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

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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

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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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W' I THE BOY'S CCURT OFFICERS First 'Term Second Term Bartin Tyler f f Chief justice f Bob Parish Charles Church f Prosecuting Attorney f Frank Springer Wesley Johnson f f f Clerk ffff Tom Bastyr Lawrence Sommers f Associate fudge 1 Charles Soderstrom William Jolley f 1 Associate fudge Clarence Ferguson Bob Carr ffff Associate fudge f f f Harold Pesch Clarence Ferguson f Treasurer Boys' League f f Tom Bonney The Boys' Court is the department of school government that cares for the wel' fare of our school, handles such charges as off bounds, loitering in the halls, and mis' conduct in assemblies and classes. The judge is the president of the Boys' League, the prosecuting attorney is the vicefpresident, who is also commissioner of boys' wel' fare, the clerk of the court is the secretary of the Boys' League, and the jury is com- posed of three associate judges. Cases are conducted in an orderly, businesslike manner, the same as in a Federal court, giving the accused a fair trial and a decision unaffected by friendship or per' sonal prejudice. The efficiency of the court has increased over the previous adminisf tration due to the cooperation given it by such organizations as the bounds' commit' tee, auto patrol, and hall guards. The Boys' Court, the watch dog of our school constitution, serves its purpose well, for though its bark is sometimes worse than its bite, the warning is sufficiently serious to be heeded. i241