Alma High School - Panther Tales Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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r- 1 THE SCHOOL BOARD 1 HAT would Alma l-ligh School do without the efficient School Board? Who would hire the excellent school teachers? And who would Wx f6,r 'X 9 - 'e-i5'Q i .U Vi V, .Z 5. give their aid to everything that would benefit the school? The present School Board is composed of some of the prominent men of Alma: E. L. Smith, P, M. Smith, D. L. Johnson, C. H. Rhodes and Francis King, all of whom have had experience in the business world, and know how to run a school in a business-like manner. These are the men who have kept Superintendent 'Ellsworth at the head of affairs for six years past and for at least three years to come. These are the men who have secured the coaches for our win- ning athletic teams. It is these men also who have managed our school as economically as possible and have at the same time improved the conditions of the grounds, planted shrubbery, and kept things in such fine shape that at present we have two of the best kept grounds and school houses of any of the smaller cities of the state. The course of study prescribed by the board has also been of such an excellent nature that the school has been on the university list for some time and will surely continue to be under the present management. One of the best things that has been done by the board is the establishing of a manual training department which is super- vised by one of the best teachers of this line in the state, and in such a manner that not even any of the larger cities, have a department that can surpass ours. The school savings bank has also been established by the present board. It has been in operation for about a year and has been pronounced by men who know as the best in Michi- gan. Among the many things which the school board will be considering before long is the erection of a new school building. This will soon become a necessity, as the people living in this section of the state, attracted by the efficiency of the Alma l-ligh School are sending their children here in preference to other schools, until now the school is greatly overcrowded, and it will probably not be long before the citizens of Alma will have another school building, which they can look upon with pride, all brought about by the efficiency and business-like man- agement of the board. The Alma School, under the present management, can not help but prosper and the citizens of Alma can rely on the pres- ent school board, to keep our school, second to none in the State. C. C.

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