Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT THE BOARD-SEMESTER I By the school year i948-49 Student Government at Bay View had proved itself. The skepticism with which the new is often received had changed to general admiration. One small evidence of this change is the fact that a student made a gavel for the organization in addition to his assignments in woodworking. When presenting his handi- work to James Szulczewski, president, Gerald Hurley re- marked, lt was an honor to do something for Student Government. ln accordance with the original plan, the Student Board oversees all the activities ofthe Student Government Associa- tion. The membership ot this includes a representative ot each grade: Lawrence Suhm, senior, Dorothy Severance, iunior, William Galligan, sophomore, and Nancy Walsh, freshman, two members-at-large, James Healy and Dalton Lawrence, and the president of the organization, Ervin Zube. Honor study halls, after two years of operation, have been accepted. Members of the central committee, Joan Van Stelle, Robert Steuck, Philip Wruk, and Florence King, were in charge ot them this year, and worked under the direction of Fred Helmer, the first vice-president of S.G.A. K PRESENTATION OF THE GAVEL CENTRAL STUDY HALL COMMITTEE

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COUNSELING STAFF The guidance department begins the watchful care of incoming students with visits of counselors to the grade schools, and the arranging of a meeting be- tween parents of prospective students and homeroom teachers. Through the next four years, counselors help smooth out all difficulties that arise for the student, both scholastically and socially, keep the recalcitrant in line, and try to find opportunities for the gifted. This year the guidance department brought to the school representatives of many vocations, who met with the seniors in small groups. At these meetings the speakers explained the opportunities available in their par- ticular field of interest. Counselors always consult with class and homeroom teachers, and this year the parents of students at every grade level were invited to come to an evening meeting to meet counselors and homeroom teachers and discuss any of the problems of students. ln the attempt at mutual co-operation and understanding, parents of many of the T949 graduating seniors have Come to Bay View twice this year. Miss Statz, Dean of Girls 7 1.-.-Jnatg.-N, fi :' irk' i W.. 5? J , f ' -' ,ing ..,fi,,lk, 1 . ,V yn-. Mr. Sutlle, Miss Lane, Miss Steel, Mr. May

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INTER-HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES THE COURT STUDENT GOVERNMENT TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE-SEMESTER II The first semester of i948 saw a new feature added to the Student Government Association, the Student Court. The establishment of this body remedied the unpleasant situation wherein students make the rules, but teachers en- force them. The Court, which consists of five members, tries cases brought before them by teachers and other school authorites. After listening to the plaintiff, the de- fendant, and the witnesses, the court reviews the facts and arrives at a decision. Court members were Robert Barczak, chief justice, Howard Wachholz, Daniel Owen, Arden Kreider, and Naomi Bennett. The second semester a new board and a new treasurer of the association took the oath of office. The policy of having the board operate as a continuing body was carried out by adding two new members to the board. Dorothy Severance and James Healy were Bay View's representatives to Milwaukee's Inter-High School Council. One of the main proiects of this group was their investigation of rowdyism after football games. Dorothy headed the com- mittee on teen-age driving problems.