Greenville High School - Chief Yearbook (Greenville, OH)

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ACTIVITIES

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MR. O. O. OTTMAN Othello Otis Ottman has spent thirty-three and a half years teaching Spanish in Greenville high school. Mr. Ottman was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1885. He attended a one room schoolhouse for the first few years of his schooling and eventual- ly graduated from Morgan township high school in Butler county. His teaching career began at the age of seven- teen at a rural school. Before coming to G.H.S. in 1919, Mr. Ottman taught one of Latin and commercial geography at San Juan high school in Puerto Rico, and one year of chemistry and physics at Convoy high school. He also taught four years of English and Latin at Seven Mile, Ohio, and another four years was spent teaching grade school in Butler county. Altogether Mr. Ottman has taught forty-three years. His schooling was obtained at Valparaiso University in Indiana, the University of Wis- consin, University of Spain, Ohio State Uni- versity, and the Y. M. C. A. college in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After his retirement this year from the teach- ing profession Mr. Ottman plans to do photo- graphy work. Page Twenty-Two

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Les Francais The newest club in Greenville high school is the French club, organized just two years ago for the students taking French I and ll. Les Francais, under the direction of Mrs. Kathryn Griner, wrote to French correspondents as a club project. The other features of their activities were a modern language assembly and a picnic with the other modern language clubs. Mary jo. Randall was the president of the French club this year with Sue Ann Garret as the vice-president, Farris Dunlap as the secre- tary, Nancy Warner as the treasurer, and Linda Alley as the reporter. Sociedad Castellana The purpose of Sociedad Castellana, the oldest organization in the school, is to learn about the customs of the Spanish speaking people. Each year two medals are given to the boy and girl outstanding in second year Spanish by the National Association of Teachers of Spanish. The finance program for the year was the collecting of tax stamps. The 1951-52 officers were: Dick Timmons, president, Charles Wag- goner, vice-president, Joanne Hobson, secretary, Jane Van Dyke, treasurer, Jean Mowery, reporter, and Mr. Ottman, the Spanish instructor, was the club adviser. Page Twenty-Four