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

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y li sccc c T lt has often been said that Bev- erly Hills Unified School District is a lighthouse district, one that lights the way through reasoned experimentation toward an unsur- passed educational program. It The elementary schools serve as the sturdy foundation, then certainly the high school is the beacon itself. The achievements ot our students and the success of our graduates sparkle brilliantly and beam lucid evidence of The soundness of our educational program. We have come a long way since that light was lighted 50 years ago, but we have not reached any zenith. As long as man seeks out the illumina- tion ot truth to banish The darkness ot ignorance, dedicated educators continually will seek new ways to strike The spark. As we stand at the outset ot another 50 years, we know that this exciting age ot un- fhe In believable technological progress will demand more and more trom the students it they are to be pre- pared tor their destiny beyond the horizon. Many years ago, a wise, old Japanese philosopher once said: Education is sometimes painful, But pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise, And wisdom makes lite endurablef' structional Center Mr. Kenneth L. Peters, Superintendent of Schools speaks of achievement

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. , L. 5.4- 'xr W N , Q -I I Y s QPR XR M Q5iix as Xmeiy se ,www ewxvx MMM ,fl ,dfamwdsw ssffgf .ow 5' we if Q 3,4 sn' .es- cscaccci A group of PTA members gathers around presldent Mrs Delber Mann who IS shown third from the left The Beverly Hllls Board of Education wants the best school system that can be built-a system of education that IS second to no other ln the country The Board of Educahon believes that a superuor lndnvxdual scholastuc achlevement should be the rule rather than the exceptlon ln the Beverly Hnlls Schools lt expects genuine educotnonal leadership from the school admnnustratzon, and wants a teachmg staff composed of dlstnnctly supernor mdnvuduals who wull set high standards of achievement for all students The Board of Educahon desires that the program of educatnon be such that lt wall challenge all students to achneve to the maxlmum of thenr abllmes The Board of Education recognnzes the paramount Importance of health, cntlzenshnp, and character development It belreves that all school actlvmes should be evaluated rn terms of thelr contnbutron to the whole mdnvxduol The Board of Education belneves an self dusclplme and freedom of chorce for students as they are able to exercnse these to the advantage of themselves and others lt believes, however, In a frrm, posrtlve correctlon rather than lax or evasive actlon In cases of tallure un self dxsclpllne The Board of Educahon believes that pubhc school funds should be admzmstered wxsely lt expects that the entlre personnel will cooperate to the end that school expenditures shall be consrstent with sound prmcxples of educatlon and publnc flnance

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Peters, evemenl. the Board ot Education building Mr. Ernest Ach V ,A nz'- The Board of Education Beverly Hills Unified School District, plans our scholastic future. ,7,,wf,, 4: ww B WV, , V J it 1 M 7 J PW I . 1fw',37V u B gr f ' Mrs. Ruth Bard Mrs. Bernice Hutter Mrs, Elinor Nathan X49 Mr George Zucker gil-'l-I' 21 22 , '