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

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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

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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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IFWIAWET B 'Rv -ev I' If Il Ill Ill T f ,WAN Lavone Diclqensheets, Annette Hemmeon, Ruth Karsli, Elizabeth Langley, Viola Bishop, Eleanor Boyle, Bette Harris GIRLS' CCJURT The spirit of the courts shall be constructive, the judges of the courts working in close harmony with the commissioner of boys' and girls' welfare to bring about a constantly improved cofoperation between the student body, the student government organizations, and the faculty. So reads the Constitution of our school. The six associate judges with their able leader, Bette Harris, commissioner of girls' welfare, have worked untiringly to make every word come true. Eleanor Boyle has acted as sergeantfatfarms and Lavone Dickensheets has been clerk of the court. Sessions are held during noon period every Thursday. The defendant is allowed to plead guilty or not guilty, and her story is heard. The presiding judge endeavors to show the girl in what way she is wrong and to help her to a better understanding and appreciation of the law she has broken, or if no law has been broken, to dismiss the case. The associate judges then pass sentence and one or more citations are placed against the girl's name, or she is pardoned. The sentence depends greatly upon the attitude of the girl, for the aim of the court is not to punish, but to help the student to distinguish between right and wrong, and to come to a fuller realization of the meaning of and the reason for our laws. It is above all else to help the girls to be iiner citizens and to create an atmosphere of cofoperation, fine spirit, and good fellowship. l21l