Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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A DMINIS 172A TOR: AND FA 60!. Behind the scenes, the administra- tors chart the course that the faculty follows in the classroom. The men and women of the administration are the co-ordinators, the expediters who plan and change the curricula to suit the needs of the quickly changing world in which we live, supervise the construction and equipping of the schools, and guide the personnel. Ever alert to the new, the faculty members keep in close touch with the develop- ments in their fields to pass them on to the students, the benefactors of the efforts of both the administration t and the faculty. By the careful planning of the ad- ministrators, the 6-3-3 plan was initi- ated into the Portland school system. The system, by which the first year of high school was made the third year of junior high, brought with it the benefit of more abundant classroom space. In keeping with the tin with the new,, program, an extra forty-Eve minute period was added to the day. Both administration and faculty pi- loted the school through this, the year of changes. A the right, the Superintending School Com- mittee: Mrs. Helen R. Andrew, Mr. Thomas S. Hey, Mr. William D. Rounds, Mr. Wil- liam H. Soule, Superintendent of Schools; Mr. John W. Sturgis, Chairman of the Com- mittee; Mrs. Pauline Bogh, Assistant to Superintendent of Schools; Mr. Ralph Amer- gian, Mr. Herbert H. Sawyer.

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Mr. Theodore S. Johnson, submaster; Mr. Howard C. Reiche, principal; Miss M. Adelaide Lehan, Dean. ttSmooth Sailing Is The School Watchword At the helm of the administration and execu- tion of the Portland High School program are Principal Howard C. Beiche, Submaster Theo- dore S. Johnson, and Dean Adelaide Lehan, who skillfully piloted the curricula and activities through a successful year of innovations. Mr. Reiche has come to mean more to PHS students than a principal. He has become a personal friend who shows a sincere interest in their activities and Who always has a word of praise or congratulations for a job well done or an Submaster Johnson counsels Vincent Allen. SImth. Pdhcipal Reiche advises Michael honor received. Miss Lehan, dean of girls, and Mr. Theodore S. Johnson, submaster, are ever ready with friendly counsel and educational leadership for all students. They work closely and tirelessly with the students and encourage them to bring their scholastic and extracurricular prob- lems to them. By conferring with teachers and parents, Miss Lehan and Mr. Johnson have been able to solve many problems e academic, voca- tional and personal. Dean Lehan Chats with Ramona Getchell.