North Central High School - Northerner Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

Page 9 text:

a responsibility that is growing Jack ' s legendary bean stalk lik. Miss Lowe gets a pre-hiring interview with Superintendent Light before being officially notified of her employment. J §i iiiW ii i l | P|| North Central High School is in its last years, for under the new plan it will be a Junior High. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, secretary to Superintendent Light, Charles Feible- man, and John Kingsbury, with Ben Weaver, school board attorney. Super- intendent Everett Light, and, Fredrick ■Gronau, look at new building plans over the shoulders of Mrs. Elizabeth Hilgedag and William Weisell.

Page 8 text:

I THE SCHOOL BOARD SEES US ASt School board members look upon their jobs as an opportunity to serve both the community and the country at large by helping to provide excellent edu- cational facilities for the children in the area, and by training good citizens for the government of tomor- row. Twice a month they meet with Superintendent Light to formulate policies, to make plans for ade- quate housing of the exploding school population, and to vote on the myriads of decisions that must be made during the operation of a huge million-dollar corporation for which they are the directors. They also give their final stamp of approval on applicants who wish to join the Metropolitan School District ' s faculties, a heavy job since a large number of new teachers are added each year as the enrollment figures spiral upward. School board members are selected in a non-partisan election held in the com- munity, and they serve without pay. Figures don ' t lie. The population chart proves to Carl Payntor and Gloria Engle that North Central ' s growth is phenomenal. Currently 105 teachers educate 1937 pupils. Although George Spees, Bruce Turner, and Denny Walters will not attend the new North Central, as student leaders they were invited to break the ground for the building.

Page 10 text:

THE ADMINISTRATION SEES US When members of the administrative staff look down the crowded halls of North Central, they see a congestion of carefree young people who little realize what a great responsibility they place upon the shoulders of those in charge of their welfare. Supervision of such a large school is a task re- quiring delicate balance among the three sides of a triangle. On the one side are the parents, on the second, the teachers, and on the third, the pupils. If any one side becomes out of relationship, the triangle is lop-sided and imperfect. Rapid developments in all phases of adult life also present a problem because it means gearing education to a world obviously undergoing a giant transition. The administration sees North Centralites as a chal- lenge to their ability to be flexible in meeting chang- ing situations while remaining inflexible in the goals and high standards set for the school. An eye injury failed to keep Susie Steiner from her school work. Through an inter- com she joined her classmates in recitation. Members of Miss Hanson ' s art class give the Student Center the holiday touch at Christmas. 6