Maple Heights High School - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Maple Heights, OH)

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ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY Teaching and maintaining democracy in the class- room is building the foundations for a better world. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Bernard Pastor H. H. Richards Frank Vasek H L Greene The Board of Education, by law, is charged with the opera- tion of the public schools of Maple Heights. This includes the responsibilities of providing buildings, school supplies, and in general, seeing that the school is properly financed. The em- ployment of teachers and custodians for the school is handled by the Board of Education. This Board is the only local author- ity governing the operation ofthe public schools. The text books and courses of study are checked and approved by the members of the Board, Five members make up our Board of Education and these are elected for a term of four years by the voters of Maple Heights. The President, Mr. Bernard A. Pastor, has been a member of the Board since April, 1943. The Vice-President, Mr. Herbert L. Greene, has been a mem- ber of the Board since january, l94O. He served as President in i942, The Clerk-Treasurer, Mr. Frank j. Vasek, has been a mem- ber of the Board since january, l938. Mr. Arthur H. Richards has served on the Board since Sep- tember, l94O. For the past three years he has served as Presi- dent of the Board of Education. Mr. Howard E. Miller was elected to the Board in September, 1942. A president is appointed by the elected members for a one- year term, but he may be re-appointed any number of times. Their meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of each month in the offices of the Board of Education, Room lO, in Broadway School. 6

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DEDICATION DEDICATED T0 AN IDEAL Servicemen sporting those snappy Cl haircuts and Navy Blues are not so evident in the halls of Maple Heights High, for, because of the war's end, the winged gold eagle adorns the Iapels of visiting vets. Drab olive and navy blue are being replaced by covent cloth and soft brown tweed. Pleasure jaunts in that slick little convertible, now equipped with four new tires and a tank filled with gas, are no longer an unpatriotic act. Girls who 'once had cried over the lack of prom bait, are now shed- ding tears of joy, for their men are coming home, Reconversion from war to peace may be in full swing all over the world, but in Maple Heights the same red brick high-school overlooks the same walk, the same willow trees offer a peaceful haven from the sun when you and your friends just have to sit somewhere and gab. Though long since disabled, the sun dial provides a perfect background for snapshots of your best friends. Winter brings with it cold home-rooms, and spring ushers in bad cases of Spring Fever. Though we do every thing possible to get out of classes, we do have to attend a few each day, taking great pains with our trig, boasting about our poetry. Tests aren't any easier or report cards more A -covered. School Spirit soars with our team's victories and drops with defeats. but our cheers are just as loud. We continue to publish our own newspaper, carry on panel discus- sions, get excused to attend church on days of obligation. We carry on as free people, not as slaves. We hope that Maple Heights High is a reflection of the rest of Amer- ica. But then, we know that all over the country, the citizens of the United States may feel an independent spirit - not restricted by the bonds of tyr- anny. The essence that says laugh, cry, or shout whenever you please is ours. We call this freedom. This freedom belongs to us Americans- liberty is ours. Born into an independent world, every breath we have taken has been unhampered. Created by time and the hard work of the courageous men who have gone before, our liberty's strength must not be weakened. It has been strong enough to withhold all the enemies who have attempted to tear down this great ideal. Never forget this liberty, for we, the youth of today and the citizens of tomorrow, shall be its guardian and protector. Perhaps, too, some day all the people of the world will also know what it means to be free. lt is with this hope the graduating class of l946 dedicates this page of the Maple Leaf to an ideal - Freedom. 'J us ,,,.3! '

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SU PERINTENDENT Mr. Albert E. Hadfield-M.A., Superintendent Mr. Hadfield has been Superintendent of Maple Heights Schools since I938, and was a teacher of mathematics and financial research at Shaker Heights from l929 to I938. He attended Hiram College and the Teachers' College at Columbia University, majoring in educational administration. PRINCIPAL Mr. Wilbur D. Coon-M.A., Principal Mr. Wilbur D. Coon came to Maple Heights High School in I923. Prior to that he attended Otterbein College and Ohio State University. When he first came here, he taught geog- raphy and history. Three years later he became principal of the high school. GIRLS' ADVISER Miss Bernice Wiltshire-M.A., Mathematics Miss Bernice Wiltshire attended Columbia University. Her first four years of teaching were spent at Berea Elementary School. She came here in l923 to teach high school mathe- matics. ln I933 she became Girls' Adviser. Q I 7.