Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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%CH€)C1 Leslie I. Combs William A. Wirt Peter W. Seyl Am i e M. Chase ‘Board of Administration P eter W. Seyl, President of the American Bridge Company, has served as the Presi¬ dent of the Board of Administration for the Gary Public Schools for the past three years. Mr. Seyl brings to the administration of school affairs a wealth of experience, business acumen, and insight into school problems. Mrs. Adele M. Chase, the Secretary of the Board, pioneered in Gary and early identi¬ fied herself with public service in this industrial center and the Work-Study-Play Schools. She has worked continuously and with unchanging effectiveness for the past thirteen years in the service of the children of Gary. Leslie I. Combs, pioneer business man and builder, has completed his third year of service on the board in the capacity of treasurer. Besides a fine technical appreciation of the problems involved in the physical upkeep of the plant of the Gary Schools, Mr. Combs has given unstintingly of his time and energy toward solving the peculiar finan¬ cial difficulties presented during the past three years. Dr. William A. Wirt, the Superintendent of the Gary Public Schools has served con¬ tinuously in that capacity since 1907. In creating the Work-Study-Play Schools in Gary Dr. Wirt has crystalized his ideas of the special educational needs of the child in a mod¬ ern industrial city.