Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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As E v alors Keep Abreasl O Modern S XX: A DAY WITH THE TEACHERS TCP: Mr H . alsall discusses job- placement after graduation with Fred Ray . . . It takes a neat line to satisfy Mr. Shay . . . Keep your eye on the basket, too, advises Miss Donnelly. . . , While M' iss Gregory helps 5'0Se Pniballi with a batch of biscuits. CENTER : Mr. Bert inspects Walter Osborne's workmanship as he completes a pair of skiis . . . Mr. Funk smiles as he concludes another conference with a student . , A milk testing demonstration occupies Mr, CIinch's attention .... Misa Luttner searches for a voucher in the files. BOTTOM: Miss Himler fills out another room-admission slip . . . Class dues receipts must he completed suggests Miss Breeton . . And if you forget something, Mr. Lynch may also let you in. f-:gn'4 bf , ,WJ-'f Lvv l9l chool Practice

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Trend And Tradition . It is a far cry from the days of the school master with birch rod in hand, strictly guiding unruly boys through a meager edu- cation of the three R's to the instruction of today, where the teacher acts as both guide and friend in the teaching of sub- jects ranging from agriculture to public speaking. As we look into the class rooms of Latrobe High School we find the faculty working side by side with the student, dir- ecting him through four years of study, always with emphasis on the individual, his needs and capacities. To help prepare the student to meet vital problems of today, social science teachers give the background and guidance essential for intelligent judgment. The freshman learns the first principles of government as Mr. R. V. Wild discusses civics questions, or has his first introduction to social prob- lems as Miss Jean Dibb describes the evils of the slums. Mr. H. E. Hoerr, guiding the sophomore world history student, out- lines on the blackboard the causes of thc World War, while Mr. G. D. Rise tells his American history students of an amusing incident in the life of Andrew Jackson. In his problems of democracy classes Mr. J. R. Beatty explains labor and government rela- tions as unsolved modern problems. Turn- ing to another phase of modern education, we watch Mr. H. I. Snyder demonstrating how to do a difficult turn to a group of gyrnnasts, and observe Miss Kathryn Don- nelly as she explains the triangle formation to some girls in one of her gym classes. Listening to externporaneous speakers present theiir conception of the Movie Problem under the direction of Miss Mar- tha Osborneg sitting quietly at the back of the auditorium as Miss Katherine Alcorn helps a young dramatist to master his role: or hearing Miss Mabel Lindner interpret a poem for the choral reader, we realize the advantages to be gained from public speak- ing as taught by these teachers of the Eng- lish department. Behind the work of the publications staff members is the guiding 1 The dunno in the school of long ago wistfully regrets an unstudied lesson. hand of Mr. H. D. Benford, who graciously lends much time in his capacity as publica- tions adviser. We laugh with students of a senior English class at Mr. M. C. Dovey's humorous interpretation of Shakespeare, listen to Miss Irene Metz's helpful criticism of an oral reportg and we catch the signifi- cance of Mr. M. E. Rizzo's explanation of the Mercy Speech to a group of Industrial boys. To compete our tour of the language department, we visit the foreign language classes. Miss Clare Gibson greets us with a cheerful Bonjour , while Miss Adeline Reeping and her Latin students carry us back to the days of Julius Caesar. - Looking through the door of Room 208 we see a group of eager faces intently watching Miss Katherine Netzlof project a band of rainbow colors on the wall with a glass prism, or perhaps Miss Jeannette Dahlstrom is explaining to some wide-eyed freshmen the theory of electricity. The mounted specimens of leaves or butterflies of the biology laboratory attract our at- tention as Miss Virginia Daniels explains how students constructed them. In the sen- ior science department, we find Mr. L. W. Himes explaining ionization to future chemists, or we join attentive young phy- sicists and marvel with them as Mr. S. G. Rummel magnetizes an iron rod by strik- ing it with a hammer. Satisfied with a glimpse into the scien- tific world, we next visit the mathematics classes. Here we find Miss Lyda Hamilton explaining the procedure of solving an algebra statement, or Miss Mary Louise McBride going to the aid of a freshman puzzling over a factoring problem. We stand surprised as Miss Florence Breeton illustrates the rapid addition of columns of figures and agree with Miss Lenore Whiting that geometry is really an interest- ing subject. After visitng class rooms of general edu- cation, we find ourselves in the west cor- ridor with a group of young artists who are . -4-:: 1 l