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

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BOARD OF EDUCATION One of the most important groups at Central High School is perhaps one of the least heard about. This group is the Board of Education. ln cooperation with the Lima Teachers Association the board takes care of anything and everything that comes up in connection with the Lima Public Schools. They employ all personnel and also set up the general policies which govern all the schools. In addition to transacting the business of the schools. the board has spent much of its time during this past year discussing plans for the new senior high school. Every fourth Tuesday at 7:00 p. m. you can find this group of hard-working people in the Board of Education rooms at Central High School. Their officers are as follows: president -Alfred L. Simmonsg vice-president-Dr. H. R. Stallbohmg clerk--E. J. Ward. The other members of the board are Dr. Josephine Peirce and Charles Cook. ln the future the Board of Education hopes to see that the new senior high school is built. They also wish to inaugurate the kindergarten into the public school system. --Nancy Abrahams Rau' 1-Mr. Gordon Humbert, Dr. Josephine Peirce, Mr. E. J. Ward, Miss Maxine Miller, Mr. Alfred L. Simmons. Rau' 2--Mr. Harry Gross. Mr. A. L. Baker, Dr. H. R. Stallbohm. -7-

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GORDON G. HUMBERT Ohio State University Superintendent of Schools OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Four years ago a new superintendent of schools, Mr. Gordon G. Humbert, came to Lima. Since that time Mr. Humbert has successfully carried out the 30,000 specific jobs that belong to a superintendent of schools. Before coming to Lima Mr. Humbert spent several years as teacher of social studies, modern problems, history, economics and geography, as a basketball and baseball coach, and as high school principal in the public schools of Ohio. He was principal of Lima South for two years before he became superintendent of the Lima Public Schools. He has also been active in many other organizations-the Red Cross, Y.M.C.A., Boy Scouts, Rotary Club-and is a member of Ohio Superintendents Association, Board of Directors of Lima Visiting Nurses, and Kappa Delta Pi. P This year, besides all his other activities, Mr. Humbert has been busy working on plans for the new high school. In his leisure time he likes to hunt and fish. Reading and ath- letics are also two favorite hobbies. To the seniors of 1951, Mr. Humbert says: About the future of the members of the class of 1951 I can only speculate because I do not possess the wisdom with which to de- termine what effect the experiences of this revolutionary era have had on your basic beliefs, your attitudes, and your will to succeed by your own boot-straps. I can say with great assur- ance that no one owes you a living. It is my fervent hope that this chaotic period has not caused you to lose historical perspective. I hope that you will possess in far greater measure than any past graduating class convictions and beliefs so profound and so lasting that the clouds of despair and hunger and war which hover over people of all races everywhere will be dispelled by new rays of hope and faith and the eternal blessings of our Creator. ' -Joan Reed -6-

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HOWARD C. GROVE Wfilmington College Ohio State University Principal OUR PRINCIPAL In 1936 a young man, now well known to the students at Central High School, grad- uated from Wilmington College with a degree of Bachelor of Science. Not content with just this degree, Howard C. Grove went on to get his Master's at Ohio State University during his summer vacations. After graduating from XVilming10n, Mr. Grove taught at four other high schools before coming to Central. He taught a variety of subjects, including English, industrial arts, science and mathematics. In each of these four schools he had the distinction of being senior home room teacher. Mr. Grove also spent four years serving his country in the Army Air Force. This is Mr. Grove's second year as principal of our high school. In that short time he has made many friends among the students and the faculty, and he has done much to im- prove our school. Taking over the advisorship of the Student Council when he came to Central, Mr. Grove helped make it an even more important organizatioin than it had been in the past. This year he was county chairman of the Senior Scholarship Test and district chairman of the NROTC selective testing. We couldn't begin to list here his many duties as principal of the school, but they certainly do keep him busy. In the future Mr. Grove hopes for a better and more complete educational program that meets the needs and wants of Lima youth. He also looks forward to a continued in- terest and desire on the part of the parents and citizens of Lima for this better educational program. To the class of 1951 Mr. Grove says this: The beginning of the second half of the twentieth century poses a peculiar situation. Temporarily or in the immediate future we will be living in a situation not quite normal, but certainly the next fifty years offers us much more in the way of advancement in civilization than we have experienced thus far in the twentieth century. The broad horizons in all phases of everyday living are moving forward to a higher level of civilization. Democracy as our way of living has a bright future for those who are optimistic enough to see through these present world misunderstandings. -Nancy Abrahams ,gi