Menasha High School - Nicolet Yearbook (Menasha, WI)

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lnllullnndull llmnumgllllllllgl llwnlliuul lllmii llgnll JII lllllllll 5 E Q l E R. J. Fieweger, F. J. Oberweiser, S. E. Crockett, L. W. Whitmore, F. B. Younger, R. M. Scnsenbrennefr. qdoazfof of Cvooational Education IN EVERY town, village, and city of over tive thousand inhabitants there is required a local board of vocational education, and its work is to establish, foster, and maintain vocational schools for insruc- tion in trades and industries, commerce and household arts in part-time day, all-day and evening classes. The Menasha vocational board consists of: Mr. L. W. Whitmore, president, Mr. F. J. Oberweiser, vice president, Mr. R. J. Fieweger, secre- tary, Mr. R. M. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. F. B. Younger, who is an ex-officio member. English, citizenship, arithmetic, and geography are the general cours- es given to vocational students. Boys are given courses in machine shop, printing, woodwork, mechanical drawing and science. Besides taking the general courses, girls take a course called home-making, which includes foods and clothing. Evening school courses are home economics, commercial, printing, business English, French, general economics, arts and crafts, nursing, personal improvement, trade extension courses, and gymnasium classes for men meeting on Monday and Thursday nights from seven until nine. E191

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lllllllllld ll mlllllllliilill llilnllllllll uuumniila ln fln llulllnul J. C. Riley, W. H. Jensen, F. Pankratz, H. E. Landgraf, F. B. Younger, C. E. Pierce. qdoard Qf gclucation MENASHA high school's Board of Education consists of five mem- bers, who are selected from each ward in the city, and the super- intendent of schools who sits in at the meetings. The members of the board are: Mr. C. E. Pierce, president, Mr. William Jensen, vice president, Mr. H. E. Landgraf, secretary, Mr. Frank Pankratz, and Mr. Joseph Riley. The board meets in the office of the superintendent of schools, the second Wednesday of each month. The city council appoints two of the members one year, and three the next year, so that former members will always be on the board. ' The Board of Education has a great many things to take care of- namely, they must adopt plans for the schools, purchase the necessary equipment for the schools, they must employ the necessary help needed around school, fix compensation and prescribe duties for each person who is appointed by the board, estimate expenses, which must be approved by the common council. These men give their time and energy, gratis, to develop a public school system which will benefit the whole city, and that will rank highly with the best in the state. E132

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lllllllllll ll i llllllll llBlll llI5 Il ll llllllll1ll Assistant glfincipal MR. A. J. ARMSTRONG, assistant principal, is the disciplinarian of the high school. Disheartened students may go to his oflice with assurance of kindly advice and willing aid. His sincere interest in each student as an individual is evidenced by his impartiality and method of discipline. Teachers, too, are kept constantly on the alert-watchful for one of his frequent jokes. He is the source of many of the pranks that are played upon our instructors. They all like him and, therefore, there is harmony and cooperation between his office and the faculty. He is also assistant basketball and football coach and always turns out an excellent B squad, because the boys enjoy working for him. Incidentally, his classes are among the most interesting in the whole high school. Courses in social science, history, civics, social problems and economics are conducted by Mr. Armstrong in an all together fascinating style. He claims and holds the interest of his pupils, and there is no sleep- ing during these periods. l20l