Milton Hershey School - Acropolis Yearbook (Hershey, PA)

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x Dr. Hershey and Senior Class President Kenneth Roberts preview the diplomas of the Class of 1956. Mr. Moorehead, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Markley, and Mr. Olena pause for a moment during a conference 7

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Administration In all ages and all societies, great and small, the leaders have set the tone of the time. Milton Hershey School is no exception to this rule. Our leaders in the persons of our managers and administrators have set the tone of our home and school in the manner in which Mr. Hershey, our benefactor, en- visioned it. Supreme authority rests with the Managers, of whom Mr. P. A. Staples is chairman, Mr. D. Paul Witmer, vice-chairman, and Mr. A. R. Whiteman, secretary-treasurer. The other Managers are Mr. Theodore R. Banks, Mr. James E. Bobb, Mr. Wm. H. Earnest, Mr. J. J. Gallagher, Mr. P. N. Hershey. Mr. Samuel F. Hinkle, Mr. John B. Sollenberger, and Mr. Charles F. Ziegler. Charged by the Managers with the responsibility of administering the vast operation of the Milton Hershey School is our superintendent, Dr. John O. Hershey. After ascending to the superintendency in 1951, Dr. Her- shey put to fullest use his knowledge and skill gained through years of study and experience in working with boys. Assisting Dr. Hershey in the administration of our educational program are Mr. Wilbert Moorehead, elementary principal, Mr. W. Allen Hammond, junior-senior high principal, Mr. Earle H. Markley, director of vocational education, and Mr. Benjamin F. Olena, administrative assistant. Each of these men has his own particular job to do. Mr. Moorehead guides our very youngest boys in their development and preparation for junior high school. At this point, Mr. Hammond takes over and guides the boy through the early adolescent years, a most difficult period. Then, as the boy moves on into the senior high school years, Mr. Markley enters the picture along with Mr. Hammond- and Mr. Olena, who together help in the vocational preparation of our boys. Since our school is more than a school, it is a home as Well, co-ordinators and advisors are needed to complete the administrative structure. Mr. Al- fred T. Gibble, director of student home life, co-ordinates the cottage and farm home program with the school program. Mr. Richard A. Rudisill, dean of boys, serves as advisor and disciplinarian to boys at home and in school. The a-dministrative staff itself has as members, in addition to the men mentioned above, Mrs. Lorna Sylvester, director of social services, Dr. H. H. Hostetter, medical director, Mr. Melvin H. Garner, director of student placement, and Mr. Harry M. Hartman and Mr. William Dearden, manager and assistant manager respectively of the business division. 6

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Stu ent Home life Director Mr. Alfred T. Gibble, our Director of Student Home Life, works side by side with our houseparents in a never- ending effort to create har- mony throughout our cottage and farm home program. An important part of this task is the development and co-ordi- nation of an interesting and varied recreation program which includes attendance at varsity sports events, movies, ice shows, Hershey Park, and participation in intramural sports, ice skating, swimming, and parties. Mr. Gibble confers with Mr.AK1inedinst, housefather at Broad cres. Dena of Boys Mr. Richard A. Rudisill, our Dean of Boys, is with us on many meaningful occasions during our school days. Sometimes these occasions are pleasant: other times. painful. It matters not which, for the experience gained is all skillfully directed toward developing a sense of self-dis- cipline in us all. More than anyone else, Mr. Rudisill is directly concerned with our moral and ethical growth, a task of immeasurable impor- tance which will leave an in-- l delible mark upon us. Joseph Bell and Mr. Rudisill are chuckling over an amusing presentation of a social blunder. 8