Ashland High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Ashland, KY)

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CAPABLE TRAINERS RUN DR ARVILLE WHEELER Sunce comung to Ashland un July I94O to talce the posutuon as superuntendent ot the Ashland Public Schools Dr Arvulle Wheeler has made many truends among both the students and townspeople l-le us always courteous and truendly Dr Wheeler s ready smule us always a welcome sught to pupuls ot A l-l S and hus ever present unterest un school actuvutues at senuor hugh school us apprecuated A serues of new spellung boolcs whuch was com puled by Dr Wheeler has added to hus lust ot accomplushments and us beung used thus year tor the turst tume un the Ashland schools Dr Whee er receuved hus Bachelor ot Arts degree trom Centre Coluege hus Master ot Arts degree trom the Unuversuty ot Chucago and hus Doctor ot Phulosophy degree trom Corne Unuversuty l-le has also had graduate work at the Unuyer rty ot Cuncunnatu Dr Wheeler has Introduced new methods and cour e ot study tor the students ot Ashland l'le pulotecu the school ystem satety through nearly tour years ot wartume shortages and duttu cultues He us lcund and patuent always struvung to guve the stu dents ot Ashland the best equupment and currucua possubue MR H L ELLIS Mr l-l L Ellus has successtully completed hus turst year as pruncupal ot Ashland Senuor Hugh School Mr Ellus states that he us well satustued wuth hus pruncupalshup but he admuts that hus posutuon requures hard worlc Mr Ellus has been assocuated wuth Ashland schools tor the past sux years Before comung to hugh school he was connected wuth the vocatuonal schools ot Ashland He became a member ot the hugh school taculty un I943 and served as assustant pruw cupau taculty manager ot athletucs and the head ot the math matucs department Atter the resugnatuon ot James A Ander son un I945 Mr Ellus was appounted pruncupal Betore comung to Ashlard Mr Ellus was superzntendent or th schools at Louusa Kentucky tor seven years Atter tunushung hus term as superuntendent at Louusa he lett school worlc to be corve attul ated wuth he Aur Servuce Command at Dayton Qhro M Ellus competeo h undergraduate worlc at Easter State Teacher Coulege a Ruchmond Kentuclcy Atter eryur overseas durung World War I tor a year and a halt he enterec Columbua Unuversuty where he receuyed hus Master ot Ar degree f kg . . . . . , . . . . . . . u . , . ' . u G- , . , , . . u u . . . u ru , . . , . . , . , 9 u ,- Q u u . ,M . . , L N Y L Y . Q . L , . . u . t L , , . F . y , . . 5 S V, u L IS V . , , 4 . , . . S L S Z , , 3 Q ' u H '- u L .I . . u . . u 8

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THE TOMCAT SHOWJ Mr. Roy G. Smith, who has served tor the past year as assistant superintendent ot the Ashland public schools, received his Bachelor ot Science degree trom Kentucky Wesleyan and his Master ot Arts degree trom the University ot Kentucky. Mr. Smith was tirst attiliated with the Ashland public schools in l93O when he occupied a position as chemistry teacher at A.H.S. Prior to coming to Ashland he taught physics and chemistry at Winchester High School at Winchester, Kentucky, and served as athletic director there. ln I943 and I944 Mr, Smith taught physics at Marshall College at Huntington, West Virginia. He returned to Ashland Senior High in I945 where he held the position ot chemistry and physics teacher. ln addition to his high school duties Mr. Smith was on the teaching statt ot Ashland Junior College. At present his duties as assistant superintendent consist ot acting as treasurer ot the Ashland Board ot Education, as superintendent ot maintenance ot buildings and grounds throughout the system, and as purchaser ot supplies and equipment tor the Ashland public schools. Mr. John E. Elkins was tirst connected with the Ashland public schools in I943 when he served as coach at Coles Junior High School and as history instructor at Ashland Senior High School For the past year Mr Elkins has been assistant principal and dean ot boys at Ashland Senior High Mr Elkins tormerly served as distributive occupation coordinator and was tor three years manager ot the Ashland Senior High School book store betore he accepted his present position Prior to this he occupied a position as history teacher at Ashland Senior High School and also served as baseball coach in the years ot I937 and l938 Mr Elkins received his Bachelor ot Arts and his Master ot Arts degrees trom the University ot Kentucky His duties as assistant principal consist ot handling the discipline problems ot boys informing parents ot the excessive absence or tardiness ot their students and consulting and advising boys as to what vocation they are best titted to pursue in lite MR ROY SMITH MR JOHN ELKINS 9 i i . ' , Q t , ,. .3 fl 3. - V Q - ' 1 -X . .. - .f ,Q 224 4 - W , M , jg' . J. . 4 , . I 4, ,r . Mfyf,