Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Have Gone to War Mr. Kenne+h Crook. who +augh+ boys' classes in heal+h, is ye+ ano+her +acul+y member on leave +or +he dura+ion. A+ presen+ L+. Croolc is s+a+ioned a+ For+ Sill, Oklahoma. A+ abou+ +he same +ime, Mr. William T. Smi+h, +eacher o+ physical +raining and baseball coach, le++ +o serve wi+h +he Army Air Force. A+ presen+ Cap+ain Smi+h is a+ Waco, Texas. Ano+her popular +eacher who le++ was Mr. George C. Dunbar. Leaving here +o +each commer- cial work +o a Navy uni+ a+ Miami Universi+y, Ohio, he +hen ioined +he Sea-Bees. Now George C. Dunbar, SK Ifc is s+a+ioned in Oakland, Cali+ornia. The Commercial Depar+men+ los+ s+ill ano+her good member when Mr. George Reno le++ +or Grea+ Lakes Training Cen+er. Now George Reno SK Ifc is on +he ship Lacer+a. Almos+ +wo years ago Mr. C. C. Les+er ioined +he Navy. The second member o+ +he Social Science Depar+men+ in +he war, C. C. Les+er, S. P. A. 3fc is in rehabili+a+ion worlc in Long Beach, Cali+orina. Flung across +he globe, +hese nine warriors are +enderly missed by everyone +rom +he chiefs +o +he braves and maidens. They are all eagerly awai+ing +he +ime when +he calume+ will be smolced again and +he warriors will be home once more. LIEUT. KENNETH CROOK CAPT. WILLIAM SMITH SK lfc GEORGE C. DUNBAR SK I,v'c GEORGE B. RENO s .P. my axe ci-IARLES c. LESTER

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LT. COL. CH EST ER HILL MAJOR FORREST L. ROE LIEUT, J. ALFRED CAMPBELL CAPT. CLARENCE LAYMON ag I8 Some Counselors of K. H. S. Several of lhese counselors are warriors, I dis- covered. Some of lhem are Tighling on land and some are fighling on +he big sea wafers. The drums of war were lirsl heard here four years ago when Mr. Chesler l-lill and Mr. Forresl Roe lei? wi+h The Nalional Guard. Mr. Hill was direcfor of alh- lelics in lhe Kokomo Public Schools: now a lieufenanl- colonel in lhe Air Forces, he has a responsible posi- lion inspecling camps in The Soulhern slales. Known especially for his in+eres+ in frack, he eslablished The now-famous Kokomo Relays, one of lhe biggesl high- school frack meeis in The counlry. Mr. Roe lelil school +o parlicipale in World War I, relurned, gradualed from This high school, and laler Jraughl in The Social Science Deparlrmenl. Now Major Roe is in Jrhe lhick oi The fighfing wi+h The Field Arlil- lery in lhe Philippines. Anolher Teacher now on leave is Mr. Allred Campbell, known To all as Peedad. The menlor ol several baskelball Teams, he lefl in I942 for 'rhe Navy. l-laving seen ac+ive service in +he Allanlic Ocean, L+. Campbell is now Securily Officer al lhe U. S. Naval Training and Disfribulion Cenler, Shoemaker, Cali- iornia. Noi long aliler, Mr. Clarence Laymon leil' his biology classes lo join Jrhe Army. When las+ reporl- ed, Caplain Laymon was in India expecfing 'F3r+he' orders.

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A SJW... o .. fig, Deans Enforce the Rules of the Reservation T 1 ge 20 LEFT: Dean John Paul Jones advises a sTudenT prior To his being included inTo milifary service. RIGHT: Dean Eslella G. Pearce discusses plans for The Mo+her-Daughler RecepTion wifh Two m- miTTee members. The Two deans welcomed me as cordially as They do all oTher new- comers. From Them l learned much oT counseling ThaT wise men oT my Tribe never ThoughT oT. The man behind The smile, whose oTTice is always crowded, is The Dean oT Boys, lvlr. John Paul Jones. Busy all day helping boys answer greeTings Trom The GreaT WhiTe FaTher in WashingTon, aiding Thern in ad- iusTing Themselves To The rules oT The school reservaTion, supervising The Boys' Legion, and Teaching a maTh class, he is a greaT TavoriTe wiTh The sTudenTs. l-le received his A. B. and A. M. degrees Trorn BuTler UniversiTy. For The lasT nine years Dean EsTella G. Pearce has successTully be- Triended and guided all The girls in high school. She is lcepT busy counsel- ing The Girls' League, Teaching a healTh class. and unraveling girls' prob- lems in a gracious and eTTicienT manner. lvliss Pearce received her Ph.B. degree Trom Ripon College. To her corne The maidens worried abouT Their school marks, Their daTes, and Their iobsg she helps each Tind her own soluTion.