Rensselaer High School - Chaos Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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Superintendent Principal ROBERT L. CLEAVELAND WILLIAM J. HOLT A.B. Indiana University B.S. Indiana State Teachers College A.M. Indiana University M.S. Indiana University Administration The will to do must be strong in man or business in order to progress. Both of our administrators, Mr. Cleaveland and Mr. Holt, have the determination that tends to create successful leadership. Initiative — the quality of combining imagination and lead- ership — is another of their attributes. Their vision or intuition helps them to plan a better tomorrow. Courage — a quality desperately needed today in a cynical age — is also theirs. Integrity, sportsmanship, friendship, not meaningless words, but qualities of strong men, are possessed by these teachers. Loyalty to their co-workers maintains a happy working existence among the teachers. And last of all — their faith. Why? How? Leaders of youth do not ask these questions. They just keep moving straight ahead be- cause of their faith in the youth of tomorrow. The students of R. H. S. are grateful for such fine leadership. 7

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School Board Left to right: Mr. Jackson, Secretary; Mr. Dean, President; Mr. Hersh- man, Treasurer. Meet the members of the Rensselaer City School Board: D. Delos Dean, President: F. O. Hershman. Treasurer; John S. Jackson, Secretary. These men bear a similar relationship to the Rensselaer School system that a board of directors bears to an incorporated business. They remain in the background of the school’s activities but are ever present whenever important decisions on policy or procedure are to be made. (However, two of these men are to be found in the front of the gymnasium during our most exciting ball games.) The school board has the last word in the selection of personnel for each position in the school system, yet they make no change without the approval of the superin- tendent. They make regular inspections of ouildings and grounds with the idea of making improvement wherever possible. They make provisions for raising all school support money, and they approve every cent of money that is spent for school purpose- Last year they spent an average of $118 for each boy and girl in the city schools. Seldom is a school city as fortunate as that of Rensselaer in having a board made up of men who are successful administrators in private life. Mr. Dean, president of the board, is an attorney by pro- fession but conducts a thriving insurance and real estate business. Mr. Hershman, treasurer of the board, operates an established business in imple- ments and hardware. Mr. Jackson, because of previ- ous experience on school boards and his numerous contacts with the public as a mortici n. is well quali- fied on the psychological aspects of most school prob- lems. There you have a combination of legal talent, business ability, and social experience to administer to the public schools of Rensselaer. The boys and girls of Rensselaer are favored in having their schools controlled by men who possess these abilities.

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Standing, left to right: NORMAN K. KNAUB Indiana State Teachers College B. C. S. History. Bookkeeping. E. G. HARRISON Purdue University B. S. Shop. Football, Freshman Basketball. F. C. A. ELIZABETH STONER Normal College of American Gymnastic Union, Indiana State Teachers College A. B.. De Pauw University. Physical Education. G.A.A. II. S. BUNDY Purdue University B. S. A. Vocational Agriculture. ROBERT A. MAU De Paul University B. Mus. E. Band. Chorus. OLIVER J. GWIN Indiana State Teachers College B. A. Chemistry. Biology. General Science. Science Club. Sitting: MABELLE L. STUMP Goshen College A. B.. Columbia University M. A. English. Class Play. RUTH SICKLER Manchester College B. S. Music. Art. HELEN R. PENNINGTON Ball Slate A. B.. Columbia University. Typing. Shorthand. 8