Long Beach City College - Saga Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL MR. UPJOHN i Superintencleni-'s Message The Long Beach Junior College like olher porlions ol lhe Long Beach Cily School Syslem has responded lo lhe exlraordinary evenls ol lhe year ol I932-33 wilh loyally and courage. Excepling in minor mallers conlingenl upon ils housing, lhe work ol lhe College has gone sleadily lorward. A greal philosopher has said lhal were il nol lor major calaslrophes, il is doubl- lul whelher lhe liner qualilies which humanily has developed would ever have ap- peared al all. We cerlainly have discovered lhal il is possible lo meel an exlraordinary silualion wilhoul serious handicap when lhese liner qualilies abound in our sludenl bodies. The College during lhe year has increased in numbers wilhoul allowing lhe qualily ol worlc ollered and accomplished lo suller. Too ollen we have regarded progress as mainly a maller ol lhe appearance ol new buildings, or ol growing incremenls ol school populalion. While we loolc wilh lavor upon developmenls ol lhis lype, we, neverlheless, leel lhal during lhe currenl year our signal achievemenls have been in lhe direclion ol spirilual conquesls ralher lhan physical elaboralion. Because ol lhis, lhe year will be so much lhe more memorable. -H. S. UPJOHN Superinlenclenl ol Schools '70 22

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T221 EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL y 1 . MRS. DROWN, MR. TINCHER, PRES. HILL, MR. CHACE, DR. BOOTH The Board of Education Faced wiTh The problem oT rehabiliTaTing The enTire school sysTem as a resulT oT The March IO earThgualce. The Board oT EducaTion Took sTeps immediaTely aTTer The caTas- Trophe To revive inTeresT in educaTion. Temporary bungalows and TenT houses were erecTed, sTudenTs aT The high schools and elemenTary schools aTTended under The pla- Toon sysTem, and The school year was exTended To June 30 so ThaT no crediT would be losT by any sTudenT. Members oT The Board oT EducaTion who conTribuTed To The re- building oT educaTional inTeresTs are Dr. Walrer B. I-lill, PresidenTg Dr. l-lenry K. BooTh, Vice-PresidenT: lvlrs. Blanche A. Drown, BurTon W. Chaceq and Eugene E. Tiricher. The laTTer Three are The new members oT The Board, replacing Aubrey Parks, lvlrs. John A. Edgar, and l-l. B. CliTTon, who was noT a candidaTe Tor re-elecTion, aT The April 7 Long Beach CiTy School DisTricT elecTion. lV1eeTings oT The Board are held every Monday aTTernoon. While The Board oT EducaTion voTed To granT SupT. l-l. S. Upiohn Tull auThoriTy over all school deparT- menTs as The chieT execuTive under The Board supervision, The Board sTill remains The supreme adminisTraTive body. Plans Tor The TuTure are sTill indeTiniTe alThough com- pleTe replacemenT oT all school buildings is conTemplaTed.