Arthur Hill High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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Mr. Harold W. Giesecke, principal MAKING IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS over the p.a. is one way in which Mr. Giesecke speaks to the student body. Education’s Goal: Full Development of ‘Talents FORMER TEACHER Albert Dersch visits with Mr. Giesecke during a faculty tea. During his fifth year as principal of Arthur Hill, Harold W. Giesecke continued to carry out what he feels is the responsibility of education: to provide every student with the opportunity to develop his talents to their maximum potential. Mr. Giesecke named counseling and curriculum as two important factors in achieving this goal. He pointed out that Arthur Hill meets the first requirement with a strong counseling program in which advisers and teachers contribute to group counseling, and the regu- lar counseling staff provides individual help. Concerning curriculum, Mr. Giesecke felt that Arthur Hill has an excellent program which has been traditionally orientated to meet the needs of most of its students. But he also expressed concern over the needs of those students who are not going on to a four year college. In his opinion, more em- phasis could be placed on vocationally-orientated classes for these students.

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we - 2 es: i i - Superintendent Coulter Announces Retirement After eleven years as superintendent of Saginaw public schools, Charles C. Coulter, on October wll 1966, announced his retirement, effective on July 1, 1967. Among the activities started under his leadership were a remedial reading program, occupational training classes, an adult education program, a sum- mer school program, a dental-fluoride program, and the school counseling program. During his thirty-eight years in the Saginaw school system, Mr. Coulter has worked toward a goal of top quality education for all. He placed special pride in the achievements made in the teaching of trainables. The special education program for severely retarded children was expanded and special classes for the brain-damaged were started at Handley School. In Mr. Coulter’s opinion, the citizens of Saginaw have built one of the best school systems in the coun- try in terms of facilities. During his term, five new schools were added and six were replaced. For the future Mr. Coulter expressed the hope of building an educational and diagnostic evaluation and demonstration center where children of all educa- tional stages could be combined in one building. Born in Cedarville, Iowa, Mr. Coulter earned his bachelor’s degree at Lombard College in 1929 and his master’s degree in 1940 at the University of Mich- igan. After teaching in Iowa, he came to Saginaw in 1929 and taught at Saginaw High until 1940 when he became assistant principal of that school. He suc- ceeded Chester F. Miller as superintendent in June of 1956. Mr. Charles C. Coulter, superintendent. SCHOOL BOARD Top: Mr. Walter Leesch, Mr. Walter Averill, Mr. R. Joseph Heagany, Dr. John Goodsell. Bottom: Mr. Harold Karls, Mr. John Picard, Mr. : Euguene Stansbury. Dr. Milford Holt, director of secondary education 12

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Experimenting with a new policy to make the open- ing of school more efficient, the administration sent class schedules to students in August. All necessary changes had to be arranged sometime between August 15 and August 26. Approximately four hundred changes were made during this time. In order to as- sist in making these changes, the counselors were at work several weeks earlier than usual. Mr. Birdsall began early to enroll new students. Numerous duties kept Mr. Keith Birdsall, Miss Hel- en Olmsted, and the counselors busy during the school year. The activities of Mr. Birdsall, assistant principal, included setting up the school calendar, maintaining athletic eligibility lists, directing student activities, managing commencement, and issuing work permits. Miss Olmsted, Dean of Students, was in charge of P.T.S.A., the foreign exchange student program, col- lege scholarships, and student hostesses. She also served as faculty activity director. Mr. Birdsall and Miss Olmsted worked together on student discipline problems, and both served on the Homecoming Com- mittee. Conferences with college-bound seniors kept the counselors especially busy in the fall. During the year they worked with teachers in counseling students and helped with underclassmen schedules for next year. Administration Success Mr. Keith Birdsall