Dearborn High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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FACULTY HISTORY In September, when school began two weeks later than usual for a short- ened year of nine months, uncertainty was in the air. We had lost the seventh grade and a large part of the eighth grade. In addition many tui- tion students had been excluded- But a gloom was thrown over the year by the fact that twelve of those teachers who left in June were not with us again for the new year. The cheerful, understanding word from Helen Fletcher, the smiling greeting of John Tiefenthal. and the congenial presence of ten others were missing from the office and corridors. There was one new teacher, Mr. Black. The assignment of classes and their sizes, clubs, assemblies. Orange and Black, Pioneer. Washington Trip all gave rise to many questions- However, through the earnest cooperation of all, both students and faculty, organization was completed, students classified and classes well under way by the end of the first week. Teacher loads were increased and classes were much larger. Due to the necessity of doing ten month’s work in nine months and to the increased load of teachers, the activity program was greatly cur- tailed and the school clubs largely discontinued. Zero hour classes were also discontinued- Through the splendid spirit of the Senior Class the publishing of a Pioneer was made possible by the class giving up the Washington Trip. A group of students volunteered with Mr. Martin’s assistance to continue the Orange and Black and the Board of Education provided a printer in Mr. Cross who has kept up the work of that department. The usual professional activities of the faculty such as attending summer school and extension classes, participating in programs of the professional clubs and associations; and writing have perforce given way to evenings spent in “looking oVer papers’’ due to larger classes and insufficient salaries. The faculty is justly proud of the spirit with which both students and teachers attempted to meet the problem of the times. That the sacrifice has brought financial results to the district none can doubt. A budget has been balanced. It is to be hoped that not too many children have lost an incentive and an inspiration to a higher and fuller life- And it is the earnest hope of all that the time will soon come again when the education of children can be put ahead of expediency.