West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Student Body The Co - ordinating Council consists first of I6 members, 8 students and 8 teachers. It was re-organized in the fall, and one more division, Schools at Warii was added. The members are elected in the spring during the annual Boys' and Girls' Club elections. It serves as a fact- finding, policy-making body in Front row: Barbara Afflerbach, Margaret Hunter, Patty Sweazey, , Annabelle Aller end Helen Torney. Beele new: cneflee Hannaford, 3 matters felatlng to H 'SCh001 advisor, Dick Smith, Phil Brewer, Tom Ruggles and Noel Hancock. affairs- Many things were accom- plished by the groupg the Drive for 1002 Stamp Plan participation, headed by Margaret Hunterg the Co-ordinating Council Assembly, directed by Noel I-lancock's Assmbly Committee, the work of the drives handled by Dick Smith's Schools-at-War divisiong the War Stamp drive under the management of Pat Sweazey and the Scholarship Committee, and many more constructive improvements. Starting in the fall of l943, the name Co-ordinating Council will be abandoned in favor of making it a President's Cabinet. It will have the same duties, but will be under the authority of - the President of the Student Body, who will be elected by the students. Our school government is in an experimental stage, working steadily toward a practical, democratic society. When Steve Ellis suddenly died early this spring, it was a blow to West Seattle student government. Steve, working with Mr. Hannaford, Student Government Advisor, interviewed teachers, read many reports of student government in other schools, and finally wrote the constitution that our present plan is based on. During his Sophomore year, he served as President of the Student Council. He held the office of President of the Co-ordi- mating Council up to the time of his death. STEVE ELLIS According to Mr. Hannaford, who perhaps knew him better than any other teacher through their work together, he was the most outstanding student ever to enter West Seattle student government in that he was more concerned with creating a more perfect system, than in tearing down the present one.

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Li bmry and ffice To weld the armed forces into well- organized fighting units, much plan- ning, besides that of the basic military strategy is required. The communica- tions and supplies systems today work unceasingly to maintain constant con- tact between all points of importance to the Allies, and scientists continually -do research work in order to better the lot of the fighting men. The efficiency with which our school Front row: Pearle Beery, Attendance Clerk. Dorothy Rand, assistant library. Back row: Erraldine Snyder. office assistant. and Jean Lane,Hbradan. is run depends on the office. It is the central agency of the school, handling business matters, keeping individual school records and supplying information, thus serving as a focus for bul- letins, attendance, mail, telephone calls and the like. Front row: Chester Babcock, history department Mary Walters, English, George Welch, industrial arts Lansing, English. Back row: Ellen Davenport, head clerk: Marguerite Sorenson, commercialg L. R. Logan, hall: Edna Babcock, language. head: lrene office study Etc. .. Whatever you are looking for, and anything from physiology to Bible Texts can be found in room lOl -better known as the school library. An effi- cient staff with Miss Lane at the head, the library operates an as smoothly run basis as can be found anywhere in the school. Every year the library receives stores of books on nearly any subject, both fic- tion and non-fiction, that the average high school reader has any interest, or any use for. These books are all given over to the use of the student body, with the one reservation that they bring them back on time, and also that they treat the books with proper respect.

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Diagmming Student Control CO-ORDINATING COUNCIL a This Executive Branch investigates problems presented by students, rolls or the Student Council, submits the facts to the Student Council and carries out the deci- sions of the latter. I I I . I I I I -1 'Ulm :sz wfw :ons oo: ml-o mlm U3 50 3:1 glo 9-iz Ola Oleg Q-2. 95- ar? -5' mlm all ol' Ol'-5 Bio' ol or 3' FDI r: :S I or Elm Im -tw o UQ 0 3,1 r-dl? QUT B H E: 2 -5,2 Q L: II-'J'-I .EIN '-do CQ.. Cin' ww DMB 'UW oo o Q K4 :S -.g -1 ,T 5:9 52 ':,- 57 UQ D U IO Ula UQ f-+- ,U Q gs- Dr: IF m Cb 3 ETH TIE '41 as im 314 YF' X 2 I D74-1 2-UT 1 I gp, Bti . I I l vfv Els' I I l I ' E5 I I I I l ' ml l I I I l l I I I V . I I I I I F24 I 2 + I STUDENT COUNCIL This Legislative Branch passes upon all measures submitted by the Co-ordinat- ing Council. It can also direct the Co-ordinating Council to investigate a problem and report the findings. This branch is composed of the Presidents of the roll-room organizations. -ow ae ff. D- 3? -lo me a ROLL ROOM ORGANIZATION Each roll room has its president, vice-president, secretary and host or hostess, with specific duties for each office. The president represents the group in the Student Council and leads forums in his roll as directed by the Council. Any roll room can direct the Co-ordinating Council to investigate a problem and submit its findings to the Student Council.