Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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DR. GEORGE C. McGINNIS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS As teacher, counselor, principal, and assistant superintendent of schools, George C. McGinnis has served Berkeley ' s schools with great distinction since 1938. Dr. McGinnis received his B.S. in 1931 in Civil and Mining Engineering, and his Master ' s Degree in 1938. In 1956 he was awarded a Doctorate in Education with a dissertation on Contractual Procedures of School Districts. He returned from Modesto to his Alma Mater, Berkeley High School, in 1938 as a science teacher and counselor. In 1943, he went to Jefferson Elementary School as Principal for a year and then served the following year in the central office as Coordinator of Educational Services. From 1945 to 1948 he held the principalship at Thousand Oaks School. He has since then been Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Charge of Business Services and Classified Personnel. An inspiring teacher, he was co-author with Berkeley colleague John L. Horning, of An Open Door to Chemistry, one of the first science books written for children and published in 1946. Greatly respected within his profession, he has served both as Bay Section and Statewide President of the California Association of School Business Officials. But all is not school business with George McGinnis. He is an enthusiastic Bohemian Clubber and a trombonist in that organization ' s orchestra. Married for 35 years, he takes great pride in his family which includes an engineer son and a daughter who is a teacher. We salute a distinguished graduate of the Class of 1926, Dr. George C. McGinnis, and appreciate his fine service.

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On June 30, 1964, after thirty-three years of successful and devoted service, Mr. A. B. Campbell retires as Assistant Superintendent of the Berkeley Public Schools. Mr. Campbell, a native Californian, born and raised at Campbell, California, a town named after his pioneer grandfather, was graduated from Campbell High School and then attended San Jose State College, where he was enrolled in the teacher training program. In the Fall of 1918 he was in the Army Training Program at Stanford University. After the war he moved to Lahaina Maui, Hawaii, where he was instructor for a year in a school for boys. In 1920 he left teaching and worked in the engineering department of a milling company. In 1921 Mr. Campbell returned to Berkeley, enrolled at the University of California, and received his B.S. Degree in 1923. Upon graduation he returned to Hawaii, where for one year he was Assistant Agriculturist at the Ewa Plantation, Ewa, Hawaii. He then returned to school work and was Director of Rural Training at the University of Hawaii. After three years he became Principal of a grammer school in Wahiawa, Hawaii, and then Principal of a junior high school in Hilo. In 1929 Mr. Campbell returned to California, became an investment counselor for a firm in San Francisco for two years, and at the same time was enrolled in the graduate school at the University of California. In the Spring of 1931, he entered the Berkeley School System as an elementary teacher. In the Fall of the same year he was appointed Associate Principal of the Uni- versity Elementary School. From 1932, until 1938, he was Director of Adult Education and supervised three evening schools besides being Principal of the McKinley Continu- ation School. In 1933 he received his M. A. degree from the University of California. Mr. Campbell was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Schools in 1938, a position he held until he was granted a leave of absence to serve in the United States Navy during World War II. There he achieved the permanent rank of Commander. Mr. Campbell ' s responsibilities as Assistant Superintendent have been many and varied. He has served as acting Superintendent, interviewed all applicants for teaching positions and recommended to the Board of Education for employment those deemed qualified, assigned teachers to various schools, served as counselor to teachers on educational and personal problems, served as staff consultant to principals, directors, and supervisors on educational, administrative and personnel problems, helped in the preparation of the budget, served on building-planning committee and in any capacity directed or assigned by the Superintendent. These responsibilities he accepted and discharged with friendly efficiency. During these years he has won the respect and affection of hundreds of school employees and parents. Mr. Campbell has also been very active in community affairs during his thirty-three years in Berkeley. A few are: Member of the Henry Morse Stevens Lodge 541 F. A. M.; Past President of the Berkeley Kiwanis Club; Board member of the Family Service of Berkeley, and member of the Bay Area Council on Social Planning. For many years he was in charge of collections during United Crusade campaigns for all Berkeley public and private schools. He is a member of Northbrae Community Church and its Board of Control, a member of American Legion Post 7, and a member of Phi Delta Kappa National Education Fraternity. He has also been a member of and has served on many committees of local, state and national educational organizations. Mr. Campbell lives in Berkeley, with his wife, Esther, and two sons, David and Ben. His hobbies include fishing, hunting, camping, gardening, music and photography. Now he is retiring from service with the school district. He can be said to be directly responsible for the high caliber of teachers in the district ' s schools. We wish to express deep appreciation and gratitude for the fine and sincere contributions he has made and the fine personal qualities Mr. Campbell has brought to his position, and for the superior contributions he has made.

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MR MRS. ESMER CLARK DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION A career spanning 37 years in the public schools of the Bay Area will end this July for Mrs. Esmer Clark, Director of Secondary Education for the Berkeley Unified School District. Mrs. Clark started her teaching career in I 927, at Whittier Elementary School, but moved to Hillside the next year where she remained through I 938. After a year ' s leave of absence for graduate study, she returned to Berkeley, but this time as a teacher of English and remedial reading at Burbank Jnior High. As the years passed, her reputation grew as a specialist in the field of reading, so in 1952, after another leave of absence for work in the Oakland schools, she returned to Berkeley High School, again teaching all phases of English but specializing in remedial reading. In 1959, as a fitting climax to her career of service, Mrs. Clark was appointed by Mr. Wenner- berg as Consultant in Reading and Coordinator of Secondary Education for Berkeley Schools, a position which grew into her present role of Director of Secondary Education. Retirement for her will not mean idleness. She has already authored several books on the junior high level and will continue to write. She will serve as an educational consultant. But, most of all, she wants to do a lot of cooking. Esmer ' s former students and her associates will miss her.