Jefferson High School - Monticello Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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cwln. ,Swag Tolerance, understanding, and friendship . . . hese Words are most befitting to our Vice- 'rincipal and Dean of Boys. The spirit of friend- iness for which Jefferson is striving has as its .hining example our Mr. Ivey. Always ready ind eager to be of service to our school and its tudents, he has the confidence and respect of every boy and girl. A rare sense of humor is ine of his outstanding traits, one which helps make him the admired figure that he is. Mr. Eey's dependability, his good-fellowship, and his thorough capability are essential parts of our school life. LJ, Q W MR. A. J. IVEY , Vice-Principal Thomas Jefferson High School YVliM .Smith Service, efficiency, devotion to youth, and true friendship . . . our beloved Dean of Girls is the essence of all these qualities. She is every girl's adviser, every student's friend. One never de- parts from a conference or a conversation with our Miss Smith without feeling that he has gained something of inestimable value. She has the rare gift of understanding, which is deeply appreciated by every Jefferson boy and girl. Her quiet dignity and her unruffled serenity in the face of difficulties evoke the admiration of all Whose privilege it is to come in contact with her. K ,..-f 5 MISS FRANCES SMITH Dean of Girls Thomas Jefferson High School ...im 'S 1'

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MR. THOMAS B. PORTWOOD Assistant Superintendent Senior High School Division Cwln. Ugontwoodl Without a highly competent and courageous guiding force, no organization can run smoothly. lust such a force is this Assistant Superintendent of Schools, whose ready co-operation and support are invaluable to lefferson. With the assistance of Mr. Portwood our school will go ever forward, ever onward. Thomas Jefferson High School is his own dream. . .a dream which has become a reality, a dream school which is now nationally known. There exists no better friend to our school and our students than this genial, kindly Mr. Thomas B. Portwood. 32 , 2 F, I s MR. T, GUY ROGERS Principal Thomas lefferson High School CWln. CRogenA Clearly personified in our Mr. Rogers is democ- racy, the ideal toward which the great Thomas Jefferson strove. Not only is he an unselfish leader and an efficient organizer, but he is also a true friend and real inspiration to every stu- dent. His forceful leadership has brought the many phases of activity in lefferson to the fore in the eyes of the nation, his alert mind is ever planning new and more wonderful things for our school. Under his careful guidance and through his ceaseless and untiring efforts, lefferson has reached higher and higher toward the perfection which is our goal.

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ac ullt if, Miss HeIland's American history class is far from a course in dates and facts. Iefferson's fifty-two history classes, taught by ten teachers, develop in pupils an active appre- ciation of their civic and social responsibilities, lead them to understand clearly how peoples have reached their present stage in civilization, and train them, by honest in- vestigation and sensible discussion, to reach conclusions about social and political problems, ABBOTT, MR, FREDERICK Public Speaking Department, Head Columbia U., Southwestern U., Missouri Teachers' Col., Westmoorland College, London Collegiate Inst., Spons., Thespians, ALEXANDER, MRS. HELEN Office Clerk Main Avenue High School, Tower Secretarial School. ALLEM, MISS EDNA L. English Department, Head U. of Texas, A.B., A.M., U. of Chicago, Columbia U., U. of California, U. of Washington. ARROWOOD, MR. R. W. Mathematics Department, Head Central Missouri State Teachers' Col., B.S., A.B., Spons., Senate. BARRETT, MISS ELIZABETH English Department U. of Texas, A.B., A.M., Spons., Hermes. BARRETT. MISS MARIE English Department U. ot Colorado, U. of Texas, A,B., A.M., Spons., Modernists. BENNETT, MRS. BASSIE History Department Baylor U., A.B., Columbia U., St. Mary's U. BIRDWELL, MISS MAEDELE Home Economics Department Texas State College for Women, B.S., Our Lady of the Lake Col., St. Mary's U., U. of Texas. BOLTON, MRS. HELEN M. Mathematics Department U. of Texcxu A.B., Columbia U., A.M., Spons., Euclidean Mathematics Club, ' a Mr. ArroWood's algebra class is absorbed in an explanation of square root. Sixteen hundred students in fifty-eight mathematics classes are capably looked alter by ten teachers, From simple operations with algebraic symbols through solid geometry and trigonometry on to a mastery of the mechanics oi algebra, Iefferson students, even those who are to study engineering later, really are prepared for college mathematics. NVIY' 'fx A- S' C 51 , ..... ri Page 2