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

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CONCENTRATING ON SPECIFIC GRAVITY f.,...f.......,..... OR DIMENSIONS To rgfifwt E ' mm. of MM? Curriculum Curricula fl ,W w . . Two thousand seventy-six students assembled to acquire some knowledge of better living . . . seventy-nine instructors to help them attain this purpose . . . some fifty rooms in which to work. Down in the basement, room 2, the haunt of chiefs-of-police, sheriffs, high- way patrolmen Chave no alarm . . . they arrest the students only by their in- teresting lecturesl . . . earnest youths learning WHEN, WHERE, and I-IOW to step on the gas, . . seeing movies illustrating traffic hazards on the highway, . . . finding out how well they can see out of the corners of their eyes and how soon they might expect to become aware of an oncoming streamlined Zephyr at a railroad crossing. On first floor, two shops, wood and machine-here, the drone of the saws, lathes, planes drowning out the human voice . . . screw drivers, hammers, big and small . . . gears used for repairing . . . all things from mallets to lamps turned out. In rooms 200, 300, and 402 accumulations of mounted wild flowers, Caltha palustries . . . cowslips to you . . . drawings of the human eye, ear, and vertebrae . . . room 402 prides itself on its real honest-to-goodness skeleton . . . the scariest thing . . . Musea domestic Chorsefly to the laymanl in al- cohol . . . everywhere students peering through microscopes, laying open to the public eye the innards of a frog, standing about, mouths agape . . . eyes popping. BOUNDARIES CI-IANGE OVER NIGHT.

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Miss Ruth Creglow Miss Edith Brocker Mr. Harry Wolcott, Mr. Edwin McKee , Mrs. Lavina Gilson Miss May Kellerhals Mr. Robert Hill, Mr. Iohn Griffin Miss Gladys Smith ,f Ffa 29 ' 0-0 gl-it With Two Score Teachers Miss Creglow . . . one of Mechanics' bestenatured teachers Miss Gould . . . one of Mechanics' loveliest . . . . likely to be surrounded by things very much alive capable adviser of Girl Reserves. frogs, bugs, plants, and interested pupils. Miss Nelson . . . exclaims that she would like to be a Miss Brocker . . . the schools well-liked physiography iiiiiiioiifiiie ' ' - eiiioys iioiseiicick iidiiiq ' - - iikes teacher . . . enlightens pupils concerning rocks and io iicivei iii Ciiiiomobiies' stars. Miss Ek . . . the center of the bubbling enthusiasm and ac- tivity of the lunior Class. Miss Kellerhals . . . adviser of senior class . . . col- lecting insects her hobby . . . takes her little dog fora Miss Christopher 1 . l G brisk ghd refreshing math Wuiii QVSYY fiGY - - - Hheis kind Of imubiesomeu hui teacher . . . possessor of a rare sense of humor. she wculdn't change him for the world. Miss Reinhardt . . . laments the fact that she has not Mr. Wolcott . . . one of the Science Club advisers . . . his enough time for skiing and skating . . . ambition, to hobby, keeping his small son interested. make fine bread . . . Suspicious I I l i i Mr. MCKGS, . I . bsm in Somh Dakota 1 . I thsuqht he Miss Kachel . . . conscientious and efficient teacher of might make a good railroad engineer . . . won the Siioiiiimid ' ' ' eiiioys driving iiei Cai' Oreqon Slate Omioricci Coniesi Hi mio ' ' ' another Miss Schuhardt -well-versed in current topics . . an golfer who has never made mm birdie' enthusiastic follower of world events. MP4 Hill 4 - - makes U SD9CiC1l i'1ObbY Of QGfCl9T1iY1Q - - - Miss Strickler . . , arnbiticn, to get enough money for spends most of his summer time on it . . . especially thg Coqwheety the Seedlings, cmd fhg M I . . Says fond cf red roses, the climbing variety . . . has stuck S1153 happy Us Q teacher A . . enjoys Walking' the tv hiS bOYhOOd CITHlDiTiO1'1 Ch9miSTfY- longest walk, seven miles'-her reward for this event, a blister on her heel. Mr. Griffin . . . enjoys his workin school . . . hobby, making l-IZS . . . his sense of humor keeps his classes MIS. DUQGS . . . the SChOOl'S librarian . . . loves awake. needlework, likes to work with boys and girls . . . says she would be a teacher--a better one -if she Mrs. Gilson . . . helps M pay its bills, and makes it were to live her life over again. possible for one hundred choir members to get their robes in tem minutes- Miss Driscoll . . . puts magnetism into sales . . . students flock to retail selling . . . easily appreciates stu- Miss Smith . . . newly-appointed freshman adviser. dents' viewpoint. Miss Edna Gould, Mrs. Hilda Sampson, Miss Alice Nelson Miss Ruth Reinhardt, Miss Ruth Kachel Mis. Nettie Dugas Miss Frances Ek, Miss Mary Christopher Miss Lena Schuhardt Miss Vera Strickler Miss Marie Driscoll

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T-SOUARES -NFRIANGLES OUR ElRS'1' MURAL -EDUCATION ON CANVAS me .. 1 it N 4 4 l il . 1 , ,Q '-1 ' . 1 1 ln rooms 303, 309, and 311 the quietest students, but the noisiest rooms . . . X, reason: typewriters, new, old, and dilapidated . . . the steady click-click of A fast moving, slow moving fingers . . . students frowning . . . Dang it, an- yxother mistake . . . Ctruly a catastrophel . . . girls placing marginal stops xx N Q . . preparing for another speed test . . . Cfingers crossedl . . . getting ac- rlr aiiainted with dictaphone . . . Bookkeeping students puzzling over credits and A-X 4 debits . . . Short-hand classes struggling to decipher the peculiar twisting and 1 N turning lines that decorate the blackboards . . . silently praying to pass the L, 1 3, ''eighty-words-a-minute speed test. Q 'lk In room 421 youthful sales enthusiasts learning how to talk convincingly enough to sell a refrigerator to an Eskimo and a fur coat to a South Sea lslander Q 3 . . . husky football players canvassing mothers and girl-friends for pieces of N lace, chiffon, and satins to display before class . . . manly letter-men peeking into Men's Wear magazines to see what will be the fashion six months later N' 6 X sf . W' Cfaces flushing when eyes meet a flowered polo shirtl . . . Simply the latest 1' thing, my dear . . . quotes a mocking girl looking over his shoulder. ' ll, is Day after day from 8:30 to 2:20 . . . Latin tests and geometry problems , V . . . chemistry experiments and history topics . . . English themes and cook- 'fb ing lessons . . . hundreds of boys and girls learning to do scores of new things. 1UST PUTTY IN THEIR HANDS.