Dover High School - Swirl Yearbook (Dover, OH)

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F. P. Geiger Superintendent of Schools 6

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CRIMSON AND GRAY STAFF. 1915 Editor-in-C his f........... Assistant Editor...... Business Manager........... Assistant Business Manager. Art and Humor Editor........ Class Editor................ Athletic Editor............. Literary Editor............. Elliott J. Nucent, ’15 Matthew D. Johnson, '16 ....Sydney A. Fried, ’15 ......John J. Jenkins, '15 Howard H. Butler, '15 Melba N. Shumaker, '15 Gomer Treasure, 16 .........Enid Frary, '16 5

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The New High School new high school building is in process of construction and en completed and equipped according to the plans and speci-itions, the patrons and the pupils of the public schools can well proud of the new high school plant. The advantages of such a commodious and up-to-date plant are apparent and the fact that the bond issue for this purpose carried on the first attempt by a vote of better than four to one, is convincing proof that the citizens of this community appreciate fully the necessity of having adequate facilities for a good, practical, modern high school training. New times demand new things. It is a constant problem for the schools to meet the new situations as they arise. These situations must be met with an eye single to the best interests of the students. “The greatest good for the largest number,” must ever be the guiding motive. To retain all that is good and essential in the old and to add that which is desirable and worth while of the new, requires rare insight and exceptional foresight on the part of those whose duty it is to formulate educational plans. The schools of our fathers and mothers may have been good enough for their times, but the sons and daughters, growing up under new conditions and new environments, must be trained to meet successfully the new problems that will confront them in their days of service. No matter how well the academic subjects may have been taught prior to this time, the instruction in the academic subjects will be much better in the new building with its new equipment. The pupils are doing good work in the commercial department but they will have superior advantages in the new quarters where ample accommodations are provided for separate classes in bookkeeping, typewriting and stenography. The boys have been doing marvelous work in their present quarters in the manual training department, but in the new and commodious rooms they can pursue varied lines of industrial work in both wood and iron. The girls have been getting excellent results in designing and sewing, but the new department will be open for every phase of domestic science work. The new gymnasium will be a boon to many pupils because all, the weak as well as the strong, will have the opportunity of enjoying much needed physical exercise. The galleries will provide ample space for the spectators at all public games. Last and not least, the commodious auditorium will make it possible to carry out some excellent phases of the social center idea. Here many of the regular exercises of the public schools can be staged to good advantage by the pupils and teachers and to the delight of admiring fathers and mothers. Yes, the new high school building will not merely be “a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” It will be an inspiration for better service resulting in a higher type of manhood and womanhood. The students will be more happy in their work in the new environment. 7 F. P. G.