Russell High School - Pointer Yearbook (East Point, GA)

Page 16 text:

v Sad » A’ é go 3 Reading left to yiglk, top row: Mr, Clarence Arntson, Industrial Arts De- partment; Miss Kate Atkinson, Head of Eng- lish Department; Miss Flora Bailey, Home Econonmics Department; Mr. Harold Ben- jamin, Industrial Arts Department;Mr. Henry Billinghurst, Mathematics Department, Second row: Mr, R. L. Bowen, Science Department; Mr. James Breitzman, Industrial Arts Department; Mrs. Sue Bullard, Home Economics Depart- ment; Mr, J. R. Campbell, Head of Social Science; Mr. George L. Carroll, English De- partment. Third row? Miss Frances Carter, Mathematics Depart- ment; Miss Ruth Casey, Commercial Depart- ment; Miss Ruth Colley, Home Economics Department; Miss Maude Colquitt, Language Department; Miss Mary Crane, English De- partment, Fourth Row: Mr, George C. Dean, Social Science Depart- ment; Mrs, P. H. Fitzgerald, English Depart- ment; Mr. B. B. Fuller, Head of Commercial Department; Miss Lucy Gibbs, English De- partment; Mr, Hoyt Griffin, English Depart- ment.

Page 15 text:

As you come to the close of your high school careers, may we offer congratulations on your past achievements and wish for you in the future the very best that life has to offer. We wish to congratulate you on the theme which you have chosen for this publication — ‘Democracy and Education.” We hope that this theme is very real to each one of you. We should like you to remember these few thoughts in connection with your theme. Democracy exalts the individual as part of the great human brotherhood. In a democ- racy we take for granted the freedom of body, mind, and spirit which dictators seek to destroy. We must realize that freedom can only exist when its conditions are known, only when we are sure that it is understood and protected and cherished. Today we know that this freedom is threatened from without. In the world of today we know that education makes us all the more able to meet and overcome an enemy who approaches us in the open. We know also that we are not safe from within. Our system of free speech not only allows us to attain the highest degree of en- lightenment, but it permits the most despic- able forces of propaganda to assert them- selves with tremendous force through all the avenues of learning. We need all the discrim- ination and critical thinking that is possible so that we will not be misled by the siren voice of the enemies of democracy. Through education we come to know better the prob- lems of home, school, and community; of la- bor, industry and government. Let us not forget that the schoolhouse, like the flag, is a symbol of the democratic way of life. Sincerely, JERE A. WELLS, Superintendent, Knox WALKER, Supervisor, Fulton County Schools. Hon. JERE A. WELLS Superintendent Fulton County Schools Hon. Knox WALKER High School Supervisor Mrs. STANDISH THOMPSON President of Russell P.-T. A.

Page 17 text:

Reading left to right, top row: Mr. Fred Guffin, Science Department; Mr. Harold Gunn, Mathematics Department; Miss Jo Will Hearn, Commercial Department; Mr. S. M. Hearn, Mathematics Department; Mr. Cecil Jackson, Social Science Department. Second row: Miss Kate Johnson, English Department, Mr. John G, Lewis, Mathematics Department; Mr. C, V. Maddox, Head of Mathematics De- partment; Miss Mattie Merriweather, Com- mercial Department; Mrs. Jeddie Graham Mobley, Social Science Department. Miss Virginia Mooty, Science Department; Miss Page Morton, Librarian; Miss Lois Parr, English Department; Mr. W. B. Pirkle, Sci- ence Department; Mr, D. H. Purdie, Science Department. Fourth Row: Sergeant Rathiewicz, Military Department; Mr. Fred Stiles, Head of Industrial Arts Department; Mr, Chas. E. Taylor, Science Department; Miss Clyde Wehunt, Commercial Department; Mrs, Lucy Fields White, Com- mercial Department. a gat mathe vat inn YS