Senn High School - Forum Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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1922 also saw him as the principal of the Seward day and evening schools. Subsequently advancing through posts as principal of Gladstone Elementary School and Englewood High School lwlr Davidson took over the rcins or Senn in 1928 after Mr Benjamin E Buck then principal of Senn was transferred to the Downtown GH1ce of the Bo 1rd of Education As we say Goodbye and good luck to Mr Davidson and his p 1st record of leadership we say Welcome to Mr William G Wilson whom we know will lead Senn to even greater heights l U'lCll06l I 948 An important clay for Scnn H1 h School xx ls M my s 194q when Mr Wllll m C Vvilson took ovcr hi new appointment as nur principal Mr Wil on thirty vears of expericncc hivc truly uitcd him for this important job in his and our carccr Mr Wil on attended thc Chicago Normil Col lege Armour In titute and continucd his cducition at the Univer ity of Chicago whcrc he rcccivccl i Ma ter Degree in Education and idvinccd tr unin for the Doctorate Our ncvn Pr ncipal hcgan tc ich ing in the Chicago Puhlic S hool at thc Eugcllc Field School md contmucd it Austin I'll h School and thcn at thc Chica o Teichcrs Collc c Follo ing ms tcaching expcricncc hc hccimc lrlncipil of the Plimonclon and Hixcn Elcmci tary S ho ml Filling Mr Davidson s position 1 I rin ip il ol Scnn H1 h School his Ll1mlXCLl Mr Wilson mmy yc ir of scrvice Tmc tuclcnt incl fi ulty of Scnn H1 h Sc ool greet Mr Wilson ind xxish him Uccc ind ood lu k in his years at Senn L lam L :ion l . . . K c , , . a - ' 9 4 1 Z ' ' 1 . Ls V S1 - Q Y - - L K c ' sa -u - - - , . . I L s O I .- ' '1 ' g 'i 'I' 12 ' c, 1, - . I1 . X S ' N c ' . . s s ' . - - 5 is -y 2 x S A w V . U -n 3 x .-' ' 1 K v . -3 .D - K - , : , s r ' Q' '.. s s s c-s' - . . g , . s s g K 2 1 1 g , A - .. ., X - , K .F , ' ' I- IA- C S K x yu x ' - . - ' y Y ' ' 'U c ,. . - g . . ' - -,-' Y , 's -s- s s-- , D' C. b . s, . . - 1 ' 1 ' 'iz ' Q 15. 1 . 1 ' ' ' as 7 -3 Q ' 'g 's z ax . c s a ' 1 s 5 -, '- la 5 W s 1 L-3 ' X g 'll -at wi ' . 's z s aussi LI B V I O I . . l'. . c ' f ' . 5

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rinciloa l928 - 7 948 mall!! W idUL6!50l'l On the evenmg of lanuiry 29 1948 Senn H1gh School bade 1tQ fare Well to E1 111111 who lor twenty veux ww the 1n5p1r1t1on of thous ll1L1S of Senn Students 111d te 1Ll16I'S D lVlCl lV1eLeod DiV1Ll9CD11 xx lb 1 hm pr1ne1p 11 111d CI ue 1.I'16I1L1 to 111 who knew h1v11 lt xx IS most 11tt1ng 151111 he bhould have made h1s last z1ppe1r1nee 15 pr111e1p11 of the Qehool 111 Senn H 111 he1o1e 111 1L1C11?l1C6 g1thered 1111 commencement exeruseb xvhere he attended Boys Hlgh School Upon griduitlon he entered Tulane Un1ver51ty From there he went on to the UHIVSYSIYY of Chmago to 1111101 III phys1eS 1nd ehennstry M1 D1v1dson S f11Qt f61Ll1ll1g eKper1e11ee mme It West111111ster College 1n Fulton TVl1SSULl11 llnteung the Ch1e1go P111111 Sthools 111 1911 he flklgllf If the MeK1nley Hlqh Sehool Llllfll 1922 xx he11 he xx lb promoted to the pr1ne1p1lsh1p of the Holden Elementaly Sehool 14 1 . , 5 2 5 1 . M ' . , 1112, 2' 1 'z' A 1 ' Q1 1- 1 2 12' . 1 ' 1 2 'aw ' 1 ' 1' 1 , . 1 , 1 , ' . . 1 l L A . L in K , ' . - , ' -' 1 - ' ' . l . I 1 l l , y K l Q 1 ' . . 1 l ' ' '. David M. Davidson was horn and raised in New Orleans, Louisi1111a, I i I I , ' QQ 1 1 . 1 z :1': 1 1, '1 111 1 1 1: ' : 1 1 ' ,- ' 1 1 'ez 'Q 1' 1 : ' , 2 z 1 ' ' ' L f ' ' . ' 1111 4'1 1 .

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Zrmmermcm Davzdson Hunt Bell l'nU'll5 tI'Clfl0l'L General Supermtendent Dr Herold C Hunt v1s1ted Senn last December when he was the guest speaker at the annual Career Day assembly Dr lohn Wesley B ll D1s trlct Sup rmtenclent Mr D1v1d M Davld on Pr1nc1p1l and Dr George F Zlmmerman Ass1st1nt P1 1nc1pal greeted Dr Hunt and fterwarcls escorted h1m on a tour of the school A graduate of the Unlverslty of lvllchlgan Dr Hunt recelved degrees of Bachelor Incl Ivlaster of Arts and Doctor of Educauon B fore talung hxs pos1t1on as Superlntend ent of the Chlcago Publlc Schools IU August 1947 Dr Hunt cl1st1ngu1shecl hlmself by h1s cducauonal work 111 the schools of Mlchx II New York and Kansas Dr lohn W Bell Superlntendent of D1str1ct On sup rvls s all the educatlonal ac t1v1t1es of the h1gh schools ln that area Enterlng the profess1on as a teache1 Dr Bell Worked hls way up to the pr1nc1palsh1ps of the Hanson Park Elementary School and Amunclsen lun1or H1gh School In 1933 when the JUUIOI' h1gh schools were abollshecl he became the first p11nc1pal ol the Amunclsen SCHIOI H1gh School In September 1936 Dr Bell was appomted to h1s present pos1t1on as D1str1ct Superlntendent , , 1 , . . . K n f S . . b 2 . , ' k 2 , . c . 4 f , 2 , ' . . , . 1. . N 5 . c. L . , O . 1 4 1 . . . . c t , . f - - o f l 1 Ni s c c , , . , ' ' Q ' 'G-f Q V hm , , K . . . L . N . I . . 5 . , L, 2 S ' . , , . , ,f L I s s l V - , ,' . , . 1 . 16