Frankfurt American High School - Focus Yearbook (Frankfurt, Germany)

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MW DR. WILLIAM J. BOLT DR, JOHN L. STEELE HERMAN D. SEARCH Deputy Director of Director of Education Superintendent: District Education NO. I LT. COL. ERNEST C. CLARK DEQ Schmid Twenty-one DEG High Schools, spread throughout Germany, France, Italy, and Ethiopia, maintain a high level of education for dependents of the overseas command. Each school has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Often working under adverse conditions, such as overcrowding, lack of funds, materials, and teachers, and the transportation of students from outlying areas, the U.S, Army Dependents Education Group, working from its headquarters in Karlsruhe, coordinates the operation of the school in seven districts. The dependent school program was established on May 4, 1946, with a total enrollment of 3,087. This figure has increased 20 times in the past fifteen years and now stands se, vl. e,ii,e Lk .,,, ',' I .ky kk ,F ,V.k 3 , g in . 1 i - 1 an w . , l Ji, Q S , Q, W if if k ykkk ,753 4, BZ x f X Q A T 5 , X I2 X Ex r X 'fn 5 A R x S if K sf ws gg A A if AA 7 'J Q x in gf his , as O L5 3 iw.. i . - Inf. . AA S- ' -A GEN. IRVIN L. ALLEN Commanding Generalg chief of staff Liaison at approximately 6l,000, Such a large operation needs the NACOM Officer guidance of capable officials, such as: Director of Education, Dr. John L, Steelg Deputy Director of Education, William J. Bolt, Chief of Staff Liaison Officer, Lt. Col. Ernest C, Clark, Superintendent of District One, Herman D. Searchg Commanding Officer of Northern Area Command, Brig. Gen. Irvin L, Allen, Commanding Officer of Frankfurt Post, Col, Ellis D, Blake, and School Officer, Captain Edward F. O'Hara, rp Asmara Heidelberg Orleans p pp. Augsburg Kaiserslautern Paris S' Bad Kreuznach Karlsruhe Poitiers - - Baumholde r Livorno Stuttgart MW Berlin Mannheim Verdun A Bremerhaven Munich Vicenza Frankfurt Ntlrnberg Wtlrzburg . ,VV.,,p A COL. ELLIS D, BLAKE CAPT. EDWARD O'HARA Commanding Officer, School Officer F rankfurt Post

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