Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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advisers lead, counsel As The counselor for Upper school boys, Dr. John Owen provides experT counseling in many fields. WheTher choosing colieges or looking for porT-Time iobs, sTUdenTs receive com- prehensive answers from his vosT store of infermoTien. Sena iors and juniors appreciate his help in Oppiying for scholar- ships and obToining occupoTionol informciTion Tor posT-school employmenT. Sharing The odvisership of Big BroThers and ABOVE: D Jeh H. owe ! BOYS! Pro rams Incor oroT d wiTh Mr. PeeTs Dr. Owen also serves Counselor. 9 P e , 05 STUdenT Councilis sponsor. Dr. Owen is The proud posses- sor of The ciTyfs only muroled counselorrs office. Mr. Car! 0. PeeTs, WulnuT Hills' firsT counseior devefed ex clusively T0 The sevenTh 0nd eighTh grades, has offered wel- c0me aid To many bewildered sTudenTs since his arrivcii iosT foil. WiTh emphasis upon The personal problems which con- TrOnT new WolnuT Hills! sTudenTs, he guides boys and girls in Their odiusTmenT To The new school life, in program plan- ning, in improvemenT of academic records, and in The solu- Tien of Teenage problems. WiTh on eye To The TuTure, Mr. PeeTs moinToins files of sfudenisf records and occupoTionQJ doTa. Mr. PeeTs is known To many 05 cm ordenT world Troveier. ABOVE: Mr. Carl 0. PeeTs, Lower School Counselor. The sTrong feeling of uniTy and The success of The many proiecTs of The class of 1955 were due in 0 large porT To The enThusiosm of The Class adviser, Mr. Kenneth F. Scheurer. YeT Mr. Scheurer was more Them 0 class counselor,- he was The personal friend of 258 seniors, Taking on ocTive interest in The welfare and progress of each. AIThough exTremely busy as social club sponsor, as coach of The cross-counTry and Track Teams, and as faTher of five young children, he sTill had Time To Talk over problems ThoT arose concerning colleges and grades and To give advice on cioss GcTiviTies. ABOVE: Mr. Kenneth Scheurer, Senior Class Adviser and Inter- frufority Adviser. 15

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AdminisTraTors and As ossisfcinT principal of WalnuT Hil'ls, Mr. How- cird Luedeke performs The imporTonT Task OT dealing with boys attendance and discipline. In coniuncTion wiTh This he files on annual re- porT on promofions, failures, and oTTendence. Mr. Luedeke is well known To The school for his enThusiosTic support of oil WainuT Hills sporTs evenTs. He sells TickeTs To The TooTboll and bus- keTbGH games, and rarely misses eTTending Them. He disTribUTes Tesz in The bookrOOm, od- vises STUdenT CourT, 0nd menoges The supply sTore. He also directs The Traffic squad, which relieves Traffic congesTion. As chairmen of The assembly commiTTee he helps To secure such deiighTful enTerToinmenT 05 The irish Toik Tales ABOVE: Mr. Howard L. Luedeke, Assistant Principal. Of Seamus MCMGnUS and The Shakespearean Tragedy, King Richard II. Mr. Luedeke conTri- bUTes much To keep The school running smooTh- ly. One of The busiesT odminisTroTors 0T Walnur Hilis is The Dean of Girls, Miss Olive M. Clarke She can always be found working Tor The good of oThers, wheTher iT is arranging for CI college represenToTive To speak To prospecTive sTudenTs, wriTing The necessary recommendoTions for coi- Ieges, helping Cl girl plan C1 program, or guid- ing 0 sTUdenT who has 0 special problem. Miss Clarke serves on various boards, and is Tre- quenle conTQCTed by civic and philanThropic ergonionions To supply volunTeer workers. Be- sides These duTies, she direcTs cheerfully, 0nd wiTh boundless energy, such organizofions 05 Big SisTers, Senior Council, STUdenT Aid, and sTudenT ushers. Miss Clarke is respecTed as o compeTenT and gracious dean by The girls whom she counsels 0nd by The colleges To which They apply. ABOVE: Miss Olive M. Clarke, Dean of Girls. 14

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a ABOVE, ROW 1: Miss Jane Acomb, Eng- lish; Miss Esther Cahiii, English; Dr. James F. Dunlap, English; Mr. Alexander M. Gle- sen, English; Miss Wilma Hu'rchison, Eng- lish. ROW 2: Mr. Harold E. lnskeep, Eng- lish. BELOW: Dr. Sewer and Steve Piker discuss one of STEVEIS Honors English com- posiTions. basis for educaTion MosTery of The English language is The ToundclTion Upon which 0 sTrong educeTion is built. The English deportmenT CIT WoanT Hills, wiTh This in mind, has been very ocTive This year in giving sTudenTs c1 well-rounded picTure of The iiTeroTure :1er value of The English ion- guoge. In oddiTion To The regular meTerioi in grammar and liTeroTure, English sTudenTs This year were given The OpporTuniTy TO keep abreosT 0T evenTs in The IiTerCiry world. STudenTs anended RoberT FrosTTs lecfures 0nd visiTed The Cox TheoTer To see G. B. Showrs ST. Joan. The English deporfmenT was also insTrumenTel in 0b Toining The film version of King Richard II for on upper school assembly. For seniors capable of advanced work in English, on honors course was infTioTed. The course was largely devoTed To The encouragemenT of com- prehensive reading and wriTing. 16