Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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 ■ THE RETROSPECT —•

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THE RETROSPECT -——— -------———--- To W. Sanders Idle, who by bis unstinted labors for good among us and by bis winning personality has won his way into the heart of each of us of the Senior Class of 1924— this seventeenth volume of the Retrospect is respectfully dedicated. Wittenberg College, A. B. Ohio Northern University. Resident of Wapakoneta.

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THE RETROSPECT Special Mention We, the members of the Senior Class of 1924, wish to express as best we can our appreciation for the many kindnesses done for us by our earnest and beloved superintendent, C. C. Nardin. This is the first class of Bluine High School fortunate enough to have had the influence and support of Superintendent Nardin for four years. We are proud to claim that distinction. Since the school has been under his guidance, Mr. Nardin has appreciably uplifted the standards of Blume High. He has considered the public in all affairs and his work has met with universal approval. Probably no other man has advocated so streneously and so thoroughly the principles of economy, right living and good citizenship. A high degree of scholarship has always been demanded by him and he has striven to make us realize our opportunities and utilize them. His hard work for the passage of the bond issue in 1922 provided the means necessary for the building of an addition to the present high school. We must accord him credit for the advance Blume High School has made in athletics. He gave his permission and support for the organization of a football team. In former years the girl’s basketball team was not permitted to compete with teams outside the city. Thanks to Mr. Nardin, we girls are now enjoying inter-school sports. Superintendent Nardin's record before coming to Wapa-koneta is testimony of his triumph over circumstance. Born at Stryker, Williams county, Ohio, he lived in that place for twenty-two jears. He worked his way thru high school by delivering groceries. Following his graduation, he taught in the rural schools of Henry and Williams counties for four years. He attended Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, and graduated from that place in 1904 with a B. Sc. degree. Mr. Nardin taught in the Ridgeville Corner’s High School for two years and then became principal of the Hicksville high school. From there he was advanced to the position of superintendent of the Hicksville schools, a position he held for five years. Leaving Hicksville he became superintendent of the schools of Bluffton and, for the same period of time, directed the education of that city. In 1920 the Wapakoneta Board of Education was successful in securing Mr. Nardin and for four years his work here has been most commendable. He took a graduate course at the University of Wisconsin Summer School iti 1910 and 1911. In 1913 and 1914 he was enrolled as a graduate student at Ohio State University. Mr. Nardin attended Columbia University in 1918.