Alexandria Monroe High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Alexandria, IN)

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w Q SWL? liftllilwlwi E V! 91 UIWJWR !Wlt 91tWlW1W1W 9lLWIW1l9!W 9!L 1WIW5,WLV 7 9 7 idea for the improvement of her work. A janitor comes in for a supply of supplemen- tary readers for one of the. outlying schools and as-ks for a new iioor brush. He reports that his roof leaks or tinat a pipe is leaking in the basement and asks that the rocfer or plumber be sent out to make the necessary repairs. ln the meantime the telephone has rung possibly fifteen times. A friend wants a high school puipil called trom class but is informed that such is against the rule. A long distance call fnom Muncie ogperat-org a father leaves word for 'Grace to come to Leeso-n's store after schoo-lg a newspaper reporter as-ks for El bit 'Of I19W'SJ H WOIHHH wants to know which edge of bunting should be displayed uppermcstg another wants to know how to pronounce a word. Atter the superintendent has disposed of the aforementioned anid numerous other minor duties including the reading and answering from five to twenty lette-rs daily, he is free to turn his attention to his major dutes. El-Ie reads the latest rules and instruc- tions from the -State Superintiendent's oiflice in order that his schools may be kept in good standing and that tlhe high school commission be not automatically canceled be- caluise he has failed to perform some required duty. He assists his secretary in making out numerous reports to the County Ausditor, the County Superintendent, the State Superintendent, the United States Bureau of Education, the Township Trustee, the North Central Association of Colleges and 'Secondary Schools, and an occasional ques- tionnaire from some brother superintendent! in a neighboring city or state- He visits one of his many teachers' cl-ass rooms, he inspects his buildings, he sees that all re- ports -are in piroiper form, he reaids sets of test pap-ers in order to see that teachers of various subjects are maintaining equal standands and quality of work, he prepares for teachers: meetings, and meet-s with his teachers in groups or in the entire body to dis cuss problem-s or to outline plans of procedure. While the superintendent is thus employed, his secretary, Miss Dorothy French, is constantly busy tyfp-ing letters, preparing mimeograp-hed bulletins of instructions and outlines for the use of teachers, or she is answering numerous questions put to her by teachers or pupils who come for information or supfplies. She' writes and keeps exact records of oarlders for books and clothing for indigent children. She writes all checks for all bills 'and keeps the financial records for all receipts and expenditures. Her records must be correct to the last penny. 'She balances her books every month and she can tell to a penny how' much money the schools have in each bank and in each fund. She is one oi' the busiest persons employed by the school board. The superintenudent also meets with his school board to discuss the numerous problems that arise that have not been specifically delegated to him for his sole solu- tion. Among these are those problems inviclving the making of the yearly budget, the tax l-evy, the teachers' salanyl schedule, issuing of bonds, the. letting of contracts, the selection of architects' plans, the opening of bids, the introduction of new courses, and so on seemingly without end. F. W. STCALER. :rfNFA1TA1F t' - li F ii li lioli i 1F 1F li 1WYM1i 1l li l 1WNlF ' l?Mi 1i ifAiIA1WlV l 4. ,Y 5 E ' gc. an 4.5 cu 4: 4 3 Q 4: Q ' 'vs 1: Q Qs Q: Q Q? E L. ,. ' 5 'wa GP .v 1: Y 1 S S :J 1: V as .n .- V as C - 1 3: C 45 O 47 Q 2 C 4: C 4: 1 is Q: Q as 42 me Page Eight

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WiFiWglH!'ft!'1tU4LG11 J Gitvittigiltvttvit W!L iWiW1W1l 'lWil W 1W1 'lW lvll lvll llvl THE OFFICE The superintendents office in Alexandria is the center of tllie administrative, executive, and supervisory activities of the city school Crganization. From this oflice go forth the regulations and orders that make a system of schools run smoothly. Pupils are assigned to buildings and rooms, and properly trained teachers are selected and employed to teach the various grades throughout that city. All kinds of school supplies, from ta janitor's mop or orocni to the hunilreds of tons of coal and tlhe sets of reference books, maps and other class room supplies that are needed in the course of a year, are purchased through this office- Every month checks to the anriunt of 354,000.00 or more are issued to pay teach- ers' and janitors' salaries and for the many bills for telephones, light, class room sup- plies, paper towels, liquid soaip, material for domestic science, tools and lumber for manual training, and paints and oils for school room walls and corridors, aind scores of other items. Nearly 350,000 are required every year to run our schools and the most rigid economy must be exercised at all times t0 make this sum produce the abso- lute necessities. 'l'o the superintenirlent's orlice there coime every das' men and Wcmen trying to sell something ranging from their services as enterlainers or as teachers to a moving picture film, a floor brush, set of encyclopedia, a dictionary, a. set of maps, a case of blackboard crayicn, a carton of paper towels, a barrel of scrubbing compound, of num erous other commodities of more or less value anzli it is part of the superintendents duty to ,meet and treat each of these salesmen and saleswomen in a courteous manner and to select from their gcoids theses things that tlhe schools need and can afford to purchase. The superintendent must know the needs ct' his schools from the teaching force down to the last. bit of cheesecloth needed for du sting and cleaning furniture and windows. 'l hen, too, there comes the new boy or girl who wiants to enter the schools somewhere between the first primary and the senior high school class: the irate parent vrlm is firmly convinced that his or her child has been unfairly treated bv its teacher the parent who wants a permit for a son or a daughter to go to work and who stead fastly maintains that the chilid is sixteen years of age although the sclfiol records for After these have been disposed of in the best possible manner' a' teacher comes in to discuss some particularly knotty problem of teaching or discipline or to propose some eight 'years past show that the child is only' fourteen years and nine months of age mr ir ii immmmm mir imr imie mrnava irainv i t iuuin i x 1 , 4 YY Page Seven

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5xva vt'vtw1ww V1WlWlWlFltUiLV!Wll ltFilWlW1WIl 1lV 7ll9lt9!l9lt 1 .tlW!lV!lVtV '91lW 'Wl'5 4 L. V 2 iv Q 0 E 6' 3 Q: .6 1 THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING b - 1 5 For the past four or live years there has been great need for a new high school 2 5 building. lt has been very ldiflicult to arrange the classes because of tlhe small number 'Z or class rooms and this year some of the grades were stint to the Clarke and Tomlinson es if, buildings so that more rooms might be available for high school classes. The assembly 2 ' has been too small to accommodate the high school students, it being necessary fo. 2 if tour pupils to sit in some double seats during a general assembly When the citizens , iully realized these conditions, a new building was authorized. , Q The new building will be erected just norgth of the present high school building, 5' and will be constructed in the shape oi a huge T facing the -east. The main building E 5 will be 135 by 120 feet, and so arranged that new additions may be made on either E az side of the stem of the The old grade building will be nrade a part of the new E Q, building thus giving extra classrooms. Q 0 ' ,.., 3 Une feature of the new building will be the gymnasiurm. The main floor will be 4: Q, 40 by 72 feet with bleachers on the north, south, and west sides. The seating capacity ' ' ot this will be about 800 and the room will be arranged that a balcony may be built - in that will have a seating capacity of about 400. In the, eastern part of the basement 1' Q' will be boys' and girls' showers. Heretofore the high school has had no suitable place in which to give p-lays. For . . all high school iplays it was necessary to rentp a theatre. NVhen t-he new building is 6 erected the Alexandria High School will have a stage of its own, which will be 14 by X 36 tee-t, large enough for presenting plays. and for use in public meetings. .-e A 5' There will be thirteen classroicims including the rooms in the old buil-:ling which will the used for Manual Training and Domestc Science. New floors will be put in the 4: 5. old building and doorways will be cut which will facilitate the passing of classes. ' 5 , Another feature of the new building will be the assembly room. lt will be 75 by fi 37 feet, as wide as the present assembly is long. This rlcom will be about tw-o and one- , half times as large as the present assembly, whicuh is 28 by 39 feet. The new assembly ft will be equipped with single seats, and it will be well lighted as there will be windows A E on the east and skylights on the west. Q fp The building will be equiipped with an automatically regulated heating andg ven- ' ' tilating system, which will decrease the labor of the- janitors. The structure will be 3 6' made lire-proof as practicable, the stairways being made of iron and the corridors of Q2 concrete. There will be entrances on all four sides of the building, the main entrance Q: 4 being to the east. if W 1 is The ground was broken March 5 for the building but because of the inclemency 5 at of the weather the work was delayed during the first few' weeks. It is hoped that it 1: ,, will be completed by October. Q 9 1 N The patrons as well as the students are looking forward to the opening of the A I new school building. The only .disadvantage is that the Seniors will not be here to i enjoy lt. ' E. 1 D 1: -E 0' . Z Of all sad words of tongue or pen, ' 7 The saddest arc these: 'The Seniors are left out again'. ' w r 4 2 . afwratmtw tat. tatmt a1fm1mPatm M1m1 tv to A raimratuoiinlfatatrmtmtktn :R Page Nine