West High School - Panther Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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1, B Eli' cvat gg 9 I FRED D. KEELER RED D. KELLER, principal 1 of the West high school, at- tended the University of Minnesota in 1893 and 1894. He became principal of the Lincoln school following this and acted in this capacity until 1897. Leaving the Lincoln school in 1897, Mr. Keeler became prin- cipal of the Webster school, holding this position until 1910. In 1910, Mr. Keeler graduated from the University of Utah, with the degree of bachelor of arts. From 1910 to 1914, Mr. Keeler was principal at the Bryant junior high school. During 1912 and 1913 he did post-graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. The Bryant school was discontinued as a junior high school at the close of the year 1913-1914 and the next year Mr. Keeler became principal of the Monroe junior high school which is now the XVest junior high school. During 1915-1910 he was head of the Uintah junior high school and it was in September, 1917, that Mr. Keeler came to the West high school as principal and he is now completing his fourth year as head of this school. YYY? JOHN H. coowuss OHN H. COOMBS, principal of the East high school, grad- uated from the normal school of the University of Utah in 1896. Following his graduation he be- came principal of the Lincoln school of Pleasant Grove, Utah. The year following this he was teacher of the seventh grade at Payson, Utah. In 1898, he was elected superintendent of the Pleasant Grove schools, and served in that capacity for three and one-half years. In January, 1902, he was offered, and accept- ed, the principalship of the Lin- coln school in Salt Lake City. The board of education at Pleasant Grove released him from his contract because they did not wish to stand in the way of his educational advancement but they offered him an increase of S700 if he would return to his former position the following year. Mr. Coombs remained principal of the Lincoln school until 1904, when, in September, he became the first principal of the new Lafayette school. In 1912 he was graduated from the University of Utah with the degree of Bachelor of Science. At the time when the junior high plan came into prominence Mr. Coombs was chosen to fill the position of principal of the Bryant Junior high school. He assumed his duties in 1917 and continued there until July, 1920, when he was selected principal of the East high school. GSW V? X '92' Page3

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