Trenton Central High School - Bobashela Yearbook (Trenton, NJ)

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EDWARD G. LEEFELDT Vice:Principal As vice-principal in charge of discipline and schedules Mr. Edward G. Leefeldt has a thankless job. VVe realize, however, that in a large school discipline is of prime importance. Mr. Leefeldtls efforts, stern at times but always just, have done much to make our school the well-organized, smoothly-functioning institution of learning that it is today. In a modern school with widely varied curricula, the careful scheduling of courses has a profound effect upon the education of the student body. Here, too, credit must go to Mr. Leefeldtg for there are relatively few cases of wrongly scheduled pupils. In addition to his daytime duties Mr. Leefeldt also ofiiciates as principal of the Accredited Evening High School, a position which he has held since 1926. Mr. Leefeldt came to Trenton in l909 from his hometown, Utica, New York. In his varied career in the field of education he has taught French, U. S. history, short- hand, typing, and shop. Of these, shop is his special interest. He has received de- grees from the University of Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg College and New York Teachers College. I13l

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PAUL R. SPENCER, Ph.D. Principal TRENTON High School has gone to War! This year, more than ever, the school was ' faced with the problem of making the students realize the seriousness of the pres- ent situation and their importance in the World of today. Dr. Paul R. Spencer, principal, long recognizing the necessity for a more inten- sive training for modern youth, added new courses to the present curricula. These courses were designed not only to prepare the boys for active service in the armed forces, but to equip the girls for Work in defense plants. Nor did he overlook the necessity of vigorous physical training, for the boys, particularly, will long remember their Hrst acquaintance with the obstacle courses. Frequently Dr. Spencer assembled the students, principally the members of the senior class, and urged them not to leave school Without their diplomas, explaining that the need for educated and intelligent citizens Will be greater in the post-War period than it has been at any other. time. Dr. Spencer has again guided Trenton High School through a successful year. Because of his judgment and foresight, our program has been readjusted so that now we are Working on? a smooth-running, up-to-date basis. l12l 5 J

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WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN Vice:Principal H, Gee! I'm late again! Now to face Mr. O'Brien.'l You have probably heard this said more than once by students of Trenton High. William J. O'Brien supervises the attendance records of both teachers and stu- dents. This job is not so monotonous as it sounds. It offers many amusing experiences because of some of the trivial reasons given for being absent or in seeking an early dis- missal. Mr. O'Brien has seen the number of students of Trenton High increase from seventeen hundred to forty-Hve hundred. Having been associated with Trenton schools for twenty-six years, he feels that he should know everyone in Trenton between the ages of fourteen and forty. Each of us will remember vm as a person who always was willing to help a stu- dent with his curriculum or to give him personal guidance if his work was question- able. Besides his many other duties, Mr. O'Brien found time to take charge of the foreign language department and to be general adviser. l14l