Clarkston High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Clarkston, MI)

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Multiple Phases of School

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Every life has its aim, and so it is with Mr. S. F. Goedde, to whom we dedicate this year’s Hilltopper. His aim is a better education for the youth of today and tomorrow. Commanding the respect of students, faculty and townspeople alike, his integrity and capability have played major roles in the advancement of Clarkston High School. To the students of Clarkston he is the helping hand and the final word. We know he will listen with interest to our ideas, and we know we will find within his office a practical mind open to suggestions. But mainly we know him for his willingness to help and his constant readiness to assist in any way possible. Being the man he is, his activities go beyond the school and into community life as well. As a member of the Citizen’s Committee, a group formed to plan the new high school and to make a reality the educational opportunities to be offered there, he proved to be an invaluable asset. Public life called, and only through direct participation in such activities as the Air Space Committee, the Committee for Hospitality at the National Principals meeting, or Rotary Club and Men’s Club did he feel he. could answer this calling. The world of education seemed to be where his main interests lay; and so, to him, it was inevitable that he urge the faculty members to strive for North Central Association accreditation. A record consisting of a Master s Degree in Educational Administration from Michigan State University, membership in the Michigan Education Association, National Education Association, Michigan Secondary School Principal s Association, National Association of Secondary School Principals, Oakland County Secondary Principals Association and 13 years’ experience in Michigan Public schools stands behind him. We have seen what he has helped to accomplish in five years for us. We know him not just as our principal but as someone we trust and as someone who puts each student’s interest above his own. This is why we, the student body, are proud to dedicate this yearbook to our principal, Mr. S. F. Goedde. Because of his extensive work as principal and civic leader, one seldom finds Mr. Goedde sitting restfully at home with his attractive wife and children.

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The vastness, operations and many functions of a school are rarely realized by one individual. A high school such as ours with its own government, its own administrators and its own affairs is a community in itself. In order to create an impression of the variety of our community, a student and adult representing every organized effort in our school system are represented here. Everyone from the class president to the leading characters in our plays, every club and every social event, every stop in our tour around the school is represented for you.