Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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Boss Ili The Salem Show . . . His hobby is making personal contacts with adolescent youth. No better proof can be offered than the fact that daily in his busy routine of ministering to the needs of a large high school he is ever willing to call time and confer with a student despite the size of the student's problem. No better testimonial can be given than that of the nine hundred students in S. H. S. who daily seek his understanding and willingly rendered advice on some problem which their adolescent minds cannot solve. Second only to the aforementioned comes Athletics as an avocation. He is recognized as one of the state's foremost authorities on Interscholas- tic Athletic competition. Before his appointment as principal of S. H. S., Mr. Springer was head coach and produced a bevy of championship squads during that time. One of his most outstanding achievements in athletics is the widely known Salem Night Relays of which he is the director. He enjoys the beauty of nature and is a lover of flowers and wild life. Sunday n ' morning he may always be found teaching Wilbur J- SPUUSC1' his Sunday School Class of some twenty or thirty young men. All these things play a great part in the life of Mr. Springer but I'm sure if one would ask he would confide with a proud smile that his greatest business and the thing which overshadows all his other hob- bies and avocations is his gracious and charming wife and his fine family Johnny, Betsy and Billy. In a brief message to the Graduating Class, Mr. Springer says: Every class which graduates from Salem High School endears itself to its faculty. Much is ex- pected of its leaders who have distinguished themselves on the gridiron, court, track, N ' 'l stage and in the classroom. Predictions of their continued success are made by enthus- iastic faculty members. But it remains for Time alone to reveal the degree of accuracy due these predictions. Those who read these lines in 1956 will recall the marked leadership tendencies of the class's most distinguished graduate. Many of the successful men and women in 1956 from the class of 1936 will be little- remembered pupils of S. H. S. Unfortunate- ly some of its most talented graduates may eventually become less spectacular. Your parents and teachers have left with you ideals and tools with which to work. The degree to which you achieve success lies with you. The greatest remuneration to parents and teachers lies in your successes. Page 10

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slIlll'l'lllt0llllPllt 0f Schools After study at Oh1O Wesleyan and the Lmx erslty of Chlcago Earl S Kerr began a du erslhed careel 1n educatlon He has serx ed as teacher pr1nc1pal and supex 1ntendent 1n Ohlos schools The year 1924 found hlm supe1 lntendent of schools at Martms Ierry Oh1o In 1931 he became as slstant supellntendent at Lanton fr om wh1ch posltlon he came to Salem ln 1931 Hc 15 keepmg ln touch wlth developments 1n educatlon by attend mg summel sesslons at Oh1o State LI1lV6I'Slt5 Nh Kerr s strongest hobby 18 conserx atlon of plant and annnal l1fe He gets relaxatlon and recreatlon by strolhng through the fields and woods Both traxmng and experxence hate htted h1m to enlox w hatew er of plant and ammal llfe he meets As an outlet fol h1s interest 1n the out doors ou1 super mtendent mamtams a nature preserxe near heeport Oh1o When asked why he 18 so 1nterested m DLllJllC school work Vlr Kerr replled as fol lows School IS SOCletV s attempt to sur round clnldren wlth cond1t1ons under whlch they can catch up wlth ClXlllZ3tlOI1 Modern progress sets a fast pace for those who would come abreast 1n two or three decades Cltlzens are not made they grow Chlldren must become honest IH the m1dst of decelt they must become strong IH the mldst of weakness Otherwxse the foundatlons of so clety w1ll crumble Amerlcas attempt to llght the lamp of knowledge 1n ex ery COIDQI of the land IS the challenge of the age Human freedom perhaps c1x1l1zat1on de pends on her success Supr Earl S Kerr Page 9 1 0 , , , , 0 o 1 1 1 . 1 1 7 Iv 1 L 7 Q lv 1.' 1. . Y v 1 rf A K Q Y I . I v 1- . . ,1 1 w l , . .. . .' . . . ' , 9 Y ' , . . . , . 1.1 1 1. Q wg 1 v ' 1. ' .. . , . : Q Aa' . r. ,. v . - rs s ssl L A V. A 1 Y ' l . I Y a 'J I l . I u u .1 I W . . Q 1 1' ' ' 1 , ., . . I ' l 11 . . , . ' 1 Y Y .1 . 1 I . U 'va v X ' . ,A . 1 ' v.. H '. ' '1 1 L l 1 v' 1 . ' '1 u ' r . . ' 1 v ' v , . . . , v 1 -1 v.1 I 1 ... 1 , L . ' . V. . , ir 7 I v u 1 '1 . . , . . H . ..

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AIIVIFE - To The Ladies - llc-an Ili Girls - Aiding young people is her hobby. Through her guidance and careful consid- eration not a few students of Salem High School have been guided by her only-too- willing and knowing hand in choosing their life work, selecting the proper and practical College or University where conditions are best suited for each student's individual re- quirements. She has helped them plan their course of study for High School in the things which will aid them most in years to come. She has a pleasant and congenial way of instilling into students the fact that they must prepare their life's work even as early as a High School Freshman. She helps them realize the need for higher education. A glance into her personal life shows us that she is very fond of travel. She likes to become better acquainted with other people in the other countries and her personal friends are legion even from the four cor- ners of the earth. She has toured England and the Continent. Maude Hart Nature and its beauties play a great part in her life for she is very fond of the great out-of-doors and she has made an extensive study of wild flowers, cultivated plants and trees. Another of her many avocations is philately or collecting stamps. Her career in Education is an interesting and colorful one. She is a graduate of New Jersey state normal college and Columbia University. ' ' She has taken special graduate work at Exeter, and London Univer- s1t1es in. England where for several summers she attained a rich back- gI'0UHd 111 EI1gl1Sh HlS'f01'y. art and literatu1'e in a special field course Miss Hart says: Education, as offered by the school, is not, as so many believe, merely a preparation for the future. It is rather a process of growth or development through natural daily experiences, which it is the province of the school to provide. That institution is not primarily concerned with what the student will be thinking or doing years from now, but rather with his reaction to his present environment: that the necessary elements, including good- will, cooperation and justice, may enable him to live a happy, efficient, constructive life. M. MAUDE HART Page I I