Crooksville High School - Crux Hi Skan Yearbook (Crooksville, OH)

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THE PATTERN IS CREATED • From the facile mind and the clever hands of one of Crooksville’s most skillful potters, “Ernie” Blechenschmidt, come the beautiful designs for the china ware that is Crooksville’s most noted product. The work of the designer is basic in the industry. He is the “idea” man as well as the man that translates the ideas of others into designs. The trained minds of the faculty of Crooksville High School work constantly toward the same goal, teaching the courses that will design better citizens for tomorrow. Truly the teachers are the designers of the men and women of the immediate future. Theirs is probably the most important job in the world today. They are the— EDUCATIONAI PLANNERS

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W. DWIGHT DARLING Superintendent of Schools • Mr. Darling's good nature and ready wit have won him many friends in Crooksvillc Schools, as well as among the town's people. He is active in every phase of the operation of the grades and high school from improv-ing the physical surroundings to revising the curriculum to meet changing needs. He is also very active in community affairs. He is vice-president of the newly-formed civic club, the Lions, a member of the community patriotic committee, active in church affairs and seems to have a speaking acquaintance with everyone in town. Mr. Darling states that his biggest worry is trying to make a greatly reduced school budget stretch over the many costs of operating a modern school. The State Department of Education placed its stamp of approval on his work this year following the periodic state inspection of the local schools. The administration of the schools was given a superior rating. For three months, Mr. Darling was both superintendent and high school principal. He assumed Mr. Zollinger's principalship duties during Zollinger's illness. Mr. Darling holds the B. S. in Education and the M. A. degrees from Ohio State University. He was two years at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and holds a reserve commission in the U. S. Army. He expects to be ordered to active duty if the emergency continues. • Crooksville's Board of Education is made up of five public spirited citizens who work throughout the year for the betterment of Crooksville Schools. These men spend long hours in the service of our schools with no remuneration. Their progressiveness in education is shown by the many improvements around the school. Mr. N. B. Snell has been president of the Board for the past eight years. He is the owner and operator of a coal mine and has been active in school and civic affairs for the past twenty-five years. Mr. Harry Watts who is vice-president was the first graduate of Crooksville High to be elected. He is in a position to know quite a bit about the schcxil having had BOARD OF EDUCATION N. B. SNELL President HARRY WATTS Vice-President