Marshall High School - John Quill Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Left lu lfiylhfi Frank Maxwell fstamlingrl. Alfrefl Goetz. Mrs. Imf! In lfiylflf Mrs. Mary Stark. Miss Alihlrm-ml Steh- lflvn Milliinan. John E. Sullivan fSl2lllfllIlfIl. Mrs. Mildred bins, Al'l'UIllDilIllSt. Miss Leona Mazurkiewiez. Ae- Juilson, Georfre Swanson tstzilltliiiglv Morton li. Kirelier HANDS AND BRAINS ln my day, art work was taught hy special tutors. Today, I find, art training is given in the puhlic schools to all who want it. Both Mrs. Eva Milliman and Mrs. Florence York were teaching this subject. Design work, life drawing, and still life drawing were emphasized. Also, students had practice in water color, tempera, lithograph, charcoal, ink, eonipanisi, llaroltl Single-ion, llaroltl Gesehwinal TOGETHER WORK pastels, and airlwrusli, Appreciation ol art is one lwenelit for all, and it bcnelits a few by the discovery of real talent. Mr. Maxwell supervised three daily coinmercial art classes in this huilding, after spending the niornf ing at jellierson High School. To develop creative l'Concluded on page '19l THEY SPEAK A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Sustained vocal utterances issuing forth from room 141 startled me one day while walking hy. Upon investigation, 1 discovered that voice was taught to ahout seventy persons daily in that room. 141, and 403, hy Mrs. Stark and Mr. Singleton. Two first year, two second year, and one third year class were registered. Soloists for the vocal recif tals given were trained in these classes, Semi-weekly unison singing was the diet ot' part of the eighth graders. Three classes in this were givf en for their heneiit, Attendance at this class or prep choir is compulsory with eighth grades. Students interested in acquiring skill in playing the piano took lessons from Mr. Harold Bernstein. Violin was also taught. SOUND BODIES SUPPLEMENT SOUND MINDS Dead men tell no tales, they say, But they might, if every day Heard ugymw classes overhead at play. The hilarious spirit of hoys and girls in 'igyinn was slightly magnified in the poemlet above, hut only slightly. There were thirteen hoysl classes semi' weekly and the same number for girls in the two first floor gymnasiums. Individual Health Training classes were held for persons with physical defects which did not warrant a doctorls excuse. Twelve classes of girls and nine of hoys come twice weekly. Boys and girls had separate weekly classes in hygiene in both ninth and eleventh grades. These and ten sophomore safety classes come under the jurisdiction of this department. ffm' LJCCUUTII of nurse see page 99,2 Left io Rigzlitf Anthony Geraee, Albert. Makin, Joseph Ulrich. lbepartinent Ileail, Miss Ruth Vanin-Walle, Mrs. 114-len Ransth Miss Mary 0'C0nn0r, Mrs. Doris Holcombe page sixteen

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UNRUFFLED ROUTINE PREVAILS Room 117 seems to he the nerve center ol' all ac tivity in john Marshall High School. Only a few rtirta' tives had not seen the interior of the office at sometime or other during the year. Mrs. Alice llow- ell, Miss .lean Erhelding, or Miss Evelyn Lehowitl is there any day of the year except Sundays and legal holidays. Each works sim hours weekly and has every third Saturday off. Miss Erhelding had charge this past year of mat' ters pertaining to nonfresident tuition, registration, class ranking, test records, participation records, the Childrcifs Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the mail chute. She also took dictation for Mr. Snyder and worked at the switchhoard from l2 :30 to 3:00 l'.M. Among the duties ol' Miss Lchowit: were doing mimeograph work. taking dictation for Mr, Burt. and handling phone calls. She also managed husiness pertinent to attendance, translers, prohation, seventh period, mail, tardiness and answered requests at the counter. Mrs. Alice Powell was the oflicial school secretary, She took care of records, requisitions, registration, all reports, examination schedules, hook rentals, teachers' applications. finance. seniors. school jewel' ry, and Mr. Snyders desk. She also takes dictation. Each is entitled tio a fourfweek vacation during the summer months. .guuqulivw rf! lo lfiylif: l.:iwreiiee Irwin. l r:ink Yel'::ei'. l.:ii'ry 'll-nnily. lilwalcl Miss livelyn Lehowitz. Mrs. Alive Powell, Miss Iioektaselis-I, Iiflwarrl Sutter. Jean lirlmelnlingz TWENTY-FOUR Seven janitors and eight charladies lahored all year to keep john Marshall High School clean and warm. The staff, headed hy Larry Tennity. did everyf thing from inspecting the tire alarms and clocks to keeping the school fires hurning. The first person here in the morning was Mr. Tom Green who got the fire started to heat the school, His lunchtime came at 9:00 a. m. He then worked until Z p. in. He was in turn relieved hy a janitor who worked from 2:00 till 6:00 when the tire was hanked, Approximately ten tons of coal was used per day to heat the sehoolrooms, swimf ming pool, and water. The second person to arrive, Mr. Larry lrwin. came at 7:00 a. m. to unlock all the doors and heat the pool watcr. Mi'. Tennity, meanwhile, checked the pool, hoilers, heat, tire alarms, upon his advent at S:00. At 9:00 a. m. the janitors cleaned the halls, the sidewalks. and made all necessary repairs and HCURS DAY cleansing measures. Alter second lunch, the cafeteria was cleaned. Three times daily the corridors were cleaned with an oilfsawdust mixture: the tirst in the morning, then after lunch, and lastly after school. The class' rooms were cleaned with the mixture once a week, and also dusted in the morning hy the charladies. Two harrels ol' the oilfsawdust mixture were used weekly. The incinerator in the hoiler room was used to cremate approximately 200 pounds of waste per day, including that from the cafeteria. Room 48, G. Hi. Q. of the huilding stall, was often quiet, as 'iLarry was husy doing odd johs ahout the huilding. Mr. Tom Davin, who patiently worked from 6 p. in. to 6 a. in., kept on the watch for nocturnal prow-lers. He had twentyftwo stations all over the huilding, which he checked regularly. page eiglitcen