Ballard High School - Shingle Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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BEULAH RUSSELL, Foreign Lan- guage-Didn't like the unsightly portables that used to surround the building, but says there were many nice things about Ballard in those days too. ARRA WOODS. Foreign L3llgUHg6-WHS in China during the twenties and recalls that as the styles changed in the western world the Orientals quickly imitat- ed them. MARY LYTLE, Library -Our 'iteacher of all subjectsw says the Ballard library has grown from 2000 books to over 9000 books in the twenty years she has been here. XORA R. CUDY, Library-During the 'Lroaring twentiesf, while some of our teachers were roaring around, she was busy taking care of roaring babies. Books become magic carpets on which Students swiftly travel the universe to view impressive scenes of past and present. K 'W K 5:7

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ORRE NOBLES, A memories of his first years at Bal- lard, and hopes that in future years he may look back at the forties with as much satisfaction. FLOR- ENCE WILSON, Art-Likes Ballard so well she never wants to leave it as long as she is rt-Has pleasant in the teaching profession. T. STEWART SMITH, Music-Believes that discontinuing the Freshman year at Ballard was a change for the worse. HARRIET CHARLTON, M came here in 1931, Ballard was at the peak of its enrollment with 2300 pupils, so with only 1400 students now, our school must seem quite different to her. usic-When she The drum goes boom! The cymbals clang! Following the beat ofM S r. mith's baton, another orchestra rehearsal is under XVEIY.

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MATI-IEMATIC S 3 gg, B. FORREST VOEKS The rules of mathematics never change, nor do tl1e frowns on brows of harassed students puzzling over their math problems. Undoubtedly, Captain Ballard, as he plotted the course of the good ship Zephyr, wore the same worried expression as do these pre-flight students as they chart present-day air lanes. B. FORREST VOEKS, Head of Mathematics Department- Finds that the twenties were pretty tame compared to the forties now. EDITH VAN WINKLE, Mathematics-The thing that impressed her most when she first arrived at Bal- lard was the pride everyone took in keeping the building in A-1 condition. JOHN KOENIG, Mathematics-llas Gpuh-lenty to tell us about the roaring twenties , hut won't let us in on his secrets. BESS BURLEICH, Mathe- matics-Believes that today's students are more interested in practical things than stu- dents were in days gone hy. A visit to the Math-Analysis class finds the students deeply en- grossed in the intricacies of the slide rule.