Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Miss Clarissa Hills, Supervisor of Commercial Education in the Iohnstown schools and teacher of bookkeeping in Iohnstown High school, died on May 13, 1945. Although a native of New England, having been born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and brought up in Pelham and Nashua, New Hampshire, Miss Hills spent a large part of her lite in Iohnstown, where she was very active in relating the work of her depart- ment in the high school to the requirements of the business and industrial interests ot the city. The Commercial Department has enjoyed an enviably high rating among the schools of Pennsylvania, a rating which is largely due to the untiring efforts and boundless energies of Miss Hills. That her abilities were appreciated by leaders in the field of commercial educa- tion was shown by the fact that she was invited to teach methods of teaching shorthand for tour summers at Bowling Green College of Commerce at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and also to teach tiling methods at the summer school of the University of Florida at Day- tona Beach. She also taught commercial methods for three summers at the University of New Hampshire. During the regular school year she taught shorthand, typewriting. and accounting for three semesters at the Iohnsown Center of the University of Pitts- burgh. One interesting year of her teaching career was spent in Faiardo, Puerto Rico. where she taught in the high school such subjects as English, typing, bookkeeping and shorthand-the last in Spanish. Upon first coming to Iohnstown, Miss Hills taught bookkeeping. In 1930 she became head of the Commercial Department and in 1936 she was made Supervisor ot Com- mercial Education in the secondary schools ot Iohnstown. Both Miss Hills' B. S. degree and M. Ed. degree were earned at the University of New Hampshire. She also studied at Columbia University, Pennsylvania State College. and the University of Pittsburgh. She was a member of several honorary fraternities. as well as professional and educational organizations. She served as secretary and as president of the Tri-State Commercial Teachers' Association. She was for one year presi- dent of the Iohnstown Branch of the Pennsylvania State Education Association and later served on the State Executive Council oi this association. As a charter member. first vice-president, and second president she helped to launch the local Business and Professional Women's Club on its career. She was also a member of the American Association of University Women. By temperament, training, and experience all grounded in a charming person- ality, Miss Hills became one of the outstanding authorities on commercial education.

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