Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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THE ADMINISTRATION Effects Many Changes 'Tm enjoying my new work as Su- perintendent very much, but I can't help missing the close contact with the student body, said Superintendent D. S. Weller in an off-the-record interview. Emanating from the Superintendent's office were several innovations in 1940- 41. Held February 17 and 18 at all city school buildings were speech and hearing tests conducted by the travel- ing unit of the Indiana University Speech and Hearing Clinic, and spon- sored by the Psi Iota Xi Sorority. Seniors of all high schools in Jay County were invited to a Senior Guid- ance Conference at Portland High School on March 11. The program of the morning was built around voca- tional guidance problems with discus- sion led by local men and women, while afternoon classes concerning educa- tional guidance work were conducted by representatives of Indiana colleges and universities. A small room, formerly storage space in the Superintendent's office, has been converted into a reception room. A partition now divides the outer office of Mrs. Harold Hanlin from the private office of Mr. Weller in the west end of the room. Accepts New Post Carrying out old traditions in a new way has been the task of Mr. Harold Brubaker, new Principal of Portland High School. His success may be measured by the harmony with which all the cogs in the school machinery have functioned smoothly and effi- ciently. For next year a few plans are being considered. One proposal is to have a committee composed of several students and faculty members whose duty it will be to arrange assembly programs. In order to eliminate the demolishing of so many locks each year when stu- dents forget their keys, it will be sug- gested that all students have the same kind of locks and that a master key be kept in the office- for emergencies. Although they have known him only a few months, students and faculty both have learned to like and to admire Mr. Brubaker.

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THE ADMINISTRATION Jenkins EIected .Iudge Voters at last Novemberis election chose Byron G. Jenkins as Judge of the Jay Circuit Court. Capable, energetic, enthusiastic, Mr. Jenkins had been a driving force on the Board of Education since his appointment in 1936. Because of his new duties which he assumed January 1, 1941, Mr. Jenkins resigned from the Board. New Board Member William Parks, senior member of the Parks Motor Sales Company and prom- inent business man, was appointed by the City Council to serve on the School Board in the vacancy left by Mr. Jenkins. With the reorganization of the Board in January, Mr. Donald Hammitt was elected president, Mrs. Emmett Saxman, treasurer, and Mr. Parks, secretary. Improvements--Actual and Proposed Under the direction of the Board, several improvements have been intro- JUDGE BYRON JENKINS . .... resigned duced at the high school. During Christmas vacation, a new shower room for boys was constructed in the base- ment. The room is entered by a fire- proof, steel stairway installed at the west end of the gymnasium and is used as a dressing room for the boys' physical training classes and for the home ath- letic teams. The old shower rooms at the east end of the gymnasium have been converted into a dressing room for the girls' physical training classes. An- other change was the installation of new outside doors to the gymnasium. As we go to press, there are several more proposed changes. For the func- tioning of the defense program, the government needs more men who have had training in machine work, sheet metal work and mechanics. If a tempo- rary industrial arts building were con- structed, it would be possible to teach these subjects as part of the school curriculum. A new building would also relieve the crowded conditions in the high school itself by permitting the commercial and home economics de- partments as well as the library to absorb some of the space thus made available. MR. PARKS, MRS. SAXIVIAN, AND MR. HAMMITT . . . . inspected the new shower rooms.

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Louise Jameson-Music Supervisor, G. R. Assistant Sponsor. Harold Brubaker-Principal, Mathe- matics. Jeanne McCarty-Civics, Com- mercial Geography, Physi-cal Train- ing, I. T. T. and G. A. A. Sponsor. Kenneth Farris-English, Football, Baseball, Hi-Y Sponsor. Bernice Tharp-Commercial Studies, G. R. Sponsor. Clyde Bair-Mathematics, Cheer Committee Member. Ruth Alice Harvey-Latin, Library, Latin Club Sponsor. James Hedges-Sociology, Public Speaking, Bible, English, Senior Sponsor. Sylva Arbogast-Home Economics, Cheer Ciovmmittee Member. Richard Cady-Science--resigned in January. Jane Louise Fulton-Art. Paul Todd-Safety and Health, Physical Training, Basketball. Louise Current-History. Homer Smith-Manual Arts, Mechan- ical Drawing. Hattie White-English, Megaphone Sponsor. Thomas Starr-So-cial Studies, Biology, Junior Sponsor. Florence Jones-Commercial Studies. Helen Stevenson-English, Typhoon Sponsor. Paul Macklin - Agriculture, Biology, V0-Ag Sponsor, Cheer Committee Member.