Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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PRINCIPAL W MM MQW, As you glance through these pages in years to come, you will experience the strange sensation of being transplanted back to the school year of 1953-54. You will feel again the nearly forgotten emotions of Whitmer Daze , fondness and gratitude for teachers and classmates who helped you solve the serious problems of teenitus, anger with some who were perhaps unjust, and maybe mere tolerance or indifference to those in the outer orbits of your daily school experiences. May we in this last paragraph again greet you with a smile and a hello and may we say that it was an ever abiding privilege and pleasure to have spent these years with you. We hope you will forgive us our mistakes, for they were not born in the heart, but of the limitations of human judgment. And may theenthusiasrn and idealism which you have in 1953-54 remain with you as long as you can remember that our school colors are Maize and Blue. Sincerely, WALKER A. C. Principal 9

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SILVER ANNIVERSARY We wish to congratulate Mrs. Irma Schlegel who is celebrating her twenty-fifth year at Whitmer High School. Mrs. Schlegel graduated from the University of Toledo with a Bachelor of Science and Education Degree. She began teaching Physical Education at Whitmer immediately following her graduation. The girls' basketball team received recognition throughout the city of Toledo under her able coaching. Later, Mrs. Schlegel taught Community Civics, U. S. History, Civics, and Family Living. On February 1, 1950, she became Dean of Girls. Among her present activities, she is the Advisor of Senior Girls' Bowling. Mrs. Schlegel has succeeded in winning the respect and friendship of every Whit- mer student. We are both proud and thankful to Mrs. Schlegel for her many years of faithful service to Whitmer High School.

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Greetings to the Oracle readers: I am sure we are proud of this new yearbook. A vote of thanl-:s is due each and every one who has helped to produce it. The Oracle is truly a reflec- tor of the Washington Township school system. Our school organization has been growing by leaps and bounds. This session we attained for the first time an over-all school enrollment of 4000. The quality has kept pace with the quantity. Contributors to these many improvements have included almost every- body-pupils, parents, teachers, and the general township citizenry. Again, congratulations to the Oracle staff for the very commendable job they have done in producing this, another wonderful annual. Sincerely yours, EARL B. DRIVER, Superintendent Washington Township Schools . .,ii ai ADMINI TRATIO There is no better school building in Ohio than the new Washington Township junior High School. We know this will give the students of Whitmer a challenge to have the same statement made of their already high scholastic attainment. Sincerely, HAROLD M. RYDER Superintendent of Luau County Many years ago john Ruskin made this wise obser- vation: When men are rightly occupied their amuse- ment grows out of their work as the color petals out of a fruitful flower. Analyze yourself: your hob- bies, interests, skills, abilities, both mental and physi- calg then choose the area of work you are most inter- ested in and seem best fitted for, and you will find Ruskin's observation is true. HARRY T. GRAVES