Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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Vice Principal William Gieber Administration Vice Principal Don Bryant Athletic Director Jesse Loffer Counseling Director Glen DeShazo Business Manager Dean Schultz Vocational Director Ferris Simpson Vice Principals, E-tc.

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Principal Lorin Miller GPHS' new principal, Lorin Miller, was born in Colfax, Washington, on December 10, 1927, and lived in Walla Walla, Washington, until his high school years. He spent his freshman year in Newport, Oregon, and then moved to Coos Bay where he graduated with the class of '46 from Marshfield High School. Mr. Miller enlisted in the army for a year and a half and worked his way through college holding two jobs --insurance salesman and logging truck driver. He attended the University of Oregon and earned his Bachelor’s and Master's degrees there. He is currently working on a doctorate at Colorado University. He taught English, speech and social studies at Marshfield for nine years, transferring to Klamath Falls for a year as vice principal. He has also taught summers at South western Oregon Community College, Coos Bay. Re-establishing his residency once again in Coos Bay, he was vice principal there for six years. He then moved to a small high school south of Eugene as principal. Having a variety of interests, Mr. Miller enjoys music, hunting, fishing, tennis and ping pong. Previously, he has been a member of the Secretary Marjorie Holthus and Principal Lorin Miller Toastmasters Club and has participated in twenty plays--directing, producing and acting. The Millers have five children: a twenty-two-year-old son studying in Hong Kong; a twenty-one-year-old married daughter who has made him a grandfather; a daughter graduating this year; a sixth-grader and a first-grader. His first impressions here were very favorable as he expressed his pleasure with the excellent drill team, rally, and the enthusiasm and determination in sports and studies. The good vocational facilities were also commended. Mr. Miller explained a few of his beliefs in education. He said every person should have a firm background in computational and communi-cational skills, the need of youth to understand cultural heritage--government, fine arts and global education--the environment and the people who occupy it. Mr. Miller desires to develop a participatory administration involving the students, faculty, and the community-all working together democratically to improve our school and thereby the totality of our children's education. Principal

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FACULTY Clarence Baker Physical Education Rex Chapman Business Education Maurice Anderson Mathematics ra Depariment Chairman