Hugh Morson High School - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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clministration JESSE O. SANDERSON Sujnerintendent Raleigh Public Schools DANIEL WERT SANDERS came to Raleigh as principal of Hugh Morson High School in 1945. He is a native of Tennessee and received his B.S. degree from Middle Tennessee State College, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Later, he continued his education by studying at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, and received his M.A. degree from George Pea- body College for Teachers. Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Sanders came to the schools of North Carolina ten years ago after having had experience as classroom teacher and high school principal in the schools of Tennessee. For seven years before coming to Raleigh, he was principal of Star High School, Star, North Carolina. He is a member of the professional educational fraternities, Phi Delta Kap- pa and Kappa Delta Pi. He is an honorary IT1C111lJCI' of Kappa Phi Kap- pa. He is a teacher of the Men's Bible Class at Hillyer Memorial Christ- ian Church and a member of the Raleigh Rotary Club. 9 JESSE O. SANDERSON was born in Wayne County on January 19, 1901. He received his early education in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was graduated from high school in 1920. At Duke University, in 1924, he received his A.B. degree. During 1924 and 1925 he attended the law school of George Washington Uni- versity. Later he did graduate work at summer schools at Duke. He began his professional career in the public schools at Nashville, North Carolina, in 1925, as athletic coach and teacher of English. Fol- lowing this, he was made principal of the Nashville Elementary High Schools and served in this capacity from 1926 to 1930. From 1930 to 1932 he was principal of Robbinsville Consolidated School. For ten years he was principal of the Methodist Orphanage School. He was made superintendent of the Raleigh Public Schools in 1942. DANIEL W1 SANDERS Princzyaal Hugh Morson High School