Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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There are six offenses listed in the constitution. The}’ are cheating, smoking in the building, destroying school property, put- ting off fireworks in the school building, silence of committee mem- bers on cases before them, and use of profane language of any kind. The change in the smoking rule, permitting smoking outside the building, was accomplished last year ; so late, however, that the largest problems of its usage were left to the present committee. This added freedom has worked out exceedingly well, and has he’ped smooth the path of student government. Student Government was not forced on the students of Lex- ington High School. Students made the constitution and students carry on the workings of the system. It follows the old formula, “Government of the Students, for the Students, and by the Stu- dents.” When a student breaks one of the by-laws of the constitu- tion, he is tearing down what he himself has set up. The members of the committee are not overseers set to watch him ; but his own representatives, put there by the students to run their enterprise. When he breaks the constitution, he lowers the value of his own stock in the government. It is not good business to fool your own board of directors and laugh as your stock goes down. If studen t government should ever break up and cease, you will be responsible. Government depends on the governed. It is the wish of the Senior Class that we may leave this idea with our fellow students. We are leaving. We have done the best we could, little as it is, to support student government. It is now in the hands of you coming Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, and you incoming Freshmen.

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Student Qouernment Student Government at L. H. S. has passed the experimental stage. It is an established factor for the betterment of student life in our high school. Its history is not one of a sudden rise, but one built on hard work and ceaseless effort on the part of some of our fellow students. We have had an unbroken string of presidents who have had the good of the school at heart. Our committees have been unusually good, and the one of this year is no exception. All student government authority is vested in a president and a committee. The president is elected by the entire student body on the third Tuesday in May. The president is elected from the com- ing Senior Class, and by precedent, is a boy. The following week the coming Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores elect a boy and a girl from their respective classes. The incoming Freshmen elect their members as soon as possible at the beginning of the next school year. These nine members compose the executive committee of L. H. S. and have power to judge all cases coming under the constitution.

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Edythe Alphin, George Brooke, Billy McCoy Thornton Campbell, Mary F. Nicely, Robert Dixon Mildred Heaver, Arthur Beeton, Mary W ells Executiue Committee George Brooke Chairman SENIORS LDYTJIE AlEI-1 I X Billy McCoy JUNIORS Mary F. Niceley Thornton Campbell SOPHOMORES Mary Wells Robert Dixon M ILDRED DEAVER FRESHMEN Arthur Beeton