Alma High School - Panther Tales Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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THE FACULTY 55-1 HE SUCCESS of every high school depends Tl' . X I very largely upon the teachers. A good faculty combined with a capable superintendent will invariably make a well regulated and orderly high school at least so- it has worked out in Alma. We have always had good teachers, but never have we been more fortunate than we have this year. We challenge any high school to produce a more competent and harmonious faculty than the one which now reigns supreme in Alma l-ligh. Mr. Ellsworth, the Superintendent of our schools, is so well known that any eulogy at our hands is unnecessary. Suf- fice it to say that he has always had the hearty co-operation of both teachers and pupils in all his undertakings and that he has met with deserved success. For the last two years we have had with us as principal, Mr. Ward, a graduate of Mt. Pleasant Normal and at present a Junior in the University of Chicago. Mr, Ward is an able teacher and an enthusiastic football coach. ln the literary department Miss Smith is the guiding power. She graduated from Alma College with a Ph.B. degree and has had four years, experience in teaching. Miss Smith's in- terest and enthusiasm are contagious and it was due largely to her efforts that the Clirls' Literary Society was organized. Next to the literary department comes that of languages with Miss Gould at its head. After graduating from the Uni- versity of Michigan, Miss Gould came to Alma and the fact that she has been with us for three years is proof of her ability. Miss Potter, the teacher of Science, is a graduate of Ypsi- lanti. She is at the same time a good teacher and a popular chaperon. This year, increased attendance made necessary the addi- tion of a new teacher and Miss Cameron a graduate of Mt. Pleasant Normal with three years' experience, joined us. She has charge of the l-listory department and already her popu- larity is well established. Mr. Currier is the teacher of Mathematics. l-le graduat- ed from Ypsilanti, and in behalf of baseball and basket ball we want to thank Ypsilanti. Mr. Currier is a good teacher as ,well as a good coach. Miss l-learn has charge of music and drawing, and the fact that we have a chorus of over a hundred voices, two glee clubs and a l-ligh School orchestra shows that she is far from idle. In such a brief survey we cannot do justice to any subject, much less to one as deep as this. But we, as Seniors, know what it means to have an efficient teaching force and it is our earnest wish that all our successors may have as good a faculty as ours.

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY AIL! All hail the class of 191 I I 5 Wlio would ever think that only four short gi years ago we entered upon the arduous duties of high school life! And yet we were quite like 'ggmxv other Freshmen classes though perhaps a little more ambitious. It was our boys who first started basket ball in the High School, and it was our class that was nearly exterminated by an upset into the ditch, while enjoying one of our many sleigh-rides. Luckily we all sur- vived to enter upon our Sophomore year, a period of dorment activity that might be likened to the coccoon stage of the but- terfly. We studied, observed, and drew conclusions so that when the next mile-stone was reached and we became Juniors we were well prepared to sustain the duties of our position. Who can forget the time we robbed the mighty Seniors of their cherished banner and marched the ringleader blindfolded down the road? But they entertained us royally nevertheless and we returned the compliment in like manner so the hatchet was se- curely buried. In due course of time we emerged from the raw state into finished and dignified Seniors. The task that then awaited us might well have daunted braver hearts than oursg to sustain our reputation and to outdo everything that any other class ever had done. To say that we have accomplished this would be boast- ing and far be it from the class of I9I I to indulge in thatg but to say that we have tried is only fair. In numbers we exceed the limit hitherto reached by any Senior class. In scholarship we rank among the highest. In ingenuity we stand supreme. We gave the first Senior fair ever held in Alma I-Iigh School and it was a remarkable success. Along athletic and literary lines we have done our part in raising the standard of the school. There have been representatives from the Senior Class on every team, both athletic and debating. Five of the seven men on the I9I I basket ball team were Seniors and in baseball and foot-ball we have been equally active. To tell of our social achievements would take too long and might create the impression that we are conceited. So we will leave the greater part unsaid and in closing we ask you, oh worthy Alumni, and you, oh Seniors yet to be, to think kindly of the class of I9l I.