South Houston High School - Palladium Yearbook (South Houston, TX)

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BONDV R£PtACES UORTOM Bondy proudly accepts an honorary award for his outstandii ' ice to the Vocational Industrial Club of Pasadena High School. As Miss Savell expla solution. her problem, Mr. Bondy considers a possible If Mr. Elmer G. Bondy enjoys assisting students in all phases of school life. He endeavors to make students graduating from South Houston Senior High better qualified for the future. After attending Southwest Texas State Teachers College for tv o years, Mr, Bondy joined the Air Force to play his part in World War II. He saw nineteen months in the Southwest Pacific as a pilot of the Troop Carrier Command. Choos- ing between the Air Force and teaching as careers was extremely difficult for him. However, he considered every prospect and decided to return to Southwest Texas State Teachers College, where he completed his B.S. degree. Then he moved to Houston and enrolled in the University of Houston to receive his M.Ed, degree. Mr. Bondy has .been in the Pasadena School District the full seventeen years he has taught. In 1947 he began his first year at South Houston Junior High School. During the three years he was there, Mr. Bondy coached and instructed mathematics classes. In 1950 he moved to Pasadena High School where he taught physical education and coached for seven years. In 1957 he became the Assistant Principal of Pasadena High School and remained in this position for six years. Mr. Bondy became the new principal of South Houston High School this year when Mr. Morton, former principal of South Houston High School, mover, accept- ing the position of Dean of Men at Sam Houston State Teachers College. Mr. Bondy, with much administrative experience behind him, was elected by the school board to fill this important position. 295

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Mr. George L. Morton, the versatile ex-principal of South Houston High, with his winning personality has earned the respect and admiration of all. After graduat- ing from Sam Houston State Teachers College, he served in the Pacific with the Marines. He received his M.Ed, degree from the University of Houston after the war. As a teacher he began as a junior high coach in Galveston. Soon afterwards he moved from assistant coach to high school counselor, then on to assistant principal, finally becoming principal of Ball High School. When Mr. league was chosen as Assistant Superintendent of Secondary School Education, Mr. Morton ' s qualifications made him an excellent choice for the vacant position of principal here. After the beginning of this school year, Mr. Morton received the deserved opportunity of holding the posi- tion of Dean of Men at Sam Houston State Teachers College. Naturally, Mr. Morton decided to move a step further by applying his efforts toward a new task. The students at South Houston will never be able to forget such an understanding, and devoted man as Mr. George L. Morton. Mr. Morton gets a hand of approval as he encourages school spirit by speaking at the Ball High pep rally. 294

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Mr. Lomax confers with an administrative official concernin current school problem of dropouts. Mr. Lcrr.ax orientates Mr. Matthys as to his daily tasks. During the years Mr. Lomax has been in the educational field, he has expressed his deep interest in all sports activities. He rotates from football in the fall to base- ball in the spring, and from hunting in the winter to fishing in the summer. After graduating with a B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College, he was drafted into the Army. His application was accepted for the Officers Can- didates School in Florida. Graduating as a Second Lieutenant in the Airforce, he became a Physical Training Officer in BIythe, California, at Morton Air Academy. He remained there during the war In charge of the new cadets. When the war ended he returned to Southwest Texas State Teachers College to take a refresher course. Before coming to the Pasadena School District, he coached at Kingsville, Texas, for a year and a half, and at Sugarland for two years. He began teaching at Pasadena High School as a basketball coach, and spent his sum- mers at the University of Houston, working on his M.Ed, degree. With this behind him, he served as assistant principal of both Southmore Junior High and South Houston Junior High School, and as principal at Jackson Junior High. In the fall of 1962, he became the assistant principal of South Houston High. He remained here just long enough to get settled, when the school board decided that he was the most suitable choioe ' for the principal of Sam Rayburn. Mr. Lomax has set his main goal making Sam Rayburn the finest educational institution in the Southwest. Each student will have the best opportunities avail- able. 296