Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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FACULTY MR. FORREST BECKER MR. FORREST BECKER direas the school or- chestra and red and white concert bands, and also spends a great deal of time preparing the Marching 99 for its performances at football games and parades. In addition to being a fine director, Mr. B is probably one of the greatest cheerleaders that speaators have ever seen. Before a crucial football play, he always initiates a rous- ing go! go! go! with a wave of his hat, or bursts out with his own special cheers at pep rallies. For pastimes, other than promoting Joy to the World as the best Christmas carol, he enjoys golfing, and prides himself in coddling the earliest blooming roses on Walnut Street. MRS. REBECCA BERRY, chairman of the Eng- lish Department, teaches sophomores the correct usage of the English language. She sees WHS as becoming a big city school, rather than the suburban school it once was; but nevertheless, she still believes it is a good school in which to teach. Believe it or not, teen-agers are her favorite age group, and she especially chooses to teach the sophomores since they are at such a chal- lenging age level. In class, she expects students to think for themselves and not to beat around the bush when answering questions. MR. REGIS BIRCKBICHLER is the man to see if you want to know which battle was fought where, which President was elected when, or if you want to leave the cafeteria at noon for any reason. Ask any junior what the hardest job in American history is, and he ' ll tell you it ' s learning to spell Birchbichler. Mr. Birckbichler enjoys keeping up on current events and wishes his students did too; the biggest current event for him this year was his wedding. There are many memories of Westerville in Mr. Birchbichler ' s mind: his own school days, his teaching career, and his chaperoning of the eighth grade trip to Washington D.C. MR. FRANK BLACK, economics and American government teacher, is one instructor, his students generally agree, who really knows his subject. He should since he received his bachelor ' s degree at Princeton and his master ' s at Northwestern, both considered excellent universities. Mr. Black ' s chief CKCupation outside of teaching is managing to stay young. Although he enjoys tennis, chess, and rooting for the Cleveland Browns, his first love is skiing. Last winter he initiated a ski program for WHS students at Clear Fork Ski Resort, of which he was a former manager. MR. WILLIAM BROWN MR. REGIS BIRCKBICHLER MRS. LOUISE BUNCE MRS. REBECCA BERRY MR. FRANK BLACK MR. WILLIAM BROWN, teacher of vocational horticulture, has a new toy to play with this year — the greenhouse. Classwork in the green- house got off to a late start this year, but Mr. Brown hopes that next year honiculture students will be able to start off in September with the aspects of commercial production. He attended Marietta College, graduated from Ohio State, and came to WHS from teaching at Malta- McConnelsville. His favorite pastime, he claims, is trying to make room for leisure time. MRS. LOUISE BUNCE is in her twelfth year of teaching at Westers ' ille High School. A graduate of WHS. she now teaches shorthand I and II and t yping II. She earned her undergraduate degrees from Ohio State Universit ' and has done gradu- ate work at the University of Cincinnati and Columbia University. Unfortunately. Mrs. Bunce was forced to miss almost six months of school this year, but her return in the spring was wel- comed by both students and faculty. 23

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FACULTY MRS. GRACE ARTHUR has the ambitious task of instmaing interested home ' economics stu- dents in the techniques of sewing in basic and advanced clothing classes. Caught up in the whirl of bound buttonholes, plackets, and hem- ming, she obtained her B.S. in home economics as well as elementary education. Mrs. Arthur feels that she teaches a subject of universal impor- tance, for, A good homemaker is the nucleus of every family. She is an avid sports fan and enjoys watching the WHS teams in action. MRS. GRACE ARTHUR MR. ROBERT AUGSPURGER MR. WALTER BAHOREK MR. ROBERT AUGSPURGER, a graduate of Ohio State Universit) ' , began teaching here last year at the beginning of the second semester. He is blessed with the job of guiding unsuspect- ing biology students along the line of incision of a wiggling earthworm or a formaldehyde- soaked frog. He also offers a steady hand when one of his students becomes a little dizzy during a blood-typing experiment. During the summer, Mr. Augspurger combines his interest in namre with teaching and counseling in an Outward Bound school, part of a national camping pro- gram for boys and girls. MR. WALTER BAHOREK can often be seen walking down the halls of school being greeted by both faculty and students. Mr. Bahorek has found Westerville High students very courteous and interested in scholarship, but he is disap- pointed in the lack of school spirit. He teaches industrial arts and in the summer, drivers ' educa- tion. There haven ' t been many accidents in drivers ' ed., but Mr. Bahorek hopes that when the sign says stop here on red, the students will some day stop instead of looking for red. MRS. JUDY BARBOUR MR. JOHN BECK MRS. JUDY BARBOUR, teacher of sophomore English, graduated from Ohio State University with both a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. She and her husband enjoy camping and making certain that their cat is considerate of their tropical fish. MR. JOHN BECK teaches four classes of physics and one class of first yc-ar algebra. Few students are aware that Mr. Beck is also a special agent, not the James Bond type on assignment from the government, but a special agent for the Pru- dential Insurance Company. Dropping his pep rally alias of Tex Beck behind him, he leaves school to go home to his wife and two daughters. Micelle and Annette. Mr. Beck ' s interests are many and varied. As a folk song enthusiast, he is probably best remembered for leading the scnior band bus in a few choruses of Michael, Row the Boat Ashore . 22

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FACULTY MR. CHARLES BURNER MRS. MARY ALICE BUSICK MR. CHARLES BURNER is seldom seen around school anywhere but in the gymnasium and on the practice field. As teacher of freshman health classes and physical education, he also serves as the head coach for the Wildcat football and wrestling teams. It is no surprise that Mr. Burner places a great deal of emphasis on athletics and feels that sports are a good teacher of life. When he is not concerned with gridders and grapplers, he enjoys traveling. MRS. MARY ALICE BUSICK can be found behind piles of papers and books in her room whenever she is needed. Mrs. Busick is a busy person, teaching journalism and Junior English and advisin.g the Whekat and Searchlight staffs. She was in the first class with over one hundred students to graduate from Westerville High. After she graduated from Otterbein, she taught at Marion-Franklin High School in Columbus. In comparing Marion-Franklin and Westerville, she believes that Westerville students have more de- sire to learn and are much more eager to be educated. MR. JOHN CAMPBELL MRS. MARY COCHRAN MR. WALLACE CONARD MR. JOHN CAMPBELL, a new addition to the physical education department of Westerville High, also serves as assistant football coach. A graduate of Otterbein College, his interests out- side the locker room include all sports, music, and children Lisa and Kyle. This combination of interests might lead one to expect musical football at some future date. Or maybe it could be a football musical. MRS. MARY COCHRAN left Westerville after her graduation from Otterbein but returned to teach freshman English. She enjoys life in general, but is particularly fond of ceramics and needle- work. Mrs. Cochran tries to instill in her stu- dents an appreciation for literature by great authors and poets. Probably all teachers have found humor in something turned in to them during their careers, and Mrs. Cochran has had her share. Only recently someone wrote in his paper that, Pheasants were walking along the road to Camelot. MR. WALLACE CONARD is leading the dis- tributive education department of WHS through its second successful year, and he also teaches two one-semester courses of salesmanship. His big goal as a teacher still remains to build up the D.E. class of Westerville High so it will be one of the best in the state. Mr. Conard ' s schedule also demands that he oversee the work of all his students in their respective jobs in order to see that they are performing to their full capacity. MRS. INEZ CURRY teaches English I and II. She is a friend to many students of all grade levels, having earned their respea by her won- derful capability of being an easy person to talk to and also a gcx)d listener. Although she teaches only English at WHS, she has taught many other subjects, ranging from mathematics to French in other schools. Mrs. Curry is also a published writer, having had several of her poems printed in magazines. Besides reading and writing, she also knits, evidenced by some of her beautiful sweaters. MRS. INEZ CURRY 24