Ligonier Valley High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Ligonier, PA)

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DURING THE YEAR Niiss Beamer, the sewing director, interests lkhss YXM-irkcr in some gay material lor a summer dress l ll ,fi . xx H ln a little room further down thc hall lyiiss Dickinson was talking to Miss Newton. The former made an amusing remark on seeing Johnnie, but he already knew that she delighted in teasing unsuspecting students and entertaining her algebra and trigonometry pupils with her witty re- marks. l-le was sure that her jolly disposition would be of aid, when she coached class plays, in relieving the mono- tony of long practices. Miss Newton was quiet but equally friendly and explained that she taught one class of fresh- man English in addition to her work as music instructor in the grade school. ln the other English room was Miss Martin, who taught English to underclassmen. Johnnie was immediately attracted by the English projects on display by the window. He was impressed by the quiet dignity of this teacher and felt certain that many of the younger pupils hrst learned to appreciate hnc literature in the English classes. Before he left, Miss Martin showed Johnnie some of the yearbook pictures and told him that she supervised that branch of the publications. Across the hall lvfiss Gross also showed him student projects. She taught World and American history. John- nie soon discovered that Miss Gross loved a good time as much as the students did and was sure her classes must be extremely interesting. ln the next room Johnnie found a quiet, unassuming young man who said that he taught chemistry and geometry. Mr. Mcffonnaughey, an alumnus, had been so interested in science during his school days that he had come back to teach that subject. ln t.he little music room at the end of the hall Johnnie found Mr. Rush- worth, the music supervisor, repairing a clarinet. He stayed a little while and asked many questions about the band and the orchestra. Mr. Rushworth, himself a talented musician, spends his summers in the University of Michi- gan music department and at the Mozart festival at Ashville, N. C. As Johnnie descended to the Grst floor he met fwfr. Waugaman, the basketball and football coach, and boys' gym instructor, and stopped to talk for a few minutes. The coach informed him that he also taught sophomore English. Johnnie saw immediately that the coach was exceptionally modest. 16

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li dz qm infra way lk. of America and the trips which some of the agriculture students had made to the annual lfarm Show in l-larris- burg. As he said goodbye to lxlr. Pershing, johnnie felt sure that the lf,lf.A. members could not fail to enjoy the study of farming under the kindly supervision of their teacher. At the top of a short flight of stairs the newcomer dis- covered the art room. A teacher with a charming smile came forward and, at Llohnnies request, showed him some of the best work of members of the art classes. Miss Gregg, for it was she, told him that she also taught eivics, But slohnnie was even more surprised to learn that, besides her other accomplishments, she played the piano and trumpet lXwlr. hlclielvev was at work on the school news- paper when wlohnnie entered the Conference Room. llc pointed out an article on the debating team, which he directed, and then described the .junior and senior English classes. He had a positive gift for putting people at their case and the boy no longer felt that he was a stranger. On the second floor Mr. lXlIathews had just arrived and begun to write a lfrench test on the blackboard. ,lohnnie had never studied lfreneh and was astonished when Mr. lvlathews informed him that singing lfrench songs was a frequent occurrence in class. Mr, Mathews also showed him the bulletin board. covered with clippings pertaining to subjects discussed in problems of democracy classes. This teacher did not believe in being too formal in the classroom and encouraged discussion on current events, AS WE SEE THEM Miss Kcffer and Coach Wauga- man discuss a recent basketball game . Mr. lVlcKelvey, Nliss Martin. and Miss Newton plan the stuclv ufclassics for the next semester . Mr, Rush- wurth shows Mrs, Ureh the schedule for music festivals

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iltli t-ui' llltll 'posstnn might hm- . . Dislillmtx the water hots' Iiilliculi prohlt-in in Il hm llielwil class Xllfl' .x semhlx. iXlr fXleCful'tlx s wimrlx hetguns . Iloltl ilu' pls., ,leixnli 'N mt lllmig ,mms in, in Niiunl lxpmu must lu' lziscinzxlinu wivrlt lil lwtgmvn-ix As Mr. Waugaman went on up the stairs, Johnnie he- came aware of the sound of loud reports from the direction of the basement. There he found a man practicing at the rifle range, The man introduced himself as Mr, Ross, the head of the science department. johnnic had heard that the science department was unusually good and was de- lighted to meet the teacher responsihlc for its success. Outside of school Mr. Ross said he devoted much of his time to the rifle team, which was one of the hest in the nation. When the hell rang. Johnnie New -Student, feeling that he would he happy working with his teachers, w ent to his first class. I7