Kenton High School - Echo Yearbook (Kenton, OH)

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KENTON BOARD of EDUCATION It IS under the 1eadersh1p of the Kenton Board ot Educatron that the pubhc schools are operated As a result of thexr careful planmnq and apphcauon of knowledge Kenton schools hold a hugh rank rn Ohxo and thus a htqh place m the nat1ona1 school system The members ot the Kenton Board of Educatlon are Eugene Sheldon Pres1dent Vernon Gasson V1cepres1dent Reverend W1ll1am Newman Clerk Rxchard Rubms and Ke1th Ehresrnan ' v I Y S t 1 2 , ' Q I W t K al ' --f , 1 Z I I , ' I , I , .

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4.11 L Colltns as our Superlntendent of Kenton schools We hope that th1s brlef brography wtll help us to know htm better He recetved hrs elementary and hrgh school educatron rn New Madtson Ohto From Leba non Unrversrty 1n 1917 he was granted the Ph B degree from Wtlrnrngton College ln 1921 the B A degree frorn the Unrverslty of C1nc1nnat1 the M A degree ln 1926 and the PhD tn 1928 He dld some postgraduate work rn Yale Unrverstty Dr Colltns took over hrs posltlon ln Kenton at the begtnnmg ot the school year of 1945 1946 Hts ttrst superlntendency was ID Clear creek Townshtp ID Warren County Ohto from 1914 1917 He was then Dlrector of the Y M C A Techntcal Schools tn Columbus from 1918 1920 and followlng that was super mtendent ot schools tn VVest Alexandna Later he became Prestdent of Wxlmmgton College and txnally Drrector ol the D1v1s1on ot Instr ctton tn the State Department of Educatlorm College From hrs last post he was granted a leave ot absence to enter 1nto the army where he LCL6L stgned to Allred Mtlrtary Government work as a spec1al1st tn educatton and 1n h1S eleven months overseas was statroned 1n the Medr terranean area North Afrtca Sardmta and the southern part of the ltaltan rnalnland Dr Colllns has set up a program whlch he belreves rrnportant to the betterment of edu catton rn Kenton l The broadest posstble program that stands for the development of the mlnds and bodtes of our students 2 Elementary school butldmgs as modern as the hlgh school 3 Each bu1ld1ng to be used as centers of comrnunlty actxvtty 4 The student body to take real prrde rn physlcal and lntellectual achlevement 5 The closest posstble workrng relatlon shrp among the students the cltrzens of the cornmunrty and the teachlng force 1n the schools Dr Colhns bel1eves that thts program should work toward one goal the develop ment ot a better c1t17en tor today and tomor row than we had y sterday n r ta .q,Qg.f,? K P We are indeed fortunate to have Dr. Walter held the rank ot major. Dr. Collins was as- u ' ' ' I , , ' , f e .