Chattanooga High School - Dynamo Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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72a tllillll MR. FRANK H. TROTTER MR. LAWRENCE G. DERTHICK Commissioner Superintendent The Board ot Education has as its duties the formulating ot general policies for the government of the school system, the appointing of a superintendent of schools, and the making ot recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. Commissioner at Education is Mr. Frank H. Trotter, who is also chairman ot the Board. Commissioner Trotter received both his B. S. and M. S. degrees trom the Chattanooga College ot Law. He is also president of the Tennessee School Boards Associ- ation and President of the National School Boards Association. Superintendent ot Chattanooga public schools is Mr. L. G. Derthick, who works with the Board of Education and keeps them informed as to the needs and activities at the schools. Superintendent Derthick is president-elect ot the American Association of School Administrators. The principal of Chattanooga High School is Colonel Creed F. Bates. Included among his many duties as principal is being sponsor ot the Student Council. Colonel Bates is also a trustee of the University ot Chattanooga, secretary of the board of trustees of Bonny Oaks School, a lieutenant-colonel in the Army Reserves Corps, and chairman of the Army advisory committee for Chattanooga. All-X 2 ' MATC' C I The members of the Board of Education: Sitting: Com- missioner F. H. Trotter, Mr. R. E. Biggers, Mr. Alt J. Law, Jr., Mrs. J. B. Irvine . . Standing: Mr. Wylie R. Markum, Mr. Harry Miller, Superintendent L. G, Der- thick. Not pictured is Mr. Henry l.. Barger.

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th faculty Even in the faculty women outnumbered the men. In some cases City boys took advantage of this situation by being able to sweet-talk the women teachers into a second chance at a pass- ing gracle. The teachers explained this partiality by saying how sweet one boy looked or how earnestly another seemed to try. Disre- garding these little inci- dents and by working together, the students and faculty made 1952 a most enioyable year. ,MZ

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'I'litlTlll Colonel Creed F. Bates, principal, takes time from his many school duties to talk to Superintendent Derthick in regard to school business. A new figure at CHS this year was Mr. George Henry, aide to the principal. Mr. Henry was front office receptionist, and he was seen daily checking the absentees and those who were tardy. He also kept the activity calendar, and was an official chaperone at all school functions, The school registrar, Miss Ruth Scholze, has as her duties the keeping of all school records, the compiling of all class ratings, and the figuring of all personal and test ratings. To help students with college applications and send grade transcripts of students to various colleges and business firms are a few more of her numerous jobs. Miss Amelia Bazemore, school secretary, is always seen in the office carrying out her various tasks. Among her duties are writing all school correspondence, making all reports to the Southern Association and the state, and changing schedules at the semester. Mr. Conrad Bates, co-sponsor of the Bulldogs, is school treasurer, and Mrs. Nan Martin, Bankers sponsor, is assistant treas- urer. All financial business of the school is under their direction. Mrs. Martin, assistant treasurer, and Mr. Miss Bazemore and Miss Scholze use the Bates, school treasurer, check some of the Mr. Henry, assistant to the principal, permanent records daily for the prepara- many records ot school transactions. checks the time for six weeks fire drill. tion of transcripts and recommendations. 3 5 Ei t li ,. it fi is W'Q l 'QPF' 2. i is