Lima Central High School - Annual Mirror Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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l i i i ll Q s.5ee.f:: get 171 :ei . .En The School Board DR. R. A. BUCHANAN President L. G. MAY - - Clerk R. F. JUDKINS lllember RALPH AUSTIN Mefzzber HOMER H. HUGHES .Member - To the five men pictured above, we students of Central owe an appreciation for the splendid manner in which they administered the business ends of the school for the year just closing, XVork on the Board of Education is merely a charitable gifit of one's time, labor. and patience to the eucational good of the hundreds of youths who are someday to take a lead in affairs. It is for this reason that we should thank men who take such a philanthropic view toward the managements of affairs which make for our educational advancement. Membership -on the board of education is limited by charter of the city of Lima to five and these men are elected by the citizens of Lima every fourth year. To the Board of Education which is now in command w-e can trace much of the development of the school in the way of repairs, improvements and other such things and their consistent management has also brought about many changes which have contributed to making Lima's school system as' up-to-date and modern as any in Ohio or other state of the Union. Two new grade buildings were added to Lima's list of schools during the year just closing. These are the Roosevelt, located in the southwestern part of the city, and the Longfellow, which is located in the southeastern section of Lima. Portable school buildings were also erected in various places in order to handle the increased number of students which appeared for work last September. Beautiful additions to South High school were made during the year just closed. A new auditorium, complete in its every detail and probably as modern as school auditoriums could be made, .has been completed and was used during last winter. The new South gymnasium is also a very fine one and an ideal place for athletic meetings. The South building itself is an example of what good workmanship and well laid plans can accomplish. The school board meets in the Administration building on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. X. wr-as 'life -we y -fs:-fl L..-J l.-.J .l l 1 l,,.- W' 1, cf -B .lf . U IIIIQ N p me L tl.lllll.l1l.lllll,lll

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Lili' QP - V1 - - - - -ff -f V vi- YKLYVV 'Q gifjyi ifiiiiiii rr A :zf-1-ef if-ififfii-T'x if A' jr , wfifif if W 'rf FHM YJ M7 F '91 'J ic, gy as ff il l I1 vi. ml , I5 h Q4'rf To1 sri YW it All ti lg ll to 'ti - ,-L ..1i...z-,tJifs,,3, .f li lk LEU gd... ,r,.,,ns::f1H,H ,-..,.,,.,.L,!iHMLgI f i-::- le '?i'51'l!iili'1f,1 timmy Administration Ofiicersi R. E. OFFENHAUER ----- Superintendent H. W. LEACH - Principal of Central Sr. E. S. POLING - Principal of Ffllllklill Jr. To the three men pictured above can be traced the prosperity and Welfare of Cen tral Senior and Junior High schools during the year 1924-25 which closes Commence- ment Night. R. E. Offenhauer, former principal of Central High school and now superintendent of instruction in Lima public schools, was the most important cog in the educational system: while his chief aides-de-camp, H. NV. Leach, principal of Central Senior, and E. S. Poling, principal of Central Junior High schools, proved capable of running the largest division in the school unit. ' Mr. Offenhauer has shown in his work an executive ability that has meant much progress in the schoo1's purposes this year. More than 8,000 students were enrolled in the schools this session, and through Prof. Offenhauer and his staff, their welfare and education was amply taken care of from September until June. The former Central principal has proved a capable thinker and. it his work in the future is as thorough as in the past, continual prosperity should be evident. Mr. Leach and Mr. Poling have admirably directed the dispensation of knowledge to the students of Central. T ' ' Comin gto Central as a stranger, Mr. Leach rapidly grasped the situation and began to do things at the very offset. He caught the Central spirit immediately and although ruling with an iron hand, he did his work in an efficacious manner and gained the friendship of each student. His direction of academic interests as well as outside activities, notably the lecture course, proved Mr. Leach a man of many parts. E. S. Poling who has been with Central students, in various capacities, for many years, acted as the guiding destiny of some 700 Junior High pupils, who are soon to become full fledged Centralites. From our observations, Mr. Poling has started the Junior High boys and girls right by instilling in them a good Central spirit. Athletics and dramatics were carried on in the seventh and eighth grades in much the same manner as they were in Senior High and 'thanks to Mr. Poling's resource they were a. huge success. il -- Q if g Z-, xf'1 T53lF4,7'LTFT f .l is f ft- X. fs lr .ml 2' +lq,l.flll4r 'gQQTJF?'ii ff.. ff .sr its ' A l 4--' -svfgiltjiife 1 , ' L '-4--. s--. --,-.,,.--c..m....,..-.-