Watkins Glen High School - Senecan Oracle Yearbook (Watkins Glen, NY)

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19 3 9 1939 THEORACLE MARY SPOEEORD TERESA MORRIN 10

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ELLEN PARKER 9

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19 3 9 THE ORACLE 19 3 9 STUDENT COUNCIL SEATED: Frcudenheim. Barrett. L. Crego. Knapp. Bartone. R. Smith. Haley. Allen. Burrell. Bell. Allen. Scaptura. Mcrscher. Curry. STANDING: Muratori. Werman. Zam-mett. Tillman. Mitchell. Lingo. Dunbar. Nichols. The Student Council is the governing body of the high school. It is made up of one representative elected from each home room, both Junior and Senior High. The only exception is Senior study hall, which is represented by two members. The election of officers takes place early in the fall. The Junior and Senior classes are the only classes eligible to nominate a candidate to each office. Both Junior and Senior High vote. Those honored with offices this year were: John Allen. President: Marguerite Burrell. Vice-F.esident; Margaret Haley. Secretary: and Bob Smith, Sergeant at Arms. The duties of the council are to try those who commit offenses in the hall during school hours. It is the duty of the Sergeant at Arms to bring the offenders before the Council, where they are immediately tried and sentenced. The penalty usually results in the offender being required to stay 45 minutes after school for three nights. This detention period, as it is called, was instituted for the purpose of punishing these offenders. The head monitor is usually present in the council and presents for discussion any difficulties that may arise in the halls. From the council the President elects an assembly committee whose duty is to find a suitable program for vacant assembly periods. Mr. Beers is the adviser of the council and guides it in its deliberations. He announces the board assemblies and remarks on the extra-curricular activities of the school. Each representative later reports the results of the meeting to his home room. This Student Government is an important factor in the student's school life. It gives him a part in the running of the school and teaches him the fundamentals of cooperation and good will. 11