Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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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

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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. ROBBIE MILLER MR, ROBBIE MILLER has the rough job of trying to point out the importance of studying government to the senior students. He is well known for the advice he gives the seniors when they arc able to pull him away from the facts in the text book. He teaches such revolutionary morals as; Join the army and become a man; don ' t run away and get married — you can get too much loot at a wedding; and just be- cause a Volkswagen is small and meek doesn ' t mean the driver is the same way. Mr. Miller is advisor to the Key Club, National Honor So- city, and the senior class. MRS. NANCY MORGAN has been a senior English teacher at ' W.H.S. for the past three years and this year is also a senior class advisor. Her leisure pastimes include reading, swimming, painting, and eating. She likes animals, especially her cat Herb. Her present goal is to eatn her Masters ' degree and then to teach at the college level. Known to all before this year as Miss Staats, Mrs. Morgan is famous for her interesting, sometimes hilarious, class discussions and for her ability to keep the seniors under control when the discussions get heated. MRS. NANCY MORGAN MRS. NANCY NEAR, fondly known as la profesora , indoctrinates interested smdents in Spanish II, III, and I ' V. A graduate of Hanover College in Indiana, she has also attended Mexico City College, and University of Valencia in Spain, and she often uses her own experiences and colored slides to better acquaint students with the Spanish way of life. Mrs. Near enjoys working with students in extra-curricular activi- ties and serves as advisor to the cheerleaders. She also enjoys knitting, reading, golf, and los Burger Muchachos . MRS. NANCY NEAR MR. ROBERT NEVEL MR. RONALD NOCKS MR. ROBERT NEVEL is concerned principally with passing on knowledge of the business world to Westerville High School ' s future entrepreneurs. He has taught as Westerville for three years, and this year has taken on part of the responsibility of accounting for the funds of various schcKil organizations. Most treasurers of school organiza- tions, who have learned that it isn ' t easy to keep books balanced, have enlisted the aid of Mr. Nevel at some time during the school year. MR. RONALD NOCKS signs the attendance slips presented him with a flourished REN. His students agree that the £ must stand for Exhaust- ing and Enthusiastic. He works his students in speech and dramatics to their full capacirs , but they never notice it because Mr. Nocks himself is so caught up in the subjeas; it is rather like osmosis. Osmosis isn ' t a strange work to Mr. Nocks, either, because in addition to majors in speech and drama at Ohio State, he also majored in biological sciences. His outside interests include advising the Thespians, water skiing, music, sports, and directing the school plays. 29