Ballard High School - Shingle Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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ADMINISTRATION ' WITHOUT CHANGE There would be i no progress: ThereTore, becouse Bollord is ci 'A ' progressive school, new Toces ond new meTh- ods hove oppeored here during The losT yeor. Also plons ore now being mode Tor TurTher improvemenTs nexT yeor. New Toces hove increosed The enrollmenT To Two Thousond one hundred TorTy-Two sTu- denTs. Among The new members oT The ToculTy oT Bollord ore: Miss Cornish, in The girls' gym: Mr. Koenig, who is The new bose- boll cooch ond hisTory Teocherg Mr. Roys, in The indusTriol orTs deporTmenT1 Miss Coul- Ter, who is in The hisTory ond English deporT- menTs ond olso The opero dromoTics coochq Mrs. ClmsTed, who is in The longuoge de- porTmenT ond olso The Freshmon Closs od- viserg Mrs. SouThern, in The music deporT- menTq ond Mrs. DeVoe, who is in The home economics deporTmenT. lnTroduced during This losT yeor, o chonge which has proved To be o beneTiT To boTh The sTudenTs ond The ToculTy, is The sTomp L D vibes, Principal plon, which will probobly be conTinued nexT yeor. Mony sTudenTs who oTherwise could noT hove oTTended school oTToirs hove been enobled To do so by This plon. lncidenTolly, The new public ocldress sysTem, more Thon opprecioTed by Those who siT in The Third secTion oT The oudiTorium, would hove been impossible had iT noT been Tor The oid given by The sTomp plon. During The losT yeor The odvisory groups were chonged ond improved olso. Under The old sysTem The school wos divided orbiTrorily inTo smoll uniTs, buT under The new sysTem The pupils hove Their roll Teochers os odvisers. STudenTs in The oudiTorium ore senT To Teochers who hove Them in some closs during The doy. The chonge wos prompTed primorily be- couse oT The incompoTobiliTy oT Teochers To helpTully odvise sTudenTs

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wiTh whom They were noT acauainTed. A courTesy program and a vocae Tional program, puT on by The advisory groups, was very successTul. NexT year iT is planned To puT on more such programs in Tields in which The pupils are especially inTeresTed. AnoTher change inauguraTed in The spring and appreciaTed by sTu- denTs and Teachers alilse was an improved Type oT Tour-year plan sheeT. Formerly a mimeographed piece oT paper was used, buT now a prinTed card is Tilled ouT. An improvemenT appreciaTed especially by early morning arrivals and during lunch periods is an auxiliary heaTing sysTem insTalled in The lunchroom. No longer need anyone shiver Trom The cold in This room, Tor The new planT H' E' D,Cke,.mm V P provides a sTeady, even warmTh. ln The academic Tield changes are under discussion. A new reporT card is being con- sidered. And Tor The English deparTmenT a new liTeraTure course is planned, wiTh new . boolss and a new plan oT reading. g NoT only in The academic Tield buT also A A in aThleTics is improvemenT under way. To have The aThleTic Tield graded is a TuTure change much hoped Tor by everyone who is enThusiasTic abouT sporTs aT Ballard. The Tield is To be graded in Two levels, The lower parT being level wiTh The Tennis courT, and The upper parT being Tive or six TeeT higher. i !XlTogeTher This has been a highly success- Tul year. Members oT The TaculTy and sTud- enTs have shown graTiTying inTeresT in our school by Their inTelligenT invesTigaTion and consideraTion oT cerTain plans which are in more or less oT The experimenTal sTage. This signiTies ThaT even greaTer sTrides are being Talsen Toward The mosT eTTicienT meThods of execuTing high school adminisTraTion. ADMINISTRATIQN