Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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AC ULTY Teachers-Counselors Dr. Evert F. Stabler Miss Geraldine Ashton Miss Helen Billy Miss Rose Consoli Miss Martha R. Marovich Miss Frances G. Ortner Mr. John F. Young Miss Mildred Malov Miss Emma Will Miss Agnes E. Lytle Mr. Charles C. Patton Mr. john F. Swartz Miss Jane P. Walker Mr. George K. Hartman Miss Evaleen Laughlin Mr. Edward J. Porter Miss Virginia M. Reese Mr, John W. Snizik Mr. john E. Soich Mr. William J. Wyke Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bayles Miss Jean Davis Mrs. Frances Dersam Miss Suzanne Phillips Miss Betty Smith Miss Catherine E. Stentz Miss Alma M. Trainor Miss Helen D. Wilson Mr. Stephen M. Barko Mr. Edgar D. Bleiler I l THE INETEENI-luND'RED

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FORTY-O Mr. H. D. Teal, Superintendent of Clairton Schools, graduate of Defiance College with an A.B. and an lVl.A. from Ohio State University, has served as a mediator between the school board and school system for eleven years. Before he came to Clairton he served as County Superintendent of Schools at Henry County and Stark County, Ohio. Mr. Teal, avid bowler and golfer, belongs to the Clairton Rotary Club, Phi Delta Kappa of Ohio State University, and the Valley Association of Superintendents. From February 24-28, he attended the Superintendents' Association of Admin- istrators Convention at Atlantic City. attended by superintendents from all over the nation to discuss educational problems of the nation. Dr. Evert F. Stabler, principal of Clairton High, has a Litt. B. from Grove City College and Ed.lVl. and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. A l92l graduate of Clairton High School, editor of the CLAIRTONIAN, and class president, Dr. Stabler first taught in Clintonville High School before he came to teach history in Clairton High School in l925. He served as Junior High principal from 1929 to l938. He became Senior High principal in l938. A member of Clairton Lion's Club and Teacher of the Mens' Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church, he is also a past president of the jr. W.P.l.A.L. and President of the Allegheny County Principals' Round Table this year. ffm NE CLAIRTONI-A-N

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and Friends Twenty years ago Clairton High School had only nine faculty members. Of these only Mr. Wilbur' K. Monlfs, Vocational Supervisor, still teaches here. During this time, students have entered and graduated, many returning to school as teachers. As Clairton grew, so did Clairton I-ligh School until nolv it talfes in one bloclg, with rooms and shops, Jifty-six teachers, a doctor, tlvo nurses, and a student body of l,2l0. Since 1921 the curriculum has enlarged to include commercial subjects, vocational Dzorlg, re- lated vocational subjects, and Spanish. Then, as now, Dr. Evert Stabler was one of usfin l92l as a seniorg in l94l as our Principal. When the Annual was published twenty years agoethere was no commercial department. Miss Geraldine Ashton, typing teacher, also sponsors the Tri-Hi-Y. Take a letter, begins Miss Helen Billy as she coaches her shorthand and secretarial practice students Miss Rose Marie Consoli, bookkeeping and typing teacher, started the Commercial Club with a year of dances, skating parties, and bowling teams. Economic geography and shorthand are Miss Martha Marovich's special problem. To spend her leisure time, Miss Frances Ortner, bookkeeping and general business teacher, runs a tourist home in the summer. Mr. john Young, business principals and commercial law teacher, also supervises the Clairton Teachers' Federal Credit Union, an up-and-coming teachers' or- ganization. Two decades ago one teacher, Miss Helen Troup, taught both Latin and French, while another Mr. John Patton, supervised all the math classes, and no one teacher in particular got credit for gym and health. Adios Amigos or Goodbye friends the Spanish students learn to say in Miss Mildred Maloy's Pan American Club. Today thirteen instructors-two language, four math, and seven gym teachers carry the heavier student load of twenty years after. The grandeur that was Rome quotes Miss Emma Will, to her Latin Classes. An expert in needle point, Miss Agnes Lytle concentrates on difficult details in algebra. You know sides A and B. Now find side C advises Mr. Charles Patton. geometry teacher. Mr. J. F. Swartz enlightens his algebra students about taking A+ from A-. The junior Class sponsor, Miss jane Walker, develops formulas and graphs in her General Math Class. C'mon! Get busy! booms Mr. George K. Hartman, football coach, gym, and health instructor. Put more pep in that cheer! orders Miss Evaleen Laughlin, girls' gym and health teacher, who also coaches cheerleaders and majorettes. All into the water! shouts Mr. Edward Porter, swimming and gym instructor. Due to the many girls' health classes, Miss Virginia Reese, gym and health instructor at Walnut, has taken over a few Senior High Classes. Swimming coach, Mr. John Snizik, a Clairton High School graduate, also coaches Junior High football. Basketball coach and assistant football coach, Mr. John E. Soich, once played student basket- ball and football for Clairton High School. Limber up those muscles! shouts Mr. William Wyke, track coach. Lay on Macdufftn shrieks Macbeth hoarsely -from the victrola record! Twenty years ago Miss Lida Ruhe, Annual Adviser, now Mrs. John Lutz, taught English to all Clairton High School students. Today eight sponsors train speech, dramatics, and literature. Movies, speech records, and plays are some of the modern aids. Mrs. Elizabeth Bayles goes as dramatic as Katherine Cornell in her Senior English classes and in play practice. The play's the thing to Miss Jean Davis, Junior English teacher. Mrs. Frances Dersam unceasingly coaches Clairton High's declaimers. Miss Suzanne Phillips. in addition to her Sophomore English classes, spon- sors the Honor Society. Miss Betty Smith's stu- dents learn about Shylock's famous pound of flesh in The Merchant of Venicenewith the help of the famous Orson Welles' voice records. Give me concrete illustrations and specific detailsfand hurry! Miss Catherine Stenz de- mands of her students in her deadline rushes for Annual and newspaper writeups. Sandwiched between Sophomore English Classes, Miss Alma Trainor files candids, directs advertising, and plans a schedule for Annual Staff workers. Get some tone in your voice pleads Miss Helen Wilson trying to get her College Prep students ready to conquer the world. In the Science Department, there are four instructors compared to the one teacher in l92l. Spontaneous com- bustion is no mystery to Mr. Steve Barko's Senior Science classes. Mr. Edgar Bleiler man- ages to explain not only Protozoa Amoebas -- and what have you, but also has time to be Athletic Manager. . NE CLAIRTONIAN FORTYO