Jesup Scott High School - Scottonian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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X I 1 ,, , X 2. Q2 ,V u i Rags .gps . MRS. HOOVER, MISS BIERLY, MISS MCGETTIGAN T H E O F F I C E Jingling telephones, the opening and closing of file drawers, incessant questions of students and teachers-all of these go to make up the crisp, businesslike atmos- phere of our office. It is a busy, orderly room with a capable, efficient air. The staff, Miss Neva Bierly, Mrs. Maebyron Hoover, and Miss Grace McGettigan, fairly exude efficiency, while the electric clocks look as if they wouldn't dare lose a minute, and even the files flauntingly challenge you to find a mistake in their complicated depths. The room is reasonably quiet, a bell rings shrilly, blatantly. Now the ofiice is literally filled with people. Querulous voices inquire for lost belongings-someone wants to know where someone else is- May I look at the 3 10 schedules?- Is Mr. Demorest in?--May I see him? These are just a few of the questions to be answered daily, yet these capable young women soon bring order from this chaos. The office seems to act as an informal information bureau, and is, in reality, the center 'of school life. Perhaps it does not seem to play a very important part in your school life, but it is there, nevertheless, with its stabilizing influence, its endless records, and its efficiency. The clerks are eternally busy compiling records of our whole school career. They know more about us than we do ourselves. They know our intelligence quotients, our complete scholastic records, they can tell us what our chances of graduating are. Their reports even affect our college careers, so that the influence and importance of the office should not be under- estimated. 26

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Miss Staadecker Mr. Sutter Mr. Timmons Mr. Weiser Miss Werum Mr. Sutphen Miss Taylor Miss Wachter Mr. Welday Miss Wiseley RADIO KNOWLEDGE BY EXPERIENCE UNDER MR. FOLEY FACULTY see Miss Mills or Miss McGuinness. They are both expert grammarians. If you split your infinitives or do any other such terrible thing, they are the ones to see. We have often wondered if Miss Dallet practises her sales- manship on her students. We have also wondered how Mrs. Parkhurst manages to look so calm and distinguished everytime we see her. Woe betide anyone who uses the home economics flat and fails to clean up afterwards. He will soon find that he has Mrs. Bowyer to deal with. Miss Keplinger, as one of our best dressed teachers, sets a perfect example for her sewing classes. All they have to do is copy. Mr. Muellich was assistant football coach at Waite, then he came to Scott, and now he is back at Waite again. We are sorry to lose him, but we hope he changes his mind again and comes back to Scott next year. Mr. Lake's enthusiasm is one of the nicest things about him. It makes any talk he gives to the students peppy and interesting. It is one of the things, besides his good coaching, that makes our golf team so per- sistently good. We have noticed that Miss Lecklider is one of the most helpful teachers we have. She helps all of her students who need-help, and in geometry who doesnlt? A room was given to Mr. Foley way up on the fourth floor, but did that daunt him? It did not. He has such a personality that he makes himself known even though he is tucked away in a corner. We like the smooth way Mr. Dunn runs his department, and the amusing anec- dotes Miss Taylor tells and the amusing way she tells them. And so endsiour teachers' tale. Now don't you agree that we have a remarkable staff of instructors? 25

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i 531 'F 'ik 2 Ei rx S- :-f ,f Rx v er, l'Vr, ' , l THE SCOTT LIBRARY Tl-IELIBRARY The room is silent except for the rustle of turning leaves, the slight click of card drawers, and the muflled footsteps of Miss Wiseley and her assistants. The library is a cheerful room with many windows throwing light upon the rows and rows of serious looking books. Even the busts looking so peacefully down from their standards reflect the studious atmosphere. Students are eiliciently and cheerfully aided by the library staff made up of students especially trained in this type of work by Miss Wiseley. To encourage students to help themselves in the library all freshmen are taught the system of numbering the books, the use of the card catalogues, and other useful information, while social science students are taught to use and understand the Readers' Guide. Miss Wiseley was the originator of what is now an annual literary contest to promote interest in original composition. There are four classes of entries: essay, short story, poetry, and one-act plays. The prizes are usually copies of good books. The popular belief seems to be that a school library of a necessity contains only serious reference books, but our library contains not only reference books but a good collection of novels, including some of the newest ones. We likewise have an exceptionally fine collection of social science books which Miss Wiseley obligingly puts on reserve when necessary. We should be proud of the progress- iveness, the modernity, and the efficiency of our library, our librarian, and her staff. 27