Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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SCHOOL PEOPLE YEAR

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D I C A T I O N Frank W. Douma, for many years a member of the high school faculty, has labored long and faithfully to improve our school as year after year witnessed a great increase in the growth of Ot- tumwa High. He was instrumental in securing many new and helpful innovations, such as the widely-copied stamp card system and the student plan of self-government. Frank W. Douma Therefore, in grateful acknowledgement of his steady and judicious guidance, we dedicate our 1937 Annual to Superintendent Frank W. Douma. We also dedicate our year book to our new prin- cipal, James Van Antwerp. As head coach he achieved fame for Ottumwa High in the athletic world, with three successive Little Six football championships to his credit. As a classroom teacher he has proved himself equally capable. With this dedication we wish to show our appre- ciation of Mr. Van Antwerp's untiring energy and careful adherence to the highest type of sportsman- ship and character building as coach. We wish him every success in his new position as principal of the High School.