Mr. H. P. Smith, Superintendent
Mr. Harry P. Smith, who has been our efficient superintendent the past year, graduated from the Manchester, Iowa, high school and then taught two years in the grades of smaller institutions. The next few years were spent as a student in the State University of Iowa and the University of Chicago; principal at Keystone, Iowa, and Latin instructor in the Iowa City Academy. Then came three years of successful work as superintendent in the Audubon, Iowa, schools, from which place he came to us.
In addition to his being an alumnus of the State University, he has done considerable post-graduate work and his ability along educational lines is generally recognized. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity and also of the Phi Delta Kappa honorary educational fraternity.
Mr. Smith has a strong personality and shows great tact in dealing with the problems of school life. Teachers and pupils alike have the utmost confidence in his ability and judgement, and all feel that in him they have a real and lasting friend.
Miss Lucy E. Hall, Principal
In Miss Hall, our principal, each student of Newton High School has a kind friend and instructor to who we are indebted for the thousand helpful acts of kindness with which she assists us in our labors each day. She is a graduate of Newton High and knows the value of the parchment sheets so impressively handed out to the Weniors each year. She graduated wih the degree Ph. B. from Drake University, Des Moines, and spent two summers in study in the University of Chicago. Since then she has traveled extensively on the eastern and western coasts of the United States, and spent one summer in Europe in study and travel.
Miss Hall has taught in Newton High School for thirteen years and during that time has seen many changes come and go in high school life. Newtonia has no more sincere wish for the high school students than that the future classes may derive the benefit from her helpful instruction which the preceding ones have enjoyed.