Brandywine High School - Azurean Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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SCHOCL ADMINISTRATIC LATE LIP Brandywine's principal, Dr. Thomas J. Jenkins, has for the past five years most ardently enforced our school policy, maintained a high standard of school spirit, and snowed all the students with his annual White Christmasf, Under the direction of Dr. Jenkins, Brandywine students enjoy a well-rounded education, both academic and extracurricular. His tireless devotion to Brandywine is clearly evident, and we owe him our appreciation for helping make our school the greatestf' We were fortunate this year to have Mr. Sanner as our assistant principal. His diplomatic correctional tactics helped us become more responsible students. We have realized that it is a privilege to have an unmonitored, orderly, cafeteria and an administrator who respects our'ability to clean up our own problems. Our secretaries were no less than patient, helpful, and diligent. Daily, these admirable girl-Fridays carefully re- corded preposterous late excuses, answered garbled questions, listened to disgruntled people, and performed more valuable tasks than a whole army of normal office workers. Without them, Brandywine would have lapsed deep into a chaos of disarrangement, turmoil, and inefficiency. DR. THOMAS J. JENKINS, opposite page, attended Vir- ginia Military lnstitute and Pennsylvania State University, Where he earned his B.S., M.Ed. and D.Ed. His previous experience includes teaching mathematics, guidance counsel- ing, being assistant principal at Delhaas High School, Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, and principal of Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has three chil- dren: Terrell Joan, age 13, Kimberly Jill, age 9, and Jay Randall, age 7. Dr. Jenkins is an ardent Sportsman, and spends his free time playing golf, camping, and playing bridge. MR. GLENN M. SANNER, top left, is a graduate of Indiana State College and received his M.Ed. at Pennsyl- vania State University. Our smiling assistant principal taught mathematics at Central Dauphin High School until, in 1959, he came to Brandywine where he taught mathe- matics for one year, became a guidance counselor the next year, and this year became assistant principal. Mr. Sanner has three children: Steven, age ESM, Susan, age 2, and Shari, born January 10, 1964. He enjoys reading, sports, and at- tending graduate evening school at Temple University. In the picture at bottom, near left, are secretaries MRS. SPOHN and MRS. CONNOR. MRS. HIRST, who replaced Miss Finney in February, is not shown.

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' aff, If '- ...it fs. We DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIO DECISION MAKERS The Alfred I. duPont school district was founded thirty- five years ago with the creation of the Board of Trustees, appointed by the resident judge of New Castle County to represent the Delaware State Board of Education. Since then, ourdistrict has expanded to include, in addition to the original Alfred I. duPont school, now used to house elemen- tary children, four new elementary schools, two junior highs, Brandywine High School, and the Charles W. Bush School. DR. LEROY C, OLSON Q15 was appointed Acting Chief School Officer following the resignation of Dr. Arthur T. Nelson last spring. He attended Clarion State College, where he received his B.S., and the Pennsylvania State University, where he obtained both his M.Ed. and D.Ed. MR. RUSSELL M. CORY f2l, Assistant Chief School Officer-Business Affairs, attendedthe University of Bridgeport, where he received his B.S. in Business Education, Columbia Univer- sity, the University of Maryland, the University of Dela- ware, where he obtained his M.Ed., and Temple University. THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, upper preceding page, are: seated, from left, Mr. Linford Werkheiser, Ad- ministrative Interng Dr. Leroy Olson, Acting Chief School Officer, Mr. Russell Cory, Assistant Chief School Officer- Business Affairs, and Mr. Donald Farrar, Director of Ele- mentary Education. The System-Wide Staff are: standing, from left, Mr. T. Ackerson, School Psychologistg Dr. Phyllis Magat, Coordinator of Mathematics and Scienceg Mr. Edwin Warner, Coordinator of Junior High Schools, Mrs. Virginia Waters, Coordinator of Reading, Mr. Roy Schreffler, School Psychologistg Mr. Francis McNamee, Teacher Recruiter, and Miss Evelyn Gilbert, Coordinator of Educational Tele- vision. Not shown are Mrs. Kirwin, Supervisor of Cafeterias, and Mr. Bell, Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds. The district secretaries, lower preceding page, are: on the left, reading from bottom, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Davison, Mrs. Dyer, Miss Dill, Mrs. Ruig, and Mrs. Riggs, on the right, Mrs. Pendleton, Mrs. Abbot, Mrs. Beckom, Mr. Willard Whittaker, Assistant Business Manager, and Mrs. McNeill. MR. CERDRIC E. MARSH f3l, a chemical engineer for duPont, is chairman of the Board of Trustees. MR. HOWARD L. WILLIAMS f5J, a Wilmington lawyer, is Vice-Chairman. We thank Mr. Williams, who is planning to retire from the board this year, for his six years of dedicated service to our district. MR. STEWART CLINE Ml, a duPont chemical engineer, and MR. HOWARD D. HERBERT, JR., f6l, a laboratory supervisor for duPont, completed the Board of Trustees.

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,.-ab' 'xg --4 'mem Dr. Richard P. Gousha, the new State Superintendent of schools, talks with Dr. Jenkins. Letter from Dr. Jenkins: My, how you have grownl Five years ago most of you, the Class of 1964, were squeaky, squirming little seventh graders at Springer Junior High School. My, how you have grown! And Brandywine has grown up with you. Yes, we have grown taller and olderg but more than that, we have matured together. Though our school is yet an infant, we have experienced a growth and a changing educational pattern that has brought us far beyond our years. We have grown from 491 to 1200 students, 29 to 97 course offerings, 3 to 14 interscholastic athletic teams, a staff of 21 to 65 teachers, a class of 115 graduates to a class of 335, and from 25 to 65 activity groups. In the process our identity has been established. No ivy is clinging to our walls, and yet we have established traditions: scholastic excellence, the spirited lVlt. Pleasant- Brandywine battles, the Senior Lounge, HWhite Christmas, Senior Day, the Christmas Dance, the Latin Banquet, and many more. But our past is barely historyg our present newly identifiedg our future yet to be determined. But have we really changed? The aging process is replaced with youth, classes come and gog the academic learner still takes first place in import- anceg and our school spirit lingers on. Change is unchanging, for YOU have created and been a part of the life-line that is and will be BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL. DR. THOMAS JENKINS Principal of Brandywine High School 5 I I ffm'