Sam Houston High School - Cherokee Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Advancement for all in the educational field Was the goal our faculty wanted to wield. To challenge our minds and keep them at their peaks, Teachers applied knowledge and different techniques. Science, math, history, language and business classes Were courses offered at SH that baffled both lads and lasses. When teachers were kept busy by tests and lessons to be planned, The administration was always present to lend a helping hand. Guidance and counseling by qualified personnel Kept the main office buzzing for quite a spell. Another vital section to the official crew Were secretaries, bookkeepers, to name just a few. Workers of the cafeteria, maintenance line Provided us with service mighty fine. PTA served to strengthen the school and foundation, For parents, teachers to unite and form a consolidation These are the people who gave so much time, Helping and listening to our problems of utmost prime. People who gave every memory its distinctive hue, This dedicated faculty, color it true blue.

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Board Members Make Plans for SAISD; Dr. Harold H. Hitt, new superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District, was introduced to teachers last year at a Teachers’ Council banquet, honoring Mr. Oscar Miller, retiring SAISD superintendent. Dr. Hitt had been superintendent of the Midland Independent School District for 13 years. Out of 39 applicants, the seven- member Board of Education chose Dr. Hitt. Trustees are elected at large for six-year terms by qualified voters of the school district on a non-partisan ballot. Elections are held the first Saturday in April of even numbered years. Members of the board transact busi- ness of the district at public meetings held twice monthly. A recent project voted by the board was air-conditioning for various schools. Authorization to launch an extensive building program was given by SAISD trustees to Superin- tendent Hitt on December 12. On the planning board are several new schools to be built within the next few years. Various other schools are slated to be air-conditioned with others to get additions and shops. LEFT: Mr. Raymond W. Arnold, deputy superintendent, looks over the reorganization plans for San Antonio schools with Dr. Hitt. At mid-semester the SAISD was divided into three areas. RIGHT: Mr. Shafer, SH principal, beams with pride as Debbie Klaus and Barbara Ristow compliment him on the new Cherokee Hand- books. 20