Macomber Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Harry Baumker, left Junior-Senior Coordinator Arthur D. Diller Testing and Activities Alvin C. Bippus Freshmen Coordinator

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1 Our principal, Mr. F. M. Dannenfelser, has had many years of experience in education, business, and industry. He has been principal of Macomber since it was built in 1938. For thirteen years previous to this time, he was principal of the Vocational High School which was located on the site of the present Public Library. His university degrees includes the Bachelor and Master of Science. He has taught in Muskegon High and Hackley Manual Training School, Waite, and Libbey High Schools. He is always working for the improvement of Vocational education program in Toledo, spending much of his time on its promotion, organizations, and de¬ velopment. His success in providing the youth and adults in Toledo with one of the finest programs of Vocational Education in the United States is proved by the fact that every week requests for information about what Macomber is doing and how it is organized and operated come from educators from all over the country. Practically every week there are visitors from this country and many foreign lands visiting Macomber to see its Modern Program of Vocational Edu¬ cation in operation. Mr. Dannenfelser’s educational experience extends over a wide field, in¬ cluding Industrial Arts in High Schools, Full time Day Vocational Program, Half Time Vocational Cooperative Plan, Apprentice Training, Night Schools, Reha¬ bilitation, Veteran, and War Production Training, Teacher, and Foreman Train- nig, and Management Development. He has worked in business and industry for many years, coming to Toledo from the Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He has always kept in close contact with industry and its needs by conducting conferences with management men, such as, Executive Department Heads, Foremen on Product¬ ion Problems, Practical Economics, Industrial Psychology, and Human Relations.

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Congratulations to this class, the sixteenth to be graduated from Macomber Vocational High School . Macomber is today, as it was in September, 1938, when it opened its doors, America’s finest Vocational High School. This should be a thrill to the class of ’54 that their school is still recognized as the coun¬ try’s leading Vocational High School. If you, as a graduate, have profited from the educational and in¬ structional facilities of this fine school, its purpose will have been accomp¬ lished. In the years to come, we trust you will always have a warm feeling for Macomber and that you will take an active part in seeing that its edu¬ cational program is maintained and rated as America’s finest. It is a pleasure to be a part of a fine school such as Macomber Vocational High School. To you the Class of 1954 I extend congratula¬ tions for a job well done. Your training in a skilled vocation will give you something to sell as you go out into the world to take your place in Business and Industry. You, I am sure, are a much better individual for having attended such a fine school. I wish you every success in your chosen vocation. A. D. Diller To the Class of 1954: In the fall of 1950, you and 477 of your fellow students entered Macomb§r as freshmen in quest of a high school education and basic training in a skilled vocation. You have faced many problems and hurdles to success during the past four years. Allow me to congratulate each of you personally on the successful solutions you have made to these problems. Over a third of your freshman classmates fail¬ ed to solve these same problems and dropped out of school during the four year trial. Problems of learning involved theories, of mastering difficult techniques, and of getting along with other people—these you have successfully solved. It is my earnest hope that you will solve the similar problems of adult life with equal skill. A. C. Bippus 7