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Boyd Ogle
Journalism Instructor
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Ogle's obituary |
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Memories
of Boyd Ogle |
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by Mike (Ling)
Lednovich |
What I
didn't know when I started writing for "The Echo" was
that it would begin a 40-year plus journalism career
that continues to this day.
Mr. Ogle was the inspiration for providing the logs that
fueled my passion for writing.
He was a wonderful instructor who wanted you to be
creative and colorful, but not fall into the traps of
the cliché or imitation. He wanted you and your writing,
well to put it simply, to be you.
He also had one of the sharpest minds and rapier wits on
campus. Mr. Ogle could sum up a story you had written in
a 5-second sound bite.
He would push you, but was always there to catch you
when you fell. He'd dust you off and say, 'try again.'
Obviously, Mr. Ogle was my favorite teacher. When I
graduated he presented me a bound compilation of The
Echo and inside was a self-portrait. I had been honored
with "The Ogle" award. I still have it today, and a
piece of Boyd Ogle resides in my heart.
Thank you
Mr. Ogle.
Submitted by Mike
(Ling) Lednovich 8/08/06 |
Memories
of Boyd Ogle
by Jim
Decker, Class of 1967
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On Friday I
was looking at the resurrected SHS site when I came across
the memorial page for Mr. Ogle. The first thing that struck
me was the page was devoid of any personal recollections.
The only way I could explain this was that the word was not
out yet. It may seem odd that I would write any narrative on
him because I never met the man. In fact, we never even
exchanged a single word.
I do, however, remember his presence in
all of our lives. I went home, over the weekend, and
researched his role in all three of my year books before
writing this. Mr. Ogle, through his students, shaped and
documented what we consider the best years of our young
lives. He is what I call a “Teacher”.
I have always cataloged educators into
three groups. There are “Teachers”, “Instructors” and
“Faculty”. In the last 40+ years I have been all three as
part of my duties with the U.S. Army and Law Enforcement.
Most of the time I was an “Instructor”. “Instructors” set
the requirements that a student has to achieve. Little is
done by the “Instructor” to inspire the student. Students
have to inspire themselves. “Faculty” are those people who
are not your teacher or they are there to just facilitate
the educational process.
Mr. Ogle was a “Teacher” because it
involved nurturing and mentoring a student to achieve a
higher standard. They help the student reach goals that they
had set for themselves. Often the “Teachers” would devote
their own time to the student’s success. Mr. Ogle, as I
recall, was a “Teacher” in many of the areas I refer to as
art and culture. These and music are the topics that are
closest to my heart but sadly were never part of my
vocation. In all three year books Mr. Ogle was listed as a
“Sponsor” of Quill & Scroll, The El Pasado (year book), Echo
magazine and the DiJest. I have all three years of my time
at SHS in those year books. In all of them are numerous
pictures of Mr. Ogle working with students to make these
cherished memories retrievable. He is pictured with notable
classmates like Kent Whipple, Cliff Childers, Mary Thixton,
Betsi Chilton and many others. He and they archived the
images that trigger a smile or pleasant thought when we flip
open the covers of these books. The books are also there to
answer questions like, “What was his/her name?”
I too had “Teachers” I liked such as
Peggy Barber for SHS Singers. Even my much feared, at least
by me, Chemistry and Algebra teachers were, in fact, a
“Teacher”.
Mr.
Ogle stands out to me because he had some impact on all of
us even if we didn’t know it. We may even take his impact
for granted today. This could also have been true for
classes that came before us and after us. A man can’t be
“Faculty” if so many of us remember him and that he was one
of our “Teachers”. Thank you Mr. Ogle!
Submitted by Jim Decker 02/12/10
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