Brookline High School - Murivian Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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tniU ' ut (Sxnu ' numutt J,iu ' 8 rluuil (Cmturtl The Piper’s playing of Someone to Watch Over Me reminded us of the School Council. This small stu- dent organization served as a link between the Marsh- al Force and the Court of Justice. Under the leader- ship of Wayne Mills, the School Council’s object was “to regulate the activities and affairs of the Brookline High School as provided in the charter granted to the School Council”. Elected from the student body directly, the Coun- cil had under its authority not only the Marshal Force and Court of Justice, but also the individual house councils, and was responsible for all intra- house activities. Members in the Council included the house presidents, Captain of Marshals, and the C ' hief Justice. There were three faculty advisers whose terms were arranged so that the council always had the advice of at least two faculty members who were familiar with its work. As a part of the council, there was an executive committee which consisted of the officers of the coun- cil and a representative to the committee, Bob Frank . Since nearly all Council meetings were open to the school at large, each student had the chance to learn the workings of what was one of Brookline High School’s examples of true democracy at work. SEATED: Parkins, Schultz, Frank, Day, Mann. STANDING: Kcmler, Cohn, Popell, Robinson. ROW i: Krapf, Egan, Isreal, Mills, Tanner, Manson. ROW 2 : B. Cohen, Gross, S. Cohen, Corcoran, Welsh, Ginepra, Schultz, Nesson. (Ciuui nf .limitin ' As the Pied Piper of Hamlin came closer, he heard the woeful singing of Don ' t Fence Me In and realized that he must be approaching a meeting of the Court of Justice, the judicial branch of B. H. S. student government. As he rounded the corner, he saw Robert Frank, acting as Chief Justice, with Tom Day, as As- sociate Justice. After some questioning, the Pied Piper found out from Mr. Keene, the faculty adviser, that this organization assists the marshals in estab- lishing and maintaining respect for the laws of the school in order that good citizenship may be devel- oped. He also learned from Nancy Ball, Michael Dukakis, Beryl Cohen, Shirley Mann, Edward Rob- inson, and Raisa Render, the other members, that the Court of Justice provides student judgment and im- poses punishment in cases of student misbehavior. The accused is given a fair trial and the decision of the court is final and is questioned neither by the de- fendent nor by any other member of the school. The defendent may select as the counsel for his defense a student from the panel provided by the Court or a person of his own choosing. By giving impartial trials to offenders, this organization upholds the ideals and standards of true democracy and encourages good spirit and citizenship throughout the school. 16

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President: Alexander Welsh Secretary-Treasurer. Wayne Mills Adviser: Miss Perkins Entered March, 1950: Marilyn Kaplan, Anne Hamel, Martha Stern, Richard Ross, John Cor- coran, Robert Sloane, Lois Barth Michael Dukakis, Gervase Flick, Marilyn Horlick, Enid Kline. James Palais, Erika Reider, Bar- bara Simons, Marilyn Tanner. Janet Wolk, Sally Jean Waters. Edgar Robinson, Melvin Weiner. Robert Wool. Barbara MacLeod ROW 1: Grund, Craven, Shapiro, Murphy, Mills, Welsh, Wolfers, Kates, Bad, Henken. ROW 2: Pearlstein, Schlosberg, Nesson, Tumaroff, Oram, Miss Perkins, Edwards, Greene, Deering, Starr, Schul man, Marrow, Leibovici. ROW 3: Kaplan, Schultz, Frank, Kates, Parkins, Kemler, Haffer, Barsomian, Friedman, Egan, Clin, Lilian, Nesson Alalia ix The golden key to success. What does that symbolize to you? Here in the high school, the golden key is the symbol of Alpha Pi, the honorary society. Those who wear this key wear it proudly, for they know that it connotes excellence and leadership. Admission to the society is determined by a well-balanced number of credits, which one must have gained in extra-cur- ricular activities and in scholastic achievements. After all the points had been tallied correctly and bore the Perkins’ seal of approval, an assem- bly was held for the initia- tion of the newly accepted members. This occasion was a serious yet happy one, for the inner glow of satisfaction which lit up the face of each person on the stage made us realize that to be in Alpha Pi is a shining symbol of success. ALPHA PIES 15

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liianihal if urn ROW i: Murphy, Flax, Breger, Thomas, Parkins, Lyons, Berry, Schultz, Mr. Downes, Wight, Klubock, Chalmers, Gossals, Levine, Silverstein, Rodnesky, Reinhardt. ROW 2: Velleman, Reddish, Tateosian, Mills, K. Lothrop, Wyatt, Dana-Bashion, MacLeod, Lidstone, Frank, Driscoll, Hazeltine, Deering, Hubbard, G. Beau- mont, Schultz, Breadon, Gale, Chooljian, Barsomian, Walden, Schnitzler, Fisher. ROW 3: Murphy, Vernon, Waters, Waxman, Lewis, Dreshfield, Taylor, Leppo, Day, Young, Coffin, Jackins, Vivian, Kates, Sloane, Gordon, Ross, Flick, Gold- berg, J. Hickey, W. Hickey. ROW 4: Dunlevy, Small, Kadetsky, D. Cohen, Mills, Frank, Nesson, Corcoran, White, Rosenberg, Lee, L. Mullin, Lushin, Tyndall, Cohen, Rosen, Rubin, Greenman, Ginepra, Somers. As the Piper strolled through the corridors, he whistled to himself, completely unaware of all that was going on about. Suddenly, the long arm of the law reached out and held him with a strong grip. “Please walk around me, not in front of me! ” said the boy to whom the arm belonged. “I beg your pardon, but I didn’t notice you. Do you always stand here?” “During the five minutes in which classes change, T stand here to keep the passing in the corridors orderly and to keep traffic moving.” “What about the other parts of the building? Who directs traffic there?” “There are marshals stationed in strategic places in j all corridors working under the supervision of the three floor captains. In addition to these, other marshals have posts in the lunchroom where they supervise con- duct, making sure that dishes and such are returned to their proper places, that the tables are left clean, and that the stools are pushed in. “Last May, each Freshman homeroom elected two marshals; each Sophomore homeroom and each Junior homeroom, three. Then Marshals at large were elected. The marshals assumed their duties immediately after their elections.” “How does one know who’s a Marshall and who ! isn’t?” “This blue armband with a red “ M ” on it is the symbol of the Marshal Force, whose job it is to enforce the laws set up by the School Council.” WHAT A MESS! BOB AND AL DISCUSS PLANS LOCKER ROOM DUTY 17