Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION Our Board of Education has a membership of long stand- ing, with the exception of the newest trustee, Iustice Bernard E. Cook who this year was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Trustee Edward Moore. Mr. Moore, who relinquished his place on the Board because of the press of other duties, ren- dered many years of valuable service to our community. He is to be commended for his interest in our schools and particular- ly in our high school of which he was a graduate and an ex-star on the football team. Not many students are acquainted with Board members personally. However, all of us do sincerely appreciate their work and their interest in us. They have given us equal oppor- tunities with boys and girls of other cities. It is now up to us to prove to these civic-minded men that we have benefited by their efforts. We seniors take this opportunity to extend to Dr. C. A. Lund, president, and all other members, our deepest grati- tude. We hope we shall be able to make ourselves worthy of their help. so so r so Secretary President Treasurer ARTHUR T. BOOTH DR. CARL A. LUND CARL N. DAMM HERBERT F. REID ORA V. COBB BERNARD E. COOK HENRY S. ELLIOTT ..13-

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SUPERINTENDENT W. R. BOOKER Mr. W. R. Booker was appointed to the office of Superintendent of Schools in Mus- kegon Heights in 1928. He came here from Greenville, Michigan, where he had filled a similar position. His experience in the teaching profession has been broad and deep, including teaching in the English de- partment at Kalamazoo college. During his 14 years in Muskegon Heights. Mr. Booker has guided public education in this community with a steady hand. He has capably filled not only the office of super- intendent but also that of business manager. Since 1938, he has also executed all those duties pertaining to the Supervisor of Ele- mentary Education. How Well our superintendent has executed his many responsibilities is obvious to those in high places in Michigan educational circles. To the thousands of parents and children in this community, his work in good times and in times of economic depression has kept the school doors open. Muskegon Heights schools have not only weathered the storms, but have improved under the ordeal. Today our school system is acclaimed by the Office of Public Instruction at Lansing and by the University of Michigan as one of the best in the state. Muskegon Heights students grow and develop and take their places alongside any students other schools can produce. Mr. Booker has always been active in state educational affairs and his interest in this important phase of a superintendent's Work has proved of inestimable value to Muskegon Heights. Without it, our schools might have suffered much more than other cities during periods of strain and crisis. His unceasing labors to secure our share of state financial aid have been remarkable, and his ability to conserve funds to best advantage has made his Work here outstanding. No burden has ever been too great for him to assume in the interests of education. in Mus- kegon Heights. M12-

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Mr C. F. Bolt, Principal Rosemary Hill, Secretary and Clerk PRINCIPAL C. F. BOLT Any man that succeeds in his chosen vocation does so through a combination of qualities. It is not enough to have executive ability: neither is it enough to be entirely efficient in any one particular field. It requires a skillful blending of tact, kindness, and understanding, coupled with perseverance. the ability to make quick and sound decisions, and the will-power to see that such decisions are carried out. C. F. Bolt, our princi- 211, has these qualities. During the performance of his daily work, it sometimes be- comes necessary for him to reprove a student for his actions or to offer constructive criticism. The constant return of former stu- dents to our school, however, attests to the way in which Mr. Bolt conducts this phase of his work. 114..