Dover High School - Swirl Yearbook (Dover, OH)

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Champions Mean To Dover In days of old when knights were bold, and jousts were held, and fights were honorable, knighthood was the emblem of all that is good and holy. Today, living in a world of hurry and scurry as we do, knighthood still lives on. Instead of jousts and sword fighting, we have athletic teams; instead of rescuing ye fair lady from the terrible foe our modern knights engage in keen business competition to keep her highness in the necessities of life. But it isn't as simple as all this; just as in the olden days knights were classified as poor, mediocre, or the best, so are our athletic teams, and our professional men, termed today. We in Dover have many of the best knights, whether they are engaged in selling gum and candy, in mercantile business, fighting for the school, or sitting behind a mahogany desk using every ounce of mentality to keep things going. We have the best. I was glancing over a book about knighthood which I read when I was a child, and my eye hit upon something that took my fancy. It was a beautifully illustrated picture of a young gallant being knighted. Over him stood an elderly knight, his face lined and furrowed by the rigor of fighting, and his eyes sparkling with a celestial brightness that came from self-sacrifice, and from noble deeds. Taking his sword, and holding it over the gallant's head, he said in a solemn tone, Please God, Sir, that in war you may never take flight. Today we can apply that quotation, revised a little, of course, to our present-day knights. Being inclined to lean a little toward the sentimental and dramatic, I can see an elderly man saying to his young son, Please God, Sir, may you fight a good fight, and realize your ambitions, however small they may be. I know of a town, Dover, Ohio, to be more explicit, that has seen many of her sons knighted. Boys and men who have attained high standing in the athletic world, in the business world, and in the world of fine arts. It is with a great deal of pride that Dover points out her many champions. Recently, a Dover man was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ohio. We have a Dover man who occupies a high position in the moving picture world, while his father writes and produces plays on Broadway. We have had championship basketball teams, football teams, baseball teams, and bands. That is the way Dover is known The City of Champions. We are identified by our champions in the athletic world as well as in the business world. All this has not been gained over night; it has meant years of struggling, aspiring, building up, and tearing down. The whole town is pulling for her champions, and Please God, Sir, may she always remain that way.

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The Board of Education The School Board is responsible for the operation of the Dover Public Schools. During the past few years of financial crisis the task of maintaining a budget within income has been a difficult one, but our board has surmounted the obstacles and has given our city efficient school operation. A great many schools of Ohio recently have been forced to eliminate departments and curtail school terms, but with the exception of reducing the 1932-33 season to eight months operation, our school terms and scholastic standing have been kept up to normal. The School Board consists of E. F. Wible, president; Harry Harbaugh, vice president; Mrs. Ruth Stieber, clerk; Walter Lieser, and Homer Spence.