North Platte High School - Roundup Yearbook (North Platte, NE)

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pl IXINIIXIQ and working wilh +he superinlendenl, 'lhe board selecled a high school slaff which worlced oul' new ideas 'l'o simplify regislralion, +o equalize lhe leaching load, lo prepare a diversified schedule of exlra-curricular acfivilies, +0 improve l'he school planl, and lo perfecl leaching mefhods.

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IL lonlmal SUPERINTENDENT W. J. BRAHAM ATTer 24 years as superinTendenT oT The NorTh PlaTTe ciTy schools, W. J. Braham is s+ilI consTanTly on The alerT Tor new ideas and suggesTions To improve The presenT school sysTem. ln his oTTicial capaciTy he oTTen aTTends meeTings and conTerences in oTher ciTies. l-le spenT The week oT March ll in Chicago, aTTending a school adminis- TraTors' convenTion. lT was Mr. Braham who broughT The need oT improvemenTs in The ciTy schools To The aTTenTion oT The public This year, by wriTing a leT+er To The ediTor oT The Daily BulleTin. One oT The needs lisTed in The leTTer was more space Tor The shop and gymnasium oT The high school. PRINCIPAL OTTO OAKES During The second year ThaT OTTo Oakes has been principal in The NorTh PlaTTe Senior l-ligh School, he has been acTiye doing Things To beTTer The school. Through Mr. Oakes' eTTorTs new shop equipmenT was obTained. Mr. Oakes is helping esTablish a program which requesTs all sTudenTs oT The NorTh PlaTTe schools To have a Tuberculosis TesT. l-le has inTroduced a sysTem oT sTandard- ized TesTs Tor mosT classes in order To de- Termine Teaching progress. Principal Oakes is also a member oT The delegaTe assembly, The legislaTive body oT The Nebraska STaTe EducaTion AssociaTion.