Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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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

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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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Grams, volumes. weights and measures . . Mr, Edward Cartwright explains all these in his physics classes. 22.4 is the gram formula vol- ume, patiently repeats Mr. Kay Chrestensen to his perspiring Chemistry classes, when not experi- menting with flourescent lighting or liquid air. History and the social studies once were the field of one teacher. Today five explain race move- ments and wars. Bombs in Europe! Books in good old U.S.A.! History isn't all i492 stuff these days. Clairton Highs five history and P.O.D. teachers enlighten students on history here and now. Miss Sara Babic, Sophomore sponsor, tells how ancient Greeks and Romans ran the world. Democracy versus Fascism is taught by Miss Margaret Barclay. Economics instructor Mr. Russell Dobbins helps make rules for teachers as an Executive Committee member. Miss Mary Stokes tells her history students of Europe's ups and downs. Tri-Hi-Y girls listen to the Peer Cynt Suite under Miss Eleanor Wilson, American History teacher. Four voca- tional teachers for girls direct the Home Arts Department. Place the pattern on the folds of the material warns Miss Olga Coleman. The tiny windows dressed with real curtains and draperies by Miss Mary Ann Frits's students fascinate everyone. Miss Frits. by the way, was mascot of the class of 'zlfa very young lady in a sailor suit. A few years from now all of us may be wearing clothes designed by girls in Mrs. Virginia Porter's designing class. Plaques, cork notebooks, and camera cases are made in Miss Lena Tomaselli's handicraft course. Boys' vocational work in I92I was taught only by one teacher. Today there are eight. Mr. David Arnett, travel and photography enthusi- ast, teaches Machine Shop boys about bolts and rivets. Book ends and ash trays are made in General Shop by Mr. Warren O. Brown's classes. Drawirig plans of machinery to scale is done in CUR FACULTY Mechanical Drawing under Mr. William Parsons, bowler. Oral talks on the steel industry, filling application blanks. and interviewing are stressed in Mr. C. Wallace Patterson's Vocational English classes. A veteran of 22 years of teaching in Clairton High School, Mr. Wilbur K. Monks, gardening advocate, who taught vocational work at Clairton in 1921, now directs Vocational Education. Who burned that fuse? shouts Mr. joseph Schreck over the din of electric motors. For the past eleven years Mr. C. B. Toynbee has taught the Auto Shop boys how to replace spark plugs. Mr. Anthony Vitori, our motion picture projec- tionist, teaches Related Vocational Subjects. Secretaries, supervisors, and nurses add extra efficiency to our professional staff. Mrs. Mary L. johnson, Dr. Stabler's personal secretary, is checker-upper for all Senior High contacts. Mr. Teal's secretary, Miss Mildred Stokes. is an expert at the piano keyboard. After much hospital visiting and work in the Senior High office, Miss Angeline Tomaselli has had little time for her favorite exercise. bowling. More tone! More tone! pleads Miss Jennie Mae Botdorf to Mixed Chorus. When you're at home. sick in bed, good-natured Miss Catherine Joyce, School nurse. certainly seems an angel of mercy. Better get those tonsils out, advises Miss Gladys Lindberg, school nurse. on health examination day. Miss Janet Nixon, Librarian, is an ardent bowl- ing fan. Miss Anna O'Toole will advise you on your future course in life. That aristocratic striped blue wallpaper that fascinated everyone at the Young May Moon is an example of one of Art Supervisor Miss Cora Pitcairn's many artistic touches. In orange and black, on the football field or at a concert in the auditorium, our band shines, thanks to Mr. Rutilio Rotili. THE NINETEEN HUNDRED J 1