Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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Mrs. Rees Miss Stewart Miss Helen Rees, secretary of the board of education, cmd Miss Nadine Stewart, senior high office secretary, are here checking the financial status of the school. Miss Stewart left us at the middle of the year to become the bride of Lt. Paul Bergman of the U. S. Navy. They are now residing in Chicago, and we all miss her capable handling of the myriad tasks necessary in the operations of a school system. Miss Anne Campbell courageously took over her job and has proved to be very efficient in the office routine. As secretary to the board of education. Miss Helen Rees collects money from the many tuition students of Oakwood High. Teachers keep in constant touch with Miss Rees as she has charge of faculty payrollsp and like all Americans, on March 15, she, too, has a headache: for one of her many duties is the computation of the school's income tax. Keeping the junior high in the black is the work of Miss Kathryn Kyne as here she checks the attendance record. Besides running the junior high office, Miss Kyne teaches third period shorthand. When some former Oakwood student gains recognition as a renowned artist or engineer, some measure of his or her success can be attributed to our faithful deans, Captain and Mrs. Thomas D. Brown, Ir. These two are always ready and willing to give friendly counsel to the seniors concerning vocations or college. In addition, Captain Brown intimidates his various history classes by using the fiendish exams put out by colleges. Highlight of the year occurred when he received a piece of lead pipe from his seniors to fulfill his life's ambition of clubbing some unruly student over the head with same. Guiding her classes through the deep chan- nels of English and American literature as 4175 Miss Kyne well as to their respective vocations and col- leges, is Mrs. Brown. This charming member of our faculty is also advisor of the Girls' League, and a large part of the success of that organization can be directly attributed to her, capable leadership. Deans: Mr. and Mrs. Brown

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1 Yxxsi Hollne Mr. Gates C18 M . r Andrews Versatile Sam Andrews, boys' athletic di- rector and proud displayer of many loud- striped ties, has sparked his basketball and football teams to numerous victories this year. In addition to coaching the teams, Mr. Andrews has boosted school spirit with his fiery pep talks during Monday morning and pep assem- blies. Filling the important position as coach of girls' athletics is Miss Bess L. Hayner, who also explains why the grass is green and the sky blue to her ninth grade biology classes. Admired by all, Miss Hayner gives freely of her time and knowledge, and the fine records of her teams are the result. Teaching future opera stars and directing the Oakwood band is the job of genial Philip Gates. Mr. Gates has gained city-wide recogni- tion for his music department by its many appearances this year. As co-director of the Oakwood Follies and Frolic, Mr. Gates has greatly boosted the music fund.

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Standing: David Derrick: R. E. Gould. Seated: R. A. Parker: Frederick Heckert: Rowan Greer, Ir.: Robert Oelman: Mrs. George R. Murray. The Oakwood Board of Education operates under two main functions-that of levying taxes on the Oakwood property and acting as a board of directors. Under the latter head- ing come the employing of teacher, determin- ing of the curriculum, approving of rules and regulations, and other numerous tasks. Betty Economides and Mrs. Bonqartz The board is composed of Robert S. Oel- man, president: Rowan A. Greer, Ir., vice- presidentp David Detrick: Frederick Heckertg Mrs. George R. Murray: R. E. Gould: Dr. David Reese: and R. A. Parker, clerk. One of the many tasks performed by the board of education this year has been the installation of lights in the football stadium and an addition of 3,000 seats. Binding up broken bones and weighing and measuring the students are a few of the duties of Mrs. Emma Bongartz, nurse, and Harry Lautenschlager, doctor. Teachers and students alike find the clinic a valuable rest haven. In addition the clinic prescribes treatment for the aches and pains and diagnoses future medical cases. Dr. Lautenschlager who is always peering down students' throats, finds that on the whole Oakwood pupils are healthy with only a few cases of flu, measles, and mumps breaking out.