Whiting High School - Reflector Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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 ADMINISTRA TION In the form of its administration our school system may be compared to a great industry. There is a general superintendent at the head of each who has charge of the administration of his plant, and our Hoard of Education compares with the Hoard of Directors of an industry. Our entire school system is directed and controlled by its board of directors, the Board of Education, a body of public spirited citizens who are trying to live up to this great honor which has been bestowed upon them by the community. For almost twenty years this body has been striving towards the fulfillment of the following principle, “The better the procedure, the better the training.” However, they have kept in mind that the school is for the child, and not the child for the school, for the child is greater than the educational institution as in our industry the product is greater J. H. Hoskinson than the machine. Our esteemed superintendent, J. H. Hoskinson, has shouldered the problems of our school system for almost 16 years, and our city owes a great deal to him for the progress made in his administration. Mayor T. S. Hoyle started the school term as treasurer of the Board, but on his election to the mayorship, resigned after 16 years of commendable service. Much gratitude must be extended to him for the remarkable progress that this school system has made under his leadership. Mr. J. Ross Gambril was appointed to fill the vacancy. Dr. O. F.. Bransky, president, holds a very prominent position in our Home Industry. Mr. John Salapski, secretary, has performed four years of laudable service on the Board. We should consider ourselves fortunate in possessing such a body of directors which is so largely responsible for the pace that our school has kept with the rapid development of Lake County. Our fine set of school buildings, valued at two million dollars, and one of the best staffs of instruction in the state, will verify this statement. BOARD OF EDUCATION—Left to right: Dr. O. K. Bransky, John Salapski. Thomas S. Boyle. J. Ross Gambril. fourtern

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ADMINISTRA TION Our high school administration may also be compared with departmental control in the Standard Oil Company. Just as the foremen, the heads of the various departments, are responsible to a higher executive, our teachers who instruct in the various departments, are subject to the principal, who has great responsibility as superintendent of the high school department. Principal L. C. (irubb, our department superintendent, is a man who is interested in his workers, the students, is able to see things through their eyes, to feel with them, and is wholly consecrated to their service. A casual visitor to the principal’s office cannot but be impressed by the multiplicity of duties which devolve upon that official in the course of a school day. Disciplining offenders, recording attendance and pacifying irate parents constitute only a minor part of the administrative functions. Then our student council, which compares with the Hoard of Industrial Relaticns, an organization of employees, in our industry brings the student body in closer contact with the administration. The object of a student council in the high school is mainly to promote self government. The student council is constituted of a group of students with advisory capacity, consisting of the presidents of each of the four classes and one additional representative from each class. These eight members cooperate with the principal in suggesting and helping to put across the various activities of the school, together with any constructive influence that they may, as an organization, be able to exert in the best interests of the school. For harmony and smooth running course of affairs, cooperation is an essential element in any administration, whether it concerns a school or a business. If the heads of the various departments will cooperate, the very best results are sure to come. STUDENT COUNCIL Lift to right around tin- table: Harriet Nash (secretary). Catherine Ribovich. Janet Patten. Arvo Antilla, Birja Drinker (president). Albert Ferenee, Stanley Davies. L. C. (irubb fifteen