Lincoln High School - Bumblebee Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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BOARD of EDUCATION Seated, left to right: F. D. Austin, Business Manager; R. St Crocket eNeches Butane C03, President; Roy Hayes eContractor and Realtorj, Vice President; Rabelt E. Price tGulf Oil CorporatiorO, Leslie Mcinnis Uillclnnis Blind C03, and Z. T. Fortescue, Superintendent. Standing: Fred V. Wilson lStandard Brass COJ, L. R. Strawn eTeXas CompanyD, H T. Mulkey iMulkey Pharmacyj, and Paul Hensarling, Director of Administrative Re'search. In this system of free public education, our Board of Education is a good example of democratic representation and procedure. The members who comprise the Board receive no compensation other than the satisfaction of rendering services to the youth of Port Arthur. As a policy-making body, and the official body of the school district, the Board of Education has the responsibility of providing funds through the levying and collecting of taxes for the construction of school buildings, purchasing of supplies and equipment, and the maintenance and operation of all phases of the school program. The employment of all school personnel is clone by this organization through recommendation of the Superintendent. Members are elected for a two-year term. The Board elects its own president and vice president, the maior officers of the organization. The president appoints two or three members to each of seven standing committees: Executive ewhich is headed by the vice presidentD, Finance, Teachers, Supplies, Property and Building, Public Relations, and Health and Sanitation. Regular meetings are held each second Tuesday of the month and are open to the public and the press.

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MR. Z. T. FORTESCUE Superintendent of Schools

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MR. A. T. MILLER Our Principal I looked upon a sea and lo r'was deed Ail tributary streams found here their grave Because that sea received and never gave. -ANONYMOUS These lines perhaps describe better than any other the philosophy of our Principal, r. A. T. Miller, for it is his belief that education must be moving, living, and growing, else it dies of stagnation. One must so use the experiences gained that at the close of his high school life the habits of learning and growing will continue to challenge and stimulate him wherever he goes and whatever he does. Mr. Miller, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, is a graduate of Prairie View A8xM College, with a Bachelor of Science degree, and recently received the Master of Science degree in Education Administration from the University of Wisconsin. His eighteen years of experience in the field of educaV tion has been most diversified. He has been coach, and teacher of Mathematics, English, the Sciences, and, since 1947, principal of Lincoln School. An avid sports enthusiast, he finds his greatest relaxation in golfing and fishing. He is friend, counselorvalways available to those who need him despite the pressing administrative duties which claim so much of his time. That he is an advocate of the moral and spiritual advancement of our community can best be judged by the number of civic and religious activities of which he is an integral part.