South Oak Cliff High School - Den Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Page Ten VV. H. ADAMSON, Principal

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DR. .l. F. KIMBALL Sunerintendent of Dallas Public Schools N. R. CROZIER DR. LEE HYRNE Assistant Superintendent Supervisor of High Schools BOARD OF EDUCATION W. E. GREINER, President C. P. RUSSELL, Vice-President C. P. RUSSELL MRS. KIRK HALL GEO. T. REYNOLDS W. O. RAWUNS W. C. LEMMON M. N. CI-IRESTMAN C. M. MOORE, Secretary Page Nine

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AN APPRECIATION It is only after a young person has gone out from the family rooftree that a full realization comes to him of just what its influences have meant. In like manner does the greatest appreciation of our high school life, with its helpful associations and wholesome atmosphere, come when we have passed beyond its walls. We rub elbows with great people every day, but we must wait for a separation before we fully realize their greatness. The person who has created the atmosphere, who has made our school known beyond the limits of our own city for its high standards, for the suc- cess of its pupils and for the better citizens that its graduates have proven to be, is our principal. He has made this school and everything pertaining to it his life-work and interest. Every movement which will better the school, it is his pleasure to encourage, so the body has not been neglected for the mind, nor either of these neglected for a moral education. The personal interest, also, that he has taken in every individual pupil is keenly appreciated. Our principal is not like the old woman who lived in a shoe, he must take care of a lot of children, but he does know what to do. No day is too busy, and no business too pressing for him to stop and listen to one of his boys or girls. But most important of all, the reason why the atmosphere that our principal has created is so dear to every student, is the man himself. People are naturally attracted to a man who is living a worth-while life. One trait that seems predominant in his character is sympathy. If a pupil has work to make up or do over, he understands and tells some story which is so encouraging that it makes the task seem a pleasant duty, if some one is sent to him for punishment, he again understands and gives him another chance. In all cases he understands, he has that sympathy which makes troubles seem smaller and joys greater. He has also that great American characteristic-he is democratic. His so-called private office is more open to the student than is the corridor, he is as easy to approach as another student. But while he is democratic and sympathetic, he has a strength of will which permits no deviation from right principles, which allows no wrong to go uncorrected, and his decision, once made, is inflexible. And with it all he has a saving sense of humor which enables him to enjoy a joke with the youngest of us. His sincerity of purpose, his straightforward simplicity of manner, and his high moral standard remind one of Abraham Lincoln. The sterling characteristics which show in the faces of both, that great president and our beloved principal, have given them a similarity of expression. But all the great cannot be famous, and while the name of our principal may never be known nation-wide, he is the greatest of the famous in the hearts of his boys and girls. Page Fleven