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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THE FACULTY 55-1 HE SUCCESS of every high school depends Tl' . X I very largely upon the teachers. A good faculty combined with a capable superintendent will invariably make a well regulated and orderly high school at least so- it has worked out in Alma. We have always had good teachers, but never have we been more fortunate than we have this year. We challenge any high school to produce a more competent and harmonious faculty than the one which now reigns supreme in Alma l-ligh. Mr. Ellsworth, the Superintendent of our schools, is so well known that any eulogy at our hands is unnecessary. Suf- fice it to say that he has always had the hearty co-operation of both teachers and pupils in all his undertakings and that he has met with deserved success. For the last two years we have had with us as principal, Mr. Ward, a graduate of Mt. Pleasant Normal and at present a Junior in the University of Chicago. Mr, Ward is an able teacher and an enthusiastic football coach. ln the literary department Miss Smith is the guiding power. She graduated from Alma College with a Ph.B. degree and has had four years, experience in teaching. Miss Smith's in- terest and enthusiasm are contagious and it was due largely to her efforts that the Clirls' Literary Society was organized. Next to the literary department comes that of languages with Miss Gould at its head. After graduating from the Uni- versity of Michigan, Miss Gould came to Alma and the fact that she has been with us for three years is proof of her ability. Miss Potter, the teacher of Science, is a graduate of Ypsi- lanti. She is at the same time a good teacher and a popular chaperon. This year, increased attendance made necessary the addi- tion of a new teacher and Miss Cameron a graduate of Mt. Pleasant Normal with three years' experience, joined us. She has charge of the l-listory department and already her popu- larity is well established. Mr. Currier is the teacher of Mathematics. l-le graduat- ed from Ypsilanti, and in behalf of baseball and basket ball we want to thank Ypsilanti. Mr. Currier is a good teacher as ,well as a good coach. Miss l-learn has charge of music and drawing, and the fact that we have a chorus of over a hundred voices, two glee clubs and a l-ligh School orchestra shows that she is far from idle. In such a brief survey we cannot do justice to any subject, much less to one as deep as this. But we, as Seniors, know what it means to have an efficient teaching force and it is our earnest wish that all our successors may have as good a faculty as ours.