Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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What! Another poster? H Miss JULIA M. SEABURY A rt Instrzwtoi' STAFF and DFZGREICS .Inlin M, Seahury. Portland School ot Fine Arts. Left to right: The ojicers of this year's art club are: Nancy Grenet, secretaryg Donald Axelsen, treasnrerg Nancy Kitchen, presi- dent: Philip Young, chairman of executive committeeg Lois Hunter, vice-president. Below : ART DEPARTMENT The art students of Deering have made good use of their talents, winning a national award in 1945, and a first rating prize in a state contest in 1946. Miss Julia Seabury, a graduate of the School of Fine and Applied Arts of Portland, has been the art teacher at Deering for twenty years. It has been through the excellent work of Miss Seabury that Deering has sent many students on to future success in the field of art. M1:88 Seaburyfs students take a moment off from poster painting to do some 'real honest art we 5

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15 Miss EDITH S. PIT1' Latin Dept. Head STAFF and DEGREES Edith S. Pitt, B.A., Wellesley, M.A.. McGill. Sara Cowan. B.A., Colby. Margaret Wyman, B.A., Batesg M.A., Columbia' Left to right: Miss Wyman, Miss Pitt, Miss Cowan LATIN DEPARTMENT Miss Edith Pitt is the head of the Latin Department and is ably as- sisted by Miss Cowan and Miss Wyman. This year eight struggling stu- dents make up a third year Latin class. Since Latin is the basis of English and is required the freshman and sophomore years, the under classes are full. Below: Miss Pitt stops her class in order that the photographer may catch the deep interest of the students Gallia est omnes divisa in partes tres

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'T Secretaries in the making MR. RALPH B. YOUNG Commercial Dept. Head S'l'AI'l il ml DEGREE S Ralph B. Young, B.A., Colby, Ed.M., llarvard. Ethel I. Bradbury, Leavitt Normal, Shaw Business College. Nellie M. Dearborn, B.A., Colby, B.S.S., Boston University. Bernice S. True, Bay Path Institute. Esther J, Tyler, B,S, in Ed., Boston Left to right: Miss True, Miss Bradbury, Mr. Young, Miss Tyler, Vniversity. Miss Dearborn. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The Commercial Department has a four year course which prepares stu- dents for positions in the business world. One now receives Typing, Short- hand, Bookkeeping, and other subjects pertaining to business in this course. Mr. Ralph Young, our Sub-Master, also finds time to run this department, whose other teachers are: Miss Tyler, Miss Bradbury, Miss True, and Miss Dearborn. Below: Miss Dearborn carries on despite the fact that the empty seats belong to juniors who were taking a test that day