Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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ADMINISTRATION MR. DANA W. AUKERMAN MR. DANA W. AUKERMAN has just com- pleted his first year as principal of WHS. He came to Westerville, via the principalship of Lima Senior High, a school of over 1800 students in the top three grades, because he felt he would like to work in such a growing community as this. Mr. Aukerman was born in Olifornia, but has spent the rest of his life in Ohio. He at- tended Lima schools, obtained his bachelor ' s de- gree from Ohio Northern, and earned hi s Masters in Administration from Ohio State Universit) ' . In his first year as principal, he has initiated many changes within the school and plans for a few more in the future. No marter what happens, he strongly believes in the worth of an individual and will go beyond normal measures to earn and maintain the respect of a student. MR. HERBERT GARY 24 MR. HERBERT GARY, vice-principal, has always been respected and admired by the students as one who challenges them to set high standards pnd live up to them. He has few specific duties delegated to him, but he does carry out business from Mr. Aukerman ' s office as well as taking care of the attendance procedures. In the near future he will be the leader of a WHS orien- tation program for student teachers. Mr. Gary enjoys jotting down philosophic quotations which he likes to pass on to others. One of his favorites, attributed to the Duke of Wellington, can be applied to many situations: Don ' t shoot cannon at sparrows. 19

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ADMINISTRATION MR. M. RAY MORRIS McDermott Faces Problems As School District Expands To Superintendent H. C. McDermott falls the task of managing the schools in the WesterviUe School District and maintaining the high quality of educational oppor- tunity to which WesterviUe has always been accustomed. McDermott has had considerable experience in the teaching end of education as well as the administrative part. Before taking his job in WesterviUe in 1964, McDer- mott had instructed courses in biology, chemistry, physics, world history, and American history. He had also been principal of Sidney High School and, later, Superintendent of the Sidney school system. A steady increase in the population of the district and Westerville ' s annexation of still more land presents McDermott with the problem of providing adequate schooling facilities for the incoming students. If and when he has leisure time, McDermott enjoys several hobbies, including music, reading, golfing, and the all- American pastime fishing. H. C. McDermott, B.S.Ed., B.E., M.Ed. MR. M. RAY MORRIS holds the position of Assistant Superintendent of Schools. It is his job to see that all the school ' s buses are headed in the right direction when they start out in the morning and to make sure that they all return safely to the fold every night. His outgoing personality has won him many friends around the school and town, and he still finds time to be active in community organizations, and to enjoy music, the theater, and sports. 18

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ADMINISTRATION MR. THOMAS BANCROFT is one of Wester- viUe High School ' s most familiar faces. He was principal here for 24 years, and he now handles the numerous duties of the junior and senior high school curriculum director. He is in charge of summer school, recommends teachers for hir- ing, and aides teachers by obtaining films and other needed classroom materials. With these responsibilities, he still finds time to collect stamps, to golf, and to go boating. MR. JON WILDERMUTH, one of the three new guidance counselors, counsels all freshman, sophomore, and junior boys. Before coming to Westerville he had received degrees from Miami and Xavier Universities. While not in conference or administering aptitude tests, Mr. Wildermuth coaches the reserve basketball team and is an assistant football coach. Under his leadership, the reserve basketball cagers took the Mid-Eight Championship. A great sports enthusiast, he be- lieves that sports relate to life in that one gets out of it what he puts in to it. MR. T. V. BANCROFT I MR. JON WILDERMUTH MR. RAY EIBE.N 20 MRS. MARTHA GRANT MRS. MARTHA GRANT, with her friendly personaliry and sincere concern, has won many friends this year in her first year as counselor to all freshman, sophomore and jtinior girls. She is happy to share in the personal, as well as academic, problems of students and she has an opportunity to help the students through prob- lems they encounter during their teeenage years. Sewing is her favorite hobby, and she makes many of her own clothes; she also enjoys listen- ing to classical music, swimming, and traveling. MR, RAY ElBEN has the frightening task of getting to know all the seniors, as he is the guidance director for all seniors boys and girls. In his conferences with students, he interprets tc-st scores, aids in completing applications of all kinds, and tries to guide the students into mak- ing the right decisions concerning their present and future. Mr. Eiben feels that schools today are too policed and that the only way that students will act like adults is to let them work together for their own good. Among other things, he would lik? to see unsupervised pep rallies: Let them relieve their feelings if they have any; and true honor srudy halls: It ' s not really an honor this year. The kids are just shoved in.