Introduction

  Formation

  Handing
       Down Advice

  Monomettes

  Regalia

During the camp session of the summer of 1919, the students formed the idea of creating a student self-government body at the Boston School of Physical Education. They decided to petition Miss Bouvé directly, and she agreed. The students would be responsible for "quiet, order, and decorum" on and about school grounds, as well as encouraging and enforcing the honor code. Faculty were asked not to reprimand individual students, but to instead discuss the matter with self-government officers, who would then address the problem. These basic principles underlaid all future student government at Bouvé.

To read Marjorie Bouvé's letter establishing student self-government, click on the image above.