From collection Kosti Ruohomaa Collection
LB2017.19.3319
Caption in Pageant: "Doris must have quick verbal reports ready for superintendent's regular visits." Pink page notes for contact sheets say: "Supt. of Schools J. Waldon Russell very often drops into a class, not only to talk over teaching problems, parent-teacher relationships, etc., but also to talk to Doris M. about administrative problems in connection with the running of the school. In this case he is telling her of a meeting of the School Board whre she will be asked to present the problems of the McLain School for consideration." From "Your Children's Other Mother" in Pageant, November 1951. The photoessay follows a day in life of teacher and principal Doris MacDougal at the McLain Grammar School in Rockland, Maine. The essay focuses on the challenge of managing increasing class sizes as post-war baby boom starts to overwhelm schools across the country. The article illustrates both MacDougal's teaching and administrative responsibilities, with a bit of homelife at the end. Selected photos from this group were used in an article for Pageant magazine: Ruohomaa, Kosti. “Your Children’s Other Mother.” Pageant, Nov. 1951, pp 51-57.
