McKinley High School - McKinleyite Yearbook (Canton, OH)

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administration Mr. L. W. Baker Mr. I. W. Delp Supervisor of High Schools Filling the position of supervisor of high schools, a newly created post in Canton's school system, is Mr. I. W. Delp, a former McKinley teacher and formerly the principal of Lehman High School. Assuming his duties the first part of the year, Mr. Delp succeeded the late Mr. H. W. Benedict and has worked speedily and efficiently in preparing a city- wide program for Canton's high schools. Mr. Lewis W. Baker Vice-principal Assuming the vice-principals responsi- bilities for the first time, Mr. Lewis W. Baker has proven himself well able to fill the second highest position in McKinley High School. Previous to his present position, Mr. Baker had charge of the attendance office, and for many years he has been co-sponsor of Mc- Kinley's National Honor Society. Seeing that everything is running smoothly, Mr. Baker is always on the alert to give his assistance wherever and whenever it is needed. Mr. I. W. Delp Page 1 l

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administration Mr. I. L. G. Pottorf Page 10 Mr. J. L. G. Pottorf Principal Through McKinley's halls have entered and departed nearly twenty-five thousand stu- dents, some of whom are public officials and others of whom have become influential citizens of the community. During the four years each has spent in McKinley one familiar figure was always present to lend a helping hand in setting his students on the right track. Ending his twenty-seventh year as principal of McKinley, Mr. Pottorf can look back on an enviable record which his school has produced in all phases of scholastic competition. McKinley's debt to Mr. J. L. G. Pottorf can never be repaid for he has devoted him- self to making McKinley High School one of the finest high schools in the country.

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administration Mr. H. W. Benedict Page 12 In Memoriam fo . . . Mr. H. W. Benedict Sadly McKinley High School bade fare- well to one of its former faculty members. The death of Mr. H. W. Benedict, former vice principal for twenty-one years, came as a shock to McKinley, for during the years which he spent here he had become a well-loved figure. In 1944 he was given the position of supervisor of high schools in recognition of the fine work he had done While in McKinley. His passing was a great loss, nor only to McKinley, but to the whole city, for he ranked highly among Canton's educators and civic leaders.