Fort Hill High School - Sabre Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

Page 11 text:

Mr. Orble B. Bougbton 7

Page 10 text:

Fifty years ago a man destined to become a teacher, a leader, a trail-blazer began his life's work. In the long successful years that followed Mr. O. B. Boughton, the scholar and gentleman, has given of his wide knowledge, his unfailing humor, his generous leadership for the ulti- mate enrichment of the many lives that have touched his. In the boys and girls, who have received his teaching and guidance, he has instilled a deep respect for learning, a keen realization that obligations and privileges go hand in hand, an avid scientific curiosity about this universe in which we have a part. To the teachers of Allegany County, he has long been their champion and trusted counselor, occupying an esteemed position in their hearts. In his chosen profession our own Mr. Chips has become a truly great man and is so recognized far beyond the conhnes of Allegany County. Mr. Boughton began his teaching career as principal of a two room school in Eckhart, Maryland in 1895. Since that time he has served as principal of nine of the county schools and as the assistant superintendent from 1908 until 1912. He became a member of the Science department of Fort Hill High School in 1956. Mr. Boughton is chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Allegany County Teach- ers' Association, a position which he has held for thirty years. Through his untiring efforts and zealous leadership in this capacity he has earned the enviable title, the friend of the teacher. We shall miss the comradeship, the wit, the understand- ing that Mr. Boughton brought into our midst. We offer our heartiest congratulations on a job well done. We ex- tend our sincere good wishes for the many happy days that lie ahead. 6

Page 12 text:

Jdministration The faculty of a school must be keenly aware of the pulsing, seething, shifting rhythm of world affairs. If the teaching staff is to assist the students of a school to face a soul-shaking tomorrow with a reserve of calm courage then that staff must plan carefully to foresee the kind of training that will be most satisfying in answering the problems of high school boys and girls. The many departments here at Fort Hill are intensely concerned with freeing young minds of the fear and doubt that they find reflected in the every day life about them. Toward this end, then, they have set up certain recommendations that are designed to help each individual pupil clarify his own thinking. The social studies department believes that it is necessary to develop among students the type of scholarship which will arouse within them recognition of their responsibilities for becoming informed participants in public affairs in the local, state, and national communities. The mem- bers of the department feel a need among young people for a more practi- cal understanding of our heritage. The social studies group further suggests a program of guidance relative to the many vocational oppor- tunities in America, particularly in and near Cumberland. The mathematics department would strive to develop in our pupils sound habits of thinking as well as sound work habits. They would pro- vide experiences so that each pupil may arrive at a fair evaluation of self. They feel too that it must be made possible for every child to have contact and harmony with reality, an opportunity for increasing self-direction, and a fair balance between success and failure. Recognizing that language is a basic instrument in the maintenance of the democratic way of living, that increasingly free and effective inter- change of ideas is vital to life in a democracy, and that each person must be helped to become a happy useful citizen of one world rather than of one country, the teachers of English, in order to effect a sounder future citizen, recommend that our pupils be encouraged to develop through oral and written communication increasing power in developing ideas, in interpret-' ing facts, in solving problems, and in formulating judgments. The English department through the medium of literature, the radio, the motion picture, and newspaper would call attention to an increasing recog- nition of the dignity and worth of all men. This is a part of the thinking of the Fort Hill High School faculty. We trust it will pay dividends in terms of personal happiness and confidence. 8