Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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supervising Board... ..0UR LEADERS Nealony Robb' Brown' MC, Not an echo of the thousand voices . . . that resounded cuuougn, Fliekinger, Stew- throughout the high school during the day . . . remained to dis- artt Hultom Harman' Sf- turb the meetings . . . of the board of education . . . that group C'a - of local citizens . . . who supervised the education of the youth of Latrobe during the past year. Vacancies are filled . . . resignations are accepted . . . ap- propriations are granted . . . taxes are levied . . . and provi- sions are made for the purchase of books and supplies . . . at the busy meetings of the school board . . . Every change or addition to the curriculum . . . is effected through this group. Chosen by the people of Latrobe . . . these eight citizens who comprise the school board . . . fully comprehend the importance of the charge entrusted to them . . . From September . . . to June . . . the time and S61'ViC8 of the board of education . . . belong to the students of Latrobe's schools. On the first Friday of every month . . . the school board con- venes to consider . . . the problems which arise. Subject to state regulations . . . its duties are definitely enumerated by a school code . . . collectively, however . . . the board is entrusted with the supervision of all school activities . . . as well as relative problems. At the annual meeting . . . of the board of education . . . the general plans of the school year are made . . . ofiicers are elected . . . and the board prepares to supervise the education of more than a thousand future citizens. At the regular monthly sessions . . . however . . . the board is confronted with specific problems . . . Finances, school supplies . . . curriculum . . . buildings . . . and grounds . . . all demand individual and detailed attention. From the moment when President Dr. St. Clair . . . raps for order at the first regular session of the board . . . until the final meeting which concludes this term of service . . . this group bears the most essential responsibility of the community . . . that J' 6' HULTON of educating its prospective citizenry . . . with a conscientious Superintendent sense of duty and service.

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Office Calling... Miss Hamilton explains a catchy problem to a stu- dent while Dana Bossart discusses a question with Principal M. N. Funk and Miss Breeton signs an ab- sentee permit. C0-ORDINATION between EXECUTIVE AND STUDENT A mass of humanity . . . a thousand or more . . . high school students . . . crowd the corridors . . . of the high school. Despite the overcrowded situation . . . there is a striking appearance . . . of orderly action. The peri- ods . . . smoothly follow one after another . . . the classes are conducted with perfect regularity . . . the days slide by . . . with almost perfect routine. This systematic routine . . . and co-ordination . . . is secured largely . . . through the co-operative spirit . . . existing between the students . . . as a body . . . and the executive department. Very few . . . in that noisy crowd occupying the corridors . . . stop to realize . . . to what an extent . . . their actions are regulated . . . by the occupants of the offices on either side . . . of the main entrance . . . of the high school. Dismissal slips . . . room-to-room permits . . . tardy slips . . . ea1'ly excuses . . . these are only a few of the necessary items . . . of school life . . . which are supervised . . . and taken care of . . . by the principal, Mr. M. N. Funk . . . and his assistants, Miss Breeton, and Miss Himler. Here also . . . the st.udent seeks advice . . . both personal and general. Many a course is adjusted . . . and many a career is started . . . under the helpful guidance . . . of these executives. Here the student . . . finds constant course . . . of aid . . . in per- sonal problems . . . in school difficulties . . . as well as in common, every-day questions. By means of the splendid co-ordination . . . be- tween the executive body and the students of the high school . . . the individual student . . . comes in direct, personal contact . . . with the administrative oiiicials of the high school. Perhaps the greatest task . . . of this department . . . is the adjustment of daily schedules . . . Only a realization . . . of the overcrowded conditions . . . of the past years . . . can help estimate . . . the real dilemmas often encountered . . . in the process of ad- justing satisfactory schedules . . . for each pupil in the high school . . . especially when both space and facility was limited. Conflicts are apt to occur . . . both in period and subject arrangements . . . but these are gradually ad- justed . . . until the perfect routine . . . ofthe typi- cal school day . . . is secured. And thus . . . while the crowd in the corridors . . . moves slowly on . . . its path is kept . . . clear and marked . . . by these able and efficient executives . . . and the wheels . . . of the school year . . . keep revolving . . . in perfect rhythm. M. N. FUNK Principal