Ossian High School - Oracle Yearbook (Ossian, IN)

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TRUSTEE Luster H. Yager is serving the last year of his first term as our trustee. In the four years that he has served, he has been a loyal booster of all school and community activities. Mr, Yager is very well liked and has performed his duties very ef- ficiently. Many new improvements have been made and much new equipment has been purchased. The school system also has been improved. PRINCIPAL Kenneth H. Griffin came to Ossian High this year. He graduated from DePauw University with an A.B. degree in 1932, and from Indiana University with an MS. degree in 1936. He is an instructor in mathematics. In his spare time he likes to read and is very much interested in sports. After many adjustments on the oar' of tho -'wiv-fi ' ' '

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I FACULTY TOWN Our second grade teacher is Esther Hoopengardner. She graduated from Central Normal College in 1932 and Cortland State College, New York, in 1940. She loves to travel and collect menus of famous eating places. Helena Mahnensmith has been with us for several years, Shg graduated fl-Cm Wi- nona Lake College, Ball State Teachers College, 1922, and took a two-year teache-r's course at Tri-State. She teaches the first grade and her hobbies are reading and traveling, Marcella Shafer teaches the third grade, having attended Manchester College. Collect- ing poems, swimming, and reading occupy her spare time. Lloyd C. Way is the sixth grade teacher. His hobbies are music and art. He gradu- ated from the Fort Wayne Art School in 1932 and Ball State Teachers College in 1935. The fifth grade is taught by Oscar Geisel. He also is the sponsor of the Hi-Y Club, an organization of high school boys. He graduated from Manchester College in 1932, also attended Indiana University Extension, and Central Normal College. Collecting favorite editorials is his hobby. Ruth Raber graduated from Ball State Teachers College in 1939. She is our fourth grade teacher, and bowling is her hobby. L. R. Romine, the vocational agriculture teacher, graduated with a B.S.A. degree from Purdue University. In the Summer' he Spelids his time with bees and handicraft. He is the sponsor of the sophomore class and a leader of the F, F, A, Virginia Eley, our commerce teacher, came to Ossian in January of 1941. She has attended Ball State Teachers College and has a Bachelor of Science degree. She is co- sponsor of the Sunshine Society and freshman class. Her hobbies are tennis and music. Grace Smith graduated from Defiance College, Ghio, and Ames College, Iowa, in 1927. She teachers home economics and is the sponsor of the sophomore class. Her hobbies are photography, gardening, and keeping scrapbooks, Another high school teacher is Evelyn Knull. Her special courses are English and Latin. She is the sponsor of the Sunshine Society and the senior class. She graduated from Manchester College with an A.B. degree in 1936. She also attended University of Wisconsin and George Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn. Dressing in old clothes and roughing it is her hobby, along with music and reading. Ruby Glass came back to Ossian this year after several years of teaching elsewhere. She graduated from the College of Wooster and Indiana University, receiving an A.B. degree in 1927. She's the sponsor of the junior class and teaches English and girls' physi- cal education in high school. Music, reading, and swimming make up her spare time, The music and art teacher, Ruth Reinhart, graduated from Ball State Teachers Col- lege with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1938. This is her first year at Ossian. She has many hobbies, but the three most important are horseback riding, singing, and reading. Ronald Treesh is the coach of Ossian High, and has been with us for three years. He graduated from Manchester College in 1932 with an A.B. degree and from Indiana Uni- versity in 1941 with an M.S. degree. Physical education and history are the subjects he teaches. Hunting and competitive sports are his hobbies. James Murray is also among the new teachers this year. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State Teachers College in 1941. He is the sponsor of the seventh grade and teaches history and English in the high school. Athletics and reading are his pastime favorites. LeRoy Hedges, a graduate from Ball State Teachers College, came to Ossian in '39. He majors in mathematics and social science and is the sponsor of the senior class. He says he doesn't have any special hobby. Our Principal, Kenneth H, Grifiin, came to Ossian High this year. He graduated from DePauw University with an A.B. degree in 1932, and from Indiana University with an M.S. degree in 1936. He is an instructor in mathematics. IH his spare time he likes to read and is very much interested in sports. Earl E. Moore graduated from Purdue University in 1938 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry. He teaches science in the seventh and eighth grades and biology and chemistry in the high school. To do away with lonely hours, he constructs model air- crafts, and studies photography. We'd like to mention Milo Fields, our instrumental music instructor, and also the fact that Mr. Hedges resigned in February to take a position in the Curtis-Wright Propeller Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, Mr. Walter R. House finished Mr. Hedges' term. Eight