West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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MR. ALBERT A. MR. HARRY MR. CHARLES MISS VERA E. MR. SELMER H SCHLAF SHAW H. DAVIS NVALLING BERG M.A. Alemher Alember School AIIOIVIEQ' Chief Clerk Szfperintendefll of Si'lJooI.f MR. HUGH D. Miss ASTRID Miss EDITH M. DR. JOHN o. DRA GEORGE TOLMIE GUSTAFSON Bs. KNOX M.A. HEALD E4 LAMPHERE Director of Sfrpervifor nj' S7lf7E7'1'iJ'07' of St-hoalPl7yiicia17 Slkool Dmffff Bnildingr Music A41 . sf far aaa r f M. . V4 ,.,. E X . 'Ffh' af. i K ...-..,.....a. , E.N..'-2Q2:ZC:T.:., may sax... ' .,. cm it . ....a,,.a,.,..ti P5575 M i 'WMA Post-War Planning Undertaken By Board The important work of the Board is done by four committees consisting of three members each. Under the direction of Mrs. Marion Bates, the Education Committee approves appointments for the teaching staff. With Mr. Charles Roe as head, the Business and Finance committee, handles the business affairs and budgets of the school sys- tem as well as approving the payment of any bills. The Purchasing Committee with Ernest Estwing as its chairman approves purchases of all educational supplies, coal, and insurance. With Mr. Thomas Nolan as chairman the Building and Grounds Committee approves the employment of custodians and makes arrangements for improvement and upkeep of the buildings. Keeping an eye on the coming post-war era, the Board of Education has been looking over suburban areas of the city with the thought of locating additional school sites. The 1945 budget has allowed 315,000 for the purchase of a site if a desirable location is found. At some of the meetings the establishment of a Junior College or some type of an adult college which might be maintained in the old central high school has been discussed. The Board has not, however, made any definite plans along this line, but has instead been of assist- ance to the City Planning Commission in their work of planning a better post-war Rockford.

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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

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Since society makes definite requirements of all youth, education must meet certain specific needs which society recognizes and willingly supports. One of the best recent statements of the common educational needs of youth is that published by the National Association of Secondary School Principalsl' expressed as follows: All youth need to de- velop salable skills: all youth need to develop and maintain good health and physical fit- ness: all youth need to understand the rights and duties of the citizen of a democratic society: all youth need to understand the significance of the family for the individual and society: all youth need to know how to purchase and use goods and services intelli- gently: all youth need to understand the influence of science on human life: all youth need an appreciation of literature, art, music, and nature: all youth need to be able to use their leisure time well and to budget it wisely: all youth need to develop respect for other persons: all youth need to grow in their ability to think rationally. james E. Blue. 'Planning for American Youth, An Educational Program for Youth of Secondary School Age, published by Na- tional Association of Secondary School Principals: l20l Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D. C3 1944. JAMES E. BLUE M.A. Principal Wert Senior High School At the left Mr. Blue is seen in one of his most familiar poses, addressing an assem- bly.