Amherst Steele High School - Amherstonian Yearbook (Amherst, OH)

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FRED R. POWERS Superintendent of Amherst Public Schools A. B., Oberlin College: Wooster College: A. Nl., Columbia University: University of Southern California. MARION L. STEELE Principal of Amherst High School A. B., Oberlin Collegeg Chicago University Stanford Universityg Cambridge University

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3,-S l ,Qui LA ,pt if N- fl' -, ln the first half of the nineteenth century, the one-room school was di- rected by one teacher and a board of trustees. The first teacher in Amherst township was a woman: history shows, however, that at a very early date a man instructor was employed at one of the log cabin schools. A teacher was not required to have any normal trainingg many times he had only a grade school education. Later, in order to qualify for a teach- ing position, he had to be certified by passing a County Teachers' Examina- tion. 52 N, 47 5' ,s . X K I Z ? L ' 5 5 - 1' . ag 'r I QED'

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FACULTY ,ti ifiiw sh MARGARET F. RICE A. B., Oberlin Collegeg A. University of Michigan. Draniatics: English. ARTHUR W. ENGLE B. S., Iowa State College, Oberlin College, Ashland College, Ohio State University Graduate School, Baldwin-Wallace C01- lege. ' Science. LUCILLE LEACH A. B., B. University of Akrong Univer- sity of Southern Californiag Kent State University. Lating En-glishg Biology. IONA M. GOOD A. B., Bluffton College: Ohio State Uni- versity. Art. DOROTHY JONES B. S. M., Oberlin Conservatory of Musicg Bowling Green State University, Univer- sity of Southern California, Ohio Wesley- an University, Northwestern University. Music. ' ETHEL E. EPPLEY Diploma, Kent State Universityg Wooster College, 'Cleveland School of Education, Baldwin-Wallace College. Junior High Arithmetic. THELMA MAYS A. B., Oberlin Collegeg Akron University: Chicago University. Junior High English and Geography: High School Social Sciences. SELMA WARKENTIN A. B., Bluffton College. Domestic Science. l