Madison High School - Alembic Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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FACULTY The foundahon of every sfafe IS fhe educahon of nfs you'l'h This quofahon of Dlogenes fhe greal' Greek phll osopher us mscrlbed above lhe sl'age In our high school audllorlum Surely as lrue as lhese meanlngful words IS 'lhe facl' lhal 'lhe real slrenglh of 'lhe foundahon of any hugh school as rls Faculfy The Slaff of Madison Hugh as excephonally able and nfs slrengfh IS deruved from many sources The key lo nfs greal' ness IS a harmonious blend of leachers wvlh fhe wisdom of years and recenl' graduales from lhe nahon s besl' colleges Our lns'l'rucl'ors are lruly speclalasls IH 'lhelr respechve sublecls and drawn from all sechons of our greal' counfry Many of lhem have nol' slapped al' 'lh Bachelors Degree level They have done much lravelmg and conhnue 'lo do so ln order lo widen 'lhelr horizons They have spenl' many summers working m 'fields allied fo 'lhelr sublecls A very lmporianf facfor IS fhe keen mferesl' all of 'lhem have in young people and unllke large impersonal school sysfems sludenls of Madlson Hugh ind nfs Faculfy sympalhehc friends and counselors as well as able 'lu-lors Even in umly 'lhere as greal' dnverslficahon and our feachers have alfalned greafer sl-alure because of 'lhelr sincere lnleresl In and financial supporl' of many profes sional organlzahons and allied causes all conlrnbuhng lo bel l'er undersfandmg of lhe American Youfh of ioday and 'lhelr educahonal needs We of Madison Hugh shall always remember and be ever grafeful fo our ine Faculfy I ' I fields, having been exlensively educafed in lheir parlicular . e ' I I I . . . I . ' - . . . . ' .

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS f 351255 ' W., W' ., ,. et ,Z , if - , Q , 7 i A I ' f 55:2-121, -if ' ' , , . , .muy I r , 5 ,. .vt it f if f ' MARY ANDREWS ACKERMAN, B.A. Dean of Girls, Latin , . . has done graduate work at Columbia University . . . taught previously at Pemberton and Morris Plains High Schools . , . enjoys music, New York City, and reading . . . likes cooking and is a cookie baker par excellence . . . traveled abroad extensively . . . is Public Rela- tions Director of the League of Women Voters . . . a member of the Girls' Committee in the local Y.M.C.A .... serves as a nurses aide in the Civil De- fense Corps . . . Handbook Adviser . . . and works with the Dodger . . . rates Madison High excellent. CHARLES L. PENNEY Director of Guidance W. CHARLES WILSON Director of Athlezirr JOSEPH F. FRANCIS, B.A., M.A. Dean of Boys, Head of the English Department . . . has taken additional work at Columbia University , . . has taught at Metucheon High School and Paterson State Teachers College . . . works closely with the Y.M.C.A .... Civil Defense volunteer in Clifton . . . also interested in the community music program . . . bowling, golf, music, and reading are among his interests . has an outstanding tenor voice . . . and is tenor soloist at one of the local churches . . . enjoys guiding students through Alhando . . . finds great satis- faction in working with young people and seeing them grow up, and bring- ing students and faculty together. 'v 'EQ' 3' MARY A ACKERMAN JOSEPH F FRANCIS 8 Dean: CHARLES LOWELL PENNEY, A.B., M.A. Director of Guidance . . . Springfield, Nebraska High School, and Lincoln High School, Vanton, Iowa before Madi- son . . . past president of the Morris County Guidance Association . . . now President of the local Kiwanis Club . . . part' of the observer corps of Civil Defense . . . has been chairman of a Troop Committee for the Boy Scouts . . . Little League worker . . . his hobbies include sports, home repairs, and travel in the United States . . , Key Club Adviser . . . likes M.H.S.'s friendly atmosphere and fine relation- ships existing between students and faculty . . . calls our student body loyal and intelligent. W. CHARLES WILSON, B.S. Director of Athletics . . . graduate courses at Northeastern and Rutgers Universities . . . Past President of Rotary Club . . . was local Civil De- fense Director . . . member of N. J. Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association's Executive Committee . . . Drew Uni- versity's first Varsity Basketball Coach . . . nrst Suburban Conference Presi- dentg later served four more terms . . . First Executive Secretary of the Suburban Conference . . . Madison Teacher's Association's first President, served two more terms . . . directed Veteran Housing Development . . . former President, Morris County Inter- Scholastic Athletic Association . . . for a number of years a member of the Independence Day Committee Chair man of the Sixtieth Anniversary Parade Committee an associate of a local realtor developer of Wilson Lane a Building and Loan director

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qv MATHEMATICS Mr Roy Lockhart Mr Leo Lynch Mr Kenneth Shook Miss Mary Potter ROY SMITH LOCKHART BA MA Mathematics has done further work at Rutgers and New York Universities Fairfield and Presque Islc tMaineJ High Schools previously delegate to N I Education Association representing Morris County Chairman N j section Mathematics Association of America Contest Committee Assistant Commissioner Loantaka District Boy Scouts of America official Board Member of his church a Director of the Morris County Teachers Federal Credit Union served in Italy during World War II has charge of tickets for football and basketball games Treasurer of the Athletic Inyury Fund sports and reading two of his hobbies Tennis Coach FRANCIS LEO LYNCH JR AB MA Mathematics . . . taught at Hawthorne High School , . . also served with the armed forces for the second time, from 1950 to 1953 . . . at the present time is teaching Differential Equations at Seton Hall University . . . is a candidate for the Ph. D. degree in Mathematics at New York University . . . is a member of Rho Chapter Phi Delta Kappa and was the associate Editor of Kappa . . . enjoys photography and the theater . . . is the faculty sponsor for the newly establish Honor Guard for assemblies. MARX LOUISE POTTER BA MA Mtthcinttics taught It Toms River High School md thc Hillside lunior High School in Montclair mcmbcr of the Iliubcth thiptcr of the American Association f Lniyersity Vflomcn scryes on its Executive Board and is ictiyc in its Recent Giiduites group she numbcrs sewing rctding Ind knitting among her hobbies enyoys music no one type exclusively but her interest yecrs toward thc LllSSlCdl her non teaching experience includes working in the office of a toy company fvtitci pistols' toured California extensively and likes it but prcfcrs New jersey H KENNETH SHOOK BA MA Mathematics , . . taught in Middletown Connecticut . . . after one year at Madison High Uncle Sain claimed him for the Services . . . even then he was not too far from Madison being stationed at Fort Monmouth for 1 good part of his hitch with the Signal Corps . . . a member of the Basketball Officials of North jersey . . . his hobbies include sports logic problems and music . . . active in solo and choir work in Red Bank and Madison churches . . . took a tour of Europe last summer . . . says he finds it great to be back 1tM.H.S.