Echo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Echo, OR)

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( } FACULTY Echo Teachers Sign Contracts Superintendent Center Also Rehired By School ECHC. Feb. 13. Supt. Warren Center and tho entire Echo schools' teaching staff have sign od 1947 48 contracts at salary increases, Joe Middleton, sch-'jc! hoard chairman, announced today. Mi. Center resigned Saturday effective July 1 and Monday the teachers also quit “Recent reports of dissension between the faculty and the school board are erroneous, Mr. Middleton declared. The board of directors, Mr. Center and the staff have been, and an- now. in full accord. ' He said the board yesterday also decided to hire an addition al teacher next year and put first graders in one room to re lieve congestion in other rooms He said the board also hoper to provide a lunch rocm and in augurate a hot lunch program next year. Salary Increases mantl'd under the new contracts were in line with pioposals of the Uma tilla County Schoolmasters’ club, Middleton said. W. E. King of Pendleton, county superintendent and schoolmasters’ secretary, said thos mum salary. $2600 minimum foi normal school graduate and $36000 minimum for teachers with masters degrees and five years experience. He said raises would avc rag about 20 per cent.

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FACULTY OF 46-47 We students of Echo High consider ourselves very fortunate in having such a wonderful group of teachers to guide us and help us with the three R's . Miss Eatwell caxne from Leton, California, where she formerly taught school. This is her twenty-fourth year of teaching. She has taught in Nebraska, Colorada, Kansas, California, and finally Oregon, She graduated from the Nebraska Wesleyon University with and A. B. degree and has had additional work at the University of Colorada. Mrs. Davis came from Rumney, New Hampshire, where she formerly taught school. She is a graduate of Keene Teacher's College, Keene, New Hampshire. This is her tenth year of teaching and in that time she has had one summer of graduate work at the college she graduated from. Mr. DeLap came from Joseph, Oregon to teach Social-Economics and Physical Education. He is the coach and a very fine one at that. He graduated from Washington State College with a B. 8. degree in Physical Education and a B. A. degree in education. He coached in Joseph for two years then joined the Navy and was a sailor man for three years. Mr. Center has been here three years and every day of it has been highly appreciated by all. He is the superintendent of our school and he teaches band to both high school and grade school. This year he started an orchestra at the first of the year which is doing swell now. Last year Mr. Center was pushing hard to get a new gym for us. He must have done some good because we now have the largest gym in Eastern Oregon and we're really proud of having it.