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

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OFFICE FORCE MRS. HELEN ANDERSON MISS BETTY BOWERS MR. JAMES R. LEE MRS. IRENE MASON MISS LUCIE SCI-IWERIN MISS GRACE WOOLSEY BOUNDS COMMITTEE The Bounds CommiTTee is a group oT sTudenTs, under a TaculTy supervisor, Mr. Evan Engberg, who paTrol The school grounds in order ThaT no sTudenTs leave The grounds during school hours wiThouT permission. This is necessary, noT only Tor The sTudenTs' pro- TecTion, buT because oT sTaTe laws which make The school responsible Tor The welTare oT The sTudenTs while They are aT school. The Bounds CommiTTee has Tull powers To reporT Those sTudenTs disobeying The law To The school courTs. IT is composed oT sTudenTs who volunTeer Tor This duTy as a service To Their school. AUTO PATROL The AuTo PaTrol is an organizaTion oT The school, composed oT boys, under The head oT The Commissioner oT SaTeTy. The duTies oT This group are To prevenT parking near The school in places unTavorable To The neighborhood and The school, To prevenT sTudenTs Trom moving Their auTomobiles during school hours, and To inspecT The neighborhood where sTudenTs may have gaThered, Thereby going oTT bounds and violaTing The rules oT The school. The boys who serve as The AUTO PaTrol are careTully selecTed as They musT be licensed operaTors, have auTomobiles in which To paTrol, be TrusTworThy, reliable, and honesT. Theirs is an imporTanT responsibiliTy, as iT noT only proTecTs The school Trom cases oT injury, TheTT and oTher casualTies, buT also assures The parenTs oT a maximum oT saTeTy while Their children are aT school. 23

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GIRLS' COURT The Girls' Courf is composed of fhe Commissioner of Girls' Welfare, who is fhe Chief Jusfice of fhe Courf, and six associafe iudges elecfed by fhe Girls' League. lfs faculfy sponsor is Mrs. Grace Rafhwell. The Courf's purpose is fo judge all cases of discipline which are referred fo if by fhe Girls' Adviser, Mrs. Blanche E. Davis. The of- fenders are punished by being given cifafions. The number of cifafions given depends on fhe seriousness of fhe offense and fhe number of fimes fhe girl has appeared before fhe Courf. If a girl receives many cifafions, fhis seriously affecfs her graduafion. A new plan was sfarfed during fhe firsf semesfer. Under fhis, all girls wifh a number of fardinesses are broughf before fhe Courf, and chronic offenders 'are given cifafions. The new sysfem was found fo have greaf effecf. Commissioners of Girls' Welfare: Claire Cox and Anne Gillespie. Judges: Beffy Ann l-lowland, Beffy Ann Sherman, Merrie Louise Barber, Ann Thieme, Pai Fox, Nancy Allen, Beffy Sfacy, Isabel Derbyshire, Ann Pulliam, Kiffen Hamilfon, Norma Louise McKenzie. BOYS' COURT The Boys' Courf is composed of fhe officers of fhe Boys' League and six associafe iudges. The Vice-Presidenf acfs as Chief Jusfice of fhe Courf. The purpose of fhis body is fo iudge all cases of discipline which happen oufside of fhe classroom, such as going off bounds, difching classes, and smoking af school. Lasf year a new sysfem of punish- menf was puf info effecf. A psychological freafmenf of offenders has been found fo have a much greafer effecf fhan fhe old sysfem of cifafions. Officers: Presiclenf, Rennie Kelly and Jim Hendrick, Vice-Presidenf, Wah' McKenzie and Gordon Payne' Secrefary Jack Rosenberg and Jack Donoghueg Treasurer, Neil Casson and Bill Henry. , ' ' HenderS.iL:1olgB?i Eyirweeg aKnetLlygOFk1hil'ipml-nl!Lgchins, John l-lufsler, l-lomer Rydell, Bruce Carpenfer, Lee Champion, Bill Henry, Al Woodill, John

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AUDITORIUM Phofograph by John Boehm Norman cul+ure on parade- Pain+ in plasfer on The wall: Symbol of our fighfing spirit Bearing sjrandards Jrhrough Th e ages