South High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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lVlR. A. Nl. GANTZ lVlR. C. Poor. MR. W. C. IDERBYSHIRE DR. A. N. WISELEX' MR. P. NEISWANDER Vive Ilrwniml President Clerk BOARD OF EOIIOATION H SIIPERINTENOENT 0F LIMA SCHOOLS Mr. R. E. Offenhauer has been superintend- ent of the Lima schools for the past thirteen years. During this time he has built for himself a foundation of fine friendship among the teach- ers and students of the city. 'His presence is al- ways Welcome, whether it be in assemblies or in the classrooms. In recent years, he has done outstanding work in national organizations. such as the National Educational Association, of which he is treasur- er. He is also president of the national organiza- tion, the School-masters' Kiwanis Club.

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For 1937 A Carnival, Junior play. basketball games, debate tournaments, concerts, Ye Merries play, operetta, play practice, school dances, Senior play-each contributes a vividly realistic picture of the inside of our school at nighft. Outside in the quiet darkness. stars twinkle over our Alma Mater's gleaming windows and snow-cow ered lawn.

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Mr, Russell Slater, our assistant principal this year, graduated from South in 1927. In l93l he graduated from Ohio Northern University at Ada. Since then he has been taking post graduate work each summer at Columbia University, in New York. He re- signed March ZZ to take a position at Columbus West High. OUR PRINCIPAL Mr. J. H. Davison, our princi- pal, has, in his chosen profession, followed in the footsteps of his father, who was a school teacher for forty-six years, spending ten years in Lima as superintendent of city schools and fourteen as a mem- ber of the faculty and an executive of Ohio Northern University. Mr. Davison has been with us eleven years, coming to South in 1926 from Central High School. Be-- fore that time he held positions as superintendent at Waldo Town- ship, Marion County, and Cridersf ville, Ohio.