West High School - Occident Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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CTIVI-l J ation MISS BLANCHE M. KERN, Vice Principal Among the memories of the senior class of '44 will remain the ever impressing personality of Blanche M. Kern, vice principal of West Senior High School. Born and reared in Columbus, Ohio, Miss Kern attended Columbus East High School, and graduated from Ohio State University with two degrees CB. A. and B. Sc.D in Education. Miss Kern majored in Latin and received her minor in French. While attending college Miss Kern was active in Browning, a literary dramatic society, and was a member of the girls' basketball team for a period of four years. In St. Louis, Missouri, she started her teaching career in a Cirls' School and after classes she did postgraduate work in the Washington University. She was appointed to the faculty staff of VVest Senior High School in 1917. Before coming to West, Miss Kern taught for five months physical education, instructor of both boys and girls of the eighth and ninth gradesg and ofliciated at the school basketball games. In 1925, she was appointed vice principal of West Senior High. Miss Kern has held her present position as vice principal for 19 years and has been a member of West's faculty for twenty-seven years. During her leisure hours Miss Kern can be found in her spacious yard among her flowers and garden. Planting unusual flowers is a favorite pastime for Miss Kern when she isn't knitting, weaving, rug-making, enjoying musical art, or keep' ing house. A hobby that interests Miss Kern is traveling, before the shortage of gasoline. She has seen almost everything of interest in Ohio, a goodly part of the United Stati, especially the western portion, and highlighting this hobby was a trip to Alas a. For amusement Miss Kern takes great delight in translating Virgil into metrical verse, and also in writing genial letters to members of the family at holiday time in the metrical verse to relate the news in jingle form. Miss Kern also has kept a diary in metrical verse. The class of '44, as they wind their way through life, will uphold and emulate the Christian qualities so often impressed upon it by the able counsel and advice of Miss Blanche M. Kern, vice principal of West High School. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Seven

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ix LA DR. H. H. REIGHLEY, Principal Signally honored in assuming the conihined responsihilities as the executive head ol' the VVest Senior and junior lligh Schools this year. Dr. ll. ll. lleighley supervises approximately eighty teachers and the activities of 2200 students. ln addition to his school duties, Dr. lleighley edges tl.cse contemporary victory gardeners. heing an enthusiast ol' farming lior quite some time. To indulge in this lavorite pastime and hohhy, he and lXlrs. lleighley vacation at their l50-acre llarin in northern Adams County, Ohio. 16 miles south oli llillshoro, where Dr. lleighley raises corn, wheat, tohacco, hay, cattle, hogs, and garden trucli. liven during the winter, the lure of the land was too great, so prior to gasoline rationing, each Saturday and Sunday was spent in the southern part ol' Ohio. Dr. lleighley was horn in Adams County, where he attended XVinchester lligh School. Later he attended Uhio Northern University. hut due to Imam-ial tlillicalzies he relinquished his education for a period during which time he taught school. With funds replenished, he resumed his studies at hliami University. where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary fraternity, and was graduated with hachelor ol' arts degree. The several years following his graduation from Miami University were spent as instructor in physics and mathematics at East lligli School, where he was the head ol' the science department. ln 1920 he was appointed lay the superintendent ol' schools, C. Collicott. to supervise the school huilding program ol' Columbus puhlic schools, to which joh he devoted his llull time for one year. At that time he came over to llighland 'lunior lligli School as principal, and remained in that huilding until 1929, when that school was transferred to XVest .lunior l ligh School. llc was principal ol' VVest junior until 1937, when he came to the Senior lligh olliee. At present he is mentor of the largest high school in the city. ln V933 he received his doctor of philosophy degree from Ohio State University. llis name has heen included in all three editions of American Men ol' Science and in VVho's Wlio in lzducationf' 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

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Light FACULTY A JL., iw , Y :Sr ' ' xidpkwp 't ' i Z' i' ' n.MN wr 'Vlln an Jn' l A '- URM' '- -- my-v,. ...sw I I 4, ' '44 OFFICE CLERKS A year ol' devoted service was rendered the faculty and students of YVest Iligh hy the two ahle ollice clerks, Mrs. Louise Perry and Miss Georgia Neff. Acting as secretaries to Dr. ll. ll. Reighley, principal, and Miss Blanche Kern, vice principal, handling the attendance record and incoming mail are only a few of the many services they performed. The faculty and students pay trihute for a job well done. Q