Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-01
FIRST STREET SCHOOL HOLDS
ELECTION
Pupils Choose Board Of Control,
Health Officers, a Fire Commits.
sion and 5rawny Young
BaiIlH

! hours, with much mock gravity but
with many sureptltous giggles the
children of the First street school elect
ed governing board to he known AS
the board of control, a board Of health,
n .hre commission and bailiff, whose
mission 1t is to preserve order of the
gravest sort.
Every child found out just how 1t
felt to go into a boo'h and vote for
some good man and true. only the girls
were candidates. too, and they we're
far more popular than the boys. Miss
Lillian Hazen, principal of the First
street school, inaugurdted the system
TO give tho children an opportunity of
Knowing how to vote and TO he re-
sponsible to some one for the way
one acts.
Vote Is Carefully Taken
The children were very coy and re-
quired a deal of coaxing before they
would make any motions to adopt the
minutes and to discharge the commit
tee who had charge of drafting the
constitution. The little miss who pre-
sided blushed prettlly every time she
was forced by reason of her official
position to put a motion, and during
all the time that she was in the chair
she did not tell a single one of the
| youthful students of Roberts rules of
order that he was out of order for
indeed there was no need for her to
do so. Every one of the children
seemed to realize that he was about to
make a grave and far-reachng de-
cision in casting his vote. and so he
looked about for material for office
nnd 5rooded thoughtfulIy. then nut
down the name of the little girl with
lhe blue eyes or the one with wavy
brown hair ''
The candidates who were defeated at
pnIIl6 moi ;,,
were stuffed, for the judges were in
corrupttble, and Miss Hazen herself
watched the voting with an eve that
noded Ill for the youthful corrup-
tionist.
Draw Up Constitution
The first thing that was done was to
nave the committee on the drafting OF
tne constitution read it's report and
also the constitution and bylaws which
it had prepared. The constitution com
mlttee was composed of the following
members. none of which was more than
II years old: Alice Cook. Kathryne
Iost. Alice Larned, Villa Ricketts, and
clarence Collins The constitution
which they drew up is as follows:
When one considers the youth of the |
lramers: the effort is really COM
menda BILE.
constitution of the Good Government |
league of the First street school.
Artlcle This organization shall be |
known as the Good Government league
of the First street school
Article 2-The object shall be to pro-
mote good order in the school and to
prepare ourselves for the duties of life
by acquiring self control and self re-
Iiance
Article 3-The officers of this organ
ization shall be a governing board, a |
secretary. a board of health, two fire |
commissioners and a bailiff.
Sec. 2-The board of control shall |
consist of five members-one boy and !
one girl from each class and one mem |
ber at large, this member to be a boy
and girl alternately
Sec. 3-The board of health shall CON |
sist of one girl and one boy. These
members may appoint such deputies a $
they deem necessary.
Article affections shall be held four
times a year or every ten weeks.
Sec. 1-Elections shall be by ballot. |
Sec. 2-The health officers baiiff, sec
retary and fire commissioners shall be
elected by popular vote.
Article 5-The board of control shall
meet on Mondays at 3 o'clock and at
such other times as may be designated
by the chairman Of the board
Article 6-Members of the league shall
be pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades and members of such other
classes. as are recommended by the
principal and the room teacher.
The bylaws are as follows:
Article 1.-The board of control shall
organize by electing as chairman one
of the members. This officer shall be
the executive Of the organization. This
board shall have general supervision of
the other boards: shall cooperate with
the principal and class teacher in en-
forcing the rules in the class room and
upon the grounds. 1t shall hear COM
plants and fix punishments for VIOLA
tions of the same and shall make such
new rules as may of necessity from
time to time be required. In the
absence of the chairman the board may
choose a chairman pro tenn. from the
Members present.
Article 2-The secretary shall keep a
record of all meetings, shall post
notices and shall preserve all papers
belonging to the league. He shall at
tend all meetings of the board of con-
troll but shall not take part in the
deliberations thereof.
Article 3-The board of health shall
cooperate with the class teacher and
the principal in securing proper heat
ing, lighting. ventila tion and general
cleanliness in the school building and
shall see that the grounds are kept free
from refuse of all descriptions. 1t shall
Also report to the class teacher any
case of sickness among the member
ship of the league. This board shall
be under the general supervision of the
board Of control
Article 4-The fire commission shall
see that waste paper is not left care
lessly about, that matches are not
Brought upon the grounds by any mem
Der of the league, and shall assist in
the general order at fire drills.
Article 5-The baliff shall preserve
order at meetings of the board and also
at meetings OF the league. shall notify
pupils who are TO appear before the
board of control and shall also notify
such witnesses as the board may see
fit to call upon 70 testify.
Article 6-Three members OF the board
OF control shall constitute quorum for
the transaction of business. The class
teacher and the principal shall consti-
tute court Of appeals to which cases
Will be referred in the event there is