Charleroi High School - Cougar Memoir Yearbook (Charleroi, PA)

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Ill THOMAS L POLLOCK OUR SUPER! TE DE T S1 e11ntende lt Thomas L Pollock ame to C 1rl 101 1n 1912 from East Pike Run Dur1n the Z years he has duected .1r schools tn 1C ha e been 1any chan es most ot them due to h s foreslvht and xlam 1'1 From a lugh school l0Cat d ln the att1c ot Fzfth St eet School Bul .ung he has 1 atched us grow to our 1 odern up to d te plant HIS f1rst raduaung mass that of 1913 boasted sexen r-1e'nbe1s One of these alumnl IS He 1y Lox stuter not DIES dent of ou board of educatxon Th1s class was the t1rst to f1n1sh a four ,ear tou1 1. Wh1le ou1 vlesent high school was bemg bu1lt the Jumor 'ugh was tau ht ln four 100 IS of an o d church bu1ld1ng near Crest Avenue School Alte the new hulldlng was completed the Jumor hlgh school used the flrst floor course' At the close of World Wax I the school roo rs wele turned 1nto hospltal vsards to take ca e of the flu ep1de111c S hools vs ere closed 1or an mdef1n1te perlod Many of the teachers serx ed as nurses Gradually our schools Grew unt1l more oon was needed A fem wears ago Mr Pollo k was mstrumental 1n mterestmg our town xn a v tatlonal b,11ld1n0 It took txme and plannmff to make Charlero1 cltlzens see nts need It v as sorlethmg new 1n educat1on and lt requ1red a lot of money when oney vsas scarce Today we have one of the fmest xocat1onal schools 1n our state Mr Pollock IS justly proud of It As our supermtendent goes about our schools day 1n and day out he IS qu1et and unassurmnsz yet h1S dignity of manner co nmands the respect of teache s and students llke He IS the fr1end of both For twenty years he has served as pres1dent of the Charlero1 Teachers Asso 1at1on Several tlmes he wanted to res1gn but h1s wxsh was overruled F1rfally thlS year h1S des1re was granted reluctantly Mr Pollock resldes at Maple V1ew 1n a home he lhlllt a few yea s ago and travels to school e ch day lh h1s shmy well kept Dodge One of h1s pastxmes IS workmg 1n h1s gar den He be ongs to the 'vlethodlst Church IS a Rotarmn and has serxed on many CIVIC commlttees one of the most lmpoltant ones belng the Vlfashln ton County Tuberculos1s Assoclatlon 11: 1 ' , 1'c - 211' 1 ' . ' Y . 'A . ' - O1 A Y ' 5 1 V E v g V A ' L' ',, C Q ' 1'1 gf. ' ' ' e ' ' ' 'r , 11 ' 11 - - 3 . ' ' ' g ' ' ' , 115 1 , ' ' 1 1 ' . -' ' ' ' . -1 f. ,. ' . V 1 . 'N ' ' V ., . A . V , g . Q D I . . . E Z1 U . . . . . . w the high school the second floor. Something new 'nas added in 1915-a commercial ' W H - ,, . 1 . A Y lf A. . . . . , 1 ' ' ,, ' r 1 1 . ' ,' , . c ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' or ' ' ' 5. ' .M 5 Q , v' 4 A . v Y ' z 121 f . ' ' ' ' 5, ' ' ' 1. r . , C. . V . V . . . . . . I . ' K E - A- - ,y - ' . 1 . . . . . - . 1 1 , 1 1 Y . ' L . , M . , . gt Y .

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When ln doubt ask Thls seems to be the motto of our p1 mcxpal Mr Wllllam H Cllpman J for hxs pollcy IS to et boys and ,,1rls to express thexr desxres and vzewpomts on school matters Every day from 8 30 untll 4 00 o clock he meets what seems to be a never endmg l1ne of students teachers parents and salesmen Hls fluent speech and ms Interest ln complllng school StHt1StlCS help him 1n nswerlng all thelr questlons and prob lems as well as glXlI1g hxm speclal qual1f1cat1ons for th1s Job of runmn our hlgh school efflclently Mr Chpman IS mterested ln anythln whlch xull gxve our school a boost He lends a sympathetlc ear and has a frlendly attltude for all except those v. ho have com mltted some mlsdemeanor such as playmv tluant or l '1lSb8haVlIl ln class Then watch out' The plnk sllp somethlng no one rellshes IS one of hls mnovatlons Our prmclpal IS a graduate of Washm ton and Jefferson College and holds a Master of Arts degree from Bucknell Unlversxty After teachlng sclence a fevs xears he went 1nto the xnsurance busmess only to return 1n a sholt tlme to h1S flrst love teachmg He has been our prlnclpal since 1928 Whlle only a hl h school senlor he began a mlscellan eous scrapbook whlch he has kept up through the years Nou and then he reads a cllp pmg from It at our hxgh school asse bhes He too resldes IH Maple VIEW v.here he owns hxs own home Hls vlctory garden and an occaslonal game of golf xve hxm some exer else m the summer In wmter h1s favorxte pastrne IS readmg He 15 a member of the Presbyterlan Church and lxke our supermtendent IS a Rotarlan ana has served on many ClV1C confmlttees For several years he was a cnalrman of the local chapter of the Red Cross OUR PRINCIPAL Elcvcn H . ,, . . A Q. . . . , . , . . . w . . . of U. . . . . v 4-v ra . ' . 1 . , . . , ' , v 4 v v ' - . 7. . . . . . . . . H . 1 rw . . . . . 0 , . , . . ,., . . . Y - . . . 1 . . . U . ' V v n 4 rs - H . . ,, . . I . . . . . , , . . . . 4 . N - rs . - V ' v ' , Y V , . . L , , J -- . ' ' 1' - ' 'rr -. ' ' - . ,, . . , , - W' ' ' ' r v l.. . . , , . or' ' - - rs . , . 1 , ' A 1 v y . , . 1