Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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r l 4 , 2-2 Girls At all times text books are to be covered with regular school covers, or, when these are not available, with home-made covers. Wlieri text books are lost, notice must be given to the teacher, who will require that the loss be reported to the Office with the name and number of such textbook lost. Pupils are not to write on the blackboards except at the direction of the teacher. Blackboards are to be cleared at the end of each day. Pupils are to supply teachers with excuses for absences and tardiness, without which teachers are to deduct from their marks accordingly. Cases of habitual tardiness are to be referred to detention. Teachers are to check the school absentee lists daily and to report pupils not listed thereon for ucuttinga' classes. Disciplinary cases are to be handled at the discretion of the teacher, except cases of habitual troublesomeness, which may be referred to the Principal. Chronic discipline cases, as well as those who repeatedly Ncutw classes, or ignore notices to report to teachers after school, are to be referred to detention. Minor discipline cases are to be penalized by a deduction from the pupil's class average. Pupils who desire to drop a subject are to secure a card from the Office, fill it out, have it signed by their parents, report it to the teacher for approval, and then present it to the Office for filing. Pupils who drop a subject are to remain in the same class rooms and use that period for study. Pupils are not to be permitted to take the term examinations until they have returned the textbooks used in the subject to be examined. Loss or defacement of books is to be visited with a fine of one dollar, which must be paid before the examination is taken. If a pupil has been absent from recitations ten or more times, he must take the final examinations. Seventeen

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THE REFLECTOR val. 'IW .wlllhat ye May llqnow The llcawu NE of the recommendations made in the report of the Student Committee on Law Enforcement is that Hthe existing School regulations be gathered to- gether and codified in order that all pupils may know what the rules aref, At the request of the editors of The Reflector two Junior students undertook this project, the results of which we are happy to present herewith: High School llfegulations pproved and Qoclifiecl 1 - REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF ASSEMBLIES. Pupils are to march to the auditorium in an orderly mannerg all loud talking is prohibited while passing from home rooms to the Assembly. Any inattention during the assembly period Ctalking, laughing, reading, or studyingl is prohibited. Excessive handclapping and cheering are forbidden. Hooting and whistling are out of Order entirely. The teachers in charge of the respective home-room classes are to enforce these regulations by removing offenders from the assembly, and by due punishment there- after. 2-REGULATIONS CONCERNING CONDUCT IN THE CAFETERIA. Only pupils who have lunch passes are to use the cafeteria during the fourth, fifth, and sixth periods. Such pupils are to be checked in Room 107 after they have eaten lunch. V Pupils who frequent the cafeteria to purchase candy or other food to be eaten in the section rooms are to go to the cafeteria during the first ten minutes of the lunch period. Pupils are not to leave their section rooms after the first ten minutes of the lunch period except with a hall pass. The Junior Police are to enforce these regulations. 3-REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CONDUCT or CLASSES. Pupils are to enter classrooms and take their seats quietly. Witli the exception of the Junior Police all pupils are to be seated when the class bell rings. Prompt attention is expected when the class is called to order. The class is not dismissed until the teacher indicates that the lesson is con- eluded. Gum chewing or the eating of candy or other food is not permitted during a class period. Pupils are not to place scrap papers or other refuse in the desks. Pupils are to use their own paper for outside work. Pupils are not to adjust the Windows or shades, except at the request of the teacher. Pupils are not to deface desks or spill ink on the Hoor. A fine of one dollar 1S to be exacted for the defacement of a deskg pupils should be required to remove Ink spots from the floor. ' Sixteen

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2-1 Boys Seniors who attain a grade of 80 percent in. a subject are to be exempted from the examination in that subject. Pupils other than seniors who attain a grade of 90 percent in a subject are to be exempted from the examination in that subject. 4-REGULATIONS CONCERNING SCHOOL CLUBS. No pupils who is failing in any subject, is physically unht, or has failed in any subject the preceding term, is to hold office in any club. No pupil shall hold office in more than one club at the same time. Pupils are advised not to belong to more than two clubs at the same time. 5 - REGULATIONS CONCERNING CONDUCT IN THE CORRIDORS. Pupils are to pass through the corridors in double Hle, and are to refrain from loud talking or whistling, as well as from running or loitering in the halls during passing periods. Posters and bulletins on the hall bulletin boards are not to be tampered with or defaced in any way. Pupils are not to loiter in the halls during class periods. They are particularly enjoined not to stand outside classroom doors, 'Or to peer in at a class in session. Pupils are not to appear in the halls during a class period without a hall pass signed by the teacher. A Pupils are not to eat foods of any kind, particularly ice cream and candy, while passing through the corridors. ' Any infraction of these rules shall be dealt with by the Junior Police, who shall issue to the Offender a summons to appear in the Junior Police Court. Failure to appear in the court shall result in an Order to appear before the Principal. During class periods teachers who are free are to enforce the corridor rules. Loitering in the halls is punishable by detention. 6-REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE DIsIJosIrION OF FAILURES. A pupil, who has been absent due to illness or any other legitimate reason, is to be allowed to make up the work missed, and to receive full credit for the same. Eighteen