Mechanic Arts High School - M Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Fifth row: Mr. L. A. Torwick, Mr. Charles Duncan, Miss Elniire Moos- brugger, Miss Pearl Heal, Miss Emma Bolt. Fourth row: Miss Margaret Muir, Miss Mary Grant, Miss Vera Billings, Miss Vera Strickler, Miss Lucretia Schroer. Third row: Mr. Ralph Brinks. Miss Josephine Nichol, Miss Anna O'Hrien, Miss Ruth Kachel, Miss Alice Prenclergast, Miss Esther Blase. Second row: Mr. Delbert Wfood, Mr. John Nobis, Mr. Andrew Mettling, Miss Anne Kennedy, Mrs. Hele.n Eldridge, Mr, Edwin Bothe, Mr. Richard Krueger. First row: Mr. Francis Critchett, Mr. Matthew Garding, Miss Lena Schu- hardt, Miss Ruth Reinhardt, Miss Gladys Smith, Mr. Henry VVoltman. FACULTY + EMBERS of the history department, Miss Heal, Miss Bolt, Miss Muir, Miss Grant, Miss Billings, Mr. Brink, Miss Nichol, Mr. Wood, Mrs. Eldridge, Mr. Kruger, and Mr. Critchett, emphasize past events which influence the world today. In civics current events and prominent people are discussed, trips are taken to the state copitol, and a complete study is made of city, state, and federal gov- ernment. Sociology, a new course this year, is taught by Mr. Mettling, Mr. Kruger, and Mr. Wood. A course in Latin American history is offered by Miss Billings. The commercial department comprises the Misses Strickler, Schroer, Kachel, Blase, Casey, Schuhardt, Rein- hardt, and Smith and the Messrs. Duncan, Nobis, Mett- ling, Garding. In the stenography class the Gregg system is followed. In typewriting the touch system is taught. The dictaphone and comptometer are in use. Students acquire practical experience in office work by assisting their teach- ers. Some file cards, type reports, and make stencils for tests. Others assist Mr. Nobis, auditor of the accounts of student activities, by keeping the necessary books. Teachers of the foreign languages have introduced the reading of foreign newspapers and a study of living foreign authors, heroes, and statesmen. Spanish is taught by Miss Billings, an alumna of Mechanics, French, Miss Moosbrug- ger and Miss Kennedy, German, Mr. Woltman and Mr. Botheg and Latin, Miss Prendergast and Miss O'Brien. .

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Tliirll row: Mr. Ralph Smalley, Mr, Daniel Shirck, Mr. Herbert St Mr. Emmet Raymond, Mr. Homer Hillard, Yet-ond row: Mr J. I. lie-rgvr. Mr. Emil XVm-liter, Mrs. Eleanor Al NI I M Robbins, Miss Edith Hall, Mrs. Nettie IJ g s. 14 st row: Miss Nl l 1 Coller, Mrs. Millie -X lrson, Miss Helen li g l r, Mr. Dietrich L f., Xliss Katherine T l l Nliss Antoinette 1 l FACULTY + HE FACULTY of Mechanic Arts is headed by Mr. Dietrich Lange, who directs the work of seventy-nine teachers and 2130 boys and girls. He finds his recreation in nature study, sharing his enthusiasm with the students and the public by means of hikes, talks, and books. The assistant principal, Mr. Homer Hillard, checks attendance, makes programs for teachers and students, and acts as special helper for advisers of student activities. Miss Mabel Colter, dean of girls, advises girls who find dif- ficulty in their studies. Miss Katherine Tschida, visiting teach- er, discusses with each individual his future plans and helps graduates find employment. Mrs. Nettie Dugas manages the library, using only student assistants. To Miss Calla Clemens, school nurse, anyone absent by reason of illness must report for an admittance slip. Miss Antoinette Ford, teacher of com- mercial geography, is the author of My Minnesota and Gopher Tales. The home economics courses, under Miss Mil- dred Garrity and Miss Helen Bumgardner, include home man- agement and garment making. Mrs. Eleanor Adams and Mr. Elmer Wachter direct the physical education of the girls and boys. Miss Caroline Gilbert is art instructor, and Miss Edith Hall, teacher of modeling. The manual training department includes woodworking. taught by Mr. M. L. Robbins and Mr. Joseph Bergerg automo- tive and general electricity, Mr. Daniel Shirckg forge and ma- chine, Mr. Arthur Wright, mechanical drawing, Mr. Herbert Sitzerg architectural drawing, Mr. Smalley. The two latter as well as Miss Clemens and Miss Bumgardner are alumni of Me- chanics. This department and the entire school suffered a severe loss in the passing of Mr. William Powles, for many years a be- loved and respected teacher in the machine shop.

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Fourth row: Miss Annie Ginsberg, Miss Josephine Johnson, M M 3 Vi Christopher, Miss Frances Ek. Third row: Miss Edith Brooker, Miss Grace 0'l-lair, Miss El b tl Moriarty, Miss Helen Scully, Miss May Kellerhals, Miss Hortense M ll ne Second row: Mr. Robert Hill, Mr. John Griffin, Mr. Harry VVolc0tt M Margaret Turnbull, Miss Gladys Rose, Miss Ruth Swift, Miss Eleono a First row: Miss Mary Copley, Miss Laura Parkinson, Miss Alice Nel 0 Miss Daisy W'right, Miss Ruth Creglow, Mr. Edwin McKee. FACULTY + N ADDITION to the regular high school curriculum the English department offers three special courses: crea- tive writing, introduced this year, is taught by Miss Deemg newswriting, by Miss Copley, and coaching English for those who have difficulty with grammar and spelling, Miss Turnbull, Miss Rose, and Miss Swift. Miss Rose takes the place of Miss Mary Tracy, class advisor, '31, who mar- ried Mr. Jude of Washington, D. C. Miss Moriarty re- places Mrs. Mary Roder, now of the Harding music depart- ment. Other English teachers in the picture are the Misses O'Hair, Ginsberg, Scully, Johnson, Mullane, and Parkinson. The curriculum of the science department includes chemistry, taught by Mr. Griffin and Mr. Hill, astronomy and physical geography, Miss Brockerg physics, Mr. McKee and Mr. Wolcott, biology, Miss Creglovvg botany and zo- ology, Miss Kellerhalsg physiology, Mr. Hill. Field trips are made to the river bank to study erosion or to an in- dustrial plant to note the chemical processes involved in manufacture. The Zoology class is often visited by an alli- gator, a mink, or a White rat loaned by some enthusiastic student. The mathematics faculty, the Misses Christopher, Gould, Ek, Nelson, Wright, and Creglovv, offer a complete senior high school course, including one term of solid geo- metry and of trigonometry and two terms of higher algebra. Miss Kellerhals, Miss Brooker, and Miss Ek are alumnae of Mechanic Arts High Echool.