John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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KNOW YOUR FACULTY HIRTY-ONE teachers respond to the questionnaire's plea for information. WE DISCOVER- twenty-one native Minnesotans including fourteen St. Paulites. HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED -most frequently mentioned, St. Paul Central, Johnson, Humboldt, St. Joseph's Academy, triple tie for second place with two mentions each. NATIONALITIES - thirteen all told - English and Irish mentioned ten times each-Scotch and Norwegian win second with eight votes each. HOB- BIES-EVERYTHING from collecting toy donkeys and ash trays to music, gardening, needle point, and fishing, not to forget one husband. PET PEEVES -- Rudeness most frequently mentioned, others: smart alecs, primpers, questionnaires fare our faces redb, noisy people, and gum in the desks. DO YOU APPROVE OF LATE WORK? Pedagogues chorus No! KIND OF PUPIL TEACHERS LIKE BEST-Courteous, diligent, business like, peppy, dependable, and original. DO YOU APPROVE OF APPLE POLISHERS? Says one teacher- They amuse me. Another- Never met any. Still another- Only the obvious ones. Majority vote- No! DO YOU AP- PROVE OF SENIOR DAY? The yeses win. ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BETTER OR WORSE WHEN YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL? Not worse, just bolder. Worse, say two. Three say, Better, but the majority believe children are very much the same. To the question-- WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GREATEST BUILDING NEED? - A library and more class rooms received most mention. An athletic field came first in five answers. A swimming pool was given one vote, while a recreation room was mentioned twice. QUESTION 30-CAN YOU SUG- GEST WAYS IN WHICH OUR PRESENT LIBRARY FACILITIES CAN BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS? Answers included-an assistant librarian, special privileges for honor roll students, the library opened during eighth period, and after school, and Not until we have one. Then delving into the professional lives of the faculty-HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR- SELF PROFESSIONALLY UP TO DATE? fOh yeah!! The tally sho : a most all have done or are doing graduate work, all read professional literature, and all o to I tures. Several have earned M. A. degrees, one has received a Ph. D. and several others are f ar this goal. HOW DO YOU USE YOUR SUMMER VACATION? fImagine!D Again a go to school-all the way from the University of Mexico, and the University of Guatemala, Ce ros de Estudios Modernos at Madrid, the University of Bordeaux, and the University Be l' , M r own Harvard, Columbia, Minnesota, California, Chicago, Northwestern, and Iow . n our faculty has done sociological field work in Cuba, Germany, and among the share crop rs the South, two have done Scout Camp workg another, voluntary vacation school teaching o have taught at the University, one has played stock f Is this a dagger I see before me? ' Fr m Shakespeare not Swift's.J Another writes, others struggle with radishes and onions, se eral have done office work, and so ad infinitum. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ENGAGED IN OT KINDS OF WORK FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AT A TIME? fHave they!! .swers included - selling advertising, social work in Chicago, writing short stories 'brar rk, and recreation work in army camps during the World War, farming, cre al work, and a few have sold culture via the foot- in-the-door method. We'1l say! fa I proves to be professional, interesting, and human. MISS TACKELS MR. NORTON MISS BASSFORD MR. RA.LSTON MISS SCHUETTE MR. KNOWLES Latin, Emrlish Physiography Home Economics Civics Stenography Print Shop P sr 16

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