Mepham High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Bellmore, NY)

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jorfg ears! o .szruice Climaxing a career of forty years of public service, Mr. lNIepham this spring announced his resignation from the superintendency of District 7952, Nassau County. He was appointed to that position when it was established in 1912, and has been re- appointed every five years since then. lVIr. Mephaiti has been recognized as one of the outstanding educators in New York State, and many of the advances in education in the state and district are credited to him. lt is to his ingenuity that we owe the formation of the central high school district, for under his direction legislation was passed making possible the formation of that type of school district. The credit for popularizing the idea in Nassau County also rests with our namesake. There are at present five central high school districts in the state, three of them under lVIr. lWepham,s jurisdiction in Nassau County. The first to be organized under his supervision was Valley Stream, then Sewanhaka, and finally llc-pham High School in 1934. These central high schools are a splendid monument to hir. lWepham's long service and vision. iI2l

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ASS TA Books and paper, pen and ink Teachers smile, students think In the class, after school . . . l,ive and learn is their rule.

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jo 34650 W0l'l'lLel'5 . 'l'o these eight members goes a cheer of approval for the splendid work they have done in running so efficiently the complex machine that is lVIepham High School. On the first Monday evening of every month during the school year, a group of men and women may be found seated in the roomy leather chairs around the long table in lllr. Calhoun's office. These are the eight members of the Board of Education and their aides in the act of directing the destinies of the 1200 lylephamites, who many times are already comfortably asleep in their beds as the meetings finally adjourn. Advised by its administrative assistants, the Board of Education decides the more important questions of school policy. lt prepares a budget of suggested expenditures, later to be submitted to the taxpayers for approvalg it awards contracts when supplies are to be ordered or some project is to be completed. These services the Board renders without compensation that We may receive the benefits of a well-planned education. Kean! Wyemderd Bf'll111fn'v A1'I!'I'I'il'd' KIR. BILLINGS lXIR. HYDE IXIR. HOFRIANN KIR. REHNIS, I,l'f'XfI1't'lIf Norllz Bellmore Norlli fllerrifl' lXlR. SHORT KIR. IVES MR. SWENSUN RIR. lXflE'l'ZGER .fdclminidfrafiue .xduidfanfd MR. RIULCAHY, Counl-el MRS. BALDWIN, 7l!'t'!lSIl!'l'!' MRS. 'llRONCOSO, Clerk Sitting, left to right: Mrs. Baldwin, Mr. Reims, Mr. Mulcahy, Mrs. Tr0n:oso. Standing: Mr. Short, Mr. Ives, Mr. Billings, Mr. Swenson, Mr. Metzger, Mr. Hofmann, Mr. Hyde. ful