Wooster High School - General Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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THE GENERAL ANNUAL of 1948 Page Eiglitj Seated-Mr. John Swigart, Dr. C. R. Cutright, Mr. Paul Thomas, Mr. Emmett D, Miller, Mr. Ray W. Miller, Mr. D. P. Bodenbcndcr. StandingfDr. Paul E. Tilford, Mr. Harold R. Gerberich, Dr. Willizirn A. Morton, Mr. George J. Bollinger. BOARD OF EDUCATION The members of thc 194748 Board of Education dcservc a great deal of crcdit for their work this year. Considerable study has been made concerning the building program. The Board purchased a lot on Burbank Road, which will be the site of the proposed northfcnd grade school. A study is also being made of the teacher salary schedule. Another of the achievements of the Board was the securing of federal aid for the school lunch program. With a four and one half to nine cent refimbursemcnt per student lunch the cafeteria is now placed on a more selffsupporting basis. Through the efforts of the Board a fullftime school nurse has been hired and the Home Nursing Course begun. The members all showed considerable interest in the sports activities and made possible the fine sports program for this year as well as the construction of the new stadium,

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THE GENERAL ANNUAL of 1948 Mr. Joseph A. Dorff Mr. Dorff, the first half of the new administration this year, is a graduate of Shadyside High School and Ohio State University. He received the A. B. B. S. and M. A. degrees at Ohio State. The first year after graduation he taught in a onefroom county schoolg then for two years hc was principal of an cle' mentary Belmont country school. He returned to Shadyside as principal and remained thcre for eleven years. just before coming to Wooster he was a pro? curement agent for a steamship company which handled all of the U. S. Lend-lease coal for foreign countries. Although Mr. Dorff is new to our school system this year, he has proved a great friend to all the pupils and has shown a great interest in the betterment of the school. ?f-AQ' -- Mr. D. P. Bodenbender The other half of our new administration comes to us from New London. He was graduated from Defiance High School and received normal training at Defiance College. He obtained the B. A. degree fom this school. At the University of Michigan he took graduate work in school administration and earned his degree of Master of Arts. He has had experience in several different types of schools. He has taught at a country school in Paulding county at Conf tinental, where he was athletic coach, at Swanton, Ada, and New London, where he was superintendent of schools before he came to Wooster. Mr. Bodnbender has started his career in the Wooster public schools in a commendable way, and his influence has already been felt throughout the community and the school system. fPage Ninel