Neenah High School - Rocket Yearbook (Neenah, WI)

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TheAdm1n1strat1nn MR. HAROLD B. MENNES Superintendent of Schools MR. MENNES Mr. H. B. Mennes, our Superintendent of Schools, has had a very busy year. He attended many conferences and meetings at which educational leaders discussed problems and present-day trends in education. At Atlantic City, New Jersey, he attended the American Association of School Administrators' Convention. In Chicago, he met with other school representatives at the North Central Association of High Schools. He is a member of the Cur- riculum Planning Group of the State of Wisconsin and chairman of the Northeastern Wisconsin Administrators' Association. Revision and improvement of the teachers' salary schedule, the selection and placement of personnel, and the planning of an im- proved program of education for the Neenah schools have resulted in a busy schedule for Mr. Mennes. In addition to these tasks, Mr. Mennes has worked in close harmony with the Board of Education preparing and outlining a building program and preparing the school budget for the year. Due appreciation and gratitude should go to the Board of Educa- tion and to Mr. Mennes for their untiring efforts as the men behind the wheel of education in Neenah. BOARD OF EDUCATION Mr. Ridgeway, Mr. Bloom, Mr. Schuhart, Mr. Velte, Mr. Sund. Mr. Hrubecky. Absent: Mr. Epps. .qw

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. ? MISS GRIFFITHS MR. CHRISTOPH MR. CUMMINGSA cards and permits, holding con- ferences with the boys who had dilliculty in getting their school work done, and teaching three general science classes. A thank- less job, but one well done. The vocational guidance direc- tor, Mr. Floyd Cummings, per- forms an important service to the students. Through his student conferences, psychological tests, and vocational literature, he di- rects students toward the occupa- tion to which they are best suited. This year, Mr. Cummings or- ganized the Psychometry Club, a group of girls who assist in giv- ing the psychological tests in the guidance program. ,s ! 1' , a., 1 ix 1 I. . .. ' - , A Y. z ' -7 I 1 ' ' I , l 4 IA ..x x - ' 1 - JMR. BORGEN As the Principal of Neenah High School, Mr. Harley Borgen again directed the activities of the teachers and students this past year. He was in Charge of the supervision of the assembly programs for the students and during the summer, he developed a master schedule of classes and also a program for each student. In the conferences Mr. Borgen at- tended, he was elected president of the Northeastern Athletic and Speech Con- ference and a member of the Research Planning Committee of State Secondary School Principals' Association. At these conferences, they discuss and try to solve problems which arise in various high schools. Mr. Borgen also met with other teachers at the Annual Spring Conference of the North Central Associa- tion of Secondary Schools at Chicago and at the Secondary School Principals' Association meeting at Madison. MR. HARLEY O. BORGEN . Principal It is quite generally felt that Mft Borgen deserves the respect of every- one for his friendliness to all stuck-rts and teacherg and for hiwvsjilling spirit I of coo eration , L ' - , ' , 9 P . ' gn at E' if- ' ,S pf-I3 ,Aja f.P L H lp ' lv' ya :Y 7 ff J ff' ff L- ' . jJ ' STUDENT COUNSELORS Miss Margaret Griffiths, Dean of Girls, has had many different duties this year. In addition to her regular work of checking attendance of the girls and teaching a French class, she has organized the new Girls' Senate in order to become better acquainted with the girls and their families. Her work involved conferences with all the girls and visiting many of their homes. She has made surveys of all the jobs which students entered last year and all the colleges in the state which are open to students with special vocations in mind. One of the most pleasant parts of Miss Griffiths' work this year was the sponsoring of the class teas for the mothers of the girls. The school is proud of Miss Griffiths' fine work and accom- plishments. For Mr. George Christoph also, this year has been a busy one. His jobs included checking boys' attendance, issuing make-up 7