Hoover High School - Husky Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Dr. Wetter Gets Hoover During the summer of 1967 there was much speculation whether Hoover High would be finished in time for the fall term. There was one man, however, who w as determined thai it would be, and that it would soon become one of the finest schools in the country. That man was Dr. Don- ald M. W etter, the first principal of Hoover High School. Amidsl the turmoil of the con struction of the building, one could always Find Dr. Wetter, the man who continued working long after the workmen had gone. Among his most important responsibilities were select- ing the faculty, organizing the PTA, and scheduling athletic events. With twenty-eight years of experi- ence in education, Dr. Wetter has spent six of these ears in the Des Moines School System. He taught mathematics at I ' oosevclt and then served as principal and vice-principal at North before coming to Hoover. His experience, along with his optimism, endurance, and most of all, his patience, have given the students and teachers much faith in Hoover ' s In! ure. Eager to complete Hoover for the first semester, Dr. Wetter leaves his administrative duties to unpack new furniture.

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Faculty Academics High School: the troubled, uncertain, funfilled days of our lives. Learning is the most important part of these days. Academically as well as socially, the skills and understanding aquired dur- ing this time helped each individual to grow and pre- pare better for tomorrow. To guide us in this learning were our teachers and ad- ministrators, who treated each of us as individuals with individual problems. Each experience of ac- complishment and failure left an imprint on which to improve ourselves for the future.

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Mr. Wendell Miskimins Vice-Principal Miss Vera Kendall Girls ' Adviser Off to a Good Start Always eager and willing to help were the student advisors, Miss Vera Kendall, and Vice-Principal Mr. Wendell Miskimins. Besides their regular duties of counseling and solving disc iplinary problems, these two energetic people helped out in other areas. Miss Kendall arranged the buses for the out- of-town games, sponsored the Girl ' s Club, and was social chairman of the school. Mr. Miskimins supplied and organized the tem- porary concession stands, was bookkeeper for the athletic department, and was co- sponsor of Hoys ' Club. Miss Kendall listens attentively as Sandy Villaboim tells her about her trip from Brazil. The first few weeks of school were hectic ones. Not only did Mr. Miskimins supervise concessions, he even had to sell them.