Miller Great Neck North High School - Arista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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MR. LEON C. HIGH, PRINCIPAL OF GREAT NECK HIGH SCHOOL

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p fa! 5 if was s ' 4 is-Lf 1 . f 'je The Faculty HE men and women that compose the faculty of Great Neck High School rep- resent diversified stratas in the educational life of America. Individually, the members of the teaching staff have matriculated at seventy-eight different colleges, universities, and institutions of higher learning located not only in the United States but also in Europe. A In line with the rapid growth of the school there have been correspondingly fast strides in the development of the faculty. Adhering to the liberal policy of the Great Neck board, the teaching ranks swelled from fifty-three instructors last year to sixty- three in 1932. Miss Bates, Mr. Chamberlain, Miss Crandall, hir. Daly, Miss Dreher, hits. Fogg, Mrs. Guiney, Miss Hittle, Mr. Hutchinson, Bliss Kinnaman, Mr. Prutting, Mrs. Reading, Mr. Sabin, lVIr. Snyder, Miss Sorensen, and Bliss Steiner were among the recent additions. Except for one change, the departmental heads continued as before. When Dean Mildred C. Bowen resigned the Mathematics portfolio, Miss Christine Makuen was appointed to the position. Nlr. Brunner, Mr. Cook, Nlr. Douglas, hliss Elliott, bliss Fay, Bliss Goehler, Mr. Gregory, Mr. lVIatthew Smith, hir. Swenson, and Mr. Tupper, along with Miss Makuen, as course directors, outlined the offerings in their respective subjects during the curricular series that featured the season on the school radio. Many members of the faculty, in addition to their duties as class instructors, served as advisers in extra-curricular organizations. Mr. Bowman, Mr. Brunner, Miss Chisholm, Mr. Colvin, lVIiss David, Miss Goehler, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Lusch, Mr. Meyers, Miss Nickerson, bliss 0'Connor, hir. Harry Hale Smith, Miss Steiner, and lVIr. Swenson all lent active support to the clubs and activities which collectively form an important influence in school life. Despite its diversified functions, the faculty nevertheless preserved a well-defined centralization. Tuesday afternoons were reserved for general staff meetings at which current administrative problems and matters of policy vital to the progress of the institution constituted essential topics for discussion. By acting not only as an eilicient teaching body, but by also displaying a hearty interest in activities outside the classroom, by preserving not only the rigid regimen of the three R's, but by also contributing to the schoolys administrative guidance, the faculty of 1932 operated as a unit vital to the well-being of Great Neck High.

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, Mr. Willis E. Dodge O the class of 1932, Willis E. Dodge, superintendent of Great Neck schools, has always been and will always be a close friend and staunch supporter. It is the members of the class of 1932 who were freshmen when Mr. Dodge was principal of the 'fold schoolf, The ensuing year, 1929, Great Neck High School transferred to its new spacious quarters on Polo Road, lllr. Dodge became head of the Great Neck system, and now that freshman group of three years ago completes its secondary course, the last high school class to be under lllr. Dodge's personal supervision. If for only this reason, it can be said that Mr. Dodge has formed more intimate associations with the present graduates than with the underclassmen. He has shared our troubles sympathetically. He has championed our causes steadfastly. He has comprehended our problems with penetrating understanding. In leaving Great Neck High, the class of 1932 would like Mr. Dodge to know the affection, respect, and admiration it so sincerely feels for him. Mr. Dodge received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin and his blaster of Arts degree from Bates. The graduate schools of Yale, Columbia, and New York Universities, where Mr. Dodge attended, have been significant steps in his extensive educational training. Prolonged experience in teaching and administration contributed to qualify Mr. Dodge preeminently for his present post. He was instructor of modern languages at the Hartford, Connecticut, Public School and Master of Nlodern Languages at Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was principal of the Princeton, Maine, High School. As instructor of Greek he taught at Bowdoin College, his alma mater. Before coming to Great Neck, he was principal of the high school at Branford, Connecticut. The class of 1932 pays its tribute to lVillis E. Dodge. Mr. Leon C. High R. LEON C. H1GH'S sound counsel is only one of the many familiar qualities which, in his first year, the students of Great Neck High have come to associate with their principal. Mr. High is a native of Hampshire, Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and his Master of Arts degree from Columbia Univer- sity. He is a member of three honorary fraternities: Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kappa. Mr. High's teaching and administrative experience spreads across the United States. He was head of the English department in Duluth, llflinnesota, and vice- principal in Appleton, VVisconsin. He was principal in Inwood, Michigan, and Hazelton, Pennsylvania. Mr. High organized a new high school in Teaneck, New Jersey, before being appointed to his present position. For nine years, during the summer session, Mr. High has been Assistant to Dean Briggs of Columbia University. As representative of the American Library Association, he distributed magazines and books to the American Expeditionary Forces in the World VVar. Despite an outstanding educational record, Mr. High still retains his youthful enthusiasm. He is the firm adherent of Great Neck High School's representative teams as well as the loyal champion of the students themselves.