Brownsville High School - On The Moon Yearbook (Brownsville, PA)

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OUR GUIDE Supervising-principal Bctrner . Mr. Iiartter has been supervisor ol' Brownsville Borough School District since lllkll. During that little the overcrowd- ing at senior high school was solved by the moving ol' the general cottrse to tlte Annex or Sc cond XVard Building. Now having passed tlte peak ol' stttdent enrolltnent and tlte in- creased nttntbet' ol' withdrawals into tlte armed service and industry ottr entire student body is again under one rool. Mr. Barnet is at gradttate ol' Ktttztown Normal School, receiving ltis li. S. at Muhlenberg College attd his M. S. at the University of Pittslattrglt. Before coming to Brownsville, he served in Perry 'l'ownship and Calilornizt Borough as supervising principal. He is very active in church and com- munity service organizations. Raymond T' Barnet lltning scltool hours, nearly all his tinte is devoted toward bettering ottr educational fa- cilities, and his sincere interest in the student and his problems is appreciated by the en- tirc stttdent body. 'l'his year in particttlar he has laced the very vexing probletn ol' maintaining a complete stall' ol' teachers. 'l'here have been very few days in the entire term when all teachers were present, because illness, travel conditions, selective service, and competition with higher wages in industry, intervened. But despite these handicaps, classes have remainetl in session, evcn when he had to teach them himsell. 'l'l1is necessitated extra work alter school hours. so Mr. Barnet' is serving school and community botlt day and night, setting tlte example for tlte scltool to lollow which lte expresses in this message to tlte student body: To llll' SI1t111'nI Body Your school days will lim' f1n'1'r11'r in your IIIl'1I1Ul'lf'S. liven llllillgll you 11t'1' still in your l1'1'ns you lllltfl' 1II7Y'IIll3l 111,171 1'11II1'1l upon to s1'r1'1'. S111111' of you lt11111' 1tnszt11't'1'11' Ilt1' 1'11ll Io ll11' colors: olltcrs 1lIll'I' 111141 111'li111' in 111'f1'ns1' on the llllllllf fron! by buying w11r IIOHKIS, coll1'1'tz'ng and s11I1111ging lllllfl'VlI1lS 1111111 Io llt1f war 1'fforl,' 111111 still oll11't's l1111t1' l1t'l'U7HI' N11' clticf 11i111's 111 l1o11t1' I11'1'11us1' lzrolltcrs 111111 sist1'1's 1tr1' scrtting their country. We know now tltnt this war 1112- 7IIlllI!1S tlte I11'sl efforts of e111't'ybody. IVh1ftl11'r you are young or old, in tlt1' .s'1'r1tt1'1' or 111 IIUIIIU, II son or II 1l1111gl1l1'r tn war 1'on1I111I, I1 solrlter, 11 s111lor or ll, Hl1lVlIll', YOU SICRVIC. I! is Illllll' filling, tlt1'r1'f1n'1'. H1111 wc 1l1'1li1'11t1f this 1tt1tr time ywn' book to you zulto serrfe. 1 gl

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Top Row: Robert Delaney, V. P. Sam Evans, J. Roy Davis Bottom Row: J. Park Williams, John Vickers, Sec. H. B. Johnston, Jr., Pres. Willard Griffin, Sr. BOARD OF EDUCATION Our Public Servants The school board has three main duties connected with taking care of the schools: financial, educational, and athletic. Mr. Sam Evans is chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee. Assisted by Roy Davis, Robert De- Laney and Wlillard Griffin, this committee takes charge of repairs and helps in keeping the school and its grounds in good condition. All repairs made by this committee are taken care of by the Finance and Purchasing Committee. Mr. john Vickers is chairman of this committee and is assisted by Howard B. Johnston, Sam Evans, and Roy Davis. This com- mittee takes care of all the problems of paying debts and buying of equipment, such as books, writing material, furniture, etc. The Athletic Committee takes into consideration the school's extra cur- ricular activities, such as football, basketball, and track. They supervise the work of the team and see that it doesn't harm our students' education. The chairman of this committee is Roy Davis, assisted by John Vickers, Howard B. Johnston, and YVillard Griffin. Our last and most important committee is the Education Committee. The committee sees to it that the students are taught the courses most needed in their future life. They supervise the kind of education we have and improve it when possible. Park YVilliams is chairman, assisted by Robert Delaney, Howard B. Iohnston, and Wlillard Griffin. The school board acts as a jury by whom all problems are treated justly and with no other thought than to better the school, and to make it a more pleasant place for the students to be educated in. The officers of the school board are: Pres., Wlillard Griffin, Sr.: Vice Pres., Sam Evansg Secretary, Howard B. Johnston, Jr. One member, Mr. Park W'illiams, is serving as an Assistant Field Direc- tor in the American Red Cross. He is stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. but does manage to attend some of the regularly scheduled meetings. 20

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OUR PRINCIPAL Dr. Mark M. hvans transl'erred his work as principal lrom Prospect Building to the Senior High School in No- vember, l9fl2. He laced the problem ol' overcrowded class- rooms and an incomplete corps ol' teachers this lall and has kept the school functioning very elliiciently despite these handicaps. XVhile the dralt board kept him busy lilling out forms and questionaires concerning our students and alumni, he lound withdrawals had helped to balance the crowded study hall and classroom situations to a certain extent. Mt. livaus attended Dickinson College, receiving his Ph. B. in lilfil. In l935 he received his M. lid. at the University ol' Pittsburgh and his Ph. D. in 19435. Besides his duties as principal he has been sponsor ol the Student Council lor part ol' the year and helped organize, as well as sponsor, the the Hi-Y Club. During his briel' leisure hours he enjoys lish- ing. collecting old coins, and smoking his favorite pipe. Be- lore Pearl Harbor, he toured Southwestern United States and Mexico. Mark M. Evans The School Secretory Miss Virginia Pttglia came to Senior High during the H343 Cotntnencement rush. alter ul . . . . , . . , 's. l'rost lelt to loin her husband. She has very rapidly learned the names ol most ol the students and has learned to associate them with the proper laces, which is even more impor- ttnt. lVe wonder how she accomplished this lieat in such a short time. .Xlways cheerlul, she ts ready to give advice and help the students with their problems ol' tardiness. schedttle changes, cuses, bruised shins, lost and lound articles, delense Slzltllll sales, and transcripts ol' credits. She is a graduate ol' the ll. ll. S. commercial department with the class ol ISITSS. ller t interests center in tennis and bowling. Top LeftiMiss Puglia at Office files Bottom Left-Tri-Hi-Y Dance 1 Center-Our Secretary, Miss Puglia Bottom Center-Brownie Cadets Top Right-Dr. Evans reading an announcement Bottom Right-Tri-Hi-Y Dance -. - ns- ww ... f- .- . , .- 22