Piqua Central High School - Piquonian Yearbook (Piqua, OH)

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Mr George C Dletnclx N uly 31 of thrs year the Piqua publlc school system loses an able dex oted leader vxhen Cveorge C Dletrlch retlres from the posltlon of Superintendent of Schools for a xx ell earned rest after more than a thlrd of a century of falthful serxlce Mr Dletrlch came to Plqua thlrtx fix e years ago ln 1909 Prex tous to thls tlme he had had fifteen years of teachlng encperrence ID Ohlo schools, hax mg taught for a tlme ln rural schools and having been graduated from Qhlo State Unlverslty ID 1899 From 1998 to 1903 he serx ed as superlntendent of schools IH Grox eport Ohlo He xx cnt from there to Sanduslcy to assume the office of prlnclpal of Sandusley High School Here he serx ed for suc years before coming to Plqua At lnterx als durlng thrs tlme Mr Dletrlch toolx post graduate courses IH the LlIl1VCTSlIX of Chrcago and the Unrx ersnty of Plttsburgh and he taught classes for a time rn the Unlxersrty of Prttsburgh and Antloch College These years of xaluable experrence ID XHTIOLIS edueatronal capacltles added to h1s natlxe ab1l1 nes and hrs early lnterest ID education, gaxe lvlr Dletrlch the background for the flne record he has had 1n Plqua from the start Alxx ays a proponent of lmprox ement IH educatlonal methods, Mr Dletrlch superxlsed the erectlon of the present h1'h school bLl1ld1I'lU ID 1912 Later ID 1924 the txxo Junior hlgh schools xx ere burlt to lceep pace xxlth Plqua s lncreaslng need for educatlonal facllltles To th1s llst of new school bulldlngs erected durlng lvlr Dletrlch s career here can be added the field house at Roosex elt Parlc along xx1th the stadlum From 1931 to 1939 all of the clty s school bulldlngs xxere extenslx elx modernlzed and repalred the hlgh school TLLCIXIIIU a nexx stage and llbrarx nexx llghts, and a PllbllL address system ln the course of study Mr Dletrlch has lnstltuted changes to correspond xxlth educatlonal needs at P31'I1CLll3T tlmes An outstand1ng example IS the Pre fllght Aeronautlcs class the need for xx hlch xx as a dlrect result of the present war Hrs progresslve pollcles have meant that PIQUH schools haxe been rated hlgh ID the state and that the hxgh school has had a hrgh rat'ng IU the Natlonal ASSOCIHIIOD of Secondary Schools and Colleges Piqua s school system not only LS ID excellent condltron noxx, but If has been so constantly under Mr Dletrlch s SUDCTXISIOH Ex en durlng the bottom years ofthe depresslon xx hen manx schools throughout the state and country xx ere closed and teachers released for laclx of funds, Plqlla s school frnances xxere so xxell managed that the schools kept open and the teachers recelx ed thelr pay as alxx ays Mr Dretrlch conslstently has been supported by the passage of school levles by the cltlzens ofP1qua BCSld6S the many dunes connected wlth the dxrectlon of the school sy stem proper Mr Dretrlch has found tlme to engage IH other educational and crx IL act1x1t1es He xx as extecu tlxe secretary of the Central Ohlo Teachers ASSOCIHYIOH for txxenty years, resrgnlng only th1s year He has been presrdent of the Flesh Publxc Llbrary board of trustees smce 1926 and IS a member of the board of trustees of the Plqua Y lvl C A He IS presldent of the ASSOClafLd Charltles of Piqua, a member of the Rotary club and an 1ct1x e membc r ofthe Greene Street lvlethodlst church Mr Dletrlch has xlxx ays encouraged school programs of clty xxlde lnterest such as May Dax and the Sprlng lVlLlQlC Fesnx al pagc su f Q 0 O c , 1 1 . , . C . . cs. I K- K v N . ' ' Y g 4 ' x Vx 2 S ' l 4 2 l 2. c Y l I C 2 . ' 3 1 . c , . ' 'A . ' 1 . ' P U ' ' ' x ll y ' 1 K .K C I Q n . . ,, . . . 1 L V, L vu E 1' ' . Not only have new structures been erected, but the older ones have been well kept up. - . , . . . . . . . I . x' .y .Q . U . c , C C . A V .Y . .V N . V g . . . . g V y ' Yl 7 I ' . 7 . Y Y V . . l 2 l I x C, . . :S S. 7' 1. . x x lv K g U n. I 2, Q