Mattawan High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mattawan, MI)

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Manley Van Voorhees Superintendent, seems convinced that not all superintending can be done from a desk chair and is very busy here, there, and everywhere, conferring with staff members, co-educators and the public In trying to get to the bottom of the educational process, and In promoting educational opportun'ty. He seems insistent that our school shall put out educational tra nlng comparable with the very best. Kenneth Pearson, High School Principal, and Vocal Music Instructor graduated from Western Michigan College and became our Principal. He is doing an exceptionally good piece of work in working with the teachers and pupils on curricular problems. In Vocal Music he has succeeded definitely in drawing together mixed groups of music people who work hard in class and seem to really enjoy their public appearances. His goal would be that each High School child who wishes to, may have two full years of music training with classroom time equivalent to that of academic subject matter.

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 Roatd ofa dd ducat Lon The Mattawan School Board of Education la comprised of President Hubert Rix, Secretary Charles McNeill Sr., Treasurer Frederick Olson, Trustee Theodore Frommanr and Trustee Rea Bates. An attempt In a limited space will be made to explain a part of the board s work by showing where It has been placing major emphasis and attention during the past two years. Faced with ever changing financial programs on the State level as well as on the home front the board has, not with out difficulties at times, ber-n able to keep all accounts and school funds solvent and sound. The board has served In many extra sessions of special meetings of their own and of the entire district to engineer and with the people s help complete the annexing of adjoining school territories nearly doubling Its size and in raising the district valuation from $.750 000 to $1,665,000. The board is at present fully aware that due to Increases in pupil numbers and responsibilities now assumed that soon more room space must be made available. Tentative plans for the future probably would Include more shop space, more classroom space and a larger cafeteria room Three teachers were added for the present year, and two new fields in the curriculum. Music and Physical education. So, It seems, that the board la exerting a constant pressure in the direction of a better school and in school progress. We applaud them generously. Seated from left to right: Mr. Eates, Mr. Olson, Mr. McNeill, Mr. Rix and Mr. Frommann. a

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■QdmLni.it ration 1st Row- Hazel Mau - th Grade; Dola Vaught-Kindergarden; Coral Hitson-6th Grade; Laura Moyle- th and 6th Grades; Margaret Morgan-Engllsh and Band; Dorothy Lundy-Kome Economics; Irene Ryan-Helper of Kinder-garden and 1st Grade 2nd Row- Pauline Abbott-Commercial; Grace Meulenberg-Fourth Grade; Beatrice Carter-English; LaVorgne Fuller-Jrd Grade; Ruth Passmore-2nd Grade Marion Bills-Junior HiKh;Beulah Howe-5rd and Uth Grade; Ruth Breed 2nd and 3rd Grade; Lillian Swanson-Mathematics; Lola Forbes - 1st Grade 3rd Row- Edward Rupp - Agri«; Robert Lundy - History and English; Kenneth Pearson-High School Principal and Music; Manley VanVoorhees-Super-intendent. History and Languages; Maurice Persing-Coach; Virgil Kwast-Scienee; George Peer-History and Shop