Liberty Township High School - Moraine Yearbook (Chesterton, IN)

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THE 1931 LIBERTY ECHO OF LIBERTY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FRED H. COLE Fred H. Cole was born in Liberty Township and attended the rural schools there and the high school at Chesterton. His college training was received at De Pauw University. After one year of teaching at Liberty Center, and four years experi- ence in the schools of Porter, Mr. Cole served as Deputy County Auditor for two years. Since that time, twenty-two years to be exact, he has been our County Superintendent of Schools. He has seen an almost magical transformation in Porter County in the schools and in the type of training offered the pupils. It is largely through his guidance and as a result of his tireless planning that the schools of the county have been kept abreast of the best educational thought. The county is now dotted by splendid new buildings housing high schools, all recognized by the State Department as doing standard work. But Mr. Cole’s interest in the educational field has not been confined to Porter County. In 1915, under U. S. Commissioner of Education, G. O’Brien, Mr. Cole prepared, with the assistance of government physicians, a “Survey of Rural School Sanita- tion” that has been recognized by educational experts as some of the best work done in community studies. As a result he has had many assignments as special lecturer for the Bureau of Education of the U. S. Department of the Interior and has had flattering offers to educational work in broader fields. But Mr. Cole prefers to remain in Porter County, pouring out his en- ergies for the school life of his home county. The reward of his patient genius and tireless activity is the present high standing of the Porter County schools among those of the State of Indi- ana. HAZEL BROAD BOCKELMANN Hazel Broad Bockelmann is a graduate of the high school in Momence, Illinois. She received the degree of B. A. from Northwestern University and was further honored there by election to Phi Beta Kappa. After a year teaching at the Crisman High School she be- came principal of the Averyville High School in Peoria, Illinois, where she taught German, Latin and English for three years. She spent the year 1916-17 as a graduate student at the Univer- sity of Chicago where she took further work in English and Education. The following four years she was the head of the English department at the Whiting High School. In 1922 Mrs. Bockelmann came to Liberty Center as a teacher. She returned to us in 1925 as principal and has since that time carried the double burden of teacher of language and of executive. She has also assumed the responsibilities of di- recting the making of our annuals and many of our school plays. Mrs. Bockelmann has now spent seven years at Liberty. The seniors of 1931 are the sixth class which she has helped thru the joys and trials of school days. We juniors hope that she will be with us next year to give us the final push that will transform us from seniors into alumni. —Hazel Rosenquist. PAGE SEVEN