Lamar High School - Orenda Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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KW ' A lg32S,,hih,ll..' rm W r 1 Miss RUTH TA OFFICE The heart of Lamar is of course the office on the second floor, and the four ladies whose pictures you see on these pages help keep that heart a smoothly-beating one. Just outside the office of Mr. Moyes is Miss Ruth Taylor's desk. Over it and into her hands comes a steady stream of work. Her biggest job is as Mr. Moyes's secretary, but that is only the beginning. After attending to Mr. Moyes's correspondence, Miss Taylor takes care of secretarial work for the teachers, secures substitute teachers, looks after keys and supplies, and supervises the student cashiers in the lunchroom. Across from Miss Taylor sits Mrs. Edith Ferrell, the school's registrar, whose files contain the grades of all Lamar students. Mrs. Ferrell also interviews parents and students about courses, and enrolls new fiygr students. lt is herjob to mail transcripts of W V MRS. EDITH FERRELL

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JESSE MADDEN Assistant Principal E KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT . . . . when he impresses on Lamar boys the importance of an education: for Lamar's as- sistant principal, Mr. Jesse Madden, learned the hard way. He left high school to work on a rice plantation and in the oil fields. When he lost all his savings on a wildcat well, he came back to graduate from high school at the age of twenty-one. Mr. Madden entered Rice Institute in Fall, l923. He was a member of Rice's football, track, and cross-country teams. After gradsiating in l9Z7, he worked in a Port Arthur oil refinery until his desire to teach became a reality and he began work at Lanier Junior High School in February, l928. He left Lanier in the fall of l935 to Coach football and teach biology at San Jacinto from l935 to l94l. Meanwhile, in i938-l939, he completed his master's degree at the University of X ,S Houston. He became assistant principal at Bur- bank High School in l94l, and soon be- came acting principal .when Burbank's principal entered the army. Mr. Madden has been at Lamar since the fall of I9-45. He immediately be- came popular with the students, who never wait to be hauled into his office for punishment, but just drop in to visitl J. O. WEBB: Assistant Superintendent

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MRS, ALICE HARRELL STAFF scholastic records to colleges, to check eligibility for sports, and to rank the Senior class. Mrs. Alice Harrell is Lamar's treasurer and bookkeeper. Clerical work is her specialty. She moved recently from the office she shared with Mrs. Leavell into the center office to help Miss Taylor and Mrs. Ferrell. Lamar's dean, Mrs. Selden Leavell, handles discipline problems. The supervision of girls and of school attendance are her major duties, but she also finds time to manage the book room. Miss Taylor, Mrs. Ferrell, Mrs. Harrell, and Mrs. Leavell are helped by a busy group of office assistants, who collect attendance slips from the rooms each period, take phone calls, and deliver messages. MRS. SELDEN LEAVELL