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

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rincipa Harry J. Baumker Acting Principal ,,. Since the building of Macomber nineteen years ago, Mr. M has become a tradition, but this in- cludes only eighteen years of his career in voca- tional education. Originally, the name was Mr. V for vocational education and it was not until Ma- comber was built and started that the name was changed to Mr. M. Prior to the establishment of vocational edu- cation on an all day trade basis in September, 1921, the only program operated was apprentice training. At its inception, the vocational education program was a department of Woodward Technical High School, llocated on the site of the present public library, the block between Michigan, Tenth, Adams, and Madisonl, and it was limited to three shops on the ninth and tenth grade levels. Each year more shops were added. Students who wished to finish high school transferred to the regular program at Woodward. A In September, 1926, vocational education became a separate program using the shop facilities and some rooms of Woodward Technical High School, plus office space and additional shops and classrooms in a new building at Adams and Tenth Streets. At this time Mr. V was born. The program included the operation of all day trade, apprentice training, adult education, continuation school, and it was coeducational. The girls' classes were housed in a large brick residence located on the east side of Michigan Street at the rear of the Masonic Te'mple. As the program expanded, Mr. V became more prominent. The all day trade, or vocational edu- cation, became a three year course for the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades. A diploma was offered at the end of the eleventh year. As the era of industrial employment progressed, so did vocational education, and in September, 1936, another maior change was made and training was offered for three years on the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade levels- September, 1937, a special school for girls was established and Vocational High School became a school for boys only. September, 1938, a new school building was opened and the name was changed from The Vocational High School to Macomber Vocational High School, or Mr. M. ln September, 1948, the State of Ohio Plan for Voca- tional Education changed and our program became two years of vocational training, eleventh and twelfth grades, and two years of pre-vocational, ninth and tenth grade tryout and guidance work. Thus, the tradition of Mr. M is a true inheritance and legacy which each one receives, uses, and bequeaths. Harry J. Baumker Acting Principal

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Superintendent of ehools My congratulations to the members of the 1956 graduating class of Macomber Voca- tional High School. Not only seniors but all students at Macomber should be proud to be a part of a great school that has done an out- standing iob in preparing young men to enter the field of industry. While Macomber is a comparatively new school, its graduates have developed a repu- tation in the field of achievement that is out- standing. The reputation of any school is a reflection of both its student body and its graduates. Therefore, each of you has a re- sponsibility in determining the future of Macomber. E. L. Bowsher Superintendent of Schools Beard of Education I LEFT TO RIGHT: Thomas Breth- T erton, Raymond D. Baldwin, Mrs. Jane Kuebbeler, standing. g Wayne Shawaker, Edwin D. A Dodd.

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Alvin C. Bippus Junior-Senior Counselor Walter Ardner School Activities Assistant rincipals Arthur D. Diller Freshman-Sophomore Counselor