College View High School - Viewpoint Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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After graduating from the university, Mr. Gum gDzinaif1af, Although we associate with Mr. Iohnson in the capac- ity of principal and students, day after day, few of us know his real personality, or his likes and dislikes. Mr. Iohnson began his education in a rural school in Oregon. He attended this school for three years, later transferring to a rural Kansas school, where he finished the eighth grade. Bozeman, Montana, was the town in which he began his high school work. While at home during the summer following his junior year in high school, he heard that a teacher was being sought to teach a rural Kansas school. It was during the war and, therefore, a very difficult time to secure a suit- able teacher. Whereupon Mr. Iohnson inquired and was informed that if he were able to pass certain tests, he would be qualified for the position, Needless to say, he took the tests, passed without difficulty, and received the position. He taught just one year, enrolling at Union College the next and finishing his high school work. Mr. Iohnson then attended the University of Nebraska, ob- taining his B. A. degree in 1922. Torval johnson Prin ipal Iohnson began teaching in the College View Schools, along with coaching all sports, from l922-27. During his years of teaching, he continued his own education and in 1932 re- ceived an M.A. degree in secondary educa- tion, which prepared him for principals work, the occupation he is now following. Besides all this, he has worked on a doctor's degree which he has hopes of completing at the University of California, in Berkley. Liking sports as well as Mr. Iohnson does, one would think that school work would hold little appeal for him, but con- trary to this, e exp s to be engaged in school work for a go many years to come, as he enjoys advisin pupils in their courses of study, and their problems as students. He is also interested in the vocational aspects of the work. Assistant to Mr. Iohnson for the past seven years has been Miss Louise Coffman, whose chief duties are the keeping of school records to date, acting as cashier for the school, ordering supplies and many other de- tails. Her congeniality and efficiency have made her indispensable to Mr. Iohnson and the school. KEY Marjorie French: Dorothy Frederick: Louise Coffman, secretary: Torval johnson principal. Nine

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Education Nero, but he finally Nl. C. Lefler Superintendent were the possessors only was the way to 50.125, f 'zascfom Epictetus was a Roman who lived nineteen hundred years ago. He was a slave during the reign of the tyrant, secured his freedom and became a stoic philosopher. His experience as a slave and his re- lease from this bondage made him an ardent apostle of freedom. and he spent a great share of his later years contemplating the best means of securing it for an in- creasingly large number of people, I-le became convinced that ignorance and poverty usually go together, and these are the conditions under which slavery best flourishes. He therefore took bold issue with the customs of his day when he declared, The rulers of the state have said that only free men shall be educated, but God has said that only educated men shall be free. These are very interesting words because it was then the prevailing idea that members of prominent or well-to- do families were the only persons entitled to the status of freemen. They constituted a privileged class. They of liberty and freedom. To them opportunity open. The civilized world is struggling in the direction that Q only educated men shall be free. It seeks to banish ignorance. Many kinds of slavery have already been abolished. Since the founding of our country, universal education and equity of opportunity have been its cardinal cqcffis Usmanf principles. Every boy and girl is not only entitled to have his fair chance, but he has a great obligation to make the best use of the opportunities which are afforded him. A cultivated, cultured mind is really the price of true The day in which we live is a critical day. We are apt to feel that all things can be im- proved by change, that nothing is right that has not changed. This is a fallacious point of view, yet one which dominates the thinking of the masses of people in our present-day civilization. Only educated men often demands change, and adjust ourselves to an ever- no longer possible to predict, which the years immediately ahead will bring. Of one thing we can be certain -they will not be like the years just past. However, real progress we will need to prepare to changing environment. It is with any certainty, changes We must not lose sight of the part which each of us has to play in helping to make his own environment. There is a prevailing tendency for the young person to be so much concerned with fitting in to the proper niche in life that he forgets the possibility of his creating a niche of his own. A contribution to society on the part of the individual means real achievement. As high school graduates complete the work of the public schools and enter into the spirit of the Commence- ment season, it is my earnest desire that not one of these shall fail to do his best to carve, out of the rock of destiny, a successful career which will signify a life devoted to an everlasting purpose. Fight freedom. This is what Epictetus meant when he said: shall be free. O. H. Bimson Assistant Superintendent

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M fifwf sf.. WITH OUR The Viewpoint presents the faculty in a series of informal photographs of classroom and laboratory. Each picture is intended to illus- trate every-day situations in College View High School. g r . na Bergman, shown with a junior hig oup in English, received her B.A. de- gtvs' rom Union College and also took gradu- work at the University of Nebraska. She eaches classes in languages, directs the eighth grade home room, and sponsors the Girl Re- serves. Coach Robert Chase earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska. ln addition to directing athletics, Mr. Chase teach- es European history and English, as well as supervising the seventh grade home room. The photograph shows him explaining some basket- ball technique to the youngest squad members. Miss Marcia Perry, teacher of English and American his rge of seniors in home 1 t room. The ' si y Nebraska has grant- ed her B..A. d M.A. degrees. Miss Perry sponsors t urple and Gold and co-sponsors the se ' class activities. A part of an Ameri- ature class was snapped for the View- po t. Miss Hazel Scott, director of girls' athletics. art work, and junior high mathematics, is a ninth grade home room teacher and class spon- sor. She is pictured at her desk with a study group. Miss Scott attended the University of Nebraska. The C1.A.A. and Pep Club are sponsored by her.