East High School - Angelus Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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THE ANGELUS . 1936 l MARY E. ADK1ssoN We don't realize how much of a void is left by the absence of a teacher until he or she is actually gone and there is no one who can quite seern to take the place of the familiar face that we have come to know. We are losing two of our best- known teachers, Mrs. Adkisson and Mr. Parker, this june, but we are not losing the .results of their long years of willing teaching and friendship. We have all felt the intrigue and curio- sity enclosed in Mrs. Adkisson's drama room, for who of us doesn't get a thrill out of her tiny schoolroom stage, her mysterious box of costumes, and her quaint -puppets, with their funny mov- able joints and tiny wigs and costumes? Mrs. Adkisson has given herself freely to teaching the fundamentals and finer points of the true drama to those eager to hold a portion of her knowledge, and she is surely entitled to a full enjoyment of the six months trip she has planned Qbegin- ning in Junej to those far away lands of excitement and color: the South Seas, Twenty Honolulu, Tahiti, and Australia. Perhaps when she returns she'll bring some mar- ionettes representative of those countries for us to enjoy. Mr. Parker's name has always been ac- companied by a sense of awe for anyone who could possibly understand all the involved parts of the higher mathematics that he teaches. It has been even more of a mystery to us that he could unfold his plentiful knowledge in so understanding a way to struggling beginners in mathe- matical fields. A true feeling of respect and admira- tion is held for Mr. Parker by his pupils, and he will be greatly missed by all who have known him at school, whether or not they have taken their math from him. We heartily endorse Mr. Parker's plans for a future Hlled with leisurely travel, extensive reading, and the general freedom of his new life. CATHERINE ST. CLAIR

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' CRUIERAICULUM CLARK H. SPITLER ON HIM FALLS THE HARDEST AND MOST EXACTING WORK TO BE FOUND IN ADEAN,S OFFICE . . AND YET, IS HE EVER TOO BUSY TO BID YOU GOOD MORNING,,? OR IS THERE EVER A FROWN EXCEPT IN LINE OF DUTY? WE SALUTE YOU, MR. SPITLER! MRS4 RUTH H. ANDERSON SHE HAS BEEN ' CALLED DYNAMIC . . AND Is THERE BETTER WAY OF DESCRIBING THE PERSONALITY OF A WOMAN WHO COMMANDS THE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT OF ALL WHO COME WITHIN THE RADIUS OF HER I CHARM? Nineteen

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CURRICULUM ' LAURA P. IRWIN Two other-well-known names are miss- ing from the faculty roll call this year. Miss Laura P. Irwin, that cheerful, kindly woman who taught history in East for so many years, retired last year because of ill health, and she is now living a quiet life in her lovely home in Edgewater, Colorado, where she often writes letters Qto the faculty and to students. Miss Cath- erine St. Clair, witty, smart, full of en- ergy, and so popular with her public speaking and English classes, left school this fall to be married, and, as Mrs. Charles McGregor, she is now living in Marshalltown, Iowa. We join together in wishing these four the very happiest of futures, and we hope that they will remember us as well as we shall keep thoughts of them in the mem- ories of our happiest hours of East. An orchid to our Hrst-rate office force! To Miss Genevieve Francis, the attend- ance clerk, who must check tardies, worry about forged excuses, and listen to a million good, bad and indifferent alibis for this, that, and the other misdemeanor of the individuals who are constantly at her desk, to Mrs. Edwards, who has charge of the daily bulletin and all of the varied and wild pleas put in it by the many school societies, to Miss Shelton, the general Statistician Qhave you ever seen her take dictation in shorthand?- an interview, perhaps?-watch her some- timejg and, last but not least, to Mrs. Shroeder, who has the tremendous job of keeping track of all the money circulat- ing throughout the school, and who pre- sides in that cute little office which is so full of adding machines and charts and steady streams of people who run in and out, paying gym or chemistry fees, turn- ing in coupon books, adding lists for other teachers, or doing any other thing which happens to strike the fancy. Did we say one orchid to the force? Well, let's make it a basket. WILLIAM PARKER Twenty-one