Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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Should you wonder how fourteen hundred students and another half hundred teachers can work with smooth precision under one roof, the answer is the room to the right of the main entrance. Here, under the direction of the principal and assistant principal, is the staff comprised of Bertha Potter, clerk, and Evelyn Eaton, registrar. The day begins each morning when all teachers report before going to their rooms. Tardy students get their excuses here. Absences are reported and check- ed by Miss King. A switchboard connects the office with each one of the rooms to permit the calling of pupils from class rooms and the giving of messages. For the use of the teachers are a mimeograph and ditto machine to print test questions and other materials. On the side wall is a mail box for each teacher's personal use. At the end of the day we find the office no less popular. In the room are pupils who. reluctant to leave school, spend an extra hour on one of the chairs, gazing at the office walls with a somewhat placid expression. J-fujfi SJiool Office. rtha Potter Evelyn Eaton Lois King AG I- 13

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Row I- -F. W. Domna, Eugene Wulfekuhler, John Wormhoudt, C. D. Evans, F. C. Raney Row II—C. C. Lowenberg, Ernest Manns, W. H. McElroy, Walter McLain EEoaxd oj- Education The Board of Education, composed of seven of Ottumwa's prominent citizens and business men. has full charge of the Ottumwa Public School System. The Board has the authority to manage all the finances of the district, elect teachers, provide supplies, purchase sites and build schools, hire custodians and all persons necessary in running and caring for the schools and make all the rules and regulations it deems necessary. Its members are Mr. Frank Raney, president; Mr. C. C. Lowenberg, vice- president; Mr. C. D. Evans, Mr. Walter McElroy, Mr. John Worrnhoudt, Mr. Ernest Manns and Mr. Eugene Wulfekuhler. The Board has made no major changes in the high school this year. Their greatest achievement was in connection with the grade schools, in bringing to the voters of Ot- tumwa, the opportunity to vote favorably for two new school buildings. One is to replace the old Agassiz school, the other to supplement the Lin- coln school. The first recorded meeting of the electors of the Ottumwa School District was held in the Court House in 1858. In the following year the first organized school board was elected. Our school system has progressed far since that year when those electors met. We have now a system of thirteen fine grade schools and a splendid high school. The at- tendance in these public schools is over six thousand. The annual ex- penditures of the system amount to more than a half million dollars. Much credit is due these seven Ottumwa citizens for their capable and con- scientious work in the interest of education. Page

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FRANK W. DOUMA J. F. VAN ANTWERP LOIS M. KING SELMA G. AAS CLARENCE E. ALTON FLORENCE BORR USCH KATHRYN BRADY ESTHER COMPTON ISABEL CRESWELL L. Z. CROZIER FLORENCE DANIELS ERNESTINE B. DAVIDSON ELIZABETH DAVIS CLEVELA N D DAYTO N FRANK W. DOUMA, B. A., M. A.—Superintendent of Ottumwa Public Schools. . J. F. VAN ANTWERP, B. A., M. A.—Principal of O. H. S. ....LOIS M. KING, B. A. -Assistant Principal and Dean of Girls, Argus Annual Adviser. ... SELMA G. AAS, B. M.—Chorus, Music Ap- preciation, Glee Clubs.. .CLARENCE E. ALTON, B. S.— Physics, Biology . . . FLORENCE BORRUSCH, B. A.—English.. . . KATHRYN BRADY, B. A. -English.... ESTHER COMPTON, B. A.—Physical Education, G. A. A., Girl’s “O” Club ISABEL CRESWELL, B. A. English, Freshman Class Adviser.... L. Z. CROZIER, B. A.—Physics, Electricity, General Science, Archery.... FLORENCE DANIELS, B. S., M. A.—Art, Art Club, Hi-Tri... .ERNESTINE B. DAVIDSON, B. S.—Physical Education, Shark Club. .. .ELIZABETH DAVIS, B. A. History, Mathematics, Guidance... .CLEVELAND DAYTON—In- strumental Music, Band. Pace 1