THE RO ·HERD STUDENT Pue,UCATION CENTRAL ~IG\-4 5CHOOL THE EAR AND EYE OF . C~NTRAL HIGH --------·------ NUMBER 1 ---·---- Deans Switch Jobs In Re-organization Probably one of the most Miss Pinel, will work with Mr. important summer changes at V er<:oe in coordinating the Central is the new orga niza. educational program of the school. tion of the administration. The The dea n of counseling, Mr. present administrators an d Melzow, is chairman of the their positions are: Philip H. counseling and guidance ser· Vercoe, principal; Howard vices at Central. Testing, reP'· Auer, assistant principa l; istnation of new students, anod Stanley 0. Broome, dean of making programs also come s tudents; Miss Mabel Pinel, under Mr. Melzow's supervis· dean of instruction; a nd Wil· ion. li a m Melzow, dean of counsel· "This new administration or. in g. ganization," says Mr. Vercoe Although the basic duties of ''will help Central to opera t~ the principal and assistant more efficiently since there principal remain essentially will be less duplication oi the same, the functions of efforts among the administra· each of'the deans has changed. tion". SETTING THEIR sights for new horizons are (from left) b o t tom row; 1\'lrs. Luane Rue, Mr. Broome, dean of stu· 1\'lrs. Joan Taber, and 1\liss Patricia Odgers; ~ddle row: Fred Payne and Arthur Kooodle; top dents. will now have charge of row; Stanley Gooch, Bryce Shaw, and Dale Gleason, new members of the teaching staff. Not the personal and school disci­ shown are James ~rden and Carl Kreiger. (Photo by Douglas Ranger). pline of both boys and girls. Total Enrollment He also takes caPe of the at· tendance of the students. the parking area, and will spon· Shows Decline ·Backgrounds of New Teachers Vary sor the Student Union. This year Centra.fs faculty his MS at the U of M. Mr. merman Junior High School. The dean o f instruction, From Sept. '59 has been enhanced by the ad· Payne has taught at Flint Miss Odgers got her BS de· dition of eleven new teachers. Tech· and at Southwestern. He gree at Eastern Michigan Uni· Although t h ~ sophomore Bryce Shaw, a new math . came to Central from the sup· versity and her Masters de· Int. Program class this year is the largest department teacher, has trans· erintendent's office. gree· at the u of M. of the three, it is, in compari· fered from Mt. Morris. Mr. Stanley Gooch is a graduate Mrs. Joan Taber, the Ji. son. smaller than last year's. Shaw received his BA at Muh· of Central Michigan College. brarian, we n t to school at Adds Subjects As of September 20, the lenberg, Pennsylvania, and his He is teaching math and his· Western Michigan University Beginning its third year, the sophomores' have 753 students Master's degree. at the U of M. tory. Mr. Gooch transfered in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Taber has intensive program at Central Mrs. Luane Rue is a gradu· from Whittier Junior High worked at MSU in Grand Rap. is expanding and changing. - compared to last year's 762. ate of MSU and 'has been School. ids. This year, incoming sopho· The junior class has 722 stu­ teaching for tw(l years. Mrs. Karl Krieger, a social stud· Graham Provan. a social mores were given a variety dents against the previous Rue is a home economics ies teacher and graduate of studies and history teacher, of subjects to choose from. year's 808 .. Even though this teacher. Eastern Michigan University. will sponsor the National Eon- and juniors and seniors al· year's senior. class has more · Arthur Knoodle is teaching will be track coach and assist· or Society. Mr. Provan earned ready participating in the pro· auto and machine shop. Mr. ant football coach. his BA degree at ·Eastern gram found several new sub­ members,.than last year's--645 Knoodle is a graduate of Illin· Dale Gleason, the art teach· · Michigan University and his jects available. Four intensives compared to 595-it is still the ois State Normal University. er, ·taught in Port Huron last MA at MSU. He received his are in the list of new classes. smallest of the three. This is his first year of teach· year. The Art Club will have pre·doctorate at the University These are a survey United The total enrollment as of i~g. and he will sponsor the Mr. Gleason, for its sponsor. of Edinburgh in Scotland and States History I and II class; September 20, is 212Q. students. Road Rovers club. ·He is a graduate of MSU. Oxford in England. He taught intensive Algebra III and IV, Last year's total enrollment James Bearden taught Ger· Miss 'patricia Odgers, the at Central for two years be· followed by Trig, Probability, was 2165. · man last year at Central. He new · gym teacher, has taught fore being sent to Southwest· and Statistics; and Socio·Econ· graduated from the U of M for the last six years at Zim· ern last year. The largest total enrollment omic Leadership and Logic. in Central's history was 4195 last year. Mr. Bearden will The humanities field will in­ in 1939. sponsor the German Club. clude Modern History I and Fred Payne,a Business De· II, and United States History An increase in enrollment, New Classes Begin according to information from partment teacher, has been I and II for sophomores, Eng· teaching for five years. He Along with the new teach· Each of the other two new !ish V and VI followed by the principal's office, seems to earned his BS degree at West· ers and students this fall there · classes is also under an ex· Senior English and English be expected in 1963 with a ern Michigan University and are four classes, both new and perimental basis at Central, as Literature for juniors, and, conservative estimate of 3250 different to Central. well as at Northern and South- for seniors, Socio-Economic students. These estimates are The two science courses are western. Leadership and Logic. based on' population studies sponsored by the National Sci· Tau g lit by Miss Mildred In the science and math which could be affected by Rooms .Receive ence Foundation. H o d g e s, "Leadership and field, Biology I and II and numerous things. The biology study, BSCS ~gic" is <;!. .class ~n the An~y­ Chemistry I and II will be Now a new junior high· Many (ha~nges (Biology Science Curriculum SIS of MaJor Soc.w·EconomlCs. offered to sophomores and AI· school Is .being built to take Study), is an attempt to im· At Central there IS one twelfth gebra III and IV followed by care of thP flood in the junior Time overcomes everything ' prove high school biology. grade class. Trig, Probability, and Statis. high schools. A . new hi g h quickly and the need for . The three purposes of the school is expected to be ready BSCS bemg this class, a c co r d i n g to Miss tics for juniors. changes is great. Central felt ~s ~ested Some students will be tak· to take care of the rapidly in· yell:r by f1fteen testmg Hodges, are (1) to develop this need and during summer ~enters ing a double intensive pro· creasing school population. If vacation many changes were wh1ch were e s t ~ b II s h e d logical and critical thking; (2 l gram, and in so doing will this high school is completed made. throughout the Umted States. to develop an understanding complete their high school t:e· in time, it seems that Central's Having moved from 211 to lv,Irs. Freda Parme~ee m~ts of economics; and (3) to de· quirements. at the end of their enrollment could drop to 1800, 223, the counselors carry on every Wednesdar mght Wl~h velop leadership in relation to junior year and will be able the capacity Central was built the other se":en mstr';lctors lt:l the farm problem, crime rate, their duties in a new. scene. to take several c olle~e level for. If not, Central's enroll· Besides the main counseling he_r .group 1!1 Lansmg, the civil rights, and foreign rela· ment could rise to 1000. MiChigan testmg ~nter. Here tions·. · courses as seniors. office there. aie three confer· ence rooms, one as an office· they discuss th~~ version.:- Probability. and. Statistics, a the yello.w vers1on which lS mathematics course taught by for . William Melzow, n e w dean of counseling. the traditional study. of de- Bryce Shaw to juniors and Newspaper Gains Honors velopment and genetJ~ . ~t. .seniors only, involves the sub· T h e science laboratories: the end ~f the year they wilL ject matter of the world of "Internationa l Honor Rat.' here! You at·c proud of your having been moved from the _send the1r compiled report to science (inductive knowledge) ing-A Newspaper of Super· school, and have a right to 'be. second floor to the first, now be e~aluated by the BSCS and- deals with those problems ior Achievement"- The 1959. This spirit is well reflected in consist of four rooms, 108, ll6, The Arrow Head." commtttee. • . unsolvable by our deductive 60 Arrow Heads received this · Crediting our printer, the 112. and 118. Enlarged project The Chemtcal Bond (Chern•· techniques. The students are and storage rooms were de· cal Bond Approach - CBA) . instructed in their develop· honor from the Critical Set·· Advert iscr's P ress, Inc., Mr. signed for those rooms.