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Disfranchisement : Persistent idleness or misbehaviour, or a serious act of 

 insubordination or meanness, renders a boy liable to disfranchisement by hia 

 class teacher until after the monthly election next ensuing. 

 The Prefects — their Privileges, &c. : 



(1) They are, whilst holding office and wearing the badge of their rank, 

 immune from any corporal punishment, detention, or public reprimand ; 



(2) They may be either suspended, degraded, or dismissed from office by 

 their class master or the Headmaster, if, by neglect of duty or other serious 

 misconduct, they have merited such punishment; in such cases, the badge of 

 rank will not be worn and the privileges of prefectship will be withdrawn 

 for the time being; 



(3) No Prefect may assume the badge of rank and benefit by the privileges 

 of prefectship until he has 



(a) been constitutionally appointed ; 



(6) publicly undertaken and signed an obligation to bear in mind the 

 Prefects' motto. Noblesse oblige. 



This Constitution, so far as it concerns the Prefects and the Citizens, may 

 bo modified — or withdrawn entirely — by the Headmaster, at any time he thinks 

 such modification or withdrawal necessary. 



Skerton Council School, Lancaster— Girls' Side. 

 'Order is Heaven's First Law.' 

 First comes H.M. The King and his Government. 

 Next comes the Board of Education. 

 Next comes the L.E.A. 

 Next come the School Managers. 

 And . . . next . . . we! Now, who are we? 

 We are : 



(1) The Headmaster and the Staff of Teachers. 



(2) The School Prefects: viz. Captain, Sub-Captain, Secretary, Games Cap- 

 tain and Sub-Captain, Superintendent of Playground Mothers, Sanitary Inspec- 

 tors (Out.doors and Indoors), Sergeants, Corporals, and Lance-Corporals, Cloak- 

 room Curators. 



(3) The Senior School (Standard V. upwards) who are on the Roll of Voters, 

 and these only are eligible for prefectship. 



(4) Disfranchised members of the Senior School. 



(5) The Junior School — none of whose members are entitled to vote in 

 school elections. 



The Prefects. 

 Appointed by Election : 



Captain, Sub-Captain, Secretary ; each of whom retires at the end of the 

 last school day of each month except December and August, but is eligible 

 for re-election. 

 Appointed, immediately after her election, by the Captain : 



Sanitary Inspectors (outdoors), Sanitary Inspectors (indoors). Cloak-room 

 Curators. 



Selected by Class Teachers from a List of Candidates duly quaUfied (by 

 examination) as N.C.O.s : 



Sergeants, Corporals. 

 Appointed by Captain : 



Corporal and Lance-Corporals for tardy scholars; two supernumerary Lance- 

 Corporals. 

 Appointed by Playground Mothers each month end : 



Superintendent of Playground Mothers. 

 Appointed by Headmaster each month : 



Games Captain and Sub-Captain, two Lance-Corporals as time-keepers. 

 Qualifications necessary for inclusion on Roll of Voters : 



1. To be in Standard V. or upwards : 



2. To have undertaken, and signed, the Citizens' Obligation; viz. 



(a) To be courteous and considerate to all ; 



(h) To speak and vote without meanness, spite, fear, or favour; 



(c) To try to be a good citizen. x 2 



