Oak Hills High School - Caledonian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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MRS. ALICE K. ROBERTS DEAN OF GIRLS Mrs. Roberts checks the absence list carefully to in- sure the accuracy of her records regarding illness absence, and attendance of all the girls in the high school. DEANS DFFER Mrs. Edward Roberts, Dean of Girls, has brought to Oak Hills High School many years of academic preparation and professional experi- ence, including teaching on elementary, junior high., senior high, and college levels. A native of Kentucky, Mrs. Roberts was gradu- ated from Holmes High School, Covington. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Kentucky State College, her Master of Arts degree from Cornell University, and did advanced work at the University of Colorado, University of Kentucky, University of Cincin- nati and Harvard University, where she served as a Graduate Assistant. Immediately before coming to Oak Hills, Mrs. Roberts was Dean of Girls at Holmes High School, Covington, and taught an evening class in freshman English at the University of Ken- tucky Northern Center. Her hobby is creative writing, and she is the author of three books of verse: Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Juniorf' and Bluegrass Seasons, as well as numerous published articles. For the past eight years, she has been a daily newspaper columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Kentucky Edition. Her duties at Oak Hills include everything con- cerning the girls - attendance, discipline, guid- ance, college and vocational counseling, and job placement.

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AN IMPORTANT PHASE OF OUR WORLD Mr. Reece spends much of his time testing and coun- seling Oak Hills' students, especially the boys, who are trying to gain admission to college. He knows that a well-stocked reference library of college cata- logs and information is a necessity. MR. .I. WALTER REECE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Mr. J. Walter Reece is a native Ohioan having been born in Dayton, Ohio. His elementary and high school educa- tion was obtained in Loveland, Ohio. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State University where his major field of study was mathematics with minors in chemistry and physics. The Master of Education degree with a major in ad- ministration was awarded to him by the University of Cincinnati. His master's program included several courses in guidance. At the present time he is continu- ing his graduate work beyond the master's in the area of public school administration. His teaching career started at Terrace Park High School, and he served as assistant principal during his last year at Terrace Park, The next position he held was as assist- ant principal of Anderson High School for two years. The following year he worked as a research assistant for the Cincinnati Board of Education in the division of Research, Statistics, and Information. Then he came to Oak Hills where he is currently completing his second year as assistant principal.

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COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE SERVICE The shelves of Mr. Martin's oflice refiect the emphasis and importance which he places up- on the use of booklets and pamphlets in his guidance and counseling work with Oak Hills' boys. Last year he also worked part-time as a guid- ance counselor at the Ohio College of Applied Science, a junior college in downtown Cin- cinnati which trains engineering technicians and is affiliated with the Ohio Mechanics In- stitute. His favorite sports are basketball and swim- ming. He is a Red Cross Water Safety in- structor and has either managed pools or taught swimming for many summers. MR. DAWN MARTIN DEAN OF BOYS F' Mr. Dawn Martin, Dean of Boys, has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Education degree in administration from Xavier University, and has fulfilled the require- ments for a Doctor of Education degree in guidance and counseling at the University of Cincinnati ex- cept for the dissertation. He taught English at Withrow High School for seven years. In 1960-61, Mr. Martin fulfilled resi- dence requirements at the University of Cincinnati for the Doctor of Education and had a graduate scholarship. In connection with this, he counselled freshman education students. He worked with var- ious social agencies in Hamilton County in order to place these students for Volunteer work.