Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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SEATED BEFORE BLUEPRlNTS are administrators: Mrs Mary Bell standing are Dr Maurice Wogaman Chester Martha Apple, Superintendent Dwight L, Barnes, and Dr Roush George Ernst and john Prass Supervisors and board check progress i Keeping abreast of the growing school demands of Kettering is a problem the Board ot Education and school administra- tors have been meeting tor several years. With the new high school came many de- cisions-trom big ones about blueprints to small details about supplies. All these had to be worked out with the co-operation of both departments. The school board carried out various duties at regular meetings open to the public. The members have the re- sponsibility tor the success ot the school system, voicing approval on matters such as construction, and personnel employ- ment. Various administrative departments work to keep methods modern. One ex- ample is the ever-changing curriculum as new techniques are discovered, evaluated, adopted or rejected to train students. DISCUSSINC A PROPOSAL are school board mem- bers: Vice-President Orville Bach, Robert Krebs, George Ernst, President Dorothy Milby, and Willis Eickman. Patrick lrelan is not shown.

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UNIT PRINCIPALS CONFER. East Principal Charles won the respect of faculty and students they have Nolan, Central Principal Paul Wagner, and West undertaken their new assignments with initiative Principal Alfred Bolender discuss daily events. Having and perseverance Principals, counselors aid students GIRLS' COUNSELORS DEVOTE their time to counsel and teaching Personal Adjustment, West, Central, and East counselors, Miss Anderson, Mrs. Cithens, and Miss Wahl respectively, each work with approxi- mately 240 girls. Fairmont girls find these friendly personalities willing to assist in any possible way, besides helping with testing programs and college applications. BOY'S COUNSELORS COMPARE NOTES. Solving many problems, both personal and academic, Richard Sultzbach, james lackson, and Eugene Wysong may be found in the counseling rooms of East, Central, and West, respectively. The boys always feel free to confer on any matter because of the counselors geniality and ability to make boys feel at ease and at the same time keep their respect.

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Library service was disrupted the first semester because the new library was not completed. A small collection of reference books was available in Room 205 and fiction books were dis- tributed through English classes. Much time was spent preparing for the move to the new, modern, spacious quarters in March. The new library has an audio- visual, a conference, a periodic, and a work room to supplement the main room which has space for lO,5OO books, and seats for l4O students. There is a record table supplied with earphones for quiet listening to records from the new collection. A book chute has been installed for convenient re- turn of books not overdue. EXAMININC BOOKS to make the library more complete are Miss Busseer and Miss Wilson, librarians. of blueprints. OFFICE SECRETARIES: Busy as the proverbial bees are five office secretaries who keep student records up-to- date and available for college transcripts. Mrs. Charlotte Robinson, east unit, Mrs. Evelyne Brown, central unit, and Mrs. Evelyn Sorenson, west unit, work hard to keep the general office running smoothly. Typing, filing records, answering questions of students and parents, and finding information for the principals are some of the everyday tasks that keep these women busy. ln the east unit, Mrs. Florence Brown serves as Mr. Somer's secretary and Mrs. Betty Coetcheous is Mr. Flatter's secretary. The others serve as secretaries to the various unit principals.