Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-01
Boar, education Names
8 To New Staff Positions

The Montgomery County
Board of Education at a recent
all-day meeting announced eight
new staff appointments to the
county public school system.
Among them was a new AS
sistant for Programs and Re
ports, hired to put into easily
understandable lay language
material flowing to and from
the board.
He is Thomas r. Peters, 80,
formerly supervisor of interns
and master of arts in the teach
ing program at Johns Hopkins
University. A native Of Penn
sylvania, Mr.. Peters holds an
ALB. from Dickinson College, a
masters degree in education
from Johns Hopkins and is cur
rently working on his doctorate.
He began his educational
career in 1916 as an instructor
in English, history and German
at the Severn School, Severna
Park, moved into the business
world as a technical information
specialist with Sperry.Rand's
UNIVAC Division in Philadel-
phia, and returned to Severn
School in 1855. He was assist
ant to the headmaster there for
two years prior to his most re-
cent connection with Johns Hop
kins.
Appointed as assistant super
visor of secondary education
was Herbert A. Clark, Sc, ma
tive Washingtonian whose back
ground in education includes
high school instruction and pro-
fessorships at Smith College,
Temple University and Hood
College. He has lectured in So
cial science education at Har-
ward University and has been
an instructor in education at
the University of Vermont and
Syracuse University.
Immediately prior to his
Montgomery County appoint
ment, he was professor of edu-
cation and assistant in college
development at Hood College.
He holds both masters and doc
tors degrees in education from
Harvard.
The board also announced the
appointments of three new SUI
pervisors of elementary edu-
cation-Mrs. Marjorie E. Jarvi,
Miss Elizabeth M. Sutton and
Eugene S. Spence.
Mrs. Jarvi, who halls from
Kimball, Mimi, holds a doctor
ate in education from George
Peabody College in Nashville.
She had extensive elementary
school teaching experience in
Minnesota and has served as
supervisor of both st. Cloud
State College there and at Pea
body College and Vanderbilt
University.
Miss Sutton, Tennessee ma.
tive, also has had extensive
teaching and supervisory expert
ence, in Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia and Florida. She holds
an MS. from George Peabody
College and is writing her doc
torate dissertation in the pro-
gram at Florida State Univer-
sity. Her most recent position
was as graduate assistant to the
head of the Department of Edu.
cational Research and Testing
at Florida State.
Mr.. Spence has spent most
of his educational career in
Pennsylvania, serving as prin-
cipal and teacher in Ball Town
ship, Altoona, Johnstown, Mead
vile, and, most recently, as SUI
pervisor of curriculum for the
Bethel Borough School District
in Bethel Park, Pa. He received
both his masters and doctorate
degrees in education from the
University Of Pittsburgh.
Named supervisor Of certifica-
ton in the Department of Per-
sonnet was Gerald G.. Reymore,
formerly principal Of the Rock
Terrace Elementary School in
the county. He previously has
taught at Sherwood High School
and served as administrative
assistant to the County Superin-
tendent Of Schools. He holds an
Am. degree from the George
Washington University.
The board also approved the
appointments of Stanley j. Nc
Farland as administrative as
sistant to the superintendent Of
schools, effective June /, and
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