Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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The commissioners in trying to remember what they’d done this year, suddenly realized that they had actually done “great things ! Their major goal, that of creating good communications, had been achieved: student government, faculty, and administration were operating in harmony all year. Besides fulfilling his required responsibility, The Commissioners ♦ . . each commissioner was able to add to his activities;

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All trials have been brought off very success- this year. The court felt that this was due to unusually fine crop of student attorneys. The court working with the board of Welfare has cur- iled such problems as smoking and speeding. Education was also the job of the Court this year. Before a case was brought before the Court it Was prefaced with a short statement explaining the reasons and purpose of the law. The Court is made up of five justices: the Chief justice and four associated Justices. fully the Each associated judge is responsible for a certain area of work, such as sending out summons, etc. The chief justice is responsible for setting the term of the Court. All justices have an equal vote in mak- making decisions. Serving with chief justice Wayland Brill were Leif Erickson, Eric Haley, Katie Livingston, and Pat Roberts. Chris Culbranson served as court bailiff and Marilyn Brandt was court secretary. The court felt that Mr. Henry Martin did an excellent job as their advisor 11

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PAtO ALTO NTOrf HIGH SCHOOL ----------------------------------------------- We were given many new social events, the Rally Committee, Block P, and Boys’ League were reor- ganized, the CAA expanded greatly and many more girls participated in sports, publications received a banquet, the Board of Welfare was streamlined for efficiency and began co-operating with the police, new lawbooks were compiled, Finance opened a sedent co-op, and the Girls’ League sponsored a w'ld Sadie Hawkins Week. The Board worked together doing the typical— representing its students at S.P.A.L. and C.A.S.C. Conferences, passing legislation, a Noting money to the Model U N. and Court, giving out citations with the BOW, etc. Their very proudest achievement was the sponsoring of stupendous noon activities—“Little Rascal” and old-time flicks during the winter and bands and outside dances in the spring. All in all, the commissioners did their job well. 13