Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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KENNETH R. EVANS DONALD McCREARY LATIN FRENCH KENNETH R. EVANS, Instructor of Latin, upon his graduation from Yale in 1925 re- ceived his B. A. Degree, and began teaching the same year at Pomfret, Connecticut. In 1927 he went to the University of Cincinnati. In 1929 he was awarded an M..A. Degree by Yale Uni- versity. The following September Mr. Evans came to the Academy to take up his present position as head of the Latin Department. T. DONALD McCREARY, Instructor of the French and Spanish Department, received his B. A. Degree from Amherst and his M.A. Degree at Middleburg French School, after two years of graduate work in Munich and Paris. He taught English in Ecole Normale de la Sarthe, Le Mans, Franceg French and Spanish in Riverdale, New York, Cranbrook School, Detroit, and the Southern Arizona School before accepting the position as head of the French and Spanish Department at the Academy this year. 13

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-..-r ,ggi Y 1 . L .-.Y A.,,,7.,.f..,y,,,, DANA WHITING, Instructor of Mathematics, after having spent two years at M. I. T., graduated from Bowdoin in IQ24 with a B. S. D gree. He spent six years at the Albany Academy as mathematics instructor before coming to Columbus in 1930. As head of the Mathematics Department Mr. Whiting has instituted a course in college algebra. He has also collaborated with Mr. Cecil Ewing of Tome School in writing an Elementary Algebra Text. ADOLPH A. BUECHNER, Instructor in American History, graduated from Lafayette Col- lege in 1919. He taught at Peekskill Military Academy, where he coached varsity football, basket- l ball, and baseball. After live years he came to the Columbus Academy and for eighteen years has l taught English, American History, and Geography He is also Director of Athletics, coach of Varsity baseball and swimming, and upper-lower football and basketball. DANA WHITING ADOLPH A. BUECHNER i l l l l l l l l l 12

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JOHN S. ADAMS, Head of the Lower School, after obtaining his A. B. and ED. M. Degrees at the University of Pittsburgh, specialized in Elementary Education during two summers of graduate work at the Harvard Summer School. He has taught for three years in public schools in Pennsylvania, eight years at the Arnold School in Pittsburgh, and for three years has been head of our Lower School. EARL XYILEY, Instructor of Public Speaking at the Academy. graduated from Dartmouth College in 1909. He received his Masters Degree at Ohio State University in IQI7, and spent several years as Head of the English Department at the University of Oklahoma. He is now professor of Public Speaking and Debating at the Ohio State University. HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL ORATORY JOHN S. ADAMS EARL WILEY 14