Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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IN MEMORIAM GUSTAVA T. DAN N ER 1928 W- 1935 1 1 E DEDICATE this page to the remembrance of our dear friend, Mr. Gustava T. Danner, who was drowned in Moccasin Lake, Minnesota, on Iuly 24, 1935. Mr. Danner, who graduated from the Columbia University, came to Manual in 1928 and was an instructor in mechanical drawing for eight years. Manual feels very greatly the loss of this patient, sympathetic teacher for during those eight years at Manual, he gained the friendship of many of his associates on the faculty and his pupils by his familiar good nature. lt will always be remembered how he willingly and unselfishly sacrificed his own time after school in untiring efforts for the benefit of the boys in his mechanical drawing classes. Mr. Danner was a lover of the great outdoors and had spent quite a few sum- mers at lnterlachen Lodge and Moccasin Lake, where the tragedy occurred. A very close friend said, Mr. Danner died as he had lived, quiet and un- afraid. He fought a noble fight and met his one great defeat. His friends will know him no more in life, though he will live long in memory. The world is better for his having lived, for his clean, upright character. L. ,, ,,

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sf..-.-,,Jv'r!'u -. ....,,-,.--- Foculty Chonges URING the past year, many changes have taken place in the personnel of our faculty. On the whole these changes were due to transfers, new ap- pointments, marriages, a resignation, and a death. On Iuly 24, 1935, we lost a very dear member of our faculty through an un- pleasant and unfortunate accident. This loss was the drowning of Mr. Gustava T. Danner, an instructor in mechanical drawing. No one will ever again feel the warm, firm, friendly, manly grasp of his hand. Though he is gone we can truth- fully say that the world is better for his having lived. Other losses, in addition to that of Mr. Danner, were those of Miss Travis and of Miss Rosenbohm. Each was married in Iune, 1935. Miss Travis married Mr. A. R. Halvorson, a civil engineer, and at the present time Mr. and Mrs. Halvorson are residing at Bismarck, North Dakota. Miss Rosenbohm married Mr. Iohn Park, a suvervisor of insurance, and this couple lives in Peoria, Illinois. We do miss these two excellent teachers, but we feel that they did their part in making Manual what it is. Mrs. Halvorson and Mrs. Park, we give you our heartiest congratulations and hope that you live happily ever after! Of course, these vacancies were filled promptly. Mr. Ben Haddick, a former Bradleyite and instructor of woodwork at Kingman High School, is now teaching mechanical drawing in Mr. Danner's place. Mr. Robert Hall replaced Miss Travis as an instructor in business English. Mr. Hall has returned to Manual after an absence of three years, during which time he taught English and Latin at Roosevelt Iunior High School. Mr. Donald Fuller, former teacher in Minnesota and former physical director and coach at Roosevelt, took Miss Rosenbohm's place in the mathematics depart- ment. Mr. Fuller teaches advanced algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. He was also appointed track coach. With the resignation of Coach Paul Holliday, Mr. Dick Baxter was appointed head coach. He is well-fitted for this position, as he was assistant coach to Mr. Holliday for four years. Mr. Baxter is an Iowa man, having attended Des Moines University, where he was very popular in the sports department. Coach Baxter has the able assistance of Mr. Willis Harms, former Manual and Bradley star and Toulon High School coach. Mr. Iohn Voss, former head of the science department of Manual, is now prin- cipal of the Washington School, taking the place of Mrs. Minnie B. Love who re- signed. Mr. Voss is the only teacher in the Peoria schools who has obtained his doctor's degree. He taught biology at Manual for several years. His successor is Mr. Gray Adamson, a former Manualite and recent graduate of Bradley. Mr. Adamson has already obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at Purdue and Bradley, and he is working on his Master of Science degree at the University of Iowa. The position as shorthand teacher left open by the absence of Miss Meehan was filled by Mr. lack Harris, a former Manual student. Before teaching at Manual, Mr. Harris taught two years at the Peoria Public Night School. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at Bradley. Mr. Fred Huber, another Manual alumnus, former teacher at Loda High School, and student conductor of the University of Illinois band, is our new band, orchestra, and ensemble director. Mr. Bradley, the supervisor of instrumental music, is now teaching the same at Peoria Central High School. In spite of all these changes in our faculty, the teaching routine ran very smoothly. Every new teacher fitted into his place as if it had been vacated espe- cially for him.