Amarillo High School - La Airosa Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

Page 22 text:

P211 Nm dn gamer'

Page 21 text:

Mr. Ashworth, Board Plan School Year SuperinTendenT oT The Amarillo School SysTem is Mr. RoberT AshworTh. Mr. AshworTh is in charge oT The adminisTraTion oT The schools in Amarillo. Dr. Lee Williamson is his assisTanT, in charge oT lnsTrucTion. He deals mainly in curricular problems in The sysTem. Mr. AshworTh has several oTher assisTanTs To help him wiTh his greaT responsibiliTy in keeping The school sysTem running smooThly. One of These men is R. A. Selby who is in charge oT personnel. IT is he who hires our Teachers each year. AnoTher assisTanT is De Walker, The AThieTic DirecTor. He prepares The aTh- leTic schedules. appropriaTes money To be spenT on aThleTics, and buys The equipmenT To be used. The Amarillo School Board also assisTs in The de- cisions To be made concerning The schools. The pres- idenT oT This group is Mr. L. P. Babb. He preside over- The meeTing of The board. in which They discus' The problems ThaT Amarillo schools are Tacing. As SuperinTendenT of Schools in Amarillo, Mr. AshworTh is con- TronTed wiTh The curricular acTiviTies and problems of all The schools. He has displayed excellenT leadership abiliTy in keeping The school sysTem running smooThly. Mr. AshworTh keeps well informed wiTh all ThaT happens in every school in The ciTy oT Amarillo. .xx y f f' V Working on a problem concerning The school sysTem is Dr. Lee Williamson who is assisTanT To Mr. AshworTh and is in charge of lnsTruc- Tion. He and Mr. AshworTh work wiTh each oTher To iron ouT problems ThaT arise. This Team of men always Try To worlc TogeTher To bene- Tif The schools. sTudenTs. and parenTs in Amarillo. We are proud To have such a fine group To run The Amarillo School SysTem. I9 i T

Page 23 text:

Former AHS Capiain Leads Scmdies . 11 1- ff W - fi Q -!. Principal Ross H. Larsen looks over 'ihe enrollmenl' repori for The 67-68 school year al AHS. Due 'lo a suloslanlial increase in enrollment several classes were overly filled wiih sfudenfs and had 'ro be splil up. Mr. Larsen has a greal deal lo do wiih lhis and spends much of his summer hours working. i i Mr. Ross H. Larsen, principal of Amarillo High. is a former graduale of A.H.S. He aiiended Baylor Universiiy, where he ailairied a BA and a Maslers degree ai Norih Texas Sraie. Mr. Larsen began reaching ai Horace Mann Junior High School. here in Amarillo. Afler leaving Mann, he served as prin- cipal of Ausiin Junior High for nine years. He 'rhen 'rransferred +o become assisiani principal here a+ Sanclieland. In I943, Larsen became principal of Nixon Junior High, where he remained for nine years before reiurning io A.H.S. as principal. He is serving in his sevenlh year in 'rha'r capacily here. In his duiies, Mr. Larsen is responsible for 'rhe good and welfare of all siudenls and Teachers of A.H.S. He is lruly willing To march inlo hell for a heavenly cause. Mr. Larsen fakes a few minufes of his lime 'ro converse wilh Mrs. Helen McCuan. ihe alfendance clerk al Sandieland. Allhough Mr. Larsen keeps quiie busy 'rhroughouf ihe year and has many responsibilifies fo Tend fo. he is never 'foo busy 'ro give a srudenl a helping hand. 2l