West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Duties of Mr. James E. Rose, M.A., assistant principal and dean of boys, are varied and plentiful. They include assigning lockers, arranging classes, issuing admits, and giving advice to boys who wish his help. Here David Borg and Richard Wilson are consulting with Mr. Rose. ' Through West Hi h chool in 194 -1948 In her first year as clean of girls, Miss Ca- milla L. Johnson, M.A., has shown her lriendliness and ,her desire to help solve problems. Betty Wilcox and Nan McDonald are talking with her about chartering a bus to Freeport during the football season. 11

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A GR D CIRCLE TO R . QE, A Vi . .V - We f. H H 1 ,, , 53 , H ,uw 3549 ei.. ' ' f L94 gk JAMES E. BLUE, M.A. Principal West Senior High School PICTORIAL STUDY OF SCHOOL YEAR WILL REMIND US OF EXPERIENCES AT WEST HIGH HE word 'gtraveln strikes a responsive chord in each one of us, we like to go places and sec things. The stalf mem- bers of the 1948 Warrior have set up a tour which we can enjoy this year and in all future years. They have chosen as our guides the members of our fac- ulty, our traveling com- panions, the members of our classcsg activities, our work in clubs, R.O.T.C., G.A.A., and service organizations, athletics, the members of the staff, the players, and the cheerleadersg and our memories, the honor societies and the special awards. The Warrior, as a pictorial story of West High School during the school year 1947-1948, will be to each one of us what we as individuals have lived into and contributed to West High School. May this pictorial review enable us to relive the many profitable, pleasant, and happy days of our association in W'est High School. -James E. Blue, Principal Ngtas Our principal, Mr. Blue, is chief guide of the West High School students. He assumes the responsibility of arranging the itiner- ary for their tour of this educational institu- tion in such a way that they will be prepared lo cope with the problems of later life. 10 , 'fl '-ee . , V, , 4l i -1

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Board of Education and Faculty Committee We find the members of our Rockford Board of Education meeting with Mr. Loren L. Whitehead, president, and Mrs. Marion L. Bates, secretary, on the alternate Mondays of each month. To determine the policies under which public schools are to be administered is the main function of this unit. The following committees carry out this purpose: buildings and grounds, which takes care of supplies as well as improvements, educational. which handles employment and salaries of faculty, and finance. This year Mr. Parmer L. Ewing was named superintendent of schools. He came to Rockford from Alton, Illinois, having served that city as superintendent of schools. Department heads meet with Mr. Blue, both as a group and as individuals, in discussing curriculum and subject field problems. The department heads and Mr. Blue, with the assistance and cooperation of the teachers., arc responsible for the content of the courses in the various subject fields. The counselors also meet with Mr. Blue, as a group and as individuals, to discuss general and individual counseling problems. The counselors and Mr. Blue, with the assistance of the homeroom teachers, are responsible for interpreting thc educational program of the high school and the offerings in the various subject fields. BOARD OF EDUCATION--Top How: Mr. Charles Davis tschool attorneyl, Mr. Ernest Estwing, Mr. Loren L. Whiteliead kpresidentl, Mr. George C. Olin, Mr. Lawrence A. Johnson. Second Row: Mr. Felix E. Elliott, Mr. Hugh D. Tolmie ldireclor of buildings and groundsl, Mr. Thomas L. Nolan, Mr. John J. Barelli, Mr. S. Peter Ekslrom. Bottom Row: Mr. Hurry R. Shaw, Mrs. Murrell England, Miss Vera E. Walling tchief clerkl, Mr. Parmer L. Ewing isuperintendent of schoolsl. Mrs. Marion L. Bates lsecretaryl is not shown in the picture. FACULTY COMMITTEE-Standing: Mr. James E. Blue, Lt. Col. John W. Britten, Miss Lena R. Scandroli, Mr. Charles A. Beyer, Mr. James E. Rose, Mr. Harry C. Maitland, Mr. Clarence E. Shumale, and Mr. Fred G. Weller. Seated: Miss Edith Wliiting, Miss Margaret G. Ralston, Miss Lois A. Dilley, Miss Katherine Slade, Miss Camilla L. Johnson, Miss Carolyn Wones, and Miss Myrtle I. Nelson. 12