Parker High School - Parker Pine Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Time marches onI Another year of success, progress, and Iun for the members of the Parker Alumni Association has been recorded. If we couId express with one word the story of our Association during the past year, that word would be cooperation The ever widening scope of our activities, the Iact that we are worIcing in cIoser touch with MRP RUYN the schooI than ever before, and best oI all, the increasing interest among our members, all indicate the truth of this statement. Our worI4 in connection with the SchoIarship Fund is well Icnown and needs no further mention in this report. I'Iere, for aImost the First time, we have been presented with an opportunity to maI4e a reaIIy important contribution to I3arIcer, and the response from our members, both in subscriptions and in hard worI4, has been very, very encouraging. We IooI4 for an increasing amount of success Ior this worIc as time goes on. Welve had a grand time, too. The AnnuaI Christmas Reunion fa reaI party this year, with no Ubusinessnl was heId at the BeIden I-IoteI, and the Iargest number of aIumni in many years attended. Qther social functions heId during the year were correspondingly successful. We do not want to boast, but we IeeI rather proud, not only of what we have accomplished, but aIso of what we shaII accomplish as time goes on. We have great plans and hopes for our group, both for ourselves and the reaI pleasure we get from our Association, and Ior the increasingIy important part we IeeI we can pIay in the Iife of the Parker community. John Pruyn, President. I3

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GRADE HEADS AND ASSISTANTS Erwin H. Sasman, Head of Fifth Grade. Bertha N. Enoch, Head ol Second Grade. Hazel V. Knox, Assistant Second Grade. Nancy M. Epping, Assistant Sixth Grade. Signe Norling, Head of First Grade. Cecile B. Marks, Assistant Third Grade. Elsie A. Wygant, Chairman of Elementary Mary Southgate, Assistant Kindergarten. School and Director of Remedial Teaching. Mary Davis, Head ol Fourth Grade. Sarah Greenebaum, Head of Eighth Grade. Grace Vollintine Hale, Head of Sixth Grade Gertrude McKean, Head of Third Grade. Clara Lyden, Head of Kindergarten. Juliette H. Spindell, Head of Seventh Grade. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF Norma B. Jones, Financial Secretary. Georgina M. I.. Hendry, Hostess, In Charge of Publications. Barbara Stuebig, General Secretary. Mabel Q. Mercer, Secretary to the Principal. lrna V. Kuellmar, Head of Store. Catherine Bowden, ln Charge of Pupils' Bank Accounts. Myrtle Linn, Switchboard Operator. Frances M. Arnold, Registrar. Polly Root Collier, Executive Secretary. Walter C. McKee, M. D., School Physician. Thomas McCann, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. 12

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THE PARENTS ASSOCIATION To most of us who have had long, happy associations with the school, our participation in school life seems a normal function of our parenthood. New parents, sometimes surprised by the activities of the parent group in the school, are invited to partici- pate, because a child's life cannot be departmentalized into home life and school life but is a whole directed by both and receiving its fullest privilege of growth through the under- standing and cooperation of both forces. Qther values for parents themselves emerge through the years. Friendships between parents of friendly children, and new intellectual group interests are born and mature through our school work and acquaintance, BONNIE A. PATTISON The Association for some time has been developing progressively its machinery of organization, until now it maintains a comprehensive program of interests and activities. The evening meetings present outstanding lectures where all parents, alumni, faculty and friends are welcome. George E. Vincent, with Moving Pic- tures of the Mind , was our first speaker in October, followed in january by our own parent, Edwin Embree, who contrasted Qriental Culture with Western Civiliza- tion. T. V. Smith of the University of Chicago spoke at our annual meeting in May on the subject A Philosopher in the Shoes of a Practical l3olitician',. The mothers meet frequently in grade and group meetings, they take part in many of the special days of the school, divide into smaller units for more serious study, dedicate Cmany of themj the first two weeks of December to daily service in Toy Shop,and act as hostesses at the desk in the main hall to further aid the school and identify themselves with its daily life. Their fourth annual spring luncheon was heldkthis year at the Arts Club, with Margaret Ayer Barnes, a former parent, as spea er. To raise money four effort has been largely directed toward supplementing the Scholarship l:undD,we have confined our efforts to one direct appeal by letter and to two movie benefits where, thanks to a wonderful opportunity at no expense, we shall bring our parents' contribution up to twenty-five hundred dollars. The Parents, Library is another activity that has developed largely in the past two years. There are many interesting biographies and new books on the shelves, besides those that serve as Baedeckers in the maze of child-training. They are for free circulation among all parents. Upon certain parents the work and direction of these activities fall, their efforts are essential in the rounded life of the school. But there are many others who serve in many capacities: at the hostess desk, selling and directing benefits, making posters, sewing and cutting in the Toy Shop, lending and driving cars for children's excursions, and answering the call for help whenever and however it comes. No list can include them, yet they are the ones who aid the chairmen, give body to the committees, furnish the understanding and helpful background which our school de- velopes among parents and faculty for its children. Bonnie A. Pattison President of the Parents Association 14