Mansfield High School - Manhigan Yearbook (Mansfield, OH)

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THE ORACLE II Our Superintendent A leader in all advanced movements and a man of strong person- ality is Superintendent Van Cleve. Charles Liggett Van Cleve was born at Rioley, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1858. He prepared for college at the High School of Wilmington, Ohio, graduating from that institution in 1876. In September, 1876, he entered the Sopohmore class at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1879 and receiving the degree of A. M. in 1882. He was a post graduate student in Clark University during the sum- mer of 1901 and 1903. In 1879 ne began his teaching career as principal of the schools of Spring Val- ley, Ohio. He taught in Findlay, Ohio, District No. 9, from 1 880 to 1882. From 1882 to 1S84, he taught at South Charleston, Ohio. General Office of Superintendent. As superintendent, he directed the educational policy of Troy, Ohio, from 1884 to 1902. Since 1902 he has been the superintendent of the Mansfield Schools. Patrons, teachers and pupils are convinced that he is the man for the place, and that he will work unceasingly for their interests. As a recognition of his worth and standing as a schoolman, he has been elected president of the Ohio State Teachers ' Asso- ciation, for 1907. For many years he has had a wide ex- perience as an acceptable institute lecturer. Work is the law of life with him as with every successful man. Much more could and should be said of Superin- tendent Van Cleve, but when interviewed upon the matter, he asked that only the bare facts appear which are used in the sketch.

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THE ORACLE The Faculty WE are told that the object of government is to secure the greatest good for the greatest number. All ages and races have had :heir problems to meet but all have not been equally fortunate in laving master minds to solve them. Millions are yearly being expended for the advancement of general education. Rockefeller ' s gift of thirty-two million and Carnegie ' s of almost as much are the most noteworthy recent donatio ns for higher education and will be greatly appreciated by those who can afford to take advantage of what is there offered. But the greatest good for the greatest number is secured through jur public school system. The lessons we learn from our books are not ' A prime importance, those we receive from our daily associations with Dur teachers and fellow students have, perhaps, a more broadening effect. What a blessing are they conferring who are adding stone upon stone to this great bulwark of our nation whose foundations, imbedded in the thirteen colonies themselves, are too broad and deep ever to be shaken. The very simplicity of the structure adds- to its grandeur. The best men and women make the best teachers and theirs is the responsibility that our nation in the future may sustain itself as well as in the past. Our superintendent and his efficient corps of assistants have placed the students under obligations that cannot be repaid in a material way. It is they who have made our school what it now is — one of the foremost in Ohio. Our High School was never more prosperous, has never reached a higher plane, has never been held in greater esteem by pupils and parents. The graduates of our High School enter by certificate most of our best colleges, and show by their work, both there and in the business world, how well our High School has equipped them.