McKeesport High School - Yough A Mon Yearbook (Mckeesport, PA)

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Slllltlll ltltllt l Ill SlIHlllllS DR, JAMES H. LAWSON lust as the Board oi-Directors places its business activities in the hands of the Sec- retary, so it delegates the educational activi- ties oi the school district to the Superinten- dent of Schools. Dr. Iames H. Lawson has been Superin- tendent oi Schools in McKeesport since 1935, a period of tenure which represents half of the thirty years he has been associated With the McKeesport schools. The superintendent is in charge of the curriculum which must be constantly revised in terms oi today's changing demands, and ot the teachers Who must interpret the new developments in the classroom. The direc- tion and integration ot the school's educa- tional aims require giving attention to end- less details. The superintendents day is filled with conferences, correspondence, visits, telephone calls, and meetings. The superintendent often meets informally with teachers and principals. Here Dr. Lawson speaks to Mr. Samuel Stewart and Mr. Prank Crall in the Shaw Avenue Building.

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Bllflltll lll IIIRHITIIRS The Board of Directors: fleft to rightl Mr. Edward C Bowden, Mr. Iames M. Guffey, Dr. Robert M. Heft Mrs. Lucy Lee Iones. Mr. Charles H. Starr. Mr. Wil- liam I. Cox. Dr. Clifford B. Bryce, Mr. S. H. Hirshberg, and Dr. H. S. Arthur. The school directors meet in the Board Room at the Shaw Avenue Building on the second Monday of each month, Committee meet- ings are held on the first Wednesday. The McKeesport School District is administered by a Board ot Directors con- sisting of nine members elected for six-year terms with three members chosen every two years. Newest members are Mr. William I. Cox and Dr. Clifford B. Bryce, who were elected in November, 1949. Dr. H. S. Arthur was elected at the same time for his seventh term. Two former directors having long rec- ords of service with the Board who did not seek re-election last year are Mrs. Elizabeth Newlin with Z4 years and Mr. T. D. McKee with 40 years. Dr. Leo R. Travis fleftl is the Secretary and Business Manager for the Board of Directors. His office, from which he conducts school business affairs, is in the Shaw Avenue Building.

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W ,gif ,1- at' L Q Flowers trees and well kept grass make the cam Tech High as sophomores, juniors, and seniors in four pus of Tech High one ot Mclieesport s most attractive courses of study: Academic, Business, College Pre sites This school year 1700 pupils were enrolled at paratory, and Commercial. THIH HIGH With the close of this school year, Dr. McElroy completes eleven years of service as the principal of McKeesport High School. He has occupied an administrative position, however, for twenty-one years, being principal of George Washington School and assist- ant principal of the High School before assuming his present duties. DR. HOWARD C. MCELROY