Woodbury High School - Sun Dial Yearbook (Woodbury, NJ)

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edication Dr. Warren J. McClain, The su-perinTendenT oT The Woodbury Public School SysTern. serves our schools and our communiTy as an acTive leader in civic and educaTional aTFairs. 'Born in PiTTslourgh, Pennsylvania, Dr. McClain aT'Tend- ed DormanT High School in PiTTsburgh. He aTTended college aT Bucknell UniversiTy, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where his exTracurricular acTiviTies included TooTloall, baskeTbal'l. Track. drarnaTics, and iournalism. He re- ceived his Bachelor oT ArTs degree in l93I, where- upon he ,assurned The posiTion oT boTh Teacher and TooTball coach aT Danville High School, Danville. Penn- sylvania. Four years laTer he was principal oT The school. a posiTion which he held unTil I938. He received his MasTer oT ArTs degree in l939 from Bucknell Univer- siTy, simulTaneously working as lnsTrucTor in EducaTion and Dean oT Men. From I938 unTil I94O he was The Principal and FaculTy Manager of AThleTics aT Down- ingTown High School, DowningTown, Pennsylvania. ln PenningTon, New Jersey, from i940 To I944. he was Supervising Principal of The Hopewell Township Schools. Dr. McClain came To Woodbury in I944 To become The Su'perinTendenT oT Schools, buT he conTinued To increase his already subsTanTial ToundaTions in educa- Tion. Tor he obTained his DocToraTe in EducaTion in l954 from RuTgers UniversiTy in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was lnsTrucTor OT EducaTion aT RuTgers from l957 To I958. ln addiTion, Dr. McClain has done addiTional work in educaTion aT Temple UniversiTy and Bloomsburg STaTe Teachers College. Dr. McClain has served The commfuniTy well Trom a professional sTandipoinT, as is indicaTed 'by The many organizaTions in which he has served. He is pasT presi- denT oT boTh The GloucesTer CounTy EducaTion Asso- ciaTion and The GloucesTer CounTy SuperinTendenTs AssociaTion. He is secreTary oT The GloucesTer CounTy Planning Commission and served as presidem' oT The GloucesTer CounTy HealTh AssociaTion, The SouTh Jer- sey SchoolmasTers Clulo and The New Jersey DeparT- menT oT SuperinTendenTs. The New Jersey Council of EducaTion and The New Jersey EducaTion AssociaTion are also acTiviTies in which he has served. He was on

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u , ,, A .K XX H . be V V, 1 M I is A . Q 1' PAGE f , Dedicafion: Dr. Warren J. McClain .......A 4-5 1 ln Memoriam: Mr. Joseph P. Broadhursl' .,.. 6 7 Alumni .....,....,........,,.,.,....., 1 5 S S 5 K J X .. Q: i 1 Our School ..,..,.........., 8-9 ,gm v , J 7 ' Surroundings ....,......,....,, l0-I l - '- i H Theme: The Season of You1'h . . . I2-I3 Board of Educafion ....,..... I4-I5 - 9' Aclminisfraiion .... I 6- I 8 Faculfy .......... I9-26 Q Thank you Page ..... 27 4 -V 'Il i 5 , ' Curriculum .,..,.,.... 4 . 28-39 l I ,:'ii '7 Clubs and Acfiviiies . . . . . 40-73 -f V , Sporis .,...,A.., Our Besl' ...,,, Underclassmen . . . Senior Aciivilies ,, Seniors ...,..... Prom .......,... Senior Calendar .. Sun Dial Sfaff Finale ...,.. A Index . . . . 74-92 ' M 93-99 f X. loo-us ,f-A II9-I27 IQ ig 128-no T, 111 172 .. I73 ff ,... I74-I75 I76 4, M Q wil i 1- 1 f f' 4

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The Advisory CommiTTee from I957 To I958 for The American AssociaTion of School AdminisTraTors. ln acl- diTion, he is a member of The STaTe CommiTTees on AdulT EducaTiOn, School Board Manual, Teacher Cer- TiTicaTion, and QualificaTions for The SelecTion of Com- missioner OT EducaTion. l-le is also a member of The Advisory COmmiTTee for ReorganizaTion of The School of EducaTion aT RuTgers UniversiTy, The AdminisTraTive Advisory CommiTTee To The American Psychological AssociaTion and The American Academy of PoliTical and Social Science. Dr. McClain is aTfiliaTed wiTh Cyrus Lodge No. l48, F. and A.M., Phi Kappa Psi. Kappa Phi Kappa, and Pi DelTa Epsilon. Dr. McClain has always done more for The commu- niTy Than serve in an educaTional capaciTy. ln Danville, Pennsylvania, 'he was Church TrusTee of The PresbyTerian Church and SuperinTendenT OT Sunday School, D'irecTor OT CounTy ScouT Council, founder of The LiTTle Theafer and a member OT The Kiwanis. ln DowningTOwn, Penn- sylvania, he 'was again a Church TrusTee and Super- inTendenT of The Sunday School. ln addiTion, he was direcTor of Cub ScouTs, a member OT The CounTy Coun- cil OT The Y.M.C.A., and a member of The RoTary. ln PenningTon he was direcTor of The Library, member of The Y.M.C.A. Council, Deacon of The Church, Super- inTendenT of Sunday Schools, a mem'ber of The Boy ScouT Council and PresidenT of The Lions Club. Dr. McClain has devoTed much Time and efforT To parTicipaTing in The civic aTfairs of Woodbury. l-le has served as DirecTOr OT The CounTy Council Of The Y.M. C.A., as Chairman of Fund Drives Tor The Y.M.C.A.. Boy ScouTs, March OT Dimes, and UniTed Fund. He has held The posiTion of AcTing PresidenT of The GloucesTer- Salem Council of Boy ScouTs, PresidenT OT The Kiwanis, LT.-Governor OT Kiwanis, Chairman of The Woodbury TercenTenary CommiTTee, and Chairman of GloucesTer CounTy CommuniTy College. ln T956 he was presenTed wiTh The Man of The Year Award. For his eminenT parTicipaTion in and conTribuTions To The foregoing organizaTions and commiTTees. Dr. McClain has been lisTed in boTh'Who's Who in EducaTion and Who's Who in EducaTion in EasTern U.S.A. Giving direcTion To The educaTional sysTem of Wood- bury. Dr. McClain has helped To malce iT The ouT- sTanding sysTem ThaT iT is Today. Surveys conducTed by Columbia UniversiTy, The STaTe DeparTmenT of Educa- Tion, and The Commission of Secondary Schools TesTiTy To The excellenT qualiTy of our schools. The policy which has led To such encouraging resulTs is one of progress insTiTuTed in a circumspecT, Thorough, and meaningful manner. Dr. McClain has inclicaTed ThaT he is greaTly exciTed abouT The whole fuTure of educaTion, buT aT The same Time he realizes The Tremendous responsibiliTy which resTs wiTh any educaTor, for he is dealing wiTh people, and a misfalce in The field of human relaTions is someTimes damaging and irrevocable. AlThough The newer 'meThods of Teaching are aT This Time in The highly experimenTal sTage, Dr. McClain feels ThaT They will be Tenable ancl pracTical in The fuTure. The main problem of Their applicaTion now is ThaT Their proper use has noT been deTermined. NeverTheless. edu- caTion is a dynamic and changing area in which The horizon poinfs To a brighT fuTure. Dr. McClain and The Woodbury Public Schools are willing and able To meeT ThaT fuTure and To assimilaTe iT wiThin The highesT sTand- ards ThaT any educaTional sysTem will allow.