Lorain High School - Scimitar Yearbook (Lorain, OH)

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board of education board Cbordl A group or council consisting of Dr. S. V. Burley, who serves as the President, D. W. Lawrence, who is Vice-President, Walter S. Neilsen, Philip Austin, and Joseph A. Svete. Mr. Lawrence, having served on our board for twenty years, is the senior member. Mr. C. A. Hartz is the clerk of the board and Mr. W. A. Pillans is the business manager. The latter two are appointed by the actual board yearly. The boardys ............ function Cfungkshunj is to take all action in financing our schools, issuing building con- tracts and to designate courses for the stu- dent body. The new Arts Building was made possible by the efforts of the board. The board also acts as ................ paymaster Cpa-mas-terj for the employees in public school. This includes teachers and cus- todians. Another duty of the members is to . . provide Cpro-vid'J students with necessary equipment. This service to the pupil was started in nineteen thirty-seven and is re- quired by state law. The services of the mem- bers are entirely ................. voluntary Cvol-un-tar-il and they are elected for a term of four years. Two are elected at one election and three are chosen two years later. They receive no compensation except the appreciation of their good work from our citizens. The board is indeed entitled to the utmost cooperation of both the pupils and the citizens for it is a ................ vital Cvi'talJ part of our educational system. Behind all the schools is the one Board of Education. Not only are the pupils fortunate in having such a capable board but so are the taxpayers. The tax rate on real estate in Lo- rain is exceptionally low. In fact, in all Ohio only two other cities of our size have lower rates. The board office is ............ located 116'-ka-tedj in the red brick building immediately south of the high school proper. The board holds its meetings the first Thurs- day of each month. Besides being the office of the Board of Education, this building con- tains also the storeroom for old and new books. Left to right- W. A. Pillans Walter S. Neilsen Joseph A. Svete S. V. Burley, M.D. C. A. Hartz D. W. Lawrence Philip Austin 12-administrat n

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superintendent principal a message from Mr. Bunn . . . . At the beginning of this school year, We adopted as our specific aim for the year- A better understanding of the rights, the obli- gations, and the blessings of American demo- cracy. I should like to have the readers of the Scimitar consider that part of the aim which refers to our obligations. We hear so much about the frights that are guaranteed to us by the United States Constitution that We often forget that as citizens of a democracy We have not only rights to enjoy but duties to perform. We should keep in mind that We have a bill of 0btI'gClfI'0'7?S as Well as a Bill of Rights-and that, if our American form of government is to endure, it will be because we discharge our obligations as we exercise our rights. The enemies of our government who live within our borders are perfectly willing to claim the rights of American citi- zenship but they refuse to fulfill their obli- gations. As We study our Code of the Good Ameri- can let us highly resolve to show our appre- ciation for the blessings we enjoy by per- forming our duties as well as by exercising our rights. Mr. P. C. Bunn a message from Mr. Luttrell . . . The strongest defense of a democratic gov- ernment is the fullest development of the in- dividuals Who are to participate in that na- tion's affairs. The perpetuation of our American demo- cracy, then, rests upon the education of our citizenship-education which has as its main objectives civic responsibility, economic effi- ciency, intelligent human relationships, and the development to the highest degree of the individual's personal abilities. How effective one becomes as a true Am- erican citizen depends upon how Well he achieves these objectives and to what extent hevdischarges his duties as a citizen. The success which you as students attain while still in high school. and after gradua- tion from high school, will depend upon your attitude toward other people, your capacity to budget your time and energy in such a Way that you will obtain the desired results. I hope that in the years ahead as you turn the pages of this 1940 Scimitar you will re- call a host of purposeful activities and satis- factory achievements of high school days. May success and happiness be yours! Mr. C. J. W. Luttrell administration- 1 1

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guidance S6CI'6tZ:1I'y u F s t W K 5 1 Mr. Carl liversman Miss Blanche Mons The work of taking care of all the students' records, making out schedules, checking ab- sentees' excuses, planning the Tuesday morn- ing guidance programs, meeting and talking to parents are only a part of the many activi- ties these teachers pei'form. With the help of thirty-four boys, Mr. Carl Eversnian takes care of the records of the ten hundred fifty seven boys in the high school. Likewise, Miss Blanche Moos, with her girl helpers, is taking ca1'e of the one thousand girls' records. ln addition, both teachers have regular classes each day, Miss Moos teaching English and French and Mr. Plversman Busi- ness Training. VVith their new guidance rooms, they have been able to carry on their work much better and more efficiently than heretofore. Kramchak, Marie fKl'3m chak, Mariel Young 'Amiracle-woman employed in the principalls office. Petite, blonde, attractive. Attended Wilcox Commercial school in Cleveland after her graduation from L.H.S. Enjoys music and dancing. A cheerful and an efficient worker, she does her part to make Lorain High a smoothly functioning institution by serving as the highly efficient .............. Secretary fsek-re-ta-rij to Mr. Luttrell. assists teachers and pupils in innumerable ways. Censures you for 'fskippingj' does the little odd jobs no one else has time for, and makes herself generally indispensable lin-dis- pens'a-bleJ never too busy to respond to Ma- rie, will you ----- 7 Her work is never monotonous because her interest in it is not synthetic. Miss Marie Kramchak administration-13