Montpelier High School - Mirror Yearbook (Montpelier, OH)

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ln a legend of lndian lore, we Tind ThaT a pale- Tace may noT sing his own praises and hope To have Them accepTable before his God. IT seems however, ThaT The GreaT SpiriT who waTched over The desTinies of The red man has again appeared and Tound lodging in The soul and being oT one who has been raised up To become a leader and counselor in our viciniTy. Yes, God sends his Teachers unTo every age To every clime wiTh rev- elaTions TiTTed To Their growTh and shape OT mind, ThaT The wheels oT progress may con- Tinue To move. This man broughT wiTh him a masTer-key, ThaT was To unlock a vasT expansion program which would meeT The needs of a civic-minded and progressive communiTy. Endowed wiTh under- sTanding and ToresighT. as well as deTerminaTion and griT he, wiTh blue prinT in hand, launched inTo The mighTy deep, handicapped by The ar- rows oT inTrigue and misundersTanding, buT backed by selT-conTidence and loyalTy To his TrusT, he sTruggled againsT odds To sTarT The dynamo OT civic pride ThaT would reach ouT noT only To The insTiTuTions of learning buT To The ciTy as well. LamenTable indeed were The housing condi- Tions of some Tive hundred elemenTary sTudenTs, and even Though Tragedy sTalked abouT The old dilapidaTed grade school, Tew could see even The slighTesT chance Tor anyThing beTTer. We had a TooTball Team, buT how could we compeTe in The conference, when pracTically all in The league were scheduling nighT games? So, wiTh a migh+y Tug, ThaT seemed To loosen The sTrings of a Tinancial deposiTory, The cry wenT TorTh, ThaT we Too would play under lighTs. And The Thrill oT a liTeTime, l Think came To many of our more dubious ciTizens. when They wiTnessed our gridiron defenders kick OTF under The sTars suPT. H. w. NEWTON-- AdminisTraTion MonTpelier, Ohio I Hiram College, Ohio STaTe UniversiTy A. B. in EducaTion, Hiram College l922, A. lvl. in School AdminisTraTion, Ohio STaTe UniversiTy l925. THE HAND BEHIND THE THROTTLE STARTS DYNAMO OF CIVIC PRIDE Yes, our Thanks To a civic minded and loyal com- muniTy as well as To The individual, whose course was neiTher impeded by mounTains nor changed by mole hills. However, To TirsT nighTers someThing was lack- ing To make The specTacle glamorous-and There wenT TorTh upon The eTher anoTher cry, WhaT is a band wiThouT uniTorms? and so pride was wiTh us sTill, and .beTore a year rolled by, we exhibiTed, in mosT aTTracTive cosTumes our band oT sev- enTy-Tive pieces. Too. our gymnasium lThe cheese boxl had long since served iTs useTulness, and was indeed an eyesore To boTh Teams and specTaTors. as well as a menace To healTh and our aThleTic records. Clouds no longer ob- scured our vision, and The mighTy key Turned again unlocking The door of good will and inTeresT. Today we poinT wiTh pride To a Tine Elemen- Tary School, Thoroughly equipped, To a gymnas- ium unsurpassed in This parT oT The sTaTe, and To an enlarged audiTorium ThaT provides TaciliTies Tor sTaging and presen- TaTion of any Type play ThaT mighT be chosen. We here pay homage To Mr. NewTon, who has conTribuTed in such large degree To The policies ThaT have broughT real- iTy ouT oT chaos. Mr. NewTon aT Microphone Page I2

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DUCATIO OKE FUSE Smoke-llwe surplus energy om work, also swirls Harough e curriculum. Social and lwlefic acliviries conlriloule slinguishing characlerislics 'the finished ar+icles. Smoke inleresling +0 wa+cl1-il ds life and banislwes mo- fony. The comloinalion of smoke, d sleel romole growllw. e slrengli of sleel and The clividualily of smoke cle- lop clwaracfer. -Cecil Prosser COMPLISI-IMENTS Rundell Loghry Ely Prosser Beclwlol Newlon Page I I Gymnasium Kifclwen Gymnasium Enlrance Gymnasium lnlerior Mr. Ecliler al Sloker

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H. M. SHAEFFER lPrincipall Mafhemafics Monfpelier, Ohio Heidelberg College and Ohio Sfafe Universily B. A. Sfudenf Council, Afhlefic Direcfor MACHINERY OILED WITH HUMAN KINDNESS MANY HOURS SPENT IN STUDENT GUIDANCE We are quiI'e convinced fhaf a mafhemafical mind is needed somefimes +o solve 'rhe many and varied problems 'rhaf confronf Ihis man in his official capacify as Principal of fhe High School. From early morn unfil lafe af nighf you will find him af his desk, weighing carefully fhe merifs or demerifs of some case fhaf iusfice may be ad- rninisfered, or some sfudenf assisfed in a per- sonal difficulfyg or if sfudenf problems do nor confronf him. he musl' be ready fo receive and advise parenfs, erhaps of fhe besf subiecfs for Johnny fo fakbe, 'rhaf he may nof become a misfif for a lafer career-or suggesf some home aids fhaf may bring 'Ihe child and parenf nearer fogefher-and if fhis is nof fhe quesfion if may be a conference because of a child's confinued absence from school, or any number of a hun- dred ofher quesfions fhaf mighf arise. Too, fhis is fhe man who plans and arranges The schedules so each sfudenf may have fime for bofh recifafion and sfucly, wifh exfra hours for curricular acfivifies, such as music and clubs. He is adviser for +he Sfudenf Council and Hi- Y Organizafion, which play rominenf parfs in fhe school program. each of which require dee undersfanding and lead?- ership for success. M r. Shaeffer -Affenfion Please! Perhaps Ihe dufy fhaf monopolizes The greaf- esf porfion of his 'rime is afhlefics, for from early fall unfil lafe spring, as each sporf comes fo fhe fronf, if is Mr. Shaeffer who makes and schedules fhe games, secures officials and meficulously sur- veys fhe ground before each game fo see fhaf everyfhing is in readiness for fhe pleasure of our guesfs and visifing feam. Yes, hours upon hours of labor and clerical work are a necessary parf of every afhlefic program, and 'rhis man plays well his parf, and is respecfed and esfeemecl nof only by fhe sfudenfs, facully, and fownsmen, buf by a wide circle of friends. His kindly manner, his sympafhefic undersfand- ing, and willingness fo fulfill all obligafions have made for him an enviable place in our school. Q A TRIBUTE Alfhough we fhink our feachers Are offen rafher cross, If we had fo do wifhouf fhem We'd all be af a loss. They help us wifh our roblems, And gladly do 'Iheir sffare To advise and guide us wisely, When we've frials hard fo bear. We never saw if fhaf way When we were kids in school, We'd fhink 'Ihey were 'foo hard on us Whene'er we broke a rule. ' And now fhaf we have finished school, We'll do our besl' fo fry To give +hanks +o every feacher Of our dear Monfpelier High. --Floris Towne Page I3