North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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+3 'ml' ENGINEER As with all other occupators, these are multi- tudinous types of principals. There are fl, the poor, or grrumphl type, Q21 the medium or hummphl type, and f3j the best or Let's look at this problem fairly and squarely type. North Side has definitely a best grade principal, for Milton H. Northrop, holder of that office since the founding of the school, is epitomized by the Lets look at the problemn quotation. Our principal is much more than a school offi- cer-he is a friend of 1500 young people. He stands ready to help-not to censure. Kindly and understanding, Mr. Northrop has made more than one studentis existence in North Side hap- pier, with his help in orientating a perplexed youth. By actively interesting himself in student life 10 and activities, Mr. Northrop estab- lished himself not as an ogre in a forbidding and grim domicile la- beled Office, but as a Helper, who always has the Welcome mat out. Mr. Northrop is well qualified for his responsible position, having at- tended high school at Reading, Michigan, Albion College, and being graduated from the University of Michigan. He has taken graduate work at Indiana University and at the University of Chicago. His teaching career started at Kendallville High School, at Ken- dallville, Indiana. He was later a commercial instructor at Central High School, here in Fort Wayne, for eleven years, when he was ap- pointed as the first principal of North Side High School, in which capacity he has served since that time. His duties as principal bring him into direct contact with most of the pupils in school some time during their four years in high school. He is a friend of teachers and students alike. Always ready to help a student straighten out matters connected with the general routine of the school curriculum, his genial personality makes him a friend of almost everyone who deals with him. He is a member of the Rotary Club, and is well thought of among the business men of the city as a person of good character and an upstanding citizen of Fort Wayne. In the picture we find Mr. Northrop surrounded by the executive board of the Student Council. consisting of the class officers and the council offi- cers who are checking over the results of the fresh- man election. Through consultation with this ex-- ecutive board, the various school problems-hall congestion, cleanliness of the building, elimination of noise, a clean river bank-were attacked, and conference with the student leaders brought about more efficient student action on the problems.

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BUILDERS Closely allied with Super- intendent Abbett is the North Side Parent-Teacher Association, which brings together the parents and the teachers, which aids them in understanding the misunderstandings w h i c h arise daily in the course of school. This organization is one of the most reliable boosters of various student projects. This organization has many times aided toward the real- ization of mere plans. This active group of par- ents has completed its year- ly program and has carried out many interesting activi- ties during the entire year. TI-IE LEGEND ARCHITECT Qne of lndiana's eminent educators is our own superintendent of Fort Wayne Public Schools, Merle J. Abbett. In his full capacity, our chief leader might be re- garded as the chief architect, the one who plans the design on which our great Bridge of Education is to be constructed so that it will serve to carry our stu- dent body safely over the waters of ignorance into the prosperous land of good citizenship. Ever eflicient and able and willing to advise, our superintendent has aided in many cases calling for careful consideration and has skillfully guided the school system across the span of difficulties by his timely planning and advice. We students know him as an understanding, pleas- ant, good-natured personality, and it is our earnest hope that we have done something of which he will feel proud. Parent-Teacher Association First Row, Left to Right: Mr. Carl Olson, lVIr. Loy Laney, Mr. Milton H. Northrop, Mrs. Lee Pletcher, Nliss Victoria Gross, Mrs. Richard Perry, Mrs. Wfalter Craig, Second Row: Mrs. Harvey Mullendore, Mrs. Kurt Stahn, Mrs. Ersel Walley, Mrs. Carl Miller, Mrs. Carl Olson, Mrs. William Benninghoflf, Mrs, William Fruechtenicht, Mrs. George Hartnup, Mrs. O. C. Vanl-lorn. Pletcher, re-elected president from last year. Her The P.-T. A. has two equally active divisions in right-hand men are Mrs. A. M. Foellinger, First the Mothers' Chorus and the Alumni Mothers' vice-presidentg Mr. Loy Laney, second vice-presi- organization, dentg Mrs. Walter Craig, secretary, and Mrs. Rich- The chief leader of this construction is Mrs. Lee ard Perry, treasurer. 9

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THE LEGEND DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL Wise and capable, and ever eager to exercise that wisdom to help a student who is finding the road a rocky one, our Dean, Victoria Gross, re- mains one of North Sides best-loved faculty members. Her office serves as a clearing house for the tangles in which an active pupil can become enmeshed. And you may be sure there is plenty of business in the clearing house, for our com- munity of 1500 can get plenty tangled. But Chief Clearing Clerlc Gross calmly unravels each slcein. and that student's life from then on is happier and more successful for the kind inter- vention and interest talcen by Miss Gross. So it goes with her whose title is Dean. but whose business is Friend. North Side is a better place because there is a little door to the right of the main entrance, mod- estly labeled Dean,s Office. Miss Gross serves also as helper of the various clubs and organizations in their social activities. Dances, skating parties, potluclcs. all are arranged under the supervision of the Dean, and thereby success-or at least great chances of success-is assured. Added to her social aids are the physical aids which she and her office provide. A completely equipped dispensary and a doctor who makes reg- ular daily calls make her kingdom the haven of the ill. l-lere again her sympathy-and sometimes her car-comes into play. And the sufferer is made more comfortable till he is again fit and ready. Our dean, Miss Victoria Gross, at her task of acl vising the chairmen of the social councils of the four classes. Those chairmen are Betty Boone, Richard Thieme, Helen Lee Pletcher, James Bixby. 11