Richmond High School - Pierian Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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The Policy-Makers The Richmond Board of School Trustees, headed by Mr. Paul C. Garrison, superintendent of schools, was composed of five socially responsible citizens. As board members, they spent many valuable hours looking out for the interests of the school population of Richmond, yet there was little monetary reward for their labor. The principal duty of the board was to form the policies of the city school system. Policies, in a school system, are the basis of conditions for student and teacher, and also for the com- munity. In forming the policies or unwritten rules of the system, the six members hod a va- riety of sides of the question to take into consideration. Their first interest was to help each student of every city public school, but the method had to be such that each of the 300 school city employees was ready and willing to carry out the policy. The third responsibility of the group was to watch out for the interests of the people they represented — the taxpayers. Having been appointed to office by the mayor, each member found that he was a part of the organization which was also responsible for the actual maintenance of the proper curricula in the schools. The principals of the various educational units were generally given a free- hand in executing and interpreting the policies in their own schools, but they were directly re- sponsible to the board. It was also the duty of the board to replace the approximately 25 teach- ers who left the school system every year. A few indirect examples of the board ' s activities in R.H.S. were shown in the new sports added to the program, in the building up of a drama department, and in all of the revisions of the school, faculty, and curriculor, as well as extra-curricular, activities. Left to right; Mr. J. J. McCouley, Mr. D. D. Ball, Mr. Everett Alkire, Mrs. W. Harris, Mr. V. Monroe, Mr. P. C. Garrison, Superintendent. Poge 25

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KmBm. ■ ' : IP Hk ' ' — fS J II KV 1? 1 1 ; iilB 1 — ' VttBBsavHk m f r J d ■ .m ■ rf » ' ' ' ' I .. S V .:; M jttV ' 1 jBE |BA. 1 M JS B I | 1 V HMM -—; ;::;:r; - ■ ' ■aBSgfi ? ajjj jjjjjg !K ' Jfl i f! p ' ' ' I li - • 1 -■ -■ ■■ iiSii (gp is,,: ptr ■ Seated, left to right: Miss Meacham, Miss Raisor, Miss Eiiason, Mrs. Shallenburg, Mrs. Parker, Miss Grothaus, Miss Fossenkemper, Mrs. Strahan. Standing, left to right: Mr. Sponsler, Mr. Dorner, Mr. Melton, Miss Coulter, Miss Mer- chant, Mr. Brenneman, Mr. Johnson, Miss Sper- ling, Mr. Chose, Miss Clark, Mr. Treasure, Mr. Holder. Third Shift 9:00 a. m. - 3:15 p. m. — The Bankers ' Hours. Another hour ' s sleep sounds pretty good to those who come early. Maybe we can find out what it ' s like from the teachers who come at nine o ' clock. f V O Those who were responsible for keeping our school clean and beau- tiful were — Wynn, Price, Bostick, Coffman, Mrs. Davis, Coffman, Williams, and Wettig. Remember the rush to the cafeteria? Shown here are the members of the cafeteria staff, who, head- ed by Mrs. Hyne, kept our stomachs happy. Page 24

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The seniors of R. H. S. Think they ' re among the best; According to Webster they ore I guess. They always seem to have fun, If that ' s what you get from giving rules no attention And they ' re generous too, of a kind, With everything but their time. No doubt they all have looked to find Another meeting slipped their mind. The fling they had was one of their best, Even faster than they had guessed. A year stacked full of activity Quickly reviewed for you to see: A party of games in Civic Hall Planned by the council was held in fall; An even better was in the spring. Besides that, they did the measuring For robes put on commencement night. In sports the seniors showed their might. Creative genius produced Class Day, And hard work resulted in the Senior Play — Or the Pierian — should we say! Seated: Louise Milligan, Sec- retary; Ned Freeman, Vice-Pres- ident. us Standing: Jack Kahle, Trea- surer; Bob Schnieder, President. Page 26