Edward Drummond Libbey High School - Edelian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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THE OFFICE i Miss Dorn, Mrs. Sullivan, and Miss Vye are always as busy as this. They Help Us Those who do the most for our school are apt to be so self-effacing that their services are not fully appreciated by us to whom the service is given. So it is with our ofnce girls. They have done so very much for us that we have fallen into the undesirable habit of taking their willing cooperation for granted and not realizing the service they give in helping to solve every prob- lem that we present whether that problem be recovering some lost article or re-arranging schedules that have hopelessly entangled them- selves. To Miss Vye falls the duties connected with the sale of books. Perhaps if she were less effi- cient we could get by without preparing our- lessons on the plea that we could not get a book. Yet even with this comfort forever lost to us, we still may find contentment in the thought that she is there every Monday and Thursday night, patiently waiting while we flounder about figuring prices, trying to recall titles and authors, and searching in pockets and purses for the change that seems so elusive. After each pupil has been satisfied, back she goes to the oHE1ce and to Mrs. Sullivan, Libbey's treasurer, to check with her on the money turned in. It is then that Mrs. Sullivan's work begins, for she is required to take that money, enter it in her books, and then see that the men from Brink's Express Company receive it to bank at the close of day. Although this pro- cedure seems quite complicated, it is but a small part of her day's work. You may get a faint idea of the magnitude of her job by considering that all the bills incurred by the school organizations must pass through her hands before they are paid. In case you did not know it, it is Miss Dorn who sends those missives to your fond parents which announce elongated vacations from school, and it is also she who keeps our attend- ance records and composes the daily bulletin. Who, you may ask, takes care of the telephone, posts grades, sends out unsats, and finds answers to all the questions that need explaining? To be exact, no one in particular and every one in gen- eral carries out these multitudinous tasks, for whoever is least busy at the time, leaves her work to cheerfully enlighten us about whatever is disturbing our peace of mind at that moment. It is a well-known psychological fact that praise makes a heavy burden seem lighter, so let's all shout our praise aloud for the kindly, efficient guidance given the school by our most competent office girls, Mrs. Doris Sullivan, Miss Lillian Vye, and Miss Helen Dorn, and hope they realize our gratitude.

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I it-Wi.,-A 'e ' FACULTY L A T MR. STAPLETON MR. STERLING MR. SUTPHEN Miss SWANSON MRS. THOMPSON MR. TOEPHER MRS. VALENTINE MR. VANDER Miss VOORHEIS MR. VOSSLER Miss WAITE MR. WEBSTER MR. W1NEs'rocK Miss WERUM Miss WYLIE Bookkeeping, directing the Activities group, controlling club finnaces and doing much for the Edelian. The head of the Industrial Department, Mr. Sterling, is a proficient Mechanical Drawing teacher. Mr. Sutphen has capably led Libbey's band for many years. Because of her sweet dis- position, Miss Swanson's English classes all like her very much. Mr. Toepfer is head of the Commercial Depart- ment, an adviser to the Commercial Club, and a teacher of Business Management and Bookkeep- ing. The grace of our girls is largely due to the instruction in Physical Education given them by Mrs. Upson. An untiring Worker on the Welfare Com- mittee, Miss Valentine, handles the financial end of the relief work and teaches Business Practice and Ofiice Procedure. Mr. Vander, Philatelic adviser and history teacher, is a gen- uinely friendly person. Geometry, Algebra, and Psychology are taught in an unforgetable man- ner by Miss Voorheis, the Well-liked Phil adviser. Mr. Vossler's Chemistry classes find pleasure in their association with this genial Alchemist adviser. Because of her friendly manner, Miss Waite, History teacher and Zet adviser, is beloved by all. Libbey has gained a far-reaching reputation for producing the plays directed by Mr. Webster, who teaches Play Production, Latin, and English. The perfection of our orchestra is de- pendent upon the skill of Miss Werum. The same quality of efficiency, shown in Mr. Weinstock's management of the athletic supplies, is carried out in his Science and Algebra classes. At last we come to the end with Miss Wylie, who in- spires her classes in color harmony, dress- designing, and home-making, aids the Welfare Committee, and helps advise the Home Econom- ics Club.

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The Student He pnshes onwnrel, strnggling for those things Thitt holil for hini the ietfnost joys of life Anil coll hini with it lilting voice thot hrings A wilel desire to plnnge into the strife Anil wrest, with itll the fierce joy of the getnie, The peerless geins he yeorns so to possess. He iloes not seek the worlel's short-lioeil neelnini So fretil etnel fleeting in its hnppinessj Agitinst titeznie oelels he will instead, Attempt to jinel the hest thot life enfolils Anil snte the nge-olil love for leetrning, hreel Of longing for the glories heizntjf holels. Yet knowleelge gezineel, eznil heongf in his elezsp He rests not-great worlels still elnole his grnsp. 28