Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Parent-Teacher Association Mr. Bowlby: Vice-Principal Plans Cc. D. BOWLBY Vice-Principal Highland Park High School MRS. J. F. CHAMBERS, JR. Last-minute details of a P-TA meeting JOHN GRAHAM President are discussed by Mrs. Chambers and President Park Cities Dads’ Club Vice-Principal, P-TA, Dads’ Club School Calendar “Could our club reserve the small auditorium for a meeting next Tuesday at activities period?” is a typical example of the queries which Vice-Principal C. D. Bowlby must answer every day. Insuring Hi Park’s smooth operation, Mr. Bowlby takes care of the many details and problems which exist in a large high school. The discipline and participation of almost fourteen hundred Scots, along with arranging the school calen- dar and scheduling club and group meetings, are other parts of the over-all picture of Mr. Bowlby’s duties. There was a song in the air as the P-TA used a musical theme at their monthly meetings this year. Dr. John D. Moseley, President of Austin College, Mrs. Charles G. Cullum, newspaper columnist, and Mrs. Charles Meeker, wife of the vice-president of the State Fair Musicals, were among the speakers featured at the meetings. “And he’s over for the touchdown,” echoed through Hi Park’s halls as the Dads’ Club was treated to films of the Corpus Christi Miller game last November. A Christmas presentation by the Lads and Lassies was also on the year’s agenda. This service group includes dads of high school, junior high, and grade school students, and boasts a membership of 1,901.

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lunch hour. Supports Standards Maintaining that a school must have both a pleas- ing appearance and high scholastic standards, Ben W. Wiseman has insured both in his thirty years as principal. Scholastically, Mr. Wiseman has encouraged depart- mental development, and has made many suggestions which have become a part of school tradition. Always interested in good ideas for improvement, the open- minded principal is now concentrating his attention on those students who aren’t living up to their po- tential. Individual conferences with teachers and weekly faculty meetings are other features through which Mr. Wiseman has made Hi Park an outstanding Texas high school. Beautiful school grounds are also Mr. Wiseman’s concern. Artful landscaping and constant upkeep of the school building create a more pleasing atmosphere in which to work, believes Mr. Wiseman. Mr. Wiseman chats with faculty members during his BEN W. WISEMAN Principal Highland Park High School

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ANDERSON CROW DICKENSON KENDRICK LACKEY MARTIN MOORE RAITHEL ROBINSON ROUSSEAU STEED STEWART THORNELL WATKINS English Department Shakespeare, Skits Spotlight English “Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote . . are the first words of wisdom issuing from the mouths of the new seniors in the fall, as they embark on a year of English literature. Juniors study American authors and write vocational themes, while the sophomores read such novels as Silas Marner and A Tale of Two Cities. The four required years of English fulfill college requirements. “Experience is the best teacher” is the motto of ‘Hi Park’s journalism class. Using The Bagpipe as a work- shop, the cubs must have at least ten inches of print in the bi-weekly newspaper each semester. Interview- ing celebrities, covering football games, and touring a newspaper plant add spice to the course. Debating, interpretative reading, acting, and dis- cussion spotlight the five speech classes at Hi Park. Speech 4, a new course, features advanced acting and presents a major dramatic production in the spring. — ANDERSON, MAUD, M.A. English CROW, MARY E. (MRS. PORTER), M.A. Speech, English, Senior Play DICKENSON, MILDRED (MRS. O. G.), M.A. English JAMES, LOUISE, M.E. English, Student Council KENDRICK, ALINE (MRS.), B.S. Social Studies, English LACKEY, MABEL, M.A. English MARTIN, AUDREY (MRS. H. D.), B.A. English MOORE, HELEN, M.A. Speech, English, Round Table RAITHEL, ROBERTA, B.A. English, Hi-Lites ROBINSON, MARIAN (MRS. ROGER), B.A. English, Journalism, Bagpipe Ed. Staff ROUSSEAU, JEANNE (MRS. D. C.), B.A. English SITZ, GLADYS, M.A. English STEED, EDITH M. (MRS.), M.A. English STEWART, MARY, M.A. English, Quill and Scroll THORNELL, ELEANOR, M.E. English, Student Coyncil WATKINS, HORTENSE, M.A. English, Future Teachers’ Club Bonnie Lund, Charles Martin, Dobby (Robin Hood) Sherman, and Liebe Mayo dramatize an old English ballad in Miss Watkins’ senior English class.