Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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BENTON ADMINISTRATION W. L. DAFFRON, Principal Mr. Daffron, of genial manners and kindly ways, holds the respect and admiration of the Benton community, faculty and student body. In a rare fashion he combines a scholarly ima- gination with practical realism, setting high goals for his school, and by every means at his command making possi- ble the achievement of worthwhile aims. G WIAX COLEMAN Xxce Principal Mr Coleman is an alert schoolman handling with skill and dispatch the many demands of his Office. He knows the business for he has been a classroom teacher and grade school principal in St. Jose-ph, before coming to Renton this year as an administrator. During the war, he was with the Navygthat helps. G. MARION VVILSON, Adviser to Girls Miss Wilson is one member of the fa- culty who not only knows everybody but feels a personal interest in each pupil enrolled. That isn't because she's in charge of attendanceg rather it's her genuinely friendly nature, her sincere enjoyment of young people, and her ap- preciation of their problems. Parents like her, too. ffivel

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ffourj BOARD OF EDUCATION Back: Supt. Geo. L. Blackwellg Mr. E. F. Garvey, Mr. Harry Herschman, vice-president, Mr. Fairleigh Enright. Front: Mr. Ray V. Blomfield, asst. superintendent, secretaryg Mr. David W. Hopkins, presi- dent, Mrs. Clifford Adams. The Board of liducation is the group of citizens intrusted with the detailed af- fairs of the St. joseph school system. They maintain the schools with the finances at their command. Thcy plan for the comfort and well being' of the city's school children. They inspect the credentials ofthe teachers to insure a high standard of instruction. They enforce sensible rules and regulations and exact observance of the laws of sanita- tion and good health-all that St. joseph may have a school system in which to take pride. MR. GEORGE L. BLACKWELL, Superintendent Superintendent Blackwell can be counted on to be personally and enthusiastically interested in anything the schools are doing. You will see him at ball games, at the R. O. T. C. revue, at special assemblies, at demonstrations, alt lectures, at com- mittee meetings. He is an expert executive too, alert and resourceful in planning procedures to improve the schools.

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Ksixl FACULTY l W. L. Daffron, B. S., A. M., Principal Ruth Campbell, A. B., A. M., World History Sarah Endebrock, B. S. 3 General -Science Sgt. Harold Harti- gan, Military Frances E. Adams, Frank C. Baker, B. B. S., Vocal Music Dena Clark, B. S. in Ed., Library Edward W. Evans, B. S.: English, Physical Ed. Irene T. Hindman R. N. P. H. C. Clinic S., Personnel Problems, Occu- p-ations Dora Cowan, B. S., A. M., Geography, Mathematics Vita E. Finley, A. B.: A. M.g Latin, Spanish, Publica- tions Mildred C. Hum, B. S. 5 Commercial Mary Ellen Boyd- ston, B. S. in Ed., Social .Science Mary Lee Doherty, A. B.g A. M., English Eugene D. Fitzpat- rick, B. S., Biology Dorothy M. Jackson B. s. in Ed.g A M. 3 Citizenship Roberta M. Cain, A. B., Mathematics, Study Hall Myrtle R. Elliott A. B. 5 A. M. English, Speech Nell E. Frye, A. B., English