West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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P Preparing for the new technology is the first and most fundamental road to peace. Along its pathway lies the administration and faculty of West High School. Looking forward to the time when peace shall again reign upon the earth, the members of the faculty and Board of Education are striving to perfect improved methods of teaching and planning. Forming the basis for the new technology, the faculty through their excellent examples as well as their instruction, impart to those within their realm of knowledge ideas which will be indispensable when it is the studentis turn to take his rightful place in tomorrow's peaceful world. Personal guidance is one of the main functions of the counselors. Innumerable tests enable the class room teachers to classify students according to their special abilities. By interpreting the results of tests they enable students to find their places in the future peace. The development of prsonal opinions is vital for participation in the post-war era. Since democracy is based on the opinions of the people from every walk of life, all original ideas may combine into plans which will produce permanent peace and wise solutions to many problems which the war has incurred. Each teacher must enforce discipline as part of his work, for a well-disciplined youth builds toward a strong nation which constitutes the very foundation of peace. Through these methods the administration of West High School is striving to travel the first road to peace-preparing for the new technology. tr-at

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MR. LOREN L. MRS. MARION MR. FRANK MR. S. PETER MR. ERNEST XVHITEHEAD L. BATES DI GIOVANNI EKSTROM ESTWING Preriaienl Sat retury Member Member .Member MRS. RUTH MR. LAWRENCE MR. THOMAS L. MR. GEORGE MR. CHARLES FRIBERG JOHNSON NOLAN C. OLIN E. ROE Member Member Member Member Member f 12 iiiEQ.l.LQ'l f . . 1.5711 ., .. . , .,- X ... . .-....., . we ,..--er,':,9f' 2 -Q iu..L1':.1': ..5e'g ,gil :' W-Q-was W . ..,, .aff -emxtpsw af' D .s'f ' ve' 1 1----Mis,.w-gq,,,,,,g,, i - Board of Education Adjusts Salaries The work of administering the public school system and dealing with the problems which pertain to its successful operation rests in the capable hands of twelve members of the Rockford Board of Education. The duties of this public- spirited group, who receive no salary for their work requires a sense of justice as well as a knowledge of what is best for each school and its community. Acting as an advisory board, the members pass all appointments for positions in the schools upon the personal recommendation of the Super- intendent of Schools. At the regular meetings which occur the second and fourth Monday of the month all requisitions for the purchase of supplies, additional grounds, and any educational equipment, as well as the payment for these purchases is approved by the members of the Board. An important issue which was taken up and settled by the Board of Education this year was the salary adjustment for teachers, clerks, and janitors who are employed in the sys- tem. A forty-five dollar a month increase on the basic salary was allowed to the l945-46 contracts for all teachers, thirty- five dollars for clerks, and a twenty-five dollar increase for the city school janitors. The Board of Education planned its finances so that there will be money for the same salary adjustment for the future. l2