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

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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.

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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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MR. DONALD CARR SCIENCE