Brackenridge High School - La Retama Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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l MR. ENOS GARY PRINCIPAL A TVN and wisdom like the seven stars are seldom seen f0Q6tlte1'.M UCH as the world values expert service, it csteems more highly the man who binds together into a smoothly running, cooperative organization people of many different teniperainents and abilities. To plan and direct the varied activities of high school is not easy, yet Mr. Gary has worthily accomplished this difficult task. As principal, he places scholarship above all other activities, believing that if a school does not develop the scholastic ability of the student, it has utterly failed in its purpose. Through his plan of centralizing the school fund, he has placed the school on a very sound financial basis. Mr. Gary is the friend of both teacher and student and commands the respect of each. At once an organizer, a constructive critic, and a friend of the teacher, he has devoted all his efforts to the development of Brackenridge. Page 27 Y ,,,, ,

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t , A good head and industrious hand are worth gold in any land. MR. THOMAS B. PORTWOOD AssIsTANT-SUPERINTENDENT ROCEEDING upon the theory that 'fldducation is growth, Mr. Thomas B Portwood believes that by helping each student to find a real interest in thc things that are now going on in the high schools will the senior schools help him to grow. First in importance in this process of growth is freedom-freedom in the choice of subjects, in the pursuit of interesting things, in placing his own interpretation on things. Such freedom, however, should not disregard the mastery of certain fundamentals. In order to foster such an ideal, a student must have a wide curriculum from which to choose subjects. A second function necessary to growth is guidance, guidance which aids students to find themselves in relation to future life, and particularly to that part of life dealing with a vocation. By providing for such guidance and freedom can the San Antonio Senior Schools serve the need of students. Page 26'

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Both to 11d'vi.sc and to be advised is fl feature of real friendship. MR. ROY R. KAY VICE-PRINCIPAL 'IRE is but one Way to treasure the value of an individual to an in- stitution, and that is by his -work. Since his arrival in Brackenridge a year ago, Mr. Kay has been of inestimable service to the school. His are the arduous tasks of vice-principal and adviser of boys, each of which he performs very Well. It is Mr. Kay 's belief that the vocational subjects in the curriculum should not be minimized, and he has been particularly successful in helping young men to choose courses adapted to their particular needs. In order to bring to the surface the heartfelt enthusiasm of Brackenridge, Mr. Kay has unified the pep squads of both boys and girls. Realizing the im- portance of intra-mural and extra-curricula activities, Mr. Kay is ever present at scholastic gatherings, ever mindful of the welfare of the students, ever eager for the advancement of Braekenridge. Page 28