Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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FACULTY MRS. RUTH KEMPSHALL MR. HARRY LACY MRS. RUTH KEMPSHALL instructs Latin stu- dents through their first amo, amas, amat to their final readings of Ovid and VirgiL She graduated from Illinois State University with a major in Latin and a minor in mathematics and can sometimes be seen helping a student with a math problem hist to keep in practice. While away from her verb conjugations, Mrs. Kempshall attends classes at Otterbein, knits, and plays bridge. MR. HARRY LACY is a true blue WesterviUe High School instructor, having never taught any- where else in the six years he has been teaching. Over the years as he teaches geometry and algebra, he has witnessed the continual growth of the WesterviUe school system. By maintaining a re- laxed atmosphere in his classes, Mr. Lacy helps college bound students to realize early that some- one isn ' t always going to be standing over them to make certain they are doing the work. When he isn ' t proving to students the practicality of the Pythagorean theorem, he enjoys photography, fishing, and hunting. MR. JAMES LANIER greets his Spanish I and II classes each day with a cheery, Buenos dias, senores! and sometimes greets his French I class the same way. Mr. Lanier was graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.S. in Educa- tion, and he is presently working hard on his Masters ' there. His English speaking time away from guarding the doors in the cafeteria is spent with his family and devoted to work in his church. MRS. PENELOPE LAUGHLIN is one of Wes- terviUe High ' s algebra teachers and a Y-Teen advisor. In the classroom, Mrs. Laughlin stresses the importance of doing homework — especially those terrible word problems. She enjoys teaching here and finds much more to work with within our student body than she had at other schools. The homecoming courts have appreciated her helpful advice, and her toy poodle, Phillippe, rendered his beautiful velvet pillow for the queens ' crown. Mrs. Laughlin also enjoyed her participation in the WHS skiing program. MR. JAMES LANIER MRS. PENELOPE LAUGHLIN MR. HOWARD LONGMIRE MR. DALTON LOTZ MR. HOWARD LONGMIRE has the duty of conducting all the choral groups at WesterviUe High School and preparing them for concerts and contests. In his second year at WHS, Mr. Longmire was the anchor man for last year ' s musical Bye Bye Birdie and this year ' s The King and I. In addition to those momentous tasks, Mr. Longmire led his groups successfully through the ordeal of spring contests. In the summer, Mr. Longmire is an avid baseball fan. MR. DALTON LOTZ. Wcstenille ' s French teacher, is thought by most of his students to be one of the most interesting teachers in the world. Mr. Lotz enjoys nature at its best, hiking rough style in the Great Smoky Mounrains. watching the sun rise at sea, or observing the vast .Sahara Desert. He likes to listen to good symphonic or ballet music or the scores from musical comedies. Fads generally don ' t disturb him, but Mr. Lotz commented that some of the girls ' hair-do ' s look like mohair out of a sofa pillow. He finds some of the crazes attraaive. though, and thinks each student should decide what is best for him. 27

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FACULTY MR. JOHN EVANS successfully fulfills the duties of teaching general science and physical educa- tion, coaching the cross-country and track teams, and chasing wandering students off the parking lot at lunch time. This busy man does find time, however, to keep in shape by golfing, bowling and gardening. He stresses the importance of an education and believes that participation in sports is just as important to students as academic classes. He would like to see more pep rallies at WHS, as long as the studen ts want to support the team, and he wishes more students wanted to back his hard working track boys. MRS. DORIS GANTZ is enjoying her second time around as a physical education teacher at Westerville High. She taught here for one sem- ester four years ago until her husband was transferred; nevertheless she accomplished a lot in the short time she was here: she formed the Girls ' Athletic Association, which is now the biggest organization in the school and which she now advises. All totaled, Mrs. Gantz has taught for six years, including three semesters in San Diego, California, and a year at the Ohio State School for the Blind. MR. JOHN EVANS MRS. DORIS GANTZ MRS. LILLIAN GOSSETT has been on the faculty of Westerville High for twenty-two years, teaching everything from English to drama and advising the Blendon Township Junior Historical Society. This year, she teaches Ohio history and serves as Dean of Girls. In this multi-colored world of blue, yellow, white, and pink passes, Mrs. Gossett also keeps the attendance records in order and hands down final verdicts on deten- tion victims. In past years she has taken students on trips to such places as Nassau and New York City. MR. GLENN GRIFFITH, who has been a mem- ber of the WHS faculty for sixteen years, in- structs vocational agriculture. In addition to his, regular classes, in the evening he teaches an adult education course called the Young Farmers As- sociation. He is also the advisor to the Future Farmers of America, which has taken on a new dimension this year with the addition of five girls to the organization. His leisure time is occupied with his family and his small farm on the outskirts of Westerville. MRS. LILLIAN GOSSETT MR. GLENN GRIFFITH MR. GEORGE HYRMER has been with Wes- terville High as an Algebra I teacher for the past three years. He not only attends many of Wes- tervilles sporting events, but sells tickets to everyone else who wants to attend. Commenting on whether or not relationships between teachers and students have changed since he was in high school, Mr. Hyrmcr feels that his teachers demanded more in the way of discipline. He does believe that students and teachers should discuss differences of opinion using facts rather than emotions and that they should stay within the bounds of respect for each other. MRS. LOUISE JEFFERS began her teaching at WHS just this year. She received her Bachelor ' s Degree in education from Ohio University and, after graduation, returned to her home town of Wakefield, Ohio, to teach at the high school there. Though her Algebra II and general busi- ness classes keep her pretty busy, she finds time to enjoy mi sic. Before her marriage early last spring, she also kept fairly busy insisting that she was not trying to hide her last name, that Jayne was her last name and not her first. But now that she is Mrs. Jeffcrs all her name problems are solved. MR. GEORGE HYRMER MRS. LOUISE JEFFERS 26 -J

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FACULTY MRS. NANCY E. LOWREY Judge Short was hailed by all for his decision in Cowpunchers vs. Sadler MRS. NANCY E. LOWREY served as a full-time substitute iti Mrs. Bunce ' s shorthand and typing classes for inost of the year. Coming here from Gahanna Lincoln where she taught home econom- ics the previous year, Mrs. Lowrey was somewhat familiar with teaching shorthand because she had taught that subject during her stint as a student teacher. Mrs. Lowrey, who graduated cum laude from Muskingum College, prefers sub- stitute teaching to full-time instructing because she does not like to be away from her two young daughters, Kristen and Beth Ann. MRS. MARTHA MacKENZIE has taught Eng- lish at WHS for three years. A graduate of Ohio State University, this is the first school in which she has taught. She believes she is lucky to be teaching in Westerville and that this year ' s classes have been better prepared in their homework than those in years past. Her after-school activities include advising the Y-Teens, playing bridge, playing the piano, and reading. MR. DONALD McMEEKIN can be found be- hind a sculpture, under a mobile, or advising one of his students on his most recent masterpiece. Mr. Gomer McMeekin enjoys working with three dimensional designs and painting which give him the chance to express himself in something other than words. He is most interested in helping his high school students in art, but also enjoys teaching the adults in evening classes. He wants his students to think for themselves, though, since creating one ' s own ideas plays an important role in being a successful artist. MR. CARL MILLER, another new face in the revamped social studies department, guides stu- dents through the mazes of American history and government. Although he specializes in events of the past, not-so-ancient history for him is his attendance at Milligan College and Uni- versity of Tennessee, and the two degrees he earned at Ohio State. During the summer Mr. Miller finds himself in the role of the student, as he is working toward his Ph.D. His head isn ' t always buried in books, however, since he enjoys going to the movies and is learning to like smoked sandwiches, possibly because he keeps his lunch in the men ' s faculty lounge. MR. DONALD McMEEKIN MRS. MARTHA MACKENZIE MR. CARL MILLER 28