Jackson Township High School - Blackboard Yearbook (Jamestown, IN)

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19 THE HLACKBOARD 52 THE CLASS OI 1952 DEDICATES THIS ANNUAL HERMAN B WELLS Mr. Wells was born in Jamestown, Indiana, on June 7, 1902, and after completing grade school here, he continued his education at the Lebanon High School, from which he graduated in 1920. He entered the University of Illinois that same year, but trans- ferred to Indiana University the following year, where he earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce in 1924, and the Master of Arts degree in Economics in 1927. Aspiring to higher ambitions, he continued his graduate work at the University of Wis- consin for completion of the Doctor's degree. Mr. Wells returned to Indiana University as assistant professor in economics in 1930. but was granted a leave of absence in 1933 to become secretary of the Commission for Financial Institutions, in which capacity he was instrumental in formulating the bank- ing laws as we have them today in Indiana. This work completed, he was appointed Supervisor of the division of banks and trust companies in the State Department of Financial Institutions. In May of 1935 he was appointed dean of the Indiana University School of Business Administration. Then in 1937, at the age of 35, Mr. Wells was appointed president of Indiana Uni- versity, to become the youngest president of any state university in the nation. Mr. Wells was a member of a mission that visited all but two countries in South America. covering more than twenty thousand miles. Again in 1946 he was granted a leave of absence to go to Greece as a member of the Allied Mission for the Observation of the Greek Elections. In 1948 he was granted a leave of absence to go to Germany as adviser on cultural affairs to the military government in the U. S. Zone. Mr. Wells is also a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank board for this district, in addition to numerous other connections. Although Mr. Wells is quite a busy man, he retains a very close contact with his friends in and around Jamestown, where he returns almost regularly each month to sit as Chairman of the Board of Citizens State Bank, before going to his farms just north of the town.

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19 THE BLACKBOARD 52 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Jamestown Methodist Church May 1, 1951 7:30 P. M. Processional-Mrs. Rushton Smith ...... .. March Pontificale To a Lily -Mrs. Rushton Smith .... . . . . . . By William Hodson Invocation ...........,........... ................. R ev. Vermillion Chorus .............................. Mrs. Evelyn Caplinger, Director Ah Sweet Mystery of Life , Victor Herbert Introduction of Speaker .............. . ........ Mr. Harold J. Caldwell Address ...................................... Prof. Myron Phillips Wabash College Presentation of Diplomas .................. . . . Mr. Harold J. Caldwell Chorus- My Best To You . . ........ By Isham Jones Benediction ..................... ...... R ev. Harris Recessional-Mrs. Rushton Smith .......... Festival March CLASS MOTTO Finished Only to Begin CLASS FLOWER American Beauty Rose