Catonsville High School - Catonian Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Xin, ,IonNsToN. llflillflilllll versity' of Nlarylaml. Nliss lfclna Schwartz. our arlministratiye assistant. attended Western High School and Coucher College. She taught mathe- matics for most of her thirty-one years here. hut she was trainecl in German ancl Latin also. Miss Schwartz has tray eletl wrlely in lfurope. Canada. and the l'nitecl States. Although she sees most uf us at one time or another throughout the year. she misses classroom contacts. Her colleagues. Miss llayis. Miss joselyn. Miss Barnes. Miss lluyal. Nlrs. Seclwick. and Miss Rowland still haye those classroom contacts. At limt-5 the going is rough. lvut they lxeep their sense ol' lmmor antl finally we get through. With the new school came some new teachers too. among them Nlessrs. lfrlwartls. Coxe. Heckrote. Smith. Hancock. Nlcilrone. and Nlisses Wiley' and Hoxie. XX e hope that they enjoy their stay' as much as we have enjoyed ours. Since the Catonsyille Senior High School was a new huilding. a dedication ceremony was neces- sary. Nlany important ollicials were present. when on Sunday. Octoher 10. 1954. at 2:30 p.m.. Open House was cleclarerl for the llerlica- tion. The auclitorinm was filled. yet silent. as Msggr. ,Ioseph l.. l.eary from Sl. Nlarlfs Church gaye the lnyocation. lfyeryonc sang the Star Spangled llannern alter which Nlr. .Iohnston ggaye a welcoming speech. 'lihe Orchestra anfl Senior Choir pcrformefl intermittently throughout the program. Speaking next were Nlr. lfclwarcl C. Stapleton. Superintendent of llaltimore County Schools. aml Xlr. Nlichael .l. llirmingham. l'resi- rlent nl the lloartl ul. llonnty lionnnissioncrs. 'lihcn Nlr. lfrnest lf. llootlen. l'rcsi1lent of the lloarfl ol lftlucation. prcscntcxl thc lyniltling to thc community. Speaking for the citizens of the community. Nlr. ll. Xlerritl llcwctt. l'rcsicl:-nt ol the l'.'l'..-X.. exprcssecl our acceptance aml appre- ciation. Nlr. Stapleton introtlucerl the guest speaker. llr. Thomas tl. l'ullen. jr.. State Super- intenflent of Schools. who gaye an interesting anrl timely aclclress. The lleyereml llowarfl H. llitterpusch of the Lutheran Church of Our Sayior t'UIll'lllllPfl the ceremony with the llene- tliction. :X complete tour of the lvuilcling lay the puhlic concluclerl the prograh. Some ofthe main points of interest were the lilyrary. cafeteria. gymnasium. music department. anfl that glass front suite of rooms in the front hall-the ollice. NIR. Scnyrynrz. Vice-I'rir1c1'p11I and Nllss Scnyy XRTZ. ,41Irninisln1Ii1'e .'l.SSlASfIlHl OFFIIIE. lefl tu righl: Nlrs. Hines. Urs. Wlcrtslcy. Mrs. Stoelitoll.

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fall AT NINE A.M. on Tuesday. September 7. 1954. a new world opened for the 1200 students of the Catonsville Senior High School. First, we entered the auditorium for the opening assembly. The lights dimmed as The Reverend David Rees of the Presbyterian Church gave the Invocation. After the flag salute. the orchestra and choir. which had been practicing the week before school opened. joined the audience for the Star Spangled Banneru. Throughout the program these musical groups presented various selections. Our own Mr. Johnston and Mr. Schwartz gave welcoming remarks. Then. Mrs. Alexander Rusk. Mr. C. Merritt Hewett. Mr. James 0'Toole. and Richard Belinic made appropriate speeches with Mr. Edward C. Stapleton giving the main address. As the lights brightened we were dis- missed. and everyone went to his homeroom to wait until the tours began. The whole school was inspected by every student: many' of whom returned to class more confused than ever. That first week was mass confusion. with students try- ing to remember room numbers tand where they area, teachers' names. the interesting specimens Ill each class tnot biology classr. and trymg to fill out all the forms. ily the second week. however. everyone settled down to vvork with most of us agreeing that it . 1, -e - - -.. .1D.... .Q . , -c. ....-, - ad I .. A - was good to be back. The beauty' of our new building and its spacious grounds perhaps added to our contentment and has never ceased to im- press us. Majestic trees and rare shrubs. which have since inspired many poems for English class, give the grounds that exclusive college campus look. YVhen the work is completed. this site will truly be one of the foremost beauty spots in this area. Waitirlg to greet us on the first day were our school oflicials and our teachers. most of whom are part of the tradition of Catonsville High. This group upholds our old high standards. even though we are in a new building. and guides us into becoming well informed citizens. Our principal. Mr. Taylor F. Johnston. has been at C.H.S. for eight years. He received his BA. degree from St. ,lohnis College. his NIA. degree from Columbia liniversity. and did graduate work at the liniversity of Nlaryland and the Johns Hopkins liniversity. We are proud to have a fine. conscientious principal. and hope that wc. the students. have made him proud of us. Mr. J. Karl Schwartz. our vice-principal of four years. has been a favorite of the students for some time. Being a true Catonsvillian, he grad- uated from tI.H.S.. attended State Teachers' Col- lege. and Johns Hopkins liniversity. and the Uni-

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51.ll'.Nt.l-. lJl'Il'.-XH'l'Nll'iN'l'. left In righl: Xlr. Pilwlggi. Nli-s llayirl-on. Nli-s Warren. lliss lluyall. Xlr. lie-fo. Hfllllf Efl0NUNllff5: Miss liovarth. Xlrs. llunflersrlorft. lil NINPIST4 l3l'il'.-XHTNllfX'l'. left to right. Ron' I: His. Clark. Nliss liarrity. Nli-s Xl:-Nulty. Ron Z: Xlr. Thomas. Xlr. Nlurray. Nlr. Smith. Nlr. Lopata. Nl4X'l'lll'fNl'X'l'lfIS lJl'il'.-XR'l'NllfN'l': Xlr. l re-eny. Xli-N Walters. Nliss Coffman. Although the dedication audfence diclnit meet them. three of the nicest people spend their time there every' day' making everything run smoothly. Mrs. Stockton. Mr. .lohnston-s secretary. Book- of-Knowledge about the school. and keeper of the ofhce. has for the last three years always been ready' with a helping hand and a smile. Nlrs. Xlfensley. who is one of the finest general secre- taries the school has eyer had. spent her first year at Catonsxille this year. Nlrs. Hines. who is always ready with change for an dollar. is the new accountant for the school. Working with these women is a group of students who get at lot of good practice in typing. filing. answering the phone. greeting visitors. and other helpful oliice duties. This group hrings to nlind another organixua tion of students which is yery important around schoolfthe monitors. linder the ahle direction of Nlr. Walhurn they have heen working since a week before school opened. They guided us to the right classes during the first few days of school. and now they keep their posts in the halls making sure traHic flows smoothly. During fire and air raid drills they' are on hand also. INDI STRIAI. ARTS. lellil lo right: Xlr, lfrlwarals. Mr. Skidmore. Hr. llolhurn. Mr. Coxe. Nlr. Hcckrotte.