Littlefield High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Littlefield, TX)

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flllgltil A group of board members were pleased to hear of the intense interest shown by the Citizens' Study Commit- tee, fl. to r.l Byron Douglass, Dr, Albert Perkins, Carl Keeling. CEarl Rogers not picturedl 5 CCirclel Eighty-four claims the undivided at- tention of one group of faculty, par- ents, and board members. Parents of Junior-Senior high P.T.A. staged a game party on Nov. 3 at the Country Club. 1, Ng,

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,-F 5 5 lAboveJ Board members hear a financial report read by the secretary. ll. to r.D H. C. Armstrong, Weldon Findley, B. W. Armstead, and Sid Hopping, secretary. Board of Education r 'anizes Citizens' Study Group The Board of Education organized a citizens' study group for the purpose of having local citizens make an intensive study of the Littlefield School System. The study was to supply the board with a recommended program for improvement. Dr. Morris Wallace, head of the Department of Education for Texas Technological College acted as consultant. Some 36 people formed a study committee, which was divided into four sub- committees, so that the smallest detail would not be over- looked. Some six months of study was culminated with a sum- mation of recommendations. ln turn, the board set about to make finances available for the improved program. High points among the recommenda- tions included increased personnel, increased salaries, and im- proved physical facilities with emphasis on remodeling the heat- ing system for both the iunior high and primary buildings. Members of the seven-man Board of Education serve on a gratis basis for an elected three-year term. Regular meetings are held monthly in the office of the tax assessor-collector. Meetings are open to the public. lLeftb Bryon Douglass, 1959-60 president of the Board of Education,

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Competent Hands Hold School Reins DR. RALPH SCHILLING signs a letter which his secretary has iust completed. In his sixth year as Superintendent of Littlefield Public Schools, Dr. Schilling worked tirelessly toward building a better school system. He attacked small details with the same vigor as with matters of broad scope. Were it patron, teacher, or scholar who brought a problem, Dr. Schilling always had the Time. Ham radio claims much of his spare time, but even that went begging in the fall-he built a new home at HO Twentieth Street. Civic affairs, too, cut deeply into spare hours, This year he served on the Executive Commission of the West Texas School Study Council and as vice-president of the West Texas Audio-Visual Cooperative. The local scene found him as chair- man of the Salvation Army Advisory Committee and of the ad- vance gifts phase of the United Fund. He was president of Rotary and Lay Leader for the Methodist Church. Dr. Schilling attended Oklahoma City University, University of Oklahoma, and Texas Technological College. He holds B.A., M.Ed., and Ed.D. degrees. He is a life member of both N.E.A, and Texas P.T.A. He belongs to both state and national chap- ters of the American Association of School Administration, to T.S.T.A. and to two honorary national fraternities-Kappa Phi Kappa and Phi Delta Kappa. MRS. MARSHALL HOWARD, secretary to the superintendent, frequently receives and dispatches messages by telephone. She keeps innumerable records and acts as liaison for contacts between the school plant and the down town business office. Her maior in homemaking led to the hobby of interior decorate ing. Many off-duty hours find.her either reading or playing bridge. Mrs. Howard attended West Texas State and Texas Technological College.