West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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Life at West Bend Included S0 Much We Enter Here From Enrollment Day to Commencement, VVe Review '-ll and '42 Administration Faculty We Leave Classes Activities Athletics Students Seniors Page F

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Page Four if f if Lieut. Jack Martin Ensign W. J. Baechler Corp. Karl Kuss U. S. O. U. S. Navy U. S. Army Salute to the Service! The faith of I30 million Americans rests with our men in service. Since December 7 many of West Bend High School's former students and three of its faculty have donned a uniform and received a rank in our armed forces. Of our teachers, lVlr. Jack Martin, biology and science instructor, has become l..ieut. Martin, U. S. O.: Mr. W. Baechler, commercial instructor, has become Ensign Baechler, U. S. Navyg and lVlr. Karl Kuss, also instructor in science and biology, has become Corp. Kuss, U. S. Army. To them especially and to every member of America's defending forces, the class of I9-42 dedicates the l942 Victory Bend. if-kiff

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Page Six The School Board Bottom Row -- Mr. A. H. Klumb, Mrs. George Kuehlthau, Mr. D. E. McLane. Top Row -- Mr. D. J. Kenny, Mr. E. J. Krieger, Dr. A. H. Heidner. School ffairs Were Well Administered Through the efforts of the administrative depart- ment of our school, teachers and students are given a smooth-running educational plant. The school board consists of five members: Mr. A. H. Klumb, directory Dr. A. H. Heidner, treasur- er, Mr. D. Kenny, clerk, Mrs. George Kuehlthaug and Mr. E. Krieger. Running the affairs of the school is a larger task than most students realize. The board of education pays salaries, schedules The necessary courses for college entrance, lets the contracts for repair work, provides bus transportation for city grade pupils, and supervises a well-planned budget. From the important task of hiring personnel to the more easily executed one of buying coal, its administrative work misses no detail. ln reality our school is a S700,000 corporation. To Dr. Heidner it is exactly a 5S72l,9l9.99 corp- oration. The report he prepares for the district is not a two-page article of receipts and expenditures, but represents I5 pages of typewritten summaries. Here are some of the interesting facts included in it. Over 50 per cent of our schoolmates are from regions outside the West Bend city limits, thus ac- counting for 330,000 in tuition money collected each year from surrounding townships. This, plus approximately S55,000 raised annually by the city through taxation and sl l,000 of state aid, makes up the budget for the year. Few of us know that the beautiful campi encircl- ing the grade and high school buildings are valued at sl 70,022. 76g that the school buildings are worth b3463,083.8l 3 and that the equipment assets are S44, l 42.70. Surely, planning and directing the school year requires continued foresight, wide adap- tability to meet changing conditions, and business initiative on the part of the board members. We students hear from the board of education through Mr. McLane, our city superintendent of schools. Mr. McLane sits in on all board meetings, lending advice, presenting the views of the student body, and then translating the work of the board to the daily routine of the school. For the past 37 years that he has been affiliated with the West Bend Public Schools, Mr. McLane has seen the enrollment increase from 460 to l,000 studentsg from a faculty of I3 teachers to 38 teachers. A new high school and grade school were erected during his adminis- tration, and a vocational school was completed in the new wing of the high school two years ago. Throughout these years, Mr. McLane continually possessed an understanding control in all matters and had the satisfaction of knowing that his efforts provided a better education for the youth of this community. Our high school principal, Mr. Batho, shares responsibilities with Mr. McLane. ln his two years at West Bend, Mr. Batho has won the confidence and respect of all students. Although concerned chiefly with the general organization and discipline of the school, his two science classes, and inter- school relations, Mr. Batho still finds time to show great interest in the welfare of the individual stu- dent. This interest, coupled with sincerity and friend- liness, makes one feel at ease in his presence, and is characteristic of the relationship existing between teachers and students in our school. Mr. Colby, the vice-principal, is always a busy teacher, yet never too busy to answer questions. A whizz in the physics laboratory and geometry class- a deep thinker. As as school registrar, room, students regard him as vice-principal, Mr. Colby acts checks students' credits, schedules and groups the class programs for the year, and since Pearl Harbor, has conducted the sale of War Saving Stamps and Bonds to students every Tuesday. Miss Forrester, director of guidance and com- mercial teacher, returned to West Bend High School last year after a two year leave of absence to com- plete her doctorate in the study of guidance at Columbia University. Miss Forrester instituted an efficient guidance program. Under her direction, an alphabetical card file was set up bearing the names of all students in high school and supplemented by