West Point High School - Cadet Yearbook (West Point, NE)

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Administration

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With Great Pride.. . With great pride, the CADET staff dedicates its yearbook to Reuben Alberding who retired this year after twenty-one consecutive years of teaching at West Point High School. During these years, he taught world history and geography, economics, American government, journalism, and English. At one time or another, he served as a WEST POINTER sponsor and declam coach. Mr. Alberding was always popular with the students because of his witty puns and retelling of his many and varied experiences as a young man and as a teacher. He gained the deserved respect of his students and his colleagues because of his dedication and interest in teaching. He usually was one of the first to arrive and the last to leave the school building each school day and one often found him working throughout the weekend, too. It is difficult to assess the impact Mr. Alberding has had on West Point since he arrived here in 1949. In that time over 1000 students experienced the guiding influence of his teaching. Surely, the area has profitted from this infusion of education, the community from his sense of civic participation and religious responsibility, the profession form his dedication, and his students from his learning. The effects of a man and teacher like Mr. Alberding on our commqnity is much more than the community realizes, the loss of his services is greater than it appreciates, and its praise of him is much less than he deserves. The CADET staff wishes Mr. Alberding many years of happiness and calm retrospect, and we hope West Point NEVER forgets that we miss him very much. 2

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EARL LOWE Mr. Lowe, Superintendent at WPHS for one year, has a total of 20 years experience as a teacher, coach, and administrator. The schools where he was previously employed were Nodo-way, Iowa, and Firth,Brock, and Nelson, Nebraska. Mr. Lowe was a graduate of Peru State College, and received his M.A. Degree at the University of Nebraska. Mr. Lowe, Assist Mr. Gillespie Students GARY GILLESPIE Mr. Gillespie, the new principal at WPHS, was a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University and received his Master’s Degree in Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska. He previously taught at Broken Bow, Nebraska, and was principal at Walthill, Nebraska. Many improvements in the student council, modular scheduling, and the dress code were made by him. a