Hempstead High School - Colonial Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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DR. W. AMCS KlNCAlD SuperinTendenT oT Schools N OTTice I There is a new person who Tills The very diTTiculT posiTion oT SuperinTendenT oT Schools. This is Dr. W. Amos Kincaid who has Taken over The direcTion oi The l-lempsTead Schools. The DocTor, a RoTarian, is well qualiTied Tor This new posiTion as SuperinTendenT. l-le received his Bachelor oT ArTs Degree Trom Ohio STaTe UniversiTy, and aTTer spending one year as Prin- cipal and Two as SuperinTendenT oT Schools in Ohio, he aTTended Teachers College aT Columbia UniversiTy. ln l93O he became SuperinTendenT oT Schools aT lvlonTpelier, VermonT, where he re- mained unTil l94l. ATTer leaving VermonT, he held The same posiTion in SummiT, New Jersey, and in The Spring oT I946 The degree oT DocTor oT EducaTion was conTerred upon him. Then he came To l-lempsTead To lead our school sysTem, In his plans Tor l'lempsTead High. he has in mind a ToTal guidance program Tor all sTudenTs. ln This program, which has worked very success- Tully in oTher schools, The personal problems oT each pupil are discussed wiTh him, and he is ad- vised by a compeTenT Teacher. Also, Superin- TendenT Kincaid is exTreme'y inTeresTed in The summer camp program, believing ThaT This acTi- viTy is one way in which schools may help combaT juvenile delinquency. ln addiTion, he believes ThaT more physical and healTh educaTion will aid in The characTer developmenT oT our sTudenTs. We all wish The uTnnosT success Tor our new SuperinTendenT in his plans Tor us. We hope ThaT he will enioy many happy days aT T-lempsTead in his new role.

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LeTT To righT, seaTed: Dr. W. Amos Kincaid, Dr. M. Rodin, President absenT, T McLaughlin. STanding: John M. WaTTs, SecreTaryg Russell G, BooTh, Treasurer John B. WolT, C. H. TunnicliTTe Jones, ATTorney. TI-IE BOARD OF EDUCATION HE sTudenTs oT HempsTead High School greaTly appreciaTe The Tine work done in Their behalT by The Board OT EducaTion. The members oT This board are elecTed by The Taxpayers in our school disTricT. These men are capable business men who are Tully equipped To conTrol The Tinancial aTTairs and To guide The policies oT our school sysTem. The Board OT EducaTion holds iTs regular meeTing on The Third Thursday oT each monTh. The members oT The Board oT EducaTion handle dur- ing The year hundreds oT Thousands oT dollars: iT is Their duTy To see ThaT This money is puT To good use. The board is also concerned wiTh policy making Tor our school, and The Tinal governing power oT our school sys- Tem is enTrusTed To The capable hands oT The Board of EducaTion. In Memoriam Thomas J. McLaughlin lB7O-T948

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R. MAURE, who has served as Principal oT l-lempsTead l-ligh School since l92l, is ad- mirably TiTTed Tor his posiTion, noT only because oT his exTe-nsive educaTion, buT because oT his diversiTied acTiviTies in oTher Tields. Upon compleTing high school in OneonTa, New Yorlc, he aTTended Wesleyan UniversiTy, laTer ob- Taining his Bachelor oT Science and lvlasTer oT ArTs degrees in Alired UniversiTy. PosT graduaTe courses aT RuTgers and Columbia UniversiTies Tollowed his aTTendance aT Teachers College, supplemenTing all wiTh addiTional courses aT New Yorlc UniversiTy, where he earned his degree of DocTor oT EducaTion. Dr. lvlaure's experience includes Two years as vice-principal and insTrucTor oT science in FulTon l-ligh School, FulTon, New York, and principal of LiberTy Corner Elemenjrary School, Bernardsville, New Jersey. During The war years he served as Chairman oT The NaTional War Fund Drive and publiciTy direcTor OT The BriTish War Relief Drive. The ConsulTaTive CommiTTee oT YouTh Comference, The War Finance CommiTTee oT Nassau CounTy, The NaTional EducaTion AssociaTion, New Yorlc STaTe Teachers AssociaTion, and The NaTional Congress OT ParenTs and Teachers number Dr. Maure among Their members. Nassau CounTy has beneTiTed Trom his assisTance in organizing The TirsT body OT Delvlolay and a Training group Tor Boy ScouT Leaders. Bowling, Tennis, and clam-digging are his Tavor- iTe recreaTions buT his greaTesT hobby is The STudenT Body. Dr. lvlaure is greaTly respecTed and admired, noT only Tor his Triendliness and consideraTe ad- minisTraTion oi The alTairs oT his oTTice, buT also Tor The lceen undersTanding oT The problems and needs oT Those who loolc To him Tor guidance. DR. RAYMOND MAURE Principal