Sumner High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sumner, WA)

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Everett D. Wadsworth Wade Calavan Principal S14perz'ntCnr1'Cnt SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL ADE CALAVAN and Everett D. Wadsworth are the two men who have filled the offices of superintendent of the Sumner schools and principal of the high school during the year of l93l-l932. Before succeeding to the superintendency, Mr. Calavan was principal of the grade school, and previous to holding this position, taught in the Sumner schools for a number of years. His genial personality has won him many friends among the townspeople, students, and teachers. Mr. Calavan gives the following message through the Spartan: 'iThe school year of l93l -l932 is rapidly drawing to a close, and from the Superintendent's angle of vision, it has been a very successful one. Students and instructors have entered into their work with understanding and enthusiasm. Failures have been reduced to a min- imum and disciplinary problems have almost ceased to be. And now to the senior class, congratulations: first, on the publication of a splendid year book, in the face of many discouragements, second, on being the first to graduate from the new high school building, and third, on the completion of a splendid year in every phase of activity in which you have engaged! Mr. Wadsworth came to Sumner as an instructor in the high school four years ago. He has filled his new position with efficiency and poise, and is much appreciated by both students and faculty. The following statement is made by Mr. Wadsworth: To look back over the school year just ending is to be impressed with the changes which have come to pass, among these the reorganization of the school from a four-year to a three-year senior high, the adoption of the hour period with supervised study, in preference to the forty-five minute period, the change to a new and better system of grading, the in- troduction of the student body ticket to finance activities, the adjustment to the new and beautfiul surroundings afforded by the new building, and last but not least, the growth of a new and finer school spirit. All of these changes, to make life at Sumner High School bigger, better, and brighter, have been made possible by the splendid cooperation of teachers, students and townspeople. During the past year, Frank Spinning, Eric johnson, and Frank Weick have again served as members of the school board. After altogether twenty-two years of faithful service, Mr. Spinning is now retiring from his position, He has worked untiringly for the good of the school and deserves the gratitude of students, teachers, and towns- people. He is being succeeded by Richard Fryar, who has been a resident of Sumner for a number of years and has been prominent in civic affairs. Six

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' Administration

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i i I Q, X, , fi I 'NJ X i i 1 rx . X as Front raw flcfl la rightj: Jones, Bailey, il,j7anTYPoole,wi3eteEI:in. Second row: Brooks, Sandblom, Wadsworth, Anderson. Third ww' Shannon, Smith, Norman, Bowen, Schlauch. SENIOR I-IIC-BI-I SCHOOL FACULTY OR a small school, Sumner High undoubtedly has one of the best groups of teachers in the state. All the faculty members have at heart the interests of the students and the school, and have had excellent training for the subjects they teach and the activities they supervise. Principal Everett D. Wadsworth ably heads the high school department. He teaches two classes-one in sociology, and one in economics. Superintendent Wade Calavan also teaches a high school class in economics. Miss Florence Poole is one of the advisors for the senior class, teaches Civics and history, and heads the English department with classes in business English and senior and junior English. Miss Evelyn Norman, the other senior advisor, is in charge of the high school home economics department. Miss Hannah Anderson teaches composition II and III, literature II and Ill, and world history, and is a junior class advisor. Miss Emmaline Schlauch, the other junior class advisor, has the following sub- jects and activities: chemistry, advanced algebra, solid geometry, trigonometry, voca- tional mathematics, plane geometry, girls' basketball, baseball and tennis. Mrs. Pansy Brooks is the Girls' Club advisor and girls' track coach. She has classes in algebra I and Il, plane geometry, typing I, II, Ill and IV. Miss Edna Sandblom, the faculty advisor for the Spartan, teaches Latin I and II, Caesar, Spanish II and IV, literature ll and composition II. Miss joan Bailey supervises the senior play, declamation, and dancing, and teaches composition II, literature II, public speaking and three junior high classes. Mr. Shannon teaches botany, zoology, and commercial law, and coaches debate. Mr. Bowen is shop instructor with classes in manual training I, Il, Ill, and IV, and mechanical drawing, He supervises the Spartan Knights and is the faculty advisor for the sophomore class. Mr. Arthur Smith, the Boys' Club advisor, has commercial subjects-bookkeeping I, Il, Ill and IV, typing I and II, business training I and II and shorthand. Mr, Wilbur Peterkin, a new teacher this year, is the band master, librarian, and advisor for the Spartan News, has classes in journalism, and also assists in coaching some of the boys' track events. Mr. Oscar jones, another new teacher, is the football coach, has charge of boys' gym and boys' track, andteaches American history, civics, occupations, and economic history. He is also one of the Hi-Y advisors. Miss Dorothy Ryan, the new music instructor for the Sumner schools, has a boys' glee club, a girls' glee club and an orchestra in the high school. She is also in charge of the high school operetta. Seven