Elyria Public High School - Elyrian Yearbook (Elyria, OH)

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Front Corridor Boasts New Ticket Booth Mr. Rockwood Sells Books, Handles Funds Accurately Buying a new text book brings the student in contact with S. S. Rockwood, clerk of the Board of Education, and loyal. E. H. S. alumnus. Between 3,000 and 4,000 books involving S6000 are sold to the high school students each yearf' says Mr. Rockwood. Handling the teachers, pay roll amounting to about 515,000 every two weeks for 160 persons is another duty of Mr. Rock- wood. Janitors and cafeteria workers, as well as teachers re- ceive their checks from him. He also has charge of the paying of bills of the Board of Education, and issues 15 0 checks a month amounting to about S11,000. Keeping the minutes of board meetings and recording all pay rolls, checks, and bills is a task which requires accuracy and precisionf, states Mr. Rock- wood. One! Two! Three! These steps , pictured at the left, greet one as he is entering the 'Technical Building. They play a very important part in high school life for thousands of feet use them in a school year. Hundreds of people throng over the three steps and through the hallway every year to see students graduate. Those who had not previously secured their tickets will stop at the ticket window. Plays, concerts and lectures create brisk business at the ticket win- dows. Every school day at noon students man the ticket booth providing change for coins so that penny movie payment may be made at auditorium doors. ln the front hall is a chair equipped with a wide arm to permit writing. At noon a monitor occupies it. An oihcial list of students permitted to leave the building at noon is in his hands. Seven

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Assistant Principal's Duties Var Each Da Watches Attendance, Discipline, Schedule Discipline matters, supervision of absence, and schedule-making form Assistant Principal J. D. Severs, major responsibilities. Gf the 1692 students enrolled in September, approximately 1544 are still in school. Mid- year graduation accounts for the loss of 96, other students have withdrawn for various reasons. The number of home rooms has been reduced from 45 last semester to 43 this semester. The average daily attendance is 96 Of . It is Mr. Severs' duty to re- cord such facts and to learn the reasons for the average daily ab- sence of 60. The assistant principal ap- proves all absence excuses in- volving reasons other than ill- ness, home room teachers take care of the latter. Attend s to Tardiness Tardiness averages three or four daily for the year although on some days not a single stu- ln the winter dent is tardy. months there are usually more than three or four. Mr. Severs must decide as to J. D. Severs J the validity of such excuses as Q'Our alarm clock didn't go offf' I had to milk the cow, and, I had to go to the doctor. If he feels that the tardiness could not have been avoided by the student and the home, it is excused. If the tardiness appears to have been avoidable, the stu- dent is sentenced to one deten- tion period if it is his first of- fense, two if the second, and so on. If a student is habitually tar- dy, a more severe method must be followed in dealing with him. Handles Discipline Gum chewing, failure to serve detention, cutting upn in study halls belong to discipline cases, most of which are handled by Mr. Severs. Wfhen a very serious case comes up, he some- times confers with the principal. Near the end of each semes- ter, data is collected through the home rooms as to what subjects each student wishes to take the following semester. After this has been compiled, Mr. Shively and Mr. Severs de- cide how many classes of each subject there will be and what teachers will teach certain sub- jects. From all this data Mr. Severs makes up the working schedule. Selection and supervision of the light squad boys, the office helpers, and the slip collectors as well as assembly seating and the assignment and supervision of lockers emanate from Mr. Severs. Severs Assistant Principal Hours of accurate arranging and rearranging must be spent bv teachers and assistant prin- cinal in making out schedules that will take care of such Six problems as: not giving a stu- dent three study periods and possibly three classes in consecu- tive orderg managing to get all the subjects offered to students into the schedule without hav- ing a required course given at an hour that would conflict with another required subject, seeing to it that a teacher who has per- haps three classes of American History is granted if possible her wish to use her training in Gen- eral History to teach two classes in General History, assigning a teacher to some activity for which she has special talent or training or both. Such matters are considered with regard to teachers and stu- dents that the former may work most efficiently and that the latter may feel that the greatest good is being sought for them. Pupils, interests are carefully studied. To give the student an opportunity to absorb different types of ideas, perhaps he is scheduled one semester to have Miss Blue for English and Miss Pink the next. Even though Johnny has heard in some man- ner or other that Miss Pink is a hard grader and though he thinks he doesnit want her for a teacher, he is usually persuaded to try her for a time until the schedule, so breathlessly com- pleted, is established: because to change -Iohnnv's schedule would necessarilv mean that his sister Mary's schedule would have to be changed and an endless crv for schedule changing would ensue. Within a few minutes of such substituting and rearrniw- ing the principal's diligent plan- ning would be entirely unset for a few hurrriedlv formed and consequently unjust opinions on the part of students.

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Teachers Rise Early, Direct Classes, Study Halls Mr. Adams, E. D. Adams Nina Baker R. F. Bauer E. Glenn Baxter J. Martin Beck Wfilfrid Bowdler Adele Brown Roy B. Clymer F. A. Eaton lNlargaret li. Edwards Luella Eisemnann Mabel Eubanks Agnes Fay Gladys Powell Dana Fox Murl E. Frye D. Funk W. F. Gregory Barbara Hilherg Philip Hofman Edna Jones Marian Kemble C. NV. Koppes Mrs. Blanche Lake Floss Klopfenstein Dignified Gentleman, Sets Pace for Amiability Eight