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Salem High School Alumni Association Scholarship Chairwoman Connie Christofaris Cranmer (Class of 1965) would like to encourage qualified graduates of Salem High School entering their second, third or fourth year of a four-year college curriculum to apply for the J. Robert Sebo College Scholarship.

Applicants may pick up a copy of the application at the Salem High School Alumni Association office at 330 E. State St. The office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon. The application is also available via the Internet at www.salemohioalumni.org.

Candidates eligible for the J. Robert Sebo College Scholarship must be completing one full year of college and have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 or better. The selection of the recipient will be made based on the goals, experiences, and past academic success. Financial need will be a primary consideration in the selection process. The scholarship will not be limited to any particular field of study.

Cranmer also encourages applicants eligible for the Doc Pardee Music Scholarship to complete their applications. Candidates must be graduates of Salem High School entering their second, third or fourth year of a four-year accredited college curriculum. Applicants must be seeking a degree with a major in music with a major instrument and must have completed one full year of college having a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or better. The scholarship may be used for tuition, books, music, instruments or any items used specifically toward their music study.

Howard “Doc” Pardee’s former music students established the Doc Pardee Music Scholarship. Pardee was a beloved instrumental music teacher who began teaching in Salem with the 1946-47 academic year. During his 29 years instructing music students, Pardee became an inspiration and mentor to many Salem High School alumni. Pardee was also the director of the American Legion/Quaker City Band for 30 years.

The deadline for completed applications is April 15.

The seventh J. Robert Sebo College Scholarship and the second Doc Pardee Music Scholarship will be presented at the 127th annual reunion and banquet of the Salem High School Alumni Association to be held on May 31.

Emma Bauman Holmes ‘43, professor of education and child development, emeritus, at California State University Fullerton (CSUF), endowed a new vocational education scholarship with the Salem High School Alumni Association.

The Emma Bauman Holmes Vocational Scholarship will assist graduating Salem High School seniors who want to enroll in “accredited certification or vocational programs designed to teach skills in recognized fields of employment.” The initial eligibility requirement is that students have a grade point average of 2.5 or better.

A unique aspect of the Holmes Vocational Scholarship is that recipients may renew their scholarships for one year if they continue their studies in the same field in which they started, and if they have maintained at least a 3.0 GPA or its equivalent. The first Emma Bauman Holmes Vocational Scholarship will be awarded May 31.

A college professor for more than 30 years, Holmes is a strong advocate of higher education. But, she points out, satisfying careers that contribute to society do not necessarily require university study and bachelor’s degrees.

“Vocational education is an important component of schooling, and careers in vocational fields should influence people’s thinking,” Holmes said in a recent phone interview. “It’s beneficial to society to have people trained in vocations,” she added.

Holmes said the idea of creating a vocation scholarship has its roots in an effort by the Class of 1943 to donate $ 10 per classmate for a vocational scholarship. The long ago appeal made her aware of the association’s willingness to provide scholarships for all types of post-secondary educational pursuits.

Education, particularly understanding how children learn mathematics, has been a pursuit of Holmes for many years.

After graduating from Salem High School as an honors student, Holmes attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in psychology.

For nearly a decade she worked as an elementary school teacher. It was while teaching at the laboratory school affiliated with Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., that she became extremely interested in how children learn, and decided to continue her education. “I wanted to know more about how to be effective,” she said.

She earned her master’s degree in education from the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill., and her doctorate from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Her husband, Robert T. Holmes, received his doctorate in marketing, also from the University of Iowa. In 1961 she became a faculty member of the Department of Education at CSUF, and he became a faculty member of the Marketing Department at California State University, Long Beach.

Holmes’ specialty is mathematics education for children. She has written articles on the topic for peer-reviewedjournals and three books: Mathematics Instruction for Children, Children Learning Mathematics: A Cognitive Approach to Teaching, and New Directions in Elementary School Mathematics: Interactive Teaching and Learning.

She retired from CSUF in 1990, but continued to teach there part time until 1995. About 10 years ago the Drs. Holmes decided to spend their retirement in places less crowded than California. So they split their time between Florida and Akron, which they chose because of its proximity to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. They like to walk along the park’s picturesque path.

Though they now live an hour’s drive from Salem, Emma Holmes said she has rarely visited the city since her parents, Rev. John and Louise Bauman, moved to Lima, Ohio, many years ago. The family moved to Salem in 1934 when John Bauman became the minister at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church. At age nine, Emma enrolled in the Salem schools as a third grader at Columbia Street School. Her sisters are also Salem High graduates. Miriam Bauman Sundstrom ‘48 resides in Michigan, and Louise Bauman Muldrow ‘52 resides in New Mexico.

A new scholarship to encourage Salem High School alumni to take on leadership roles while in college was created in December by Joel E. Greenisen ‘54 of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Philip Greenisen ‘61, (Joel’s brother) and Marjory Greenisen (Philip’s wife), of Salem. Their contribution of $100,000 was made to the Salem High School Alumni Association in memory of Greenisen relatives.

The Greenisen College Leadership Scholarship will be given for the first time on May 31 at the alumni reunion and banquet to an individual who has demonstrated leadership at his or her college or in the community where the college is located.

Scholarship applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or better, must be completing at least the sophomore year of an undergraduate program, and must be enrolled full time at an accredited baccalaureate-degree granting institution. The Greenisens said their priority is helping students to complete bachelor’s degrees, but they are open to the alumni association board’s consideration of applications from individuals enrolled in professional and graduate programs.

The key criterion for the scholarship is leadership.

“We just think it’s an exceedingly important trait and skill that needs to be developed and encouraged,” Philip said. In their conversations about the scholarship, he explained, the three Greenisens focused on the important need for leaders in America. Philip listed workplaces, homes, government, volunteer organizations, and churches as places where people seem reluctant to invest themselves as leaders. “Leadership is a quality that is needed every place,” he said.

Applicants for the Greenisen College Leadership Scholarship will be required to submit two letters of recommendations and complete three essay questions along with an application form that is posted on the SHSAA’s website. One recommendation must come from a representative of the applicant’s college, and the other from a representative of the college or community organization in which the applicant is involved.

The essay questions will focus on students’ leadership experiences, why and how they took on leadership roles, and what their plans are upon completion of their degrees. The Greenisens see the scholarship as their way of “doing a little, tiny bit to encourage people,” according to Philip.

“Dad was probably the leadership influence in our lives. He was very much a community leader,” Philip said. Galen Greenisen served as a Columbiana County commissioner, Perry Township trustee, Columbiana County Fair Board member, and a leader in local farm organizations.

Philip has been active in the Salem community for many years. For a 17-year stretch beginning in the 1970s, he was either a Salem city council member or the clerk to the city council. He is now president of the Columbiana County Farm Bureau. He worked at the Electric Furnace Company for 38 years, retiring in 2003 as president. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1966 and continues to work as an engineering consultant.

Marjory is a supervisor at the Salem Area Visiting Nurse Association. She has served on her church’s council and as a Salem school volunteer, and was a member of the League of Women Voters. Marjory received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the

University of Cincinnati in 1967.

Joel held numerous leadership positions during his 35 years with the Kroger Company and in civic organizations. He had been president of the Kroger Co. of Michigan for 11 years when he retired in 1993. When he resided in Kentucky, he served as a director of the Greater Louisville Chamber of Commerce. While working in Michigan, he was director of the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce and served as vice chairman of government affairs. In his retirement, he was the founding president of the American Haflinger Registry. Joel used the $500 academic scholarship he received from the Salem High School Alumni Association in 1954 to attend Ohio State University. He graduated in 1958 with a degree in agricultural economics.

Cranmer says that all applications are now available on the website located at: http://www.salemohioalumni.org/scholarship/index.html. All completed applications (10 copies) must be delivered to counselor’s offices of the Salem High School, 1200 E. Sixth St., Salem 44460 by April 15.