Olean High School - Congress Yearbook (Olean, NY)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ir ADMINISTRATION and FACULTY ul' THE CLASSES 'A' ACTIVITIES 1' SPORTS I O I 5 X, A O C is , , .xy rx ' IX J., .X Yu fy, K XX

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IN RECOGNITION Sackett Scholarship Fund A 310,000 Scholarship Fund to help Olean High School graduates secure a college education has been set up by Herbert L. Sackett, fomier high school principal. The fund, to be known as the Sackett Scholarship Fund, was accepted by the Board of Education on Tuesday night. In- come from the'fund will be awarded annually in the fonn of a scholarship to a senior or graduate of the school who intends to get a college degree. According to the terms of the grant of the fund to the Board, the annual award will be made by a committee consisting of the high school principal, vice-principal and an officer of the Exchange National Bank of Olean. The money has been deposited in that bank as a trust fund, under the administration of J. Mon- roe Hodges, vice-president and trust oflicer. The award will be made on the basis of the students' character, scholastic ability, promise of future usefulness to society, services rendered to the school in worthy scholastic activities, and financial need. The award will be made annually at the close of each school year and announced at each com- mencement. Payments to the student receiving the scholarship will be made in approximately equal installments of the net income realized to the preceding September 1. It is expected that the trust fund will yield upwards of S400 each year. Mr. Sackett served as principal of the high school from 1917 to 1946, when he retired. He had retired previously, in 1943, but was called back in 1944 when the present principal, Ernest H. Hoeldtke, was called into the Navy. A native of Smith's Mills, New York, near Forestville, Chautauqua County, Mr. Sackett received his Master's Degree and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Brown University. He served as principal of high schools in Dunkirk, New York and Lewiston, Montana before com- ing to Olean. While he was principal, he was president of the State High School Principals Association, and he originated and developed the Athletic Activities Protection Plan, which writes insur- ance against injuries for students in interscholas- tic and intramural sports. three HERBERT L. SACKETT PRINCIPAL, OLEAN HIGH Scrroor., 1917 46 He was President of the Kiwanis Club, Presi- dent of the Little Theater Guild, was active in Red Cross and Boy Scouts and was president of the Torch Club. At present, he is a field secretary of the Torch International. The Torch Club is a dinner dis- cussion club for professional men. Of the 82 such groups in Canada and the 23 in the United States, Mr. Sackett organized 24. In his earlier years, he traveled extensively in Europe, Mexico, and this country. During World War II, he manned an Airplane Spotting Sta- tion in Olean, and after his retirement in 1946, he was awarded a govemmental citation for his war services.

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