Norwalk High School - Signal Yearbook (Norwalk, OH)

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,,,...-.-1 ...e-'- ,,,.--sink ,,.,-Q Mrs. BLENDING HIGH production, Mrs. sopranos the note TENTATIVE PLANS for the production of a class play are made by Mrs. Martha McConaha and Mr. James Ross. 11533255 Carol Albright Miss Ruth Bell Mr. Burton Chandler AND LOW VOICES in one HARD AND SOFT SPONGES and other marine DALE MEYER receives assistance from Mr. Carol Albright plays for the life are discussed by Miss Ruth Bell and John Bruton Chandler on how to work a difficult which they must sing. Bush in one of her biology classes. problem involving the addition of polynomials. Faculty Promoter One who teaches, or instructs, especially one whose occupation is to instruct is the dictionary's definition of a teacher. But embodied in the word teacher is a much deeper meaning. To the thirty-two members of Norwalk High's faculty, teaching is much more than assigning work, giving tests, and marking grades. It is an honored profession in which these teachers work as ateam to improve and enrich the lives of the young people with whom they associate. Mr. P. I. Garcia, who has been Spanish and social stud- ies instructor at Norwalk for thirty-seven years, has said that the reason he likes high school teaching so well is that If CONFERRING with Mr. Lowell Ruggles qrightj is Mr. Roy G. Crissman who filled the position vacated by Mrs. Mary Preston as teacher of mathematics. Mr. Ruggles ' outlines the work to be studied by seventh graders while Mr. Crissman listens. S: if ,,', .5 E,

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MR, JAMES ROSS fleftj can often be seen with Mr. James McBride talking over school business which requires the approval of both. Here Mr. McBride discusses modifications of the cole building with Mr. Ross. Prin. . N Ron' Elected To NUL Prexidency Mr. james N. Ross, completing his fourth year as prin- cipal of Norwalk High School, was honored this year by being named president of the Northern Ohio League. Mr. Ross is well qualified as principal, having received his A.B. degree from the University of Akron and his M.A. degree from Western Reserve University. He has also taken additional work at Ohio State University. Some of the more important duties as principal include counseling of students, speaking to different civic and stu- dent organizations, and the scheduling of the many activities which occur throughout the school year. Morning announcements bring the familiar voice of Mr. Ross to students as they listen to his outline of the days events. Despite the time required by his duties Mr. Ross still finds time to attend nearly all the athletic and social events on the school calendar. Mr. Ross is assisted by Mr. Lowell Ruggles who is principal of the junior high as well as of Cole grade school. Norwalk High School is proud of its principal whose understanding and ability are an asset to the students. 7 james N . Ross Principal

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i fm Miss Car-01 Embjck Mr. Kendall Falke Mr. Maurice Fowler MISS CAROL EMBICK ggpafateg typihg exer- TWO TECHNICALITIES of poetry found in VERlFYING CHARLES' LAW requires careful cigeg which will be handed back to Bohhie the works of Edgar Allan Poe are explained by measurement, says Mr. Maurice Fowler to Wells and thg gthgg fh-51-year students, Mr. Kendall Falke to his junior English class. Gary Cleland during a physics experiment Student Interest: it provides him the opportunity to help teen-agers form right opinions . Today, in this age of Sputniks and explorers, Norwalk's mathematics and science instructors are keeping pace with high schools of the nation in their presentation of subjects which are being highlighted more and more. Norwalk faculty members hold thirty-two bachelor's de- grees and twelve master's. This evidences their efforts to give the student the best education possible and to make themselves the best teachers possible. No1wa1k's teachers know the deeper meaning of teacher and they live it daily. about the effects of heat. -L Mr. P. J. Garcia AS SPANISH STUDENT, Judy Linder, reads the day's lesson for an A, Mr. P. J. Garcia listens attentively for any mistakes. A MASTER OF ARTS Degree in Educa- tion, received last summer from Bowling Green State University, provides Mr. T. R. Storer with satisfaction in a job well done. For his master's thesis Mr. Storer wrote about the history of Norwalk schools dur- ing the depression years.