Only this year it was closer and more excit- 4 .,., yi Louise Ellis, Election Commissioner ing than ever before, for his oppon- ent was none other than jarring -lim Landes. Athlete versus ath- lete, brawn against brawn, and may the best man win! Th o ugh if President Schwartz is the better man, theres still a mass of people who remain to be convinced of the fact-namely, the 17-l seniors who voted for Landes against the 178 Schwartz-minded voters. Billy Brownlee and Rudy Peter- eck were chosen president of the junior and sophomore classes, re- spectively. They're both good men and should have a big future ahead of them. Girls Win Places As for the vice-presidents-and incidentally our vice-presidents did- not live up to vice-presidential re- putations this year-you all know Charles Bray, sophomore, Hazlett Steiger, junior, and jean Campbell, senior. In case you don't fathom the subtle remark concerning a vice-presidents reputation, may we explain for your benefit thaf the office of vice-president has upon a few occasions been referred to as one which requires very little brain exercise. XVhich, we repeat, was not true in these cases.

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When Topeka defeated Emporla Schwartz Bethel Ep Caulk McFarland Landes French Holstrum Carlson Brown Wonderly Lake Garhart Boyd Wassberg Dittemore Shoup Russum Burns Brownlee, ass1stant student manager Coach Weaver Duncan, student manager Em Caulk D1ttemore

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For their trusty scribes and keepers of the treasury, or, to be prosaic, secretary-treasurers, -lean Swan. Mary lflogeboom, and Chris- tine Calhoun were chosen by the sophomore, junior, and s e n i o r classes respectively. ,Xll of which should go to prove something or other concerning the competency of the fair sex. The girls again came into their own in the othce of chairman of the s o c i a l committee. incidentally, they all have the added inducement of being extremely attractive young women. XYe trust that this had nothing to do with their election. Oh no! In case you don't know who they are, we refer you to julia Ann Duff. sophomore, with brown curls and hazel eyes which are at least a mile in depth: Helen Moore, junior, whose hair is dark, whose eyes are brown, and whose skin is fair: and Mary Louise Smith, our prize senior blonde. XVe believe in making our parties decorative, you see. as well as entertaining. Student Council Responsible And to those entrusted with the guidance of the school -the Stu- dent Council-may we hereby give a vote of thanks. Verna Rees. Helen Beth Coats, Vernon Mur- row, Howard Gilpin, Sally Lepper, and Xlfilliam Mills are members of l STUDENT COUNCIL Left to right: Vernon Murrow, Verna Rees, Howard Gilpin, XYilliam Mills, Allan Duncan. XV. N, Van Slyck, Sally Lepper. Dave Gray. Helen Beth Coats. Helen Stants, Helen Moore. the council. These-along with A l lan Duncan, their president 3 Dave Gray, our estimable proctor chairman: Helen Stants, secretary of the point systemg Helen Moore. p r e 51 i d e n t of the Representative Council: and Mr. Van Slyck, who is really at the head of it all-have been responsible for the successful operation of our student govern- ment this year. REPRESENTATIVES SELL TICKETS The Representative Council. as in the two preceding years, has REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL Row 1: Palmer, YVardin, Powers, Loomis, Clark. Savler, Joss. Langsdorf, McDaniel, Gillrnan. Calhoun, Rupin. Row 2: Covert, McCord, Dreyer, Van Vleek, Platt, Law- rence. Brosamer, Lepper. Johnson, Armstvong, Scammel, Searle. Row 3: Murrow. Allison. Ericsson, Jones, Brown, Hamrnel. Thomas, Rollinan, Grice, Booth, XVilson. Row 4: Duncan, Cunningham, Briggs, Darehe, French, Gilpin, Pierce, Burns, Carlisle, Boyle, Nordstrom, Row 5: Mr. Van Slyck. MacDonald. Gibble, VVeid'ling, Moore. Pett, Robinson, Sh erman. r c at .. f 1 , A I I a n D u ri c a n P re s 1 d e n t been responsible in large measure for the success of the SF3 activity ticket, which saves each ticket holder almost 5143 in the cost of s c li o o l enterprises. The Council, composed of representatives elected from each home ro-om, came into being three years ago with the in- auguration of the first student ac- tivity ticket. The principal duty of the representative is to sell tickets to his reporting group and to keep those who have weekly tickets sup- plied with their stamps. He also atten ds to the distribution of lVorlds and to the sales in Sun- iiower subscription campaigns and other school campaigns. Council Loses President The Council r e c e iv e d a blow when its president, Helen Moore, moved to Lawrence at mid-year. However, it elected Howard Gilpin in her place and proceeded without visible lack of self-confidence. The other officers who served through- out the year are Ed Allison, vice- president, and Yernon Murrow secretary. XVith Mr. Yan Slyck, the Council met in the social room whenever there was need and dis- cussed problems pertaining to the activity tickets and affairs of gen- eral school interest. v Eleven