Central High School - Cehisean Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE SENIOR ANNUAL. 25 Miss Klorgan holds forth in room 16 where she instructs the little fourths and thirds in the theory and practice of English Composition. Miss hforgan has no little peculiarities to give us a chance at her here, but we may say in passing that she is not as fierce as she looks. Wie do not know whether it is this apparent Herceness or her real mildness that so effectually gets the principles oflinglish Composition into her pupils' heads.

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24 ' THE SENIOR ANNUAL. Miss Reily presides over Room 15, the room of unknown quantities, of angles, etc. Here the Freshman learns that a times b:ab, etc, and the brilliant Sophomore CSophs are always brilliantj wastes his bodily tissue endeavor- ing to comprehend the fact that a straight line, etc. Miss Reily not only sees that a certain lesson is learned but that itis learned in acertain way, had we her likeness to present, you would see in an instant that her classes are always conducted just so. As a teacher and a lady Miss Reily is highly re- spected and all will look back on her as one who aided much in the acquirement of those higher quali- ties without which education is a delusion and a snare.

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26 THE SENIOR ANNUAL. In Room 17 lliss Hooker shows her pupils the the uses of pencils, pens, crayons and brushes. All the time she does not put into actual teaching she gives to decorating the school for entertainments, in which her successes are invariable. lllitness the rap- turous comments ofthe guests and audience at our receptions and plays. Each of her triumphs in decor- ating is betterthan the last, and her stock of novel ties is inexhaustable. She is a universal genius. Not only in all branches of art Qshe made the colored plates of this bookj but in music, too, she is promi- nent. VVe especially are her debtors. The class of '98 she declares is her favorite, and this she conhrms by her acts. However this interest in outside mat- ters detracts nothing from the value of her class work. Her pupils must work hard and learn to draw, which they invariably do.