Maumee High School - Reflector Yearbook (Maumee, OH)

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MISS ANNE L. PHILLIPS Miss Anne L. Phillips is a newcomer as of September, 1943. Iudging from her birth- place, which is Denver, Colorado, she is a native Westerner, but l guess the cowboys were too much for her and she came east. Miss Phillips got the general idea of readin', 'riting and 'rithmetic at Weston High School in Weston, Ohio. From there, Bowling Green State University claimed her, and after a certain length of time agreed to give her a degree of Bachelor of Science. But that wasn't enough, so she settled in Ann Arbor, at the University of Michigan and came out with a Master of Arts degree. Miss Phillips' field is commercial, which includes bookkeeping, commercial law, in- surance and general business. Included in these are such things as budgeting and in- terest computation. Miss Phillips explains that a commercial course in high school, is more or less an exploratory course, designed to give the pupils an insight as to what business is like. MRS. ROSALIE HOUSEL Mrs. Rosalie Housel was born in Toledo in 1920. She was graduated from De Vilbiss High School and received her Bachelor of Education degree from Toledo University. At Maumee High, Mrs. Housel teaches typing, shorthand and office practice. She sends for the international Gregg shorthand and typing awards for the most skilled stu- dents in each field. Mrs. Housel advises the Ioumalism Club, which publishes the Static monthly, and the Reflector annually. As a field trip this winter, Mrs. Housel took the Static staff tof twenty-fivel to the Blade building where the interested stu- dents saw every step in the process of pub- lishing a large newspaper. By the way, Mrs. Housel has only one ambition-to have a new mimeograph machine. H6

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MRS. RUTH BROWN Mrs. Brown is a native of Toledo and a grad- uate of Toledo University. She was gradu- ated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and has been here in Maumee three years. ln her classes, Mrs. Brown is trying to provide a good foundation for her Qirls by stressing the practical side rather than the theoretical. Mrs. Brown has inaugurated the Home Nursing Course in our high school and next year intends to follow the Bed Cross Nutri- tion Course. While these are very worth- while at any time, during this war they are especially commendable. Congratulations, Mrs. Brown. MR. ELDON COX lf you have ever noticed a bunch of fellows gathered together telling jokes, the center of attraction might be Mr. Cox, our new in- dustrial arts teacher. Besides having mas- tered this art, for a sideline he also coaches junior high football and basketball, and B- squad basketball. The success of the B- squad this year was a result of his good nature and fine spirit. He is always willing to bet on basketball shots and incidentally does rather well for himself. Mr. Cox received his education at Bowling Green University. His home town is Weston, Ohio, and he has a family of three: mamma, papa, and a little one. His pet peeve seems to be basketball players who have drib- blitisf' Sounds contagious.

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MISS MARGARET O'DWYER Miss Margaret O'Dwyer, Maumee High's new history teacher, was born in Toledo. She attended Notre Dame Academy, was grad- uated from De Sales and received her Mas- ter's Degree from the Catholic University of America. Miss O'Dwyer teaches eighth grade his- tory, world history and American history. She always looks worn out after the eighth grade classes, but her appearance after a sessicn with the juniors is almost indescrib- able- ea look of sort of hopeless resignation. The sophomores in World history made quite a few maps this year, as well as a very colorful time chart to hang on the wall. Miss O'Dwyer is also the very competent advisor of the Student Court. 4K MR. IACK O'NEILL Mr. O'Neill, principal, teachers the two senior American Problems classes. In these classes, the affairs of the United States are discussed and its problems are solved . . . sometimes! More often, violent arguments occur and each member of the class leaves with the opinion he held when he came. Regardless of the many seemingly futile arguments, the class did accomplish at least one worth while thing--it taught its members to think before they spoke. After semester each member of the class was obliged to speak for at least half a period concerning some phase of American life. Both listening to and delivering these talks was an ordeal, but Mr. O'Neill felt the ordeal profitable.