Newark High School - Reveille Yearbook (Newark, OH)

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SYLVANUS MARION WOLFE In the death of Mr. S. M. Wolfe, the teachers and pupils of the Newark City Schools lost a true friend. He was keenly interested in education, in the welfare of youth, and in the personnel of the Newark school - teaching staff. This interest was manifest in the unlimited amount of time and energy that he gave so unstintingly to the city school system. At the time of his death, he was serving his eighteenth year as a member of the Newark City Board of Education. In 1912, Mr. Wolfe became a resident of Newark. He formerly had been associated with the rubber industries in Akron, Ohio. His knowledge of tire manufacturing enabled him to establish a business in North Newark known as the Newark Tire and Rubber Company. Following this venture, he became a retail tire dealer in North Third Street, a business known as the Wolfe Tire and Accessories Store. In this business he was engaged for the remainder of his life. On November 5, 1947, Mr. Wolfe became ill at his home, 95 Fairfield Avenue. Apparently there was no immediate awareness of the seriousness of his illness on the part of anyone. How¬ ever, on November 7, 1947, Mr. Wolfe died suddenly of a heart attack. A wide range of experience, knowledge of the city, and well balanced character made Mr. Wolfe a worthy citizen of Newark. His counsel and leadership were sought by many. His pro¬ gressive and constructive efforts in various civic affairs will be remembered by the community which he ably served. Nine

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After serving in the field of education for fifty consecutive years, Oren Jones Barnes retired from active school work at the end of the summer-school term in July, 1947, only to meet death as a result of OREN JONES BARNES complications following an opeiation. Throughout his educational career he maintained that schools weie established foi children, and no group of any kind should be allowed to interfere with their administration. Mi. Baines was born in a log house northeast of Newark. He worked his way through col¬ lege and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan with the Bachelor of Science degree. He did graduate study at Columbia and Cornell Universities. He taught thiee years in ungraded Licking County schools. He then went to Pennsylvania where he taught for six years in the State Normal School at Mansfield and later was principal at the Westchester High School, Pennsylvania, for five years. He came to Newark in 1911. Here he served as principal of Newark High School for seven years and as superintendent of Newark schools for fifteen years. Retiring from the superin¬ tendency, he taught an additional fourteen years in the high school. Further, he taught one summer at Wooster College and fifteen summers in Newark. In 1911 he initiated the Reveille. In 1913 he established the first playground, now known as White Athletic Field. During his superintendency, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson junior high schools, the gymnasium, the industrial arts building, and Cherry Valley school were built. In his fifty years as educator, Mr. Barnes was absent only eleven days. He died on Octo¬ ber 29, 1947. ght

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With the closing of the school year in June, 1947, Miss Mildred Alice Hawke retired from the teaching pro¬ fession. Miss Hawke graduated from Denison University in 1912. She taught at Etna for two years and then went to Newton Township High School, at St. Louisville, for four years. She came to Newark High School in the fall of 1918 where she remained until her retirement. MILDRED ALICE HAWKE Miss Hawke was active in Girl Reserves work for nineteen years. She be¬ came program adviser in 1926 and chief adviser in 1927. She continued in this capacity until the fall of 1945. During her teaching career, Miss Hawke has taught commercial geography, commercial law, physical geography, general science, elementary algebra, English IX, and since 1930, English X. During her years at Newark High School, Miss Hawke has made many close friends among her students and among the faculty because of her sincerety, her loyalty, her high moral character, and her forthrightness. She will be greatly missed by everyone; her place will not easily be filled.