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

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ADMINISTRATIVE . Procedures And Policies Build The Fundamentals Ot Democratic Living Striving always to keep their guidance firm yet tolerant so that the student may be better able to work out his own problems, the administration centers its work on helping the individual. This group, respon- sible for envisioning the present high standards of the school, has contributed ideas for a full educational ex- perience within Latrobe High School. The present members of the Board of Education are those who, through their farsighted policies in recent years, have made the school not just an institu- tion for learning the three R's, but a place where each student can learn to meet life face to face, to earn a living and to become a better citizen. For the mem- bers of the Board of Education have tried to look into the future in order that they might better equip stu- dents for their hazardous journey through life. Each member, Dr. Thomas St. Clair, Mr. H. A. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Stewart, and Mr. George F. Brown, as well as Mr. W'. H. Flickinger, M1'. William McCullough, and Dr. S. VV. Nealon, under the presidency of Mrs. Ruth B. Robb, has contributed something for each student's life. Through the development of the Home Making Cot- tage with all its modern equipment, these individuals have provided one of the most modern departments in the state. Here girls not only learn to cook and sew, but, what is more important, they learn the meaning of a home. Installation of new machinery this year has increased opportunities for boys to assume a pro- ductive role in industrial life after graduation. The addition of new instruments for the band brought the cultural strength of music to additional students. Be- sides this, the Board has wisely adopted a policy of broad selections in courses of study. The duties and responsibilities of the Board of Education are varied v 5 2,1 f , - M , Mrs Rtth B Mr. H. A. Mr. George F. Mr. W. H. Dr. Thomas Dr. S. W. Nealon Mr. William Robb Stewart Brown Flickinger St. Clair McCullough C 8

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HERITAGE FOR more than a century and a half, freedom has been the watchword of American democracyethe heritage of generations of Americans. And just as every citizen in a democracy is heir to certain privileges, so too is every newcomer to Latrobe High School destined for four years of activity guided by the principles and ideals developed since the first class entered its portals. Each one is affected, asmere those first students, by the same essentials of liberty -- e freedom to think, to speak, to act! 'K t

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' MR. M. N. FUNK Principal of Latrobe High School and many, for it is they who shape and mould thc student.. Superintendent John G. Hulton, through his closer relationship with the student and the school, has aided the Board by giving suggestions for vocational im- provements in courses of study. Mr. Hulton, too, has realized the importance of boys and girls depending upon their own judgment with only a guiding hand to help them. Principal M. N. Funk has always firmly believed in democracy in the school. For as a people govern in a democracy, so should students govern in the school, each making suggestions for growth and taking the initiative in all activities. The principal's office is constantly open for students' problems and suggestions. In the superintendent's and principals offices, the secretaries. iVliss Dorothy Harman, Miss Ruth Himler, and Miss Ida Wigfield. efficiently carry on the daily clerical work of the school, in addition to helping solve the minor problems of a host of perplexed students. Miss Harman is also the secretary for the Board of Education. So the administration becomes not just a name given to a group of civic-minded citizens, who take care of school finances, command the student, or de- rj ff' x MZ Mr. Hulton and Mr.. Funk discuss plans for another active school year. cide the length of school holidays, but rather, the life blood of the schoolifor they are the onces who direct the course of education, and through education the future citizens of the country and the ideals of de- mocracy. ' Miss Himler pauses in her typ- ing as Miss Harman answers a question about filing for Miss Wig- field.