Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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of Education Morton, Campbell, Sutton, Carl CPresident,J Strand, Faust, Pearman, Booker Guperintendentl We Graduales of '57 wish 'ro lhanlc you publicly, and lo express our gralilude and apprecialion, for your parl in providing us wilh a founda- Jrion upon which lo build our iulure. A iews years ago you helped lo give us a brand new gymnasium - lhe C. F. Boll Memorial gymnasium as il is now known - and we really have enjoyed il immensely. Lasl year and lhis, sprang up Jrhe new Shop Addilion - our New Norlh Wing - olilering modern iacililies lor lhe learning oi induslrial arls and crafls, mechanical drawing, aulo mechanics. music and arl. We are Jrruly proud oi gradualing from l-leighls l'ligh. -lhanli you all, We shall never iorgel your unseliish service in behalf of us and lhis communily.

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, s E .fmqigqigk ' 'Tr K9 ' , 4 ,Q ev. 'iff W. R. Booker Superinfendenf of Schools As we June graduafes leave Heighfs High fo fake our place in fhis complex world, we would like fo express our fhanks and appreciafion fo you, Mr. Booker, who have done so much fo make our educafional career bofh grafifying and profifable. Mr. Booker, born and raised in Indiana, re- ceived his masfer's degree from fhe Universify of Indiana, faughf af Kalamazoo College, lafer served as fhe Superinfendenf of fhe Greenville Schools before coming fo Muskegon Heighfs in I928. He is well acguainfed wifh educafion from all aspecfs - a sfudenf, a professor, and an adminisfrafor. We are proud fo be graduafes of Muskegon Heighfs High School while you were fhe Super- infendenf and we will always remember you as a capable execufive who, by his works, has won fhe admirafion and respecf of fhe sfudenfs, faculfy, and fownspeople. Mr. James W. Verduin Adminisfrafive Assisfanf In fhe fall of I955, a new adminisfrafive posi- fion was creafed by fhe School Board which was filled by a very fine and capable leader, Mr. James W. Verduin, who faughf Social Sfudies in Muskegon Heighfs Senior High School from l938 fhrough l955. His dufies now, as Adminisfra- five Assisfanf, include fhe direcfing of fhe cur- riculum and personnel. Mr. Verduin received bofh a Bachelor of Arfs Degree and a Masfer of Arfs Degree and is a graduafe of Wesfern Michigan College, fhe Uni- versiify of Wisconsin, and fhe Universify of Michigan. Many of us never really become well ac- quainfed wifh Mr, Verduin because he was only here during our sophomore year, buf fhose of us who have had fhe pleasure of knowing him, know he is a compefenf leader, a fine person, and one who can never be forgoffen.