Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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Page 12 THE CHIPMUNK for 1922 Student Body Officers Top row (left to right)—Miss Neill. Faculty Representative; Lewis Erbes. Senior Rep. : Mr. Sewell. Faculty Rep.; F. L. Walker. Jr.. Student Body President; John Carniato, Sophomore Rep.; Mildred Garrett. Student Body T rcasurer. Lower row—Margaret Jacobsen. Student Body Vice-president; Lee Norah Roberts. Senior Rep.: Ada Conk- lin. Student Body Secretary; Agnes Israelson, Junior Rep.; Leona Somers. Freshman Rep.

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THE CHIPMUNK for 1922 Page II STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS' CONVENTION Westwood High has always been proud of her many interests and her participation in school activities at home and abroad. One of her recent activities was sending her Student Body President to the Convention of Presidents at Santa Barbara. The Westwood delegate travelled farther than any one else to reach the convention, a total distance of I 700 miles. The greater part of the time was taken up with matter to which our school could contribute nothing, but from which we gained a great deal that has been modified and adapted to our needs, with great success. Later, when the convention divided into groups determined by the size of the school. Westwood’s plan of Student Self-government was compared with that of the other schools of less than 100. There was no school that approached Westwood in the completeness of student control. Santa Barbara High School won the admiration of all the delegates for the splendid way in which the convention was handled. It was decided to hold the convention at Willows next year and we feel sure that the convention will be just as successful as this year’s was and we hope that many more of the High Schools of the Northern Counties will be represented. F. L. W.. '22. ATHLETICS IN THE SCHOOL Do we believe in athletics? Well, just ask us and then listen to our answer. Athletics is the chief attraction in good old Westwood Hi. aside from Latin. Math.. Chem.. etc., of course. This is the answer to that old question. “Why are we good sports?”—just because athletics in big. golden letters has been such a great, big factor in our lives. We all dislike—or perhaps feel sorry for the fellow who crabs” when he loses out; but we despise the one who is victorious and crows” about it. All forms of athletics have taught us to “take our medicine like a man or our victory like a sport.” Aside from the benefit to the individual, there is the improvement in the entire school. The good health, the greater interest, and the increased adver- tising all tend toward building up the walls of our success, in which a gate is always open to the newcomer. And we have a wonderful foundation upon which to build these walls, owing to the fact that everyone who has gone before us has bettered the school in some way. frequently by athletics. What is better than school spirit? “Nothing. you say. Well. then, what is better to promote school spirit than athletics? Again you answer Nothing —and we fully agree with you. Now. what is school spirit? It seems to me it is that get-togethery feeling that makes every single member want to work individually and collectively for the betterment of his school. This feeling is heightened by interscholastic games, since it is up to the teams concerned to secure team work and those not on the team have the victory of their school at heart. Thus all are co-operating in the interest of that school. If you will make investigation you will see that the snappy, advancing, wide-awake school—those which are really on the map to stay put”—are the ones which promote athletics, and you will also notice that the sleepy, snail-like ones are those which throw up their hands at the mere mention of a-th—er—no 1 won’t. That word is too sacred to us to speak in the same breath with the name of those who will have none of it. E. W., ’23

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THE CHIPMUNK for 1922 Page 13 Student Body Activities The High School started this year with the same old mode of handling student body affairs. When the first meeting was held to install the new officers, the idea of student self-government was talked over. The idea met with the approval of the Faculty and students and the task of drawing up a suitable constitution was given to the civics class. The constitution as adopted provides for an Executive Committee, which shall have the entire charge of all student affairs. The executive committee is composed of the officers of the student body, the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, together with two seniors, one junior, and one sopho- more. 1 he constitution also provides for a freshman to be elected at the beginning of the second semester. It provides that the faculty shall be repre- sented by three members who are allowed a voice in the discussion—but no vote. The faculty members are the principal, the girls’ athletic director, and the boys’ athletic coach. Meetings are held every Iliursday. and are presided over by the vice-president of the student body. To this committee was given the power to enforce all school laws. They uphold the discipline of the school and enforce such measures necessary to maintain high scholarship throughout the student body. All student body officers and class officers are required to maintain an average of two in their monthly grades. Should an officer fail to show such an average, his office is automatically declared vacant. All school business is brought before the executive committee each week or special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman of the committee. One of the most successful laws made by the executive committee was the enforced attendance to study hall of the students whose grades in any one subject fall below a three. There were quite a number sentenced to study hall the first month but that group has rapidly decreased until finally enforced attendance was abolished. The building, however, remains open each school night from 7:30 to 9:30, for those who wish to use the reference library or study hall. An upper class student is in charge and also a teacher to help students with reference work. An afternoon detention class was also established to punish tardiness. Besides these rules of discipline and scholarship the executive committee handled all the finances of the school, which amounted to about $ I 700. The various entertainments given this year by the High School have served to increase the school funds and have helped the students to gain valua- ble experience. All the school affairs are planned by the Executive Committee with the approval of the Student Body. Student Body meetings are held on alternate Friday afternoons. After the report of the Executive Committee is read, an open discussion is carried on. and all matters of importance arc talked over, after which a vote is taken. A. C. 24. SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN DRAWL The first annual Sophomore-Fresh man Brawl was held on Friday after- noon of the first week of school. The afternoon’s entertainment consisted of a series of competitions between the Freshies and the Sophomores, aided by enough Upperclassmen to make the two sides equal, rhe events took place on the school grounds, where Student Body, Faculty, Grammar School pupils, and fond parents assembled to watch the events. The first event was seventy-five yard relay with eleven men on each side. This was very exciting, as the Freshmen pushed the Sophomores hard, but in the end the Soph’s were victorious. The next event was a snake relay—rather a humorous stunt. It was victory for the Freshmen. And then came the tilting contest! This was the most exciting event of the day—six gallant Freshmen riders mounted on spirited Freshmen horses, equipped with long lances (which were poles padded with burlap) were ignominously defeated by an equal body of Sophomores and Upperclassmen, on Sophomore horses.