Savannah High School - Blue Jacket Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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Pictured below is one of the most civic-minded groups in our city. They are the people who compose the Board of Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham. These conscientious indi- viduals give freely of their time and service to insure an ever improving public school system. Members of the Board are: Edward J. Bartlett, president; Joseph Web- ster, Jr., Robert J. Duffy, William M. Hall, Shelby Myrick, Jr., Louie M. Munn, Benjamin Silverman, L. T. Shuman, Bernie Slotin, L. Lamar Wiggins, Frank Barragan, Mrs. Maxwell Lippitt. All Chatham Count)' is indebted to these people for their unselfish service. 14

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ADMINISTRA TION FACULTY The bareness of the desert’s sands—the fruitlessness of life with- out knowledge—is pierced by the ever lengthening influence of the teacher s shadow. In youth and ignorance we come with eager hearts to seek and to gain something of value from these individuals who serve to guide our yet undirected lives. For all time across life’s sands, we will carry that precious thing we found in youth; and the shadow will lengthen with the setting sun, as it does with the rising sun.

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PUBLIC POWERS Never should a situation like the recent crisis which occurred in our educational system have been necessary to spotlight the vast importance of our Board of Educa- tion. Board of The leading citizens of our Frliiration community, who are appointed to hold a six-year term, are work- ing diligently and voluntarily. Frequently unrecognized, the men continue to serve one of man’s greatest en- deavors, education. During a year of many changes in the local school system Chatham County acquired a new Superintendent of Education. The superintendent, Mr. D. Leon McCormac, is shown in conference, at right, with Mr. O. K. Wells of the Payroll Department. In the picture below Mr. McCormac is shown at his desk during the course of a very' busy day. 15