Kingston High School - Kingstonian Yearbook (Kingston, PA)

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is -Q Arthur R. Powell Dr. A. W. Grover Cluirlcs B. llumpleby -is E A. Harden Coon J. Henry Pool Fred B. Davis James P. Harris W. ll. Evans BOARD OF EDUCATION Students are like aviators, flying toward that distant objective. an education. The men who direct the students must equip and guide them just as the all-important ground crevv of a modern airport must service and maintain the st ream- lined planes of the airline pilots. iliheir work is to provide the means whereby the students. lilse pilots, may arrive salely at their desired goal. Kingston l ligh School students have a ground staff made up of the l3orough's school executives. 'lihesc officials are the members of' the Board of' lfducation, the Superintendent of Schools, lXlr. Bela li. Smith, and Nlr. P. .X Golden. our lligh School Principal. Nlr. lfred I3 Dax is is President ofthe lgtbilfdl Yiee-President is Nlr. Alames P llarris, lXlr. X. llarden Coon, Mr. Cfharles lk l lumpleby. hir. .Nrthur R. Powell Xflr. xl. l lenry Pool. and Dr. X. XY. tlrover are the other members of the Board. Secretary is hir. W. l l. llvansg lvlr. William l3rewstcr is solicitor, and hir. li. bl. lfvans is treasurer ofthe Board. Ffighl There isa great deal of worli inthe administration ol' schools. lo handle the mass of' varied problcms,thc Board is divided into committees, made of three or four members each. lo these, thc different questions arc referred. 'lihc committees consider the business submitted to them and report their delib- erations with recommendations at later Board meetings. 'lhe Board acts on these reports at its meetings. held in the evening of' the second ivlonday of each month at the lligh School Our Superintendent of Schools. lXlr. Bela ll. Smith. has been with us for three years and has proven himself' a capable executive, He has had many years of experience in the adminis- tration of' schools. l lis broad, good-natured smile and friendly manner have won him thc esteem and friendship of both students and teachers. Without a doubt he is as well liked here as he was in Cfonnellsville, where he achieved a state-wide reputation as a capable superintendent. By virtue of hard worlt, Nlr, P. .X Colden has risen lo the post of' lligh School Principal. 'l'his able man commands the respect of everyone. Though insisting on a well-disciplined and orderly student body, he has always shown Himself' appreci- ative of the desires of the stud- ents. He is a friend of the teachers as well as students, having been a teacher himself' for many years, hir. Holden is ltnovvn for his fairness and for his honest endeavors to build Kingston lligh School into an ever finer institution. Without the worlt of all these men our schools could not be the smooth-functioning mach- ines of education that they are.

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MISS LAURA JONES, Dean of Girls l pon entering our airliner lor a trip among the clouds. we were cordially welcomed hy our hostess. lX'liss Laura klones. iXltss blones. head ol' the linglish department is llean ot Girls and has long been advisor to the girls of our school. She is always ready to aid the girls in solx ing their prohlems. ENGLISH TEACI IERS Seated: tlell to tiglill. lXliss Zawatslsi, lXlrs. Xllen. Nltss I.. Jones, Xlrs. l.eljuatte iXllssXXlllI.Il11N. Standing: lXlr. Vail, Nltss Dex enelorl, lXliss Xlleis, 'Xl s liliomas Nli lseunv LANGUAGE TEACHERS Ilottorn Row: Xliss lliompson. Nltss Nlcl luglt, lXliss Weis, lXliss Sxxeet. Standing: iXlIssGt1i't'tsot1. lxliss Pritchard, Mr. Mangan, lyliss Lee, Mrs. Page. SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHERS Seated: Xlr. X. Brenner. lXIiss If. llrice, lXlrs. Y. Davis, lXlr. C. Boyer. Standing: Miss E. Dooley, Mr. D. Jones, Mr. J. Bennett, Mr. J. jones. ENGLISH TEACHERS. . . 'lihe largest department in Kingston lligh School is the Iinglish Uepartment, 'lihe study ol' linglish includes the technical and classical sides ol' the language Ifirst year linglish deals considerahly with grammar, and classics are introduced. Second year Iinglish launches more composition, which includes essays. themes and letters. lhe classics this year include Hlxanhot '. HX 'liale ol' Iwo Cities, In the third year the study ol Xmerican I.itcrature is begun, 'lihe classics this year includei -lulius Caesar, 'ildylls ol' the Ising, 'vlihree llnglish tlomediesf' and nilihe Crisis. Fourth year lfnglish includes the study ol' Iinglish Literature. Classics studied include Ullamletf' and i'lXIacbcth. LANGUAGE TEACHERS . . . 'l'he Language I7epartment ol lstngston l Iigh School should he explored hy all students contemplating a mythical world tlight. Ihis department olliers lottr languages: l.atin, lfrench. German and Spanish. l.atin I and llacquaint the student with the grammer. I.atin lll includes the study ol' Clieero, while l.atin IV talies up Yirgil. Spanish I gives the student the foundation ol' the language. Spanish ll includes a more intensive study' ol grammar and prose reading Spanish lll consists ol writing set excercises and Iree eomposit ion. German l and ll aim to develop the student is ahilityf to read German diligently and intelligently. tllassies are then studied. More attention is giyen to the spealving and writing in German lll. lfreneh I gives thc student a liounlation ol the language iliranslations supplemented hy short stories comprise lfrench ll 'liexthoolvs are studied in Ifrench lll. SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHERS . . . l3on't try to understand loreign politics on that clipper trip oil yours lnste't.l, huil,l your loundation here, hy stepping into our Social Seience l7epartment. lxlodern llistory. a subject required in the flom- mercial Curriculum. deals with contemporary world problems. .-Xmeriean llistory. a requisite in all curricula, treats the colonization and growth ol' the llniteel States State and l.oeal llistory was introduced this year. lhc suhiect is suggestive ol its title. dealing with state and local points oi' historic interest. Nine