West Allis High School - Wamago Yearbook (West Allis, WI)

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ADMINISTRATION At the head of our school is the faculty, and chief among the faculty are our three administrators, Mr. Harry B. Nash, the superin- tendent of West Allis schools, Mr. Ralph O. West, principal of the senior high school, and Mr. Gilbert L. Betts, head of the Department of Instruction. While the duties of these men are very different, their fundamental aims are the same, to give West Allis the best possible school system. It is they who determine the philosophy of our schools. They also are responsible for the fact that so large a school as West Allis High School runs so smoothly. Through guiding the teachers they guide us students. Though we usually take them for granted it gives us great pleasure to tell them once a year that we do appreciate them. Crewe, England is our superintendent's birthplace. Mr. Nash received his B. A. Degree from Dakota Wesleyan Universityg his M. A. Degree he received from Minnesota University. Additional work was done at the universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota. After teaching for six years he became principal of schools at Frankfort, South Dakota and Oscela, Wisconsin. Then he came to West Allis as director of educational research. He was later made director of instruction, a position which he held for eleven years. Two years ago he was selected for superintendent of schools in West Allis. We are probably best acquainted with Mr. West, because we come in direct contact with him. He has been principal of the high school for the past sixteen years. Each class brings new problems, demands newer methods and he efficiently handles and solves them. Born in New Cumberland, Ohio, he received his education at the College of Wooster, the University of Chicago, and Harvard University. Before coming to West Allis he taught at high schools in Ashtabula, Zanes- ville, and Cleveland, Ohio and at the Lakewood Junior and Senior High School. Mr. Betts became a member of the faculty two years ago, when he took the position of director of instruction. He was born in Independence, Kansas. He did his under-graduate work at Mc Pherson College of that state, and his graduate work at Stanford University. Before becoming a member of the staff here, Mr. Betts taught for four years at high schools near Los Angeles, California: he spent two years as director of research in Miami, Arizona, public schools, for three years he was senior specialist in research in the National Teach- er Training Survey, conducted by the United States Office of Educa- tion. He has written in collaboration with Dr. A. S. Barr, professor at the University of Wisconsin and Professor W. H. Lancelot, of Iowa College, a book entitled Outcomes of Teaching. The Department of Instruction began years ago as a department of tests and measurements. From that it developed into a department of instruction in which supervision played the dominant role. Still later, when Mr. Betts came into the office, the testing program was abolished in favor of curriculum work. This coming year the cur- riculum work of this department will pertain to junior and senior high school. The object of this work is to bring about .a closer integration and coordination between various subjects taught in the junior and senior high schools. Mr. Harry B. Nash Mr. Ralph O. West I Mr. Gilbert L. Betts

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