Pembroke Hill High School - Raider Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Back Row: Vernon B. Kassebaum, F. P. Barnes, Porter T. Hall Il, Frank Altman, Albert Drake, Pat Dunn, Dr. Raymond S. Stockton, Gordon T. Beaham III, Marshall Bliss, Cook Jordan. Front Row: Peter A. Schwartz, John T. Pierson, Herman Sutherland, E. P. Wolferman, Robert Wagstaff, John A. Kroh, Mason L. Thompson, Robert G. Wallace, Jr. Board of Trustees 1960 OFFICERS Marshall Long ..... .---. ............ 4 President William M. McDonald .......... Vice-President E. P. Wolferman .................. Secretary George P., Sharp, ,l r. --- .......... Treasurer The main duties of the Board of Trustees are to determine the school policy, and lo-ok after the financial matters of the school. The Board sets tuitio-ns, makes assessments, and approves the bud- get compiled and submitted by the business man- ager. The only direct connection which the Board has with the educational branch is in employing the headmaster. The headmaster in turn employs the faculty and administration. The Board of Trustees 1961 OFFICERS Herman Sutherland --.N ............. Pre-Sldefll Robert Wagstaff -,--.---.- ...... - Vice-President E. P. Wolferman ............-..... SCCTCNITY George P. Sha-rp, Jr. ........ .- ...... TTGGSUTCT also manages the various funds. It was largely through the work of the Trustees that the First Century Fund was so successful. New members for the Board of Trustees are nominated and elected by the Trustees themselves. All members are elected for three-year terms. Elected to the Board this year for the first time were Vernon B. Kassebaum and Willis C. Theis. . ......-....-,. ..,. .-.1444 . 4. - -..,-..-Q - . -..n- : ,,,,-if i . .N ,, , - 1- -N.-.s 1.-,-.....-..-., ...H+ ..,,.,.,

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Administration

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X X W ... ,l MR. SCHWARTZ eadmaster After eight highly successful years as head- master of Pembroke- Country Day, Peter A. Schwartz was this year elected to a seat on the Board of Trustees. Although he had served pre- viously as an ex-officio member, this was the first time since his arrival that Mr. Schwartz had re- quested a seat on the schoolis governing body. The Board of Trustees is the only group to which the headmaster is directly responsible, and it was by mutual consent that lVlr. Schwartz was granted this new position. Mr. Schwartzis achievements during the past eight years have been great, but during the next two years progress will be even greater. With the successful completion of the Fiftieth Anniversary Fund Drive, under Mr. Schwartzis leadership, con- struction has already hegun on a new Junior School Building, and the new Library, Winter Sports Building and lunchroom addition should be in the final stages of completion by the end of the 1962 school year. One of the major factors in his great success is the friendly relationship Mr. Schwartz maintains with students and parents alike. He is able to talk in a friendly fashion to anyone concerned with the school, and as a result a high level of efficiency is maintained. The headmaster of a school such as Pem-Day must keep long hours, and lVlr. Schwartz is no ex- ception. His day begins at 8, and does not end until 5:30. During this period he confers with students, with parents, attends to countless details, pores over his mail. and for a few days every six Weeks, over report cards. lVlr. Schwartz often confers individually with a student about the report, feel- ing that this personal attention is a very important part of his position. Before coming to Pem-Day in 1953, Mr. Schwartz, a Princeton graduate, served at his alma mater for three years as Assistant to the Dean of the College, and later to the Dean of the Faculty. He then taught four years at the Chicago Latin School. Administrative experience was gained as Assistant Headmaster of the Hun School in Prince- ton, and five years as headmaster of the Allendale School in Rochester. It is this experience, combined with his deep interest in everyone connected with the school, which makes Peter Schwartz a good hcadinaster, and far more important, a good friend.