Ottawa Township High School - Senior Yearbook (Ottawa, IL)

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MR. LYLE BRAGG MR. LACLAIR PERKINS Z!! jftfwfe ,Q5 APG MR. GEORGE WILLY Assistant Principal Running unopposed in the April 5 election, Mr. Alex Scherer and Dr. Phillip Wendel won re-election to the Ottawa High Board of Educa- tion. Mr. Scherer received 505 votes. Dr. Wendcl tallied 504. A total of 549 ballots were cast. With the election Mr. Scherer began his fourth term on the boardg Dr. Wendel staited his third term. DR. CLIFFORD CARTER l NIR. ALEX SCHERER MR. ARTHUR WALTER 17

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Administrators, Board liorrnolato, lnplornont Uttawas Educational Policy MR. MACRAE SHANNON Superintendent, OTHS DR. PHILIP WENDEL President, 1960-61 16 MR. ANDREW O'CONOR President, 1961-62 Formulating and implementing a board, general education program for all OTHS students - that's the challenging task for the Ottawa High Board of Education and its administrators, Supt. MaeRae Shan- non and Mr. George Willy, assistant principal. President of the board for most of the 1960-61 school year was Dr. Philip Wendel, who served from April of last year to April this year. Now heading the hoard is Mr. Andrew J. O'Conor. OTHS principal since 1947, Mr. Shannon received his B.S. and M.A. degrees from the University of Illinois. He also attended the United States Naval School, Harvard University, and received his diploma in educational administration from the University of Wyoming. Now in his seventh year as assistant principal, Mr. VVilly majored in industrial arts, social science and education at Peru, Neb., State Teachers College, where he received his B.A. degree. He obtained his masterts degree in school administration from the University of Nebraska. In addition to administra- tive work, he teaches one course of advanced woodshop.

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JOLLY Old Saint Nick 1Bill Novakl asks, Sonny, xx ell, have you been a good boy Y KEITH CLARK GLENN A. GREVER English E'TLglfSh,JOI!l'71.l1liS7I'l IVIARGUEPITE LAUGMAN J EWELL H. BERRIER English 18 English, Algebra Tri-Ehairiiieii Direct English, speech and journalism, the broad areas of the English pro- gram, typify the three-pronged at- tack - reading, speaking and writ- ing -- OTHS students apply to their communications problems. Miss Pfeil fsee Languages, page 361, Mr. Adams and Mr. Grever are department tri-chairmen. Mr. Adams also coaches wrestling and freshman football, and advises the Class of 1961. Mr. Grever advises The Buc- caneer and The Senior. Both hold B.S. and M.S. degrees from Illinois State Normal. In addition to directing dramatics and contest speech activities, Mrs. Rotter advises Thespians. She re- ceived her B.A. and M.S. degrees from Grinnell and Northwestern. A newcomer to OTHS is Mrs. De- moll - a native of Germany. She earned her B.A. degree at the Uni- versity of Illinois. Cooking, reading and sports are her hobbies. Miss Laugman, who obtained her B.A. and M.A. degrees from St. Olaf and Southern California, enjoys col- lecting antiques in her spare time. She advises Bridge Club. Miss Nelson's alma mater is the State University of Iowa. In her second year at Ottawa, she advises one of the Freshman-Sophomore Dramatics clubs. Playing tennis and writing ballads occupy spare moments of Mr. Clark, From the University of Illinois he received B.A. and M.S, degrees in ROBERT T. BURNS English, History