Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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First Row Cleft to rightj Wyatt Proctor Henschel C Reese Seated fleft to rightb Alves Merrill McLauglin Aird Third Row Cleft to rightj Stxllgebauer T Browne Hawley C Robinson Skemp Seidel Miller Costello Black Antolmi DORM MONITORS At most preparatory schools it is customary that disciplinary problems arising in the course of dormi tory and school life fall under the jurisdiction of an students who have demonstrated an awareness of cer tain responsibilities are entrusted with the care and well being of their fellows Usually juniors or seniors the monitors are selected by the student council on this basis as well as for their deep rooted sense of honor Specifically the monitors duties are to uphold and enforce the Code of Ordinances This entails making a daily inspection of rooms sitting at the head of din ing room tables taking chapel attendance accounting for the students at bed check and maintaining order in the dorms and on campus at all times They thus Monitors are not totally unrewarded for their efforts they have unlimited late lights are exempt from wait ing at meals and live in the choicest dorm rooms This year Avon has been lucky as the monitors have ex celled in leadership and have controlled the dorm with great spirit They have handled their responsibilities well and it is only hoped that next year they will do as fine a job 1 , ' , ' , ' , , ' a . x I - , . . ever-present, dominant faculty. Here at Avon, however, contribute invaluable aid to the student council. . I I A Q , - , . , . , ' a 100

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Seated fleft to rrghtj jackson Hawley S Barr Van Wrnkle COURT It rs not the polrcy of Avon to develop a cumber some and artrficral system of rules but rather to regard the student body as an assocratron of gentlemen who for the best rnterests of all must conform to the stand ards whrch are unrversally adopted In order to facrlrtate therr development the councrl has found rt desrrable to pass these ordrnances havrng farth that the student body wrll observe them Thus reads the rntroductory passage to the Code of Ordrnances of the Vrllage of Old Farms To see that these statutes are obeyed and eflicrently carrred out thrs rs the officral capacrty of the Student Court System As well the Student Courts are concerned wrth punrsh ment for educatron s sake rather than for punrshment s sake alone It may then be seen that rf someone rs sentenced and thus encouraged not to repeat hrs par trcular vrolatron the Courts have succeeded rn therr arms Thrs year Smart G Barr left no doubt as to hrs SYSTEM capabrlrtres as a ludrcral admrnrstrator admrrably full fillrng all that was set before hrm as Presrdent judge Ardrng hrm rn the supervrsron of the Courts were Asso crate justrces Frederrc Hawley Samuel Jackson and Peter Van Wrnkle These able young men yorntly pre srded over both the Summary and Polrce Courts often trmes a most drflicult task Thanks should certarnly be grven those who saw to the smooth functronrng of the Courts at large Avon rans should feel themselves mdebted to the Vrllage Clerk Nrcholas Schravettr and Geoffrey Law the V11 lage Attorney All thrngs consrdered the Courts had a relatrvely easy trme of thrngs durrng the past year and thrs only goes to show how the standard of drscrplrne has rrsen at Avon rn recent years Frnally no resume of the Court System rs complete wrthout mentron of Mr johnson who as rn the past was always wrllrng to grve of hrs years and experrence rn an advrsory capacrty - n 1 ' : ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . , . a ' 1 1 Q ' , . . ,, . . 1 1 4 . - ' . 1 a 1 1 1 ' 1 ' s . , . , . . . . , 5 . . . , - , , , . . 7 1 , , . .