Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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Fxrsr row left to rrght Thompson Trerney Phelps Stavers Mxtchell Hathaway Second row left to rrght Read Dawes Mr johnson Fuessenxch Mogrelmckn Prel Thxrd row left to rrght Tracy W Tracy N Bradley Rxckards Flsher Kellam Russell Porter Klncard Bokhof Barry Sellon DORMITORY MONITORS The oflicmal trtle for a dorm1tory monltor at Avon IS Assrstant Commtssloner of Publrc Safety Only too frequently m the past thxs has been an empty tltle Thrs year a great deal of thought and planntng went mto the choosnng of the men who were to fill these posrtxons Through the combrned effort of the Student Councll and Mr Johnson and the concrentrous efforts of the boys the momtor has rrsen to a posrtnon of respect and responsnbrlxty h1therto unknown rn the Vtllage It IS the task of the Mon1tors to see that the rules of the school and of the dormxtorxes are observed by the students Thls rncludes such thmgs as makmg dally room tnspectron accountmg for the students at bed check and mantamrng order 1n the dorms At trmes these dutles though seemmgly 1I1SlgI'lll:lC80I re qurre a great deal of tact lmpartxalrty and firmness The creatton of thrs post has been a delinnte asset to Avon for rt has become an 1ntegral part of the school s educatxonal philosophy The monrtors are rn vested wxth a great deal of freedom and trust They l1ve rn what mtght be descrlbed as the best rooms 1n the dormntory It IS also therr prtvrledge not to have to make a dennxte bed check Thrs freedom IS not to be mlsunderstood however for w1th xt comes the responstbrlnty to be worthy of the trust mvested rn them The mon1tors are rn an excellent pos1t1on to ap precrate the sxgnrficance of the word leadershlp They have learned thls year the value and necessity of f1rm mtellrgent consxstancy 1n conductnng therr own affanrs rn a manner compatlble wrth the perform ance of the1r dunes The 1nst1tut1on of dormttory monrtor relreves the Student Councrl of overwhelming responsnbrlrty and at the same ttme offers a greater number opportunrty to taste the value of leadershrp There were seventeen actrng dorm monttors thrs year They were Eagle Dormntory joe Thompson Stu Phelps Judge Porter Dnck Bokhof Peltcan Dor mrtory B111 Tracy jerry Gaudette Luke Kellam Dxck Read Drogenes Dormrtory Peter Moglel D1Ck1 Tom P1el Ed Barry Jxm Russell Walt Km card Elephant Dormitory Sandy Frsher Rrck Rrckards Brll Stavers Terry Bradley Over each dormxtory presldes a student councrl member actlng tn the capacxty of Head Dormrtory Monxtor They were th1s year Eagle Cleve Fuessenrch Pellcan Matt T1erney Drogenes Marty Mrtchell Elephant Beman Dawes fl 43 N. ... - -v 1 41 . 1 , 7 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . , . - 1 1 - 1 1 . 1 - 1 - 1 -1 1 '1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 . ,, . . . . ,, . . . . . 1 ' - . . . . . . ,, . ,, . , . - 1 . , ' , . - 1 1 . . . -1 , . . , . . . . 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - , . . . . . . . . . ... , .1 ' 1 1

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lg- FIRST TERM COUNCIL Seated left to rlght Mntchell Kellam Fuessemch Standmg left to rxght Barry Sellon Mr john son Dawes Txerney SECOND TERM COUNCIL Seated, left to nght Kellam, Mxtchell, Fuessemch Standmg, left to rlght Dawes, F1sher, Mr John son, Moglelnlckt, Txemey, M f I a ' XV sl f 1. F A ' if' .. , I i I S . :. 5 fit, 4 ' S Af , Hgh?-1 A ' I.: W' lfy ,J M af- Q i If I . ,S C 5 J f g .lr , , , ' , M. I I ' ' ' 3 if - ff I ll 'I l 5 F k, I I at rl I l ' 5 2 t if QL 2 I I , I 5 , 'i I I ' , Ci Mus... K , - -'

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Left to rrght Mogrelnrckr Carter Prel Thompson Lash VILLAGE IUSTICES When the Presrdent Judge was asked for a state ment about the Student Court at Avon he pornted out an artrcle he had recently read whrch stated that rn Korea a communrst rndoctrrnatron ofhcer had wrrtten the followrng to hrs superror The Amerrcan soldrer has weak loyaltres to hrs famrly hrs com munrty hrs country hrs concepts of rrght and wrong are hazy he rs largely rgnorant of socral values socral tensrons and conflrcts of safeguards to free om The student judge went on to say that rn order to combat thrs very problem Mrs Rrddle the school s Old Farms She belreved that through the workrng use of a student government boys at Avon would garn the loyaltres to and the knowledge of the very thrngs men troned by the communrst rndoctrrnatron ofhcer rn Korea One of the three branches of the student government formed by Mrs Rrddle as rn the case of all democratrc governments was the udrcral Branch Its purpose agarn as rn the case of all democratrc governments rs to rnterpret the laws created and en forced by the other branches of the government The udrcral Branch of the Student Government at Avon rs of necessrty set up on a slrghtly drfferent plan from that rn practrce rn democratrc communrtres throughout the land It rs drvrded rnto two parts the Trrals Drvrsron and the Appellate Drvrsron Wrthrn the Trrals Drvrsron there are two courts the Polrce Court for the trral of mrnor offences and the Summary Court for the trral of more serrous offenses The Sum mary Court further acts rn the capacrty of a crvrl court rn that rt also hears and decrdes personal clarms be tween rndrvrdual students The Appellate Drvrsron consrsts of one Court of Appeals presrded over by the Provost whrch handles cases appealed from the Sum mary Court The average Polrce Court sessron rs comprrsed of twenty cases whrch have been called for such offences as messy rooms drsturbances after lrghts throwrng of mrssrles wrthrn frfty yards of a school burldrng and rnstances of conduct unbecomrng an Avon student The Summary Court of whrch there have been ap proxrmately erght sessrons usually hears cases of vrola trons of the smokrng ordrnance rn whrch the defendant has repeatedly been before the Polrce Court for srmrlar vrolatrons The Court of Appeals has not been called rnto sessron thrs year The udrcral Branch of the Student Government has five officers the Presrdent Judge two Assocrate udges one Temporary justrce and one Vrllage Clerk Durrng thrs past year Thomas Prel was the Presr dent udge Xandy Carter and Stephen Lash were the Assocrate Judges oe Thompson was the Temporary ustrce and Rrchard Lee was the Vrllage Clerk Work rng together these frve ofhcers of the court managed to brrng the udrcral Branch of the government closer to what Mrs Rrddles orrgrnal purpose for the Branch was namely to educate the Avon boy rn the methods of the democratrc socrety rn whrch he wrll lrve rn later r e p v .C A aar. 2 V- V- up , 1 , ' ' I , ' ' , . . - . . . . , , - . . . .l h . . I 7 s : , - , ' . , - . . . . .. 7 , y - . - H . . . . cl . . . . ' ' . . . , , . 1 ' I 1 Y ' founder, created the student government here at Avon - - '- ' - . . , , , . . . . . y . . . . , J . . , J ' ' . ' . ' . , . . . J , y . 1 ' a - . J , I A , J ' J , - - 7 . , J ' I .. . , . y . Q , ...- .Q 4 4 . 1 . - l f . 91