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

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MArmvejOfNsn Q vN ctpfp , -- ;. A change of semesters and students welcomed a new face around Trojan halls, this being the new as- sistant principal, W. C. AAatthys, who replaced Carter Lomax when he assumed duties as principal of the new Sam Rayburn High School at midterm. Mr. AAat- thys came to Pasadena after graduating from Baylor University, where he majored in Business Administra- tion, and receiving his Master at Texas A M. Since then, he has credit for 16 hours at Texas University, 20 hours at the University of Houston, and 9 hours at the Houston College of Fine Arts. After moving from a farm near Waco to Pasadena, Mr. Matthys taught seven th and eighth grade math at Jackson Junior High for five and a half years. He left Jackson to become principal at South Houston Elemen- tary, but served in this position only a year and a half, and then assumed duties as principal at Gar- dens Elementary. Mr. Matthys stayed at Gardens for 10 years, until Southmore Junior High opened in 1953, and he moved to become principal there. After close to 10 years at Southmore, Mr. Matthys moved to South Houston Senior High. Mr. Matthys stated, The students today are better than ever before, and working with them has been and will be a tremendously rewarding job. II

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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

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Mrs. Wood giN vly received transcript. Mrs. Burnes pensively concentrates on her bus daily schedule. f OBNCy fS FOREMOST IN SCHOOL ADMIN fSlRAnON Expressing secretarial work is most difficult for any artist. He must instill in the mind of the observer the diligence and perseverance of our secretaries. By using the most vivid and distinct lines he creates this idea. Deep purple and ma- jestic white expose the odorous mimeograph fluid and the typing paper compulsory for office tasks. Noticing the many, varied duties and qualities of the secretary, he finds it difficult to separate their colors from those of the remaining school functions. Mrs. Novak and Mrs. Manning review the absentee list. 298