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

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Sllllll 1 lllllllll With better student government as its aim, the Student Court this year again lived up to its fine purposes. During the winter semester, the Court was headed by Bob Ward and Marlo Jarman. Associate iustices were Sandy Bothman, Lucky O'Keefe, and Betty Santley, seniors, and Herb Buswell, Denny Morrow, Lianne Schroeder, and Bill Storum, juniors. At the beginning of the summer semester, Sandy Bothman took over the post of chief iustice and was assisted by Marlo Jarman, Ann Reiss, and Alan Sieroty, seniors, and Marilyn Bor- den, Herb Buswell, Denny Morrow, Lianne Schroeder, and Bill Storum, iuniors. When asked the principles of the Court, Chief Justice Sandy Bothman replied, We try to deal fairly with everyone in accordance with the Norman Plan upon which the Court is based. Student Court has a simple but definite procedure. The obiect is to fix a penalty for a student offense, depending upon the severity and intent of the offense. Each student is pro- vided with forty points at the beginning of the semester, according to the Norman Plan. When a pupil loses twenty points, his name is placed upon the lost privilege list. This means that the student must relinquish the privilege of attending assemblies. lf he loses ten more points, the student is on the restricted list, whereupon he must forego the right of running for school offices, participating on athletic teams, and taking a part in school activities, such as, Highlights, radio, debate, theatrical productions, and school clubs. If a student should lose the remaining ten points, he is referred to the principal for suspension. Mr. K. C. Mitchell, dean of boys, and Mrs. Leah K. Moore, dean of girls, serve as clerks for the court. Student Court meets every Thursday at 3:15 in Room 301. Students are encouraged to attend sessions of the Court. 18

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it -A .. n . JL 4 y I , 'li . , K' all Ci . f Q l r N il lit t Sr ef it X . t l, ,gf A , lil A 1 1 L if. f- t . if it gn BUYS' llllilll Led by Sandy MacKinnon and Duvall Hecht, the Boys' League finished a successful year with a cleanup campaign as its main project. During the year the group sponsored two assemblies, one dealing with wrestling and the other introducing Johnny Baker, football coach of the Los Angeles Dons. A cleanup campaign was held during the second semester. The Boys' League cabinet ioined with the Alphas, Knights, Squires, and Girls' League cabinets to put over this cam- paign, and each group patrolled the lunch patio one day a week. The results of this drive were very successful. Although in the summer semester it was difficult for the cabinet to obtain dates for activities, several tentative dates were made for the fall semester. Officers for the first term were Sandy MacKinnon, president, Craig Nason, vice-presi- dent, David Willardson, secretary, Buzz Talmadge, treasurer, and Herb Buswell, commis- sioner of Boys' Athletics. For the summer semester Dewey Hecht was president, Dick Wil- liams, vice-president, Wayne Knickmeyer, secretary, John Brame, treasurer, and Tom Jones, commissioner of Boys' Athletics. Mr. William C. Doc Morrison sponsors the group. 'I7

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Slllllll lIllMMIllll Putting former Student Body President Bill Fore's plan into practice, the Spirit Commit- tee began its career as a functional part of Normandy's student government this year. Led by Denny Morrow, over-all chairman of the group, the spirit committee was di- vided into three organizations with a charter and leader for each. The three divisions con- sisted of a Rally Committee, a Campus Appearance Committee, and an Inter-School Relations Committee. The Rally Committee was headed by Bill Lusk during the winter semester and was under the faculty supervision of Mr. Wendell C. Black. Joan Sebel took over the leadership in the summer semester and was aided by Miss Jeanne Seidel. This group took charge of planning the rallies to increase school spirit before athletic events and also promoted spirit at the games themselves. Another activity of the group was a noon dance given during Chimes Week. The pom-pom girls, yell leaders, drum maiorettes, band, and drill team worked in coniunction with the committee chairman in the presentation of these activities. In the Campus Appearance group Roger Anderson served as chairman in the first semester, and Sandy Bothman took over the post for the second semester. With the as- sistance of Mr. William C. Morrison, who acted as group adviser, the committee sponsored a Keep the Campus Clean drive and strove to bring about greater student respect for school property, such as, books, cafeteria articles, and desks. The third group of the Spirit Committee, the Inter-School Relations Committee, worked to encourage closer relations between students and faculty. It sponsored several discussion boards, which met to talk about varied problems brought up by faculty members and stu- dents. All the functions of the Spirit Committee were supervised by an executive board on which the chairman of each division of the committee, the president of each class, and representatives from the Girls' and Boys' Leagues and school honor clubs served under the capable leadership of Denny Morrow. 19