Kent State High School - Statesman Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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THE STATESMAN GERALD H. CHAPMAN -- Ohio State -- teaching chemistry and phyf sics -- formerly taught at Niles f- came in 1929 ff attended Kent State since school was built in 1912. GEORGE A. DAMANN -f Akron-- teaches industrial arts -- formerly taught in Minnesota -- came in 1920 f- hobby is traveling. GEORGE H. CooKE -- Ohio State -- teaches biology and American history -f football coach f- formerly taught at New Philadelphia f- came in 1935 ff hobby is reading. MICHEI. HERCHEK -- Akron f- teaches mathematics -- basketball coach -- formerly taught at Randolph and Suffield -- came in '33. ELMER R. MEYER -f Harvard -- freshman coach at K. S. U. -f teach- es --Q history and American problems -- formerly taught in lowa - - came in 1929 -- hobby is golf. NELLE RICHARDS -- Ohio State -f teaches comercial subjects ff forf merly taught at Lancaster -- came in 1927. ADAH BROADBENT -- Indiana and john Herron Art school -- for' rnerly taught in Indiana -- came in 1929 f- teaches art -- hobby is golf. VERA M. CHAPMAN 1- Ohio -State - teaches horne economics -- for- merly taught at K. S. U. -- first came in 1925 f 1927 and returned in 1934 f 1936 -- hobby is handicrafts. ELIZABETH MAUTZ - - graduate of Western Reserve U. -- formerly taught at Seven Mile and Meeker, Ohio - f came in 1932 f f high school librarian at K. S. U. library - - hobby is books. PAGE 7

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THE STATESMAN Faculty DR. A. L. 1 1EERf-f superintendant of Kent State training school ff Columbia and Ohio State universities -N taught in public school Michigan State normal college -f- came in 1924 ff special hobbies are golf, reading and community work. FRANK N. 1 lARSH'f prinicipal of Kent State high -- a graduate of Ohio State U. f- now teaching general science and geometry afor- mer teacher at Hudson, Kent Roosevelt ff came in 1921 ff boasts a hobby of 'irural life. ISABELLE 1'lAZEN U. of Kansas and Columbia f- now teaching Latin ff formerly taught in Kansas, came in 1917. AMY 1RENE HERRIFF f Akron U. Columbia U.- study hall supervis- or, formerly taught in Akron, Kent and Ravenna, -- hobbies are music and books. EDITH M. OLSON - Western R., - now teaching social science and science, formerly taught in Wis. came in 1916, hobbies are nature study and birds BLANCHE C. MILLER -- Columbia U. - now teaching English and American literature, formerly taught in Wis., Ill., Minn. came in 1929. NORMA D. Woon - Ohio State U., - formerly taught at Cedar- ville college -' now teaching French and English f- came in 1930 hobbies are golf and traveling. Doius KINNEMAN - Columbia U.f formerly taught in lll., North Dakato f- came in 1929 ff now teaching English f- hobby is hanging on the rope at Twin Lakes with Miss Miller. MARJORIE KELLY f Columbia U. - formerly taught at Mich. State Normal college f- came in 1930 -- teaches physical education and swimming ff hobbies are swimming, dancing and camping. ORA BELLE BACHMAN f New York U.- formerly taught in Penn. and Virginia, came in 1921, now supervisor of music, f hobby is reading. PAGE 6

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THE STATESMAN Training School i i I Kent State training schcol at one time had four primary grades located in four rooms in Merrill Hall. There were five members on the faculty. At present, 350 students are enrolled in the junior and senior high school and 242 pupils in grammar school including kinder garten. There have been 635 students graduate from State. The smallest class in 1919 had 12 students. This year's senior class will be the largest having 75 members, This will also be the nineteenth graduating class, the first one having been in 1918. Today, 1936, the training school is one of the largest buildings on the campus with a grammar school and a four year high school course. Now there are twenty-six faculty members. In 1925, the General Assembly of Ohio appropriated S350,000 for a teacher-training building for Kent State university, then 3 normal school. The building was named The William A. Cluff Teacher- Training Building. It was finished in May 1926. It is 275 feet long and 65 feet wide except in the central section which is Wider, Dr. A. L. Heer is superintendent and Mr. F. N. Harsh is prin- cipal of Kent State high' Students from Franklin Township, Brimfield and other sur- rounding villages are enrolled. PAGE 8