Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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M59 Q-- 4. Ladies and Gentlemen!! Presenting in the first ring, Act I: The Administration, including the Board of Education, the Super- intendent, the Principal, and that most industrious, most intelligent, and completely inimitable group of entertainers ever to be assembled under the Big Top-the Faculty!! Shown in the photo at the right are Howard Berry, Dorothy Drane, Sparkle Crowe, and J . Russell Hiatt, all new members of the troupe this year.

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ADMINISTRATION BACK of every successful enterprise, whether it be a three ring circus or a school system, there is always a governing body which decides policies to be pursued and aims to be striven for. The Board of Education, together with Superintendent D. S. Weller and Principal H. S. Brubaker, again guided the progress of Portland High School during the last year. The problems of war time were gone, but in their place were the even greater problems of peace, and P. H. S. strove to do its share in training the young people of Portland to become responsible citizens in a community of world scope. In spite of his arduous tasks as head of the City School system, Mr. Weller still found time for his hobby-dogs in general and cocker Spaniels in particular-plus an added interest this year, his new granddaughter. And Mr. Brubaker, in addition to shouldering all his administrative duties at P. H. S., followed his educational bent by directing the summer recreation program-not to mention avidly pursuing his favorite sport, basketball. A few changes were made in the Faculty personnel. Upon the retirement of Mrs. Florence Jones, long-time teacher of secretarial courses, and the leaving of Mrs. Bernice Gibble on a yearls leave of absence, the commercial department was put into the hands of Mrs. Crystal Cheek and Miss Dorothy Drane. Miss Iris Turner and Mr. Howard Berry became new teachers of the art and shop classes respectively. By a reorganization in the science department e'abling Mr. Paul Macklin to devote more time to agriculture fsee G. I. Department of Vocational Agriculture, page 405, Mrs. Sparkle Crowe became biology teacher.- Mr. J. Russell Hiatt resumed his classes after an interim of three years spent in the U. S. Navy. Supplies were still difficult to obtain, more so because the school no longer had a priority. However, stressing the importance of audiovisual education, P. H. S. secured a new and improved type moving picture machine. The old metal backboards in the gym were replaced by new glass ones, and an electric range took the place of the old gas one in the kitchen. Smaller articles purchased included several chairs for the library and additional equipment for the shop. Shown in the picture below are the members of the Portland Board of Education, reading left to right: Mr. Donald Hammitt, President, Mr. William Parks, Secretary, Mrs. Emmett Saxman, Treasurer. Q.