Eagle Rock High School - Totem Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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STU DENT BODY GOVERN MENT The STudenT Body GovernmenT oT This Term was unique in iTs achievemenTs. IT had an ouTsTanding presidenT in Alan MacDonald: a very capable SenaTe leader in Holmes I-lobarT, vice-presidenT, and an eTTicienT secreTary in Mariorie Baldwin. They, TogeTher wiTh an ambiTious SenaTe, a parTicularly well selecTed CabineT, and a cooperaTive STudenT Body, made This TirsT lap OT The new decade well run. Full publiciTy coverage was secured because There were noT only The publiciTy bulleTins buT The EagIe's Scream which reTurned in Tull Torce. The college sysTem oT choosing yell leaders was inTroduced. This meThod insures an experienced leader ,aT all Times as The senior leader musT have had experience as an assisTanT during The IOTh and lITh grades. Mr. I-lenTschke again sponsored The STudenT Body Govern- menT. Some oT The acTiviTies carried on by The CabineT members are relaTed here and on Tollowing pages. TI-IE SENATE The SenaTe oT our school works on The CommiTTee basis iusT as in The UniTed STaTes SenaTe. There are commiTTees appoinTed whose duTies are To examine bills in Their parTicular line and eliminaTe unimpor- TanT deTails beTore presenTing The bill To The SenaTe as a whole. This sysTem makes The SenaTe much more eTTicienT in iTs operaTion as only The 'mosT pefTinenT quesTions need be discussed. There are Tive oT These SenaTe commiTTees. The CommiTTee on Finance makes recommendaTions on expendiTures and on budgeT revisions: The CommiTTee on Rules sTudie: The ConsTiTuTion Tor possible revisions: SelT Gov- ernmenT inTroduces new ordinances To The SenaTe. The CaTeTeria CommiTTee's duTies are To examine complainTs on caTeTeria service or Toed: and The Co TimiTTee on Forensics examines applicaTions Tor aTh- leTic and oTher awards beTore They are puT beTore The SenaTe Tor approval. The commiTTees ThaT are paralleled by commissioners work in close cooperaTion wiTh Them. SenaTe meeTings are held aT leasT every Two weeks. Measures ThaT have been inTroduced are discussed and voTed upon. The senaTors give a reporT oT The meeTing To The classes They represenT and accepT quesTions To be raised aT The nexT meeTing. Any senaTor. cabineT member, or The STudenT Body PresidenT may presenT bills. This Term The SenaTe made remarkable progress under The guidance oT I-lolmes T-IobarT, STudenT Body vice-presi- denT. The ouTsTanding conTribuTion by The SenaTe This Term was The compleTion oT The revision oT The ConsTiTuTion. This work was sTarTed during The Term oT S'37 and has been compleTed under The direc- Tion oT l-lomer Poore, chairman oT The CommiTTee on Rules. ADVISORY COMMITTEES In all selT-regulaTory bodies There musT be some manner oT iudicial rule esTabIished To proTecT The laws made by ThaT body. And so iT is Tor The sTudenT selT governmenT oT Eagle Rock I-Iigh School. The sTu- denT body presidenT selecTs as members oT his cabineT a boy and girl To acT as advisers on The Boys' and Girls' Advisory CommiTTees. These Two in Turn appoinT Two associaTes. AT regular inTervals The ComrniTTees go To The SelT GovernmenT Tiles and Tind cases ThaT need To be considered. They Then dis- cuss The incidenTs wiTh The oTTenders and Try To gain TuTure cooperaTicn. IT They Teel ThaT This is insuTTEcienT They make a recommendaTory decision in which They advise a number oT days in a class on Rules and RegulaTions. This class is conducTed aTTer school Three days weekly by Mrs. Elagg. The decisions oT The courTs are reTerred eiTher To Mr. Franklin or Miss Noe, as The case may be, who passes on The decision and sees ThaT iT is enforced. This Term Alan MacDonald was TorTunaTe in securing Two parTicularly able advisers, Dick KraT7 and RoberTa Bolinger. Their success was proven by The decreasing number oT repeaT cases. Mr. De Bra and Miss Briggs were sponsors. SELF GOVERNMENT The commissioner oT SelT GovernmenT, Darrell Morgan, and his sTaTI work in coniuncfrion wiTh The Boys' and Girls' Advisory Councils. The duTy oT This commiTTee is To make sTudenTs cognizanT oT STaTe and School laws ThaT aTTecT Them and reporT violaTions OT These rules. This covers hall conducT, caTeTeria regulaTions, leaving The campus wiThouT permission, and Throwing or running on The grounds. A record is kepT oT oTTenses and as an individuals lapses accumulaTe, They are Turned over To The Advisory Councils. Mariorie Billings is The secreTary oT The SelT GovernmenT OrganizaTion and Tom Daniels and Tom WhiTehiII are CapTains. Mr. MacDonald is Their sponsor.