Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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SIISIIEIIEIISIIEACORN ISBBZIIZIIZIIZSIIZIIZ Annual Message of The SuperinTenden+ ln a year oT many diTTiculTies and oT many Trying siTuaTions, Oakwood High School has worked aT her besT and has noT losT ground up To The presenT Time. There have been drasTic curTailmenTs, a shorTening of The school year, making a less compleTe and Thorough grounding in TundamenTals, buT we have parTly overcome These diTTiculTies wiTh a greaTer cooperaTion of TaculTy and sTudenT body, a more regular aTTendance and prompTness, a greaTer earnesTness, and a Tiner spiriT on The parT oT all. ln a word, our characTer has improved. EssenTials have been preserved. The high school has had The largesT increase in yearly enrollmenT in iTs hisTory. The iunior high school increased from 349 To 3847 The senior high school Trom 240 To 3l3, making a ToTal increase oT IOS and a ToTal enrollmenT oT 697. The inspecTor Trom The STaTe DeparTmenT of EducaTion and The NorTh CenTral AssociaTion oT Colleges and Secondary Schools, who sTudied The school on November 3, I932, made an excellenT reporT To The Oakwood Board oT EducaTion, commenTing very Tavorably on The buildings, The physical equipment The library, The TacT ThaT sevenTy-Tive per cenT oT The Teachers held lvlasTer's degrees, and The meThods oT Teaching. The Tollow-up oT alumni This year showed l35 graduaTes in 55 higher insTiTuTions. The sTudy oT The reporTs senT ouT by The colleges To The high school on our sTudenTs revealed a very close relaTionship beTween The record made in The college and The record made in high school. The records This year also show aT leasT TwenTy oT our alumni near The Top oT Their classes in college. A lisT oT Oakwood alumni who have won leTTers in college aThleTics is published elsewhere in The ACORN. Oakwood l-ligh School again sTood highesT Tor DayTon and MonTgomery CounTy in The STaTe Scholarship ConTesT Tor seniors. Six Oakwood seniors -enTered This con- TesT and Tour Took places in The upper quarTerg The oTher Two placed in The upper middle quarTer. An Oakwood boy Took TirsT place, The highesT honor oT all, and an Oakwood girl sTood highesT among The girls enTered in The conTesT. This year our high school graduaTes nineTy-Tive girls and boys-The TenTh and largesT class in our hisTory. ARTHUR E. CLAGGETT. Page Eight

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'SIISIIEIIEIISIIE' CO I9 BZIIZIISIIZIIZIIH FRANCES CRUMRINE A. B.,Ohio Wesleyan University Carnegie Institute of Technology Fine Arts MRS. ALICE E. DIETER Ph. B., Denison University A. M., Wittenberg College Johns Hopkins University English . Social Science Creative Writing JOHN DOUGHERTY B. S.,University of Pennsylvania A. M., Ohio State University Industrial Arts ELDEN J. GATWOOD B. S., Peabody College A. M., Peabody College Music CATHERINE HADELER A, B., Wittenberg College . B. L. S., Western Reserve University Librarian English CARL C. HARSH A. B., Ohio State University A. M., Ohio State University English German Dramatic Art MARION HARVEY A. B., Western College English Latin French BESS HAYNER A. B., University of Wisconsin Biology Elementary Science Faculty lContinuedl ALBERT M. HOFFMAN B.S., Miami University A. M. Miami University Ohio State University Printing Mechanical Drawing J. MACK HUMMON A. B., Wittenberg College Mathematics Coaching OLIVER N. JOHNSON A. B., Ohio Weselyan University A. M., Ohio State University History Elementary Science JOHN N. LEWIS B.S., Massachusetts State College Ohio State University Assist. Superintendent, Assist. Principal of Senior High School Mathematics EARL H. MARSH B.S., Mt. Union College New York University Mathematics Coaching JOHN M. MARTIN Ph. B., Denison University Spanish History Public Speaking HELEN MEREDITH A. B., Antioch College A. M., Columbia University English VELMA MILLER B. C. S., Miami Jacobs College Ohio Northern University Commercial Su biects ROBERT M. MORRIS A. B. Ohio Wesleyan University A. M. Wittenberg College Social Science Elementary Science Mathematics ANNE POPE A. B., University of Tennessee B. P. E., American College of Physical Education Athletic Director tor Girls H ELEN STI LWELL A. B., Radcliffe College Ed. M., Harvard University French HARRY E. WAGSTAFF A. B., Oberlin College Physical Education Mathematics Coaching LOU WEBER Ph. B., University of Chicago A. M., Columbia University Fine Arts TH ERSA WEH R A. B., Indiana State Teachers College A. M., olumbia University Latin FRANCES WISE A. B., Western College University of Cincinnati Household Arts FRANCES SHEPLER Miami University Secretary, Senior High School MAURINE SMITH B.J., University of Missouri Secretary, Junior High School Adviser ot Publications l'l. W. LAUTENSCHLAGER SLYVIA BROSE M. D., University of Cincinnati R. ,Mia'mi Valley Nurses Training c oo School Physician School Nurse Page Seven

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