Birmingham University School - Equestria Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Director of Instruction Upper School HUBERT HILL HARPER. JR. A.B., Birmingham-Southern College. 1948. Ph. D., University of North Carolina, 1952. Part-time instructor in Classics. University of North Carolina. 1949-1951. Teaching fellow in Classics, University of North Carolina. 1952. Instructor in Classics, University of Tennessee, 1953. Instructor in Classics. Xavier University 1953-1956. Assistant Professor of Classics, Xavier University, 1956-1959. Catholic. Director of Instruction Lower Grades (Appointment effective 1960-61) J. CLYDE ORR B.S., University of Alabama. 1917; M.A., Columbia University, 1926, 45 years of teaching and administrative experience: Principal. Progress School. Biloxi. Mississippi. 1913-14; Assistant Commandant and Head of History Department, Gulf Coast Military Academy, 1918-21; Principal, Lakeview School, Birmingham, 1921-36; Superintendent, Bessemer City School, 1936-48; Principal Graymont School. Birmingham, 1948-52; Principal. Lakeview School, 1952-60; Camp Director for many years. Former district governor of Rotary International; former President of Alabama School Administrators Association; active in YMCA, American Legion and First Christian Church. First Lieutenant. U.S. Army, World War I; Director of Engineering Science Management War Training, World War II. Listed In WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION Class A Teacher’s Certificate, Alabama.

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H. HARDY PERRITT. President B. A., 1938. M. A., 1942. Louisiana State University; Ph. D.. 1954, University of Florida. 22 years of teaching and administrative experience: 3 years in the high schools of Mississippi and Louisiana; 2 years at Louisiana State University; 4 years at the University of Virginia; 4 years at the University of Florida; 3 years at the University of Alabama; 5 years on active duty (and 12 years, in-active) as a U. S. Naval communications officer with the present rank of Commander. Organizations: Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Phi Kappa, Tau Kappa Alpha. Kiwanis Club, Vestavia Country Club, Unitarian Church. Listed in; WHO'S WHO IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, and THE DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOLARS. AA Teacher’s Certificate. Alabama RATIONALE OF BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL At Birmingham University School, we are aware that the capacity to learn and the ability to make use of information in creative and reflective thinking are uniquely human. We believe in learning PER SE, as the indispensable fabric of sound thinking. We seek every opportunity to encourage the use of facts in intelligent reasoning, but we consider our first business to be the teaching of fundamental knowledge and skills. We are devoted to the intensive teaching of basic courses: written and oral communication in English, ancient and modern languages, mathematics, history, and sciences. In order to achieve a high level of excellence, we believe that small classes must be taught by the best qualified instructors that can be found. These instructors must be dedicated to this ideal of education, must ever seek knowledge and professional competence, and must strive diligently to stretch the mind of each boy enrolled at B.U.S.

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WALTER V. B. GIBSON Director of the Library and Studies B.S., Troy State College, 1940. Ed. M., Duke University. 1950. M. A., George Peabody College, 1958. 34 years as teacher, principal, librarian 1926-1940: Letohatchie. Troy, Goshen, Banks and Tallassee. 1940-1954: Principal, East Tallassee Elementary School. 1954- 1955: Supervisor. Elementary Instruction, Tallassee. 1955- 1959: Librarian, Tallassee Schools. 1959- BUS President of Tallapoosa County Teachers Association; President of Tallassee Teachers Association; Vice-President A. E. A. District IV; President of Tallassee Lions Club; Chairman of Deacons. 12 Years; Baptist Church, East Tallassee. Alabama. RUFUS E. PERRY Director of Athletics and Physical Education Birmingham-Southern College, 1938. Brilliant High School 3 Years. 1946 - BUS