Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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SUPERI TE DE T We, of the Upper Darby High School, are very fortunate to have a superintendent who shows such outstanding ability and leadership in school and community life as John H. Tyson. He has been superintendent of schools for the past eight years and served as principal of our school during the tvventyffour years prior to 1943. The class of 1951 is indebted to Mr. Tyson for his tireless efforts to better our school. He is active in educational societies, and we all ap' preciate and admire his zealous work. Mr. Tyson has spent a great deal of time working out the diflicult details of plans for the new high school. The years of planning were climaxed this fall by the groundbreaking exerf ciscs over which he ofliciated. We have been guided faithfully and well by Mr. Tysong he has won the respect and admiraf tion of all by his fine judgment and keen personal interest in the welfare of each student.

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The f the addition first Boot high takes form. The recent ground breaking ceremonies for the new addition to the high school marked another step in Upper Darby's continuous program to meet the needs of the comf munity. Since the first class of five was graduated in 1896, Upper Darby has grown by leaps and bounds, both in area and population. The capable School Board, though, has kept pace with this expansion. An annex was added to the high school in 1928 as were other improvements made to the grade schools throughout the district at various times, The new fourfstory addition to the present high school will adequately serve many more students, but even more expansion will be needed in the future. Because of the high birth rate during World War H, graduating classes of one thousand will be the general trend in 1958. Two new elef mentary schools, Primos and Hillcrest, have already been opened to accommodate part of this huge student body now entering the first and second grades. It is obvious, though, that more development will be necessary. Unknown to most people is the fact that plans for a new junior high school are already under way. The far' sighted Board of Education has acquired land on State Road for this purpose. Uther changes in the school system are being contemf plated. As the school enrollment increases, new teachers will be needed and Upper Darby plans to acquire the best inf structors available. Plans for curriculum revision are also being considered. The latest educational methods will be inf corporated in the schools in an effort to make the Upper Darby School System, the finest in the country. With its ambitious building and educational improvement programs, Upper Darby is confident that it can answer the challenge of its increasing population. the Senior WE B ILD The new Primos Sc hool nears completion. FOR THE FUTURE Hillcrest opened April 16, 1951. S x E if E

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Miss Mary L. Lulcens, Director of Educational Measurementsg Mr. Lewis O. Goas, Assistant to the Superintendentg Miss Pauline Roffe, Elementary School Supervisor. ASSISTANTS TO THE SUPERI TE DE Elementary and high school expansion and educational testing programs demand able ad' ministrators-and that is what Superintendent of Schools John H. Tyson has in his three assistants: George W. Hoehler, Mary L. Lukens, and Pauline E. Roife. Between them they boast 56 years of service to Upper Darby's school district. Mr. Hoehler succeeds Lewis O. Goas, who left for Washington February 27 :to further national civilian defense preparations. Prior to Mr. Hoehler's appointment, Mr. Goas had completed making specif fications for all equipment, supplies, and materials necessary for building UD Townships two new elementary schools. Mr. Hoehler now has charge of filling specifications for over two million dollars worth of high school additions now under construcf tion. Mr. Hoehler arrived in UDHS in 1925 after graduating from Williamson Trade School and ob' taining an M.A. and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.E. from Drexel Institute of Technology. In September of last year, he was ap' pointed head of the Industrial Arts Department. Miss Lukens supervises township :tests and measurements and special educational placements. Seniors should recall her proctoring their I.Q. and comprehension examinations in the auditorium. An Upper Darby resident from birth, Miss Lukens at' tended and obtained her B.A. from Swarthmore and an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She subsequently taught in Monmouth, New Jersey, and Middleton Township, Delaware County, until her arrival at Upper Darby in 1923. Supervisor of Elementary Schools, Miss Roffe, came to UD in 1938 after serving in this same capacity in Altoona, Pa. Upon graduation from Lock Haven State Teachers College, she attended Columbia University where she obtained her B.A. and M.A. degrees. Miss Roffe supervises the selec' tion of textbooks and the course of study in the twelve elementary schools in this district. She also observes the progress of the new personnel and co' ordinates the teaching methods so they will be uni' form in all the grade schools. Twentyfsix