Beverly Hills High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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ns, if ,,,v il i ,, S A . ., - I! .' , -- , 1 -' ,f f .v ' . . 1 !,,,, . 4. I X, lL ,, ' Bette Robert Root Elizabeth Hemmeon 7 , kffk' 'xi altar: gdmhiihii, Girls' Athieria Q , i if Bffailk Springer Barton Tyler Lee,Higgins Bill RQPPY ff Egs' Edits: 'Ffaamtowcfr Editor High Lighe Pubhflfi-' ,cafff JL 77 The first Board of Commissioners of Beverly Hills High is made up of the followf ing: Student Body President, Harry Willsg VicefPresident, Bobby Philbrickg Commisf sioner of Records, Gertrude Longg President of Boys' League, Lou Roseg President of Girls' League, Mary Sue Vxfalkerg Commissioner of Boys' Welfare fVicefPresident of Boys' Leaguej, Ered lackmang Commissioner of Girls' Welfare, Bette Harrisg Comf missioner of Einance, Everett Robisong Commissioner of Boys' Athletics, Frank Sprmgerg Commissioner of Girls' Athletics, Elizabeth Hemmeong President of the Scholarship Society, Robert Rootg Editor of The High Lights, Lee Higginsg Editor of the Annual, Barton Tyler. To this first Board of Commissioners should go the credit for the promotion of numf erous school activities and for the efficient administration of affairs. They have been confronted with problems vital to the future of the school and have acted upon them in the best interests of the Student Body. The Student Body has shown a wonderful spirit of cofoperation in developing school spirit and in helping the board promote school affairs. Let us hope that the olhcers and crew who have guided the good ship Beverly Hills High on its maiden voyage will be succeeded by students of the same strong stuf and Hlled with the same spirit of progress. ' l19l

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.fx-. 'WETIB ' ,fu l.. , H.. W Vi-fm STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT Until january 12, 1928, the Beverly Hills High School had no student government. The rules and their enforcement had come directly from the office, but on that day the faculty was relieved of the task of overseeing student welfare, for the school unanif mously voted to adopt the Constitution drawn up by a committee headed by Fred Kuypers and sponsored by Miss Darsie. The Constitution submitted by the committee has been declared by many to be the finest of its kind in the Southland. It invests the legislative and executive powers in fourteen commissioners of whom all but two are elected by the students. There is the Student Body Council which consists of two representatives from each homeroom. Its purpose is to secure the cofoperation of the student body and to form a link between the students and the Board of Commissioners. There are also the Boys' and the Girls' Courts. The officers of the Boys' League and three associate judges fo-rm the Boys' Court, while the Girls' Court is made up of the Commissioner of Girls' Welfare and six associate justices. The Student Body has the power of initiative and referendum and of recall of all oilicers. T181

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rimii 'Q xf rl l'lVX'Y M 2 . l 'Qi lil Q Charles Church, Clarence Ferguson, Lou Rose, Mr. Bullock, Fred Jackman, Harry Teter, Robert Sands BCYS' CCURT - 'Afustice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind. -Addison, Justice may be represented as being blind but not in the Boys' Court of the Beverly Hills High. The Court is composed of the officers of the Boys' League, the president included, and three associate justices chosen by the boys of the school. They meet once a week and dispose on an average of four or ive offenders per session. At the first of the term the Boys, Court was very busy, but as the rules became more familiar, the number of offenders dwindled and there have been several weeks when there was no business for the court to handle. Mr. Bullock sits with the court in an advisory capacity, and upon his advice, the most serious cases are sent to the office. However, these have proved to be few. The members of the court receive invaluable experience in meting out impartial decisions and the court is respected among the boys themselves, which is of supreme importance if it is to be an asset to the school. l'l0l