Dormont High School - Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Departure of Superintendent Brought Farewells are always dlfhcult to say espe clally thls one to the wonderful student body of Dormont Hlgh School I am extremely grateful for the prlvllege of havxng been associated w1th such a fine group of students These four and a 1-at half years have been most msplrmg as I have observed a competent faculty gulde the steps of eager and enthuslastlc learners Dormont be cause of 1ts sound and tested tradltlon offers many opportunltnes to both faculty and stu dents therefore the challenge I would l1ke to leave wxth each of you IS that Dormont Hrgh School becomes a better school because of your contrlbutlon If this farewell carrles wlth lt the rlght to gxve advice I ask you to conslder four words a goal courage 1magxnat1on and faxth Thrs world IS not too dlfflcult for those who have a sense of dlrectlon so as soon as possxble set a goal for yourself Fmd lf you can the courage to make a satlsfactory adjustment to all clrcumstances 115 Charles H Bryan of lxfe Create a v1v1d xmagmatzon because through lmagmatxon we envlslon a better world tomorrow and strlve to attam It Lastly have faith that l1fe has meanlng and purpose These four guxdes wlll go a long way toward buzldmg a happy, successful lxfe Charles H Bryan The graduatxng class of 1959 holds a specxal sxgmficance for me Four short years ago we entered the Dormont Hlgh School for the flrst tlme I am certam for you as for me th1s has been a most mterestmg and enjoyable perlod jay Neff We have learned to apprecxate the herxtage the customs and the attxtudes estabhshed here by the faculty and former students of the school The questxon that we must answer 1S have we malntamed or pos sxbly xmproved the hlgh scholastlc standards that from the begmnmg have been so characterxstlc of Dormont Hlgh School? If we can honestly and slncerely answer yes to thxs questlon then our hkelyhood of future success ln lxfe wlll be greatly enhanced For surely no measure of success IS better than a falr ap proval of our past and present atta1nments Jay Neg, Supermtendent 6 o , .. u , 7 a 1 1 - 1 1 s - 9 ' 2 9 - 1 . ' 3 3 s 1 . , ' 1

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i- -5-Q1 The Road of Knowledge is the most important road that any indi- vidual can tread, Without the aid of an efficient and capable administra- tion, the acquiring of knowledge along this road would be extremely difficult. The faculty is the backbone of a good, well-rounded educational sys- tem The successes or failures of the high school students have a definite reflection on their faculty A faculty that understands and guides its stu dents is a great administration for this understanding and guidance the motivation behind each individual Student EACHER5 ij o nnmumsinn mn

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About Changes m Admlmstratlon The School Board IS the governmg body of the Dormont schools The seven members, elected every slx years hold the1r meetings on the second Monday of each month under the leadershlp of the Presldent, H L Hellman The prlmary functlon of the School Board IS to 1n1t1ate the pol1c1es of the schools but lt also selects our capable faculty Dormont IS mdeed fortunate to have men of such hlgh callber w1ll mg to perform thls vxtal functlon rf' Row 3 C H Schnelder Karl Brunt H V Brownlee Sollcltor Row 2 C E Zxegenfuss Secretary Norman Popham C H Bryan Superintendent Row 1 J A Anderson V1cePres1dent H L Hell man Presldent George S Hards Treasurer Mr Charles Bryan came to the Dormont School 1n uly 1954 On january 1 1959 he left our schools to go to Beth page Schools ln Long Island New York where he filled the posltlon of the first supermtendent 1n a large growmg d1str1ct Dormont Schools although sorry to lose an efliclent superlnten dent, wlsh Mr Bryan unsurpassed success Superintendent v 'Y ETSQM from 1955 to january of 1959 At that tlme he became superlntendent of Dormont Pub l1c Schools, fillmg the vacancy created by the departure of Mr Bryan MISS Burton IS the dean of glrls and as sxstant prlnclpal of D H S In addltlon to act1ng as guldance counselor for the student body she has assumed the dutles of pr1n c1pal ln order to assure proper admmlstra t1on of school affa1rs unt1l a new prlncxpal IS appolnted jay NeH Mary A Burton Prlncxpal Supermtendent Assxstant Prmcxpal as 'X c 'BettyltaS oc ey Carrle euman RU! ' aha ey Ruth B The secretarxes assure the smooth runnlng of the school Mxss Mahaffey IS admmlstratlve asslstant and secretary to the superintendent Miss Shock IS Y hlgh school secretary Mrs Chr1sler, bookkeeper for the school dlstrlct, and Mrs Neuman, swxtchboard operator 7 Q 0 O O O Y l e U : . .. ' , 1 , . . , ' ' . V ,A I h. : . . , - 3 . . - A , , - , - - ' J , ' 1 1 ' I 7 7 , . , - 4 A an 4 , 1 Mr. Neff served as principal of D. H. S. zkgsl? , K 7 izl ,E ,V a ff g ' ' V: X A .f may ,A 'I g . ' Q 1 o I Q I , . ' l . - . s' I I K u X X ff A -f - or A V ' A , , 14 -L, H ,, a I,- 1 F N.-1 I K El , if . Q V --'