Kent School - Kent Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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'YEAR BOOK 1937 The Council VVENTY-NINE years ago the Constitution of the Kent Student Council was drawn up by Mr. R. P. Titus, a prefect of the Class of 1909. Mr. Titus is the present business manager of the School, and the organization which he founded in the early days of Kent has continued with remarkable success. It has suffered no radical changes in all its years of use, and there have been but two amendments. In 1928 it was deemed advisable to increase the number of representatives from the Student Body because of the growth of the School. Accordingly a vote was taken, and the measure was adopted, providing four additional members. The last amendment, proposed in 1935, stated that the Sub-prefect should automati- cally become a member of the Council. The duties of the organization are numerous, because it handles all matters pertaining to the general discipline of the School. Instead of having a master in charge of the various study halls, the members of the Council are responsible for supervising the students. The prefects conduct the assemblies, arrange the seat- ing and job lists, and are largely depended upon to keep up the tone of the School. The Council meets once every week on Thursday, at which time it attends to all matters which may have arisen during the week. Occasionally petitions are handed in by members of the Student Body, and some times complaints or sug- gestions relevant to the administration of Kent. At these meetings the Council interviews any student who may have fallen down in the observance of Kent rules and traditions, and discusses the recommendations of the Headmaster or Faculty in regard to disciplinary matters. The Council is composed of the three Prefects, the Sub-prefect, a Sixth Form representative, and three members each from the Fourth and Fifth Forms. The Prefects and the Sub-prefect are appointed by the Headmaster, while the Sixth Form Council member is elected by his classmates. Each Spring the School votes on the six representatives from the lower forms, choosing them from a field of twelve candidates. Taking up their initial duties on the first of May, the Prefects of each new class are trained by the retiring officers, and thus the smooth running of the organization is carried on from year to year. The continuance of this system insures a steady development in the efficiency of the Council as an administrative body, as the experience of the past can be more securely fused into the decisions and actions of the future. During the past year the Council has been composed of the following: Charles E. Hewes, 1937, Chairman, Richard S. Eustis, Jr., 1937, Secretary, John A. Blair, 1937, John P. Brew, 1937, William H. Barnum, 1937, Charles R. Brothwell, 1938, VVilliam A. Aycrigg, II, 1938, Leon W. Losee, 1938, Cyrus J. Quinn, 1939, Sergeant-at-arms, John F. Requardt, Jr., 1939, Walter Truslow, Jr., 1939. Page twenty-seven

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