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

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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

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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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STUDENT BODY CFFICE The busiest place in school! .That's the student body office where all the student body business is transacted. Where, during every period of the day, students are engaged in the work of a modern office. Efficiency is the keynote. Receipts are written in triplicate for all money received, the original given to the student, the duplicate kept on Hle in the student body oflice, and the triplicate kept for the school auditor. All school money is banked at the close of each day. Each day's transacf tions are recorded by the students, and at the end of the month a Iinancial statement is made for each department. Everett Robison, Commissioner of Finance, has charge of all ticket sales, Bobbie Luring is student ofhce manager, Harry Teter is student manager of the Students' Store, and Barton Tyler has charge of cafeteria finances. Al Stanger and his assisf tant, Glen Cooper, have handled all the business details of The Watchtower. Miss Tubman is the business manager, while Mr. Alley is faculty sponsor for The Watchtower and Students' Store, and Mrs. Hughes is faculty manager of the Cafeteria. i 22 l