Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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School Board Meets Frequently H E sehool board ot Ames, which 1s the legislative body of the school SYS- tem, determines the educational policies for the community in its meetings held m the second Monday of each month. During the building program of the new high school, the board met as often as twenty times a month, sometimes spend- ing eleven hours in session. Board men- bers are Hiram Munn, treasurer; Frank Howell, secretary; N. J. brintnall re- placed P. G. Robinson, who had com- pleted his third vear, Dr. R. D. Feld- man, president, and R. M. Vifquain, both in their ninth vears; David Ed- wards, serving his eleventh vear; and W. H. Meeker, who has given twenty- nine years. Superintendent J. L. Lar- son carries out its policies as an admin- istrator. Supt. J. L. Larson, Mr. Dave Edwards, Dr. R. D. Feldman, Vifquain, and Mr. Frank Howell. Prof. Meeker is being honored this vear for his twenty-nine years of service on the board. This gives him the dis- tinetion of having served a longer term than any elected member of a school board in Lowa. Prot. Meeker was first elected to the school board in 1911. He has been reelected every third year and has been president of the board during the third year of each of his terms. He has been on the board during the build- ing or remodeling of all the present Ames schools. Because Prof. Meeker thinks only of educational value 1n school matters, he has been very helpful in planning the new building. Prof. Meeker might be considered, according to Supt. Larson, as a “‘liberal conserva- tive. Не is to the school board what former Senator Borah was to the United States Congress. Prof. W. H. Meeker, Mr. P. G. Robinson, Prof. R. M.

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