Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Page Twelve lnduslcpialist . In Sopevloteodent lnvio Mr. Irvin, who has almost completed work for his Ph. D., holds a Bach- eloris Degree from Simmons College and a Masteris from Simmons Univer- sity. He has also studied at the University of California at Berkley and the University of Texas. When he has time, this native West Texan likes to play golf. Mowing the lawn is his method of relaxation. Mr. Irvin defines a hobby as something a person does that he doesn't have to do-a sort of a safety valve? As soon as a person has to do a thing, it ceases to be a hobby. he believes. High school students should have many hobbies in the most delightful period of their livesf' the superintendent thinks, 'lfor many avocations turn into vocations. A 'fThe person who does the unusual thing is better on the way to success than the steady worker with the same abilityf' Mr. Irvin said. Mr. Irvin laments the fact that he hasnft time for more of these safety valves? In spite of the short time he has been here, Mr. Irvin knows many students well, and most of them by name. His attentiveness and sense of humor cause many students to go to him for a chat on almost any subject. This industrious superintendent arrives at school in the morning with the first student and leaves in the afternoon well after the last one has left. 1 1

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Page Eleven The seven members of the Board of Education I of the Lubbock Independent School District, the ' superintendent of schools and the school business manager are pictured above. From left to right they are: Dr. Allen T. Stewart, Mr. W. B. Atkins, Mr. E. J, Parsons, Mr. R. F. Bayless, Dr. J. T. Hut- chinson, president of the board, Mr. W. G. Alderson Mr. A. C. Jackson, business manager, Mr. Maple , Wilson, and Mr. W. B. Irvin, superintendent. J Q i ,idmmlmlm ' CD . ' il 1 1 ' l i i l l I 1 l g -

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Page Thirte Natoraiist ..... Dnimcipai paamood Mattbews Mr. Matthews, principal of Senior High School for the last twelve years, took over his present post in 1926. Prior to that time he was principal of Central Ward. Some of the colleges he has attended are Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Technological College. Having been a guide in Yellowstone National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park for six years, Mr. Matthews likes to spend his summers tour- in the country. During the summer he is interested, not in rnan's work, but in nature's. I like the Gulf or the Blue Ridge Mountains much better than Main Street-when I can afford it, says Mr. Matthews. During the school year, Mr. Matthews is usually so busy ministering to the students' needs that he has little time to think of a hobby. Students always find him willing to listen to them and to help with dif- ficulties. If a man may have a hobby in his work, Mr. Matthews' hobby is having the school run like clockwork. Q