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

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First Semester CCMMISSICD NERS To most students the Board of Commissioners is a mystery, an unknown factor in the student selffgoverning system. However, there is nothing mysterious about the functions of the Board. It is the executive body responsible to the Student Council and the student body. It also shares legislative power with the student body. To it come all requests for money appropriations, for approval of athletic letter awards, club pins, and all class emblems. Student Body dances, and equipment for the personal use of the students, such as musical instruments, and even the advertising matter for dral matics, athletic, social and political events, must be approved by the Board of Comf missioners. In short, anything pertaining to the welfare of the students muSt be ap' proved by the students' representatives, the Board of Commissioners. Athletic awards merited a good deal of attention with several championship teams to be considered. The control of the purse strings is the greatest power of the Com' missioners. and many requests for appropriations were given serious consideration. They are always thoroughly discussed before the money is given or withheld. E221

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i The government of our student body is not the work of one or two students, or of the Board of Commissioners, lout is the prod' uct of wholefhearted cooperation and assisf tance of every student in Beverly. It is not fair to yourselves or to the stu- dent concerned, to elect an officer and then thrust the whole burden on him, trusting one person to govern this large group in a manner satisfactory to all. Only so long as each one does his share will Beverly be governed as it should he. Continue to give your entire cooperation as you have done in the past, and Beverly will remain on the high plane where we, the students, desire it to lie. Bon Pmusii, Student Body President. First Semester. ffl fe, li , llfv Q klkgkll rt May I remind those of you who hold or aspire to student body offices that the filling of suulz an office implies not only the accept' ance of the honor and privileges, hut demands the aeeeptanee of the responsibilities and the faitliful performance of the duties of the po' sition, May I thank you all for your friend- ship and fellowslzip, your tolerance and eo' operation during my term of office, which, I hope, has heen mutually profitable, and may you tuorlq and fight for Beverly as well in the future as you have in the past, BARTON TYI.IiR. Student Body President. Second Semester. i211

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'Tl . 4 i. i it - 4 x - 4 r E E4 , f 2. 5 - K , Bob Parish Elizabeth Hemmeon Bamm Tyla A l Curtis Shanahan rf.-Q-ina.:n,.ci.i.s.. PmmmtzifleLaw Jai 1'rmdfm2wdwnvB04y , Finance ,i 1 David May Annette Hcmmeon ' Bud Buff Eliiillfiffh NUISDN i L B05 Root sa,..i.,as,p y gma, l kk A mesa da, warm it mfiaaix pi. f , ,J il N iz if l ! 1 L, i L .A 2 i E L A ,,.g K S i Bud Rose Rm' Athlazin Second Semester Student government in operation throughout the school includes conducting asf semblies with student officers in full charge, keeping order in assemblies and in the halls, enforcing hounds regulations, and in general, supervising all student activities. The student body president, the presiding oilicer in assemblies, accepted for the student body two trophies emblematic of the San Fernando Valley League championships which were won by the varsity basketball and track teams. It was voted that school dances should be student body dances instead of Girls' League or Boys' League. The first dance under the new system was held May 24, in 301. A capacity crowd of sixty couples danced to the music of a live piece orchestra, and several stunts were given to round out the evening. At the close of the second year of the school's existence, student government is found to be operating eiliciently, using the experience of other semesters as guides in developing school spirit and sportsmanship, and progressively working for the welfare of Beverly Hills High. l23l