Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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Principal vagal ol Dow ,X .gn-MPM Bells Are Ringing The June bell which rings good-bye to the seniors and a happy vacation to the underclassmen calls Principal joseph A. Dorff to the summer-long job of preparing for the opening day in September. Mr. Dorff, who started in at O. S. U. as a pre-med student, was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He taught for a while in a one- room school house and later became an elementary school principal. His interest in administration work led him back to school where he got an M.A. in secondary education administration. Believing as he does that nothing can replace hard work and individual initiative, Mr. Dorff is pleased with the new system of ability grouping, which attempts to make the courses equally challenging to all students. Before the aims of secondary education can be effectively exe- cuted, however, they must be defined. Mr. Dorff has analyzed these aims: Secondary Education in the United States under the law is unique in the history of world education mainly because it is pro- vided free without discrimination of any kind. Pupils in high schools should constantly remind themselves of this great privilege and opportunity. Here is provided a chance to secure knowledge fundamental to so-called collegiate or ad- vanced training, or basic information that is terminal for some pupils who enter a vocation or life work immediately after high school. In either case basic facts and information are taught in the classrooms and mastery of these facts and information fscholar- ship? should be uppermost in the minds of the pupil.

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Superintendent Mm .aaa Bell, Book, and Candle For students, the school bell rings only nine months a year--for Upper Arlington's Walter B. Heischman, it rings all year long. As superintendent of the high-school system and executive of the school board, he works through the nine school months carrying out school policies, interviewing teachers, and supervising the general wel- fare of the school. In the summer, as a conscientious man and a hard worker, he plans for the successful operation of the coming school year. Education is a year-round job and a life's work. Mr. Heischman prepared for his educational career as a physical science major at Capitol University and received his Master's Degree at O. S. U. He taught science and coached basketball at Arlington before becoming principal of the elementary school. In 1951 he became super- intendent. Mr. Heischman has been at Arlington 23 years. As an experienced educator, Mr. Heischman believes that Arling- ton's experiment in dividing the classes on the basis of past achievement is a major improvement. Arlington's first and most important job is to train students to do their best--to work hard and to have a firm background on which to work. This method of division of classes has been found to give the best results in other schools, and I think it will be effective in Arlington.

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Board of Education hu. Claxr E Fultz Walter B Henschman Mrs james Nxple ivrce presndentl Ben K Wnlllams Cpresndentb l S Collms tcxer-K treasured Dr Tnh A Prlor Dr Ralph S Lxckhder PTA fs Q Xf- eff DP'- Av i ...J Rowl Mrs Donald-I Vmcent treasurer Mrs joseph Harter secretary Mrs john Storm head of room mothers Row 7 Lance Shreffler teacher representatne Howard C Dale presldent joseph A Dorff prmcxpal of hxgh school L Allen Mc Kmght vnce presndent