Pontiac Senior High School - Quiver Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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1 Harold L. Blackwood, president of school board. SCHOOL BQARD yv .sf , Front row-Erwin O. Slater, W. A. Parker, loseph H. Moon, Harold L. Blackwood. Back row-Martin I. Cloonan, Dr. Frank A. Mercer, Louis H. Schimmel. ur fades fhese lzofd -- Twice a month these seven men gather together to discuss and shape a program for the betterment of the Pontiac School System. ln Iune the parents and property owners of Pontiac elect two new members to the group. Soon after, the revised board begins the fiscal year by holding a meeting to organize plans, to set dates for future meetings, and to elect officers. This year Mr. H. L. Blackwood, realtor, is president of the school board. During business hours he may be found in his office in the Biker Building of which Mr. I. H. Moon, another member, is manager. Mr. M. I. Cloonan, a third board member, maintains a pharmaceutical house on Saginaw Street. Dr. F. A. Mercer operates a medical clinic on Auburn Avenue. Attorney Slater practices law in the Pontiac Bank Building while Mr. W. Archie Parker is associated with Brown Brothers Store. Mr. S. H. Schimmel, as manager of a Bond Holders' Advisory Counsel in Detroit, is the seventh member of the board. The financing of the school system is the biggest problem facing the school board. The members are zealously attempting to keep the schools open for the full nine months so as not to penalize students. In order to do so, a strenuous campaign Was launched. As if the problem of providing minimum facilities was not enough for these seven men to tackle, the resignation of Superintendent Iames H. Harris caused an equally difficult problem of a successor. The board members feel that the overcrowded conditions of our schools must be remedied in the near future. The school population has more than doubled in the last lO years. ln addition one desire close to the hearts of these men is to extend the athletic program so as to include all sport enthusiasts. 20 .1 ' . sf-3.119 se. 11?- . ii 5 ' A .','f:'i' ' , 'Q

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Iames C. Covert, Assistant Principal, Iohn Thors Ir., Principalg Frank I. Du Frain, Assistant Superintendent of Schools. ur course flzese maid -- Iames H. Harris fulfilled his boyhood ambition when he became super- intendent of the schools in Pontiac. In preparation for this position he attended the University of Michigan and did graduate work at the Univer- sity of Chicago and at the University of Minnesota. He began his career in Saginaw and then taught Latin and Greek at Orchard Lake Military Academy. Mr. Harris was prominent in Pontiac teaching circles previous to the final acceptance of his present position here. His resignation, effective at the end of the present school year, marks the end of twenty-one years of service as superintendent. A former principal of Pontiac High School, Mr. Frank I. Duljrain, is now assistant superintendent of schools. His position requires that he discuss financial problems with the Board of Education and do the buying for the entire Pontiac School system. Mr. lohn Thors is an especially well known figure in the life of the seniors. Upon their entrance into the realm of l2th grade, he interviews them and checks over their credits. He has also conducted many of their senior meetings. However, whether or not the seniors have been aware of the fact, Mr. Thors has been arranging curriculums and classes throughout their l career in order that they might attain the final stage-gradua- tion-with the least possible obstacles. Thus every year congratulations are in order for his seeing that each group of graduates has been properly guided through the three years in high school. Mr. lohn C. Covert became assistant principal oi Pontiac High School high schoo quite by accident, or rather after a series of such events. He originally planned to become an engineer but was tempted by teaching a position in a one room rural school. From then on fate led him indirectly to the doorstep of this school. At the beginning of each semester Mr. Covert may be seen O.K.ing schedules, and changing them. During the year under our new system, he makes our excuses and tardy slips. He also heads 2l6 study hall, gi supervises the movies, and teaches mathematics and civics in summer school. ves senior exams, acts as faculty adviser of Student Council, 21 Iames H. Harris, Superintendent of Schools. ADMINIS- TRATCRS