Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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 MR. V. R. HENRY, Principal During the past ten years the colleges and universities of the United States have been filled to capacity with students seeking college training. Too frequently this group included many who either by lack of proper preparation or ability, were not capable of standing the educational pace set by the college and at the end of the first quarter or at the end of the first semester were sent home with a distinct sense of defeat. College freshmen in 45 Ohio colleges in 1924-25 numbered 12,341, and only 4,988 of these were resident seniors four years later. The testing plan carried on by the Ohio Department of Education is an honest attempt to enable teachers and students to determine who are best fitted to make a success of college work. The tests are almost wholly objective and prepared, and after being given by experienced teachers in the various high schools, corrected under the direction of the State Department. The results are carefully tabulated and returned to the various schools. This enables comparisons on a large scale. Low scoring pupils are strongly advised not to enter college but, if determined to do so, to give college a tryout in a summer session when there is less distraction on account of extra curricular activities and athletic events. Since fewer subjects may be taken at this session, more concentrated effort is possible, and failure is not attended by the same social significance. Page Eleven

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MR. C. M. DICKEY, Superintendent It has been said that a little learning is a dangerous thing. Mr. A. consulted a physician who had received his diploma by barely passing his medical examinations. As a result, Mr. A. now sleeps in the cemetery. Mr. B. employed a lawyer who knew but little law. As a result, Mr. B’s property has been sold at sheriff’s sale-. His wife and children are in want. Mr. €. sent his children to an alleged teacher who knew but little about teaching. As a result, Mr. C’s children came to hate school. Some of them are criminals; others are worthless citizens. Seniors: whatever your vocation in life, prepare for it so thoroughly that, in your case, it cannot be said “a little learning is a dangerous thing.” MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD MISS LOUISE KAHLER, President MR. CHARLES A. OTT, Vice President MR. CARL B. MILLARD, Secretary MR. CLYDE RISLEY MR. EDWARD WELLMAN Superintendent of City Schools MR. C. M. DICKEY Principal of High School MR. V. R. HENRY Page Ten

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RUTH R. ROSS ITER, A. B. College For Women, Western Reserve University. English, History. MAURICE D. ADAMS, B. S. Indiana State Teachers College. Algebra, Physics. FREDRICK J.TORRANCE, A. B. Ohio Wesleyan University. History, English. EDNAH JOHNSON, A. B. Lake Erie College. Biology, Ancient History, Commercial Geography. LEONARD J. HOPPES, B. S. Mount Union College. Wittenberg College. University of Wisconsin. History, Commercial Law. Coach of Athletics. GLADYS J. BIGLER, A. B. College of Wooster. University of Chicago. Latin, English. KLINE C. LOOMIS, A. B. Ohio Wesleyan University. Bookkeeping. Filing, Salesmanship. PAUL F. SHEEHAN, A. B. Defiance College. History, Civics. WILLIAM C. SIMPSON, B. S. University of Akron. Spencerian School. Stenography, Economics, Commercial Law. Page Twelve