Parkway High School - Almega Yearbook (Rockford, OH)

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MORRELL G. HOOVER . . From A One-Room School Veteran Instruct Parkway Scie By KRS. ERNEST THOMPSON | Lima News Correspondent ROCKFOSp — Thirty - three | years of teaching have bridged the gap between a one-room Ken- tucliy school and a modern Park- way High School science lab for Rockford ' s Morrell G, Hoover, named last week as the outstand- ing science teacher in Ohio ' s West District, The recognition sponsored by the Ohio Academy of Science, came as a surprise to Hoover, who %vas attending the District Science Day at. Central State Col- lege, Wilberforce. Last year he came close to receiving the honor when he was one of the top five nominees in the district com- prising more than a dozen west Ohio counties. The Owensboro, Ky., youth was one of nine children. Three years he rode horseback to a one-room country school in an effort to educate 65 pupils and attend to the pot-bellied stove. It ' s not sur- prising that the schoolmaster laughingly admits that he wasn ' t too unhappy when some of his teeming brood were able to be present. The crowded schoolroom, added to by the inexperience of the teacher, who had completed only his sophomore year of high school. Two years later Hoover graduated from Bowling Green High School in his native state. At one time. Mr. Hoover had hoped to become a doctor. The high cost and the long duration of preparation, he says, deferred this, but he feels the field of sci- ence has been a rewarding sub- stitute. Two years at Western Ken- tucky Teachers College followed his graduation from high school. Additional work has been done at Findlay College, some during his nine years as seventh and eighth de teacher at Rawson. He re- ceived his Bachelor of Arts de- gree at Findlay. Additional credits were obtain- ed from Bowling tureen State Uni- versity, Ohio State University, Ohio Wesleyan, Indiana Univer- Bluffton College, and the University of Alaska, near Fair- banks. It was a National Science Foundation Institute scholarship that made possible the eight- weeks study in 1959 at the Alas- kan university. When » ' M.G. came to the Rockford School 2-t years ago. he taught general science and his- tory. Though he has an interest and a minor in French, he has never taught the subject. One oi the highlights of his teaching ca- reer was the high rank of one ol his students on the state scholar- ship test in 1959, when John Run- yah, who will soon be a science teacher, tied for first place. Last Nsvember Hooyec, was Mr, Hoover and representatives of NASA