Harriet Whitney High School - First Lady Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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inn, wang ' I I MISS ETI-IEL WOODEN, PRINCIPAL

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FACULTY Back Row----Mrs. Vivian Miller, Foodsg Mrs. Nellie Gerold, Librariang Third Row- Second Row Front Row- Miss Mildred Pickering, Power Machines, Miss Lois Burman, Tea Room: Mrs. Elizabeth Stoepler, Office Practice: Miss Ruth Moorhead, Personal Regimeng Miss Garnet Thompson, Retail Selling, Mrs. Margaret Bellemore, Dictaphone. --Mrs. Margaret Dwyer, Distributive Educationg Miss Cecelia Earhart, Household Management, Mrs. Dorothy Lyle, Mer- chandising, Mrs. Stella Harre, Physical Education, Mrs. Freida Schneider, Cafeteriag Mrs. Ruby Buck, Bookkeeping and Office Machines: Mrs. Helen Merickel, Foods, Mrs. Jane Gebauer, Related Art. Mrs. Lois Swanson, Tests, Miss Adrienne Curtis, English and Retail Selling, Mrs. Kate R. Gailey, English, Mrs. Leona Probst, History and Social Problems: Mrs. Elizabeth Von Hoff, Clothing, Mrs. Edith Bullard, Cosmetology: Miss Thelma Howey, English and Social Problems. -Mrs. Edith Sotherland, Attendance clerkg Mrs. Ruth Hartnett, Stenographyg Miss Alice MacRobert, Productiong Miss Ethel Wooden, Principalg Miss Marian Barth, English, Mrs. Ruth Rustad, Coordinator, Miss Laura DeBolt, Office Clerk. 11

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OUR FIRST LADY SPEAKS To you--who are completing the three years of preparation for employment at Harriet Whitney Vocational High School--go my greetings and all good wishes. ' Perhaps I should stop with that, but I cannot refrain from adding a review of the factors which aside from your skill will con- tribute to your success. Let me enumerate these items as they have been presented to you many times: democracy, adjustment, foresight, work, a sense of humor, emotional control, health. Democracy leads the list because it seems to provide the con- ditions necessary to the successful fulfillment of the other factors. Adjustment, adaptation to circumstances or events that are beyond our control is a basic principle. It does not infer accep- tance of conditions which one can alter but does preclude the futile beating of wings against immovable walls of opposition. Foresight is that which Santayana avers is uthe greatest gift of gods to men.H It is the ability by which we are able to look ahead and plan a long time course which will lead to success. Only through it can we be masters of our fate. Work, and the joy in it, is the cornerstone on which our school is founded. No more need to be said. . Combine with joy in work a sense of humor to lighten the strain, when life becomes tense, and there is provided a safety valve for disturbed emotions. I All of this, of course, presupposes an ability to preserve emotional control. Hate, anger, jealousy, and envy are counter irv ritants leading away from success. Self discipline and self res- traint are the prerequisites of a happy life. Without health, all other factors fail except for the most persistent individual who can live above pain. Throughout your three years of school, health has been approached from the positive side Given healthy bodies at birth, your responsibility is to so obey the laws of health that a similar degree is maintained for life. I have indicated briefly the factors which with skill have been stressed in your stay with us. May you proceed on the path of employment happy and unafraid! Ethel Wooden Principal