Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Mr. M. L. Knapp, superintendent of schools, is responsible for the smooth, efficient, and coordinated operation of the entire school system. When not kept at his desk by administrative duties, Mr. Knapp can be found visiting the various public schools of the city. We of the student body are aware of his competent supervision and are conscious of the fact that our best interests are always foremost in his mind. Mr. M. I.. Knapp Mr. Knapp has the able secretarial assistance of Miss Lois Johnson. Besides her work as a secretary, Miss Johnson must check attendance data and supervise the distribution of grade school supplies. — 9 — Miss Lois Johnson

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Board of Education Mr. Chas. R. Radey Mrs. Ruth Rydzy Mr. Phil Calahan By the use of a little imagination we can associate the people in our school administrative offices with railroad officials. The Board of Education is in many ways like the Board of Trustees of some great, far-reaching rail system. Although relations between the students and the Board are indirect, the activities of this group have an important bearing upon the well-being of the entire student body. Meetings of the Board are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month with Mr. Chas. R. Radey presiding as president, Mr. Phil Calahan acting as treasurer, and Mrs. Ruth Rydzy, as secretary. The primary duty of this group is to determine the policy of the Michigan City public schools. As financial secretary to the Board of Education, Miss Alma Schilf must not only attend all Board meetings but is responsible for school employee payrolls, financial reports, insurance records for school property, new auditorium rental fees, and the handling of pensions as well. Assistant Secretary Jeanette Schlunz has numerous bookkeeping, filing, and record-maintenance duties in addition to her regular stenographic work. — R — Miss Alma Schilf Miss Jeanette Schlunz

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Dr. Nelle C. Reed Nurse Ruth Kemena Armed with hypodermic syringes, vials of vaccine, a hearing tester, and various other medical paraphernalia. Dr. Nelle C. Reed and Nurse Ruth Kemena go quietly and efficiently about the work of promoting good health among the students of the public schools of the city. Dr. Reed's “shingle hangs above a door on the second floor of the high school, and it is here that the doctor and nurse “hold office” during the early part of the morning. Dr. Reed and Nurse Kemena spend the remainder of the day making their rounds of the grade schools. We welcome a new member of the administrative body to our building - Mr. Warren Jones, who succeeds, as attendance officer, Mrs. Anna B. Weaver, who retired last year. Mr. Jones is interested if a student works, and doubly interested if and why one doesn’t - - in school, anyway. He issues working permits to students seeking part-time employment and also keeps an eye on the chronic absentees of the public schools. — 10 — Mr. Warren Jones