Columbia City High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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Mr. Kerr Mr. Gandy Miss Thoinburgh Superintendent Principal Asst. Principal Superintendent Arley Kerr serves as advisor to all the students. He is always willing to help the students with suggestions and advice. He aids the seniors in deciding what they will be happiest in doing after they have graduated. He also is well known for his psychology and sociology classes. Mr. Kerr received his Bachelor of Science degree at Ball State Teach- ers' College and his Master of Science at Indiana University. Mr, Gandy has served four years as the principal of Columbia City High School. Before being principal of the high school, he was principal of the West Ward. Mr. Gandy's duties are very numerous. Besides teaching geography and English, he has the daily task of Writing excuses, making announce- ments, seeing that students meet requirements for graduation, and many others. He received his Bachelor of Science degree at Manchester College and his Master of Science degree at Indiana University. Miss Thornburgh is the assistant principal of our high school. In ad- dition to teaching Latin and speech classes, she is kept busy coaching the clebaters and supervising the Forum and National Forensic League. Miss Thornburgh received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Indiana University. She has also taken graduate Work at Indiana University and the University of Colorado.

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Forrest Schrader, Forrest Orr, Floyd Ferguson, Arley Kerr. Secretary, Joan Schrader School Board Not all of our activity takes place inside the four brick walls. The representatives of our community who handle the budget are the school board members. The board is composed of Mr. Floyd Ferguson, who presides at the meetings, Mr. Forrest Schrader, secretaryg lVlr. Forrest M. Orr, treasurer, and Mr. Arley Kerr, our school superintendent. Miss Joan Schrader, a recent graduate, is the secretary of the board. These representa- ives strive daily to formulate the policies of our school and solve he problems that arise in the management. Jo Ann Terry Secretaries Miss Jo Ann Terry is secretary to Mr. Gan dy in a very busy office. She has recorded the attendance daily, kept check on the finances of the school organizations, typed letters and grade cards, and managed the books in that oflice. Another girl who spends many hours inside of the four brick Walls is Miss Joan Schrader, shown in the above office picture. She had charge of the book store and assisted in compiling state reports. Besides many pieces of correspondence, she made appointments for Mr, Kerr and Wrote the checks for the personnel.

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Faculty 1949 Leon Alter Rosemary Bergman Mary Henderson Russel Bowman Vocational Agriculture Physical Education Art Supervision Industrial Arts Science Health and Safety B.S. Indiana State Teach- A.B, Indiana State Teach B.S.A. Purdue University B.S. Indiana University ers' College ers' College Purdue University Bernice Carver Oris DeVol Eloise Blackwood Laurel Inman History Athletic Director English English Mathematics Driver Training Spanish Journalism Oxford College for Wom- English Dramatic Art B.S. Indiana State Teach en Commercial Mathematics A.B, Ball State Teachers' ers, College B.S. Miami University A.B. Wabash College College M.A. New York Univer M.A. Indiana University sity Indiana University 10