Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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TIENCE Miss Louise Schmucker. I.itt.B., does her work in sevial science, speech, and junior school Enalish, Dark and vivid, she has a personality that makes teafhinfr easy. Mrs. Mary Still, B.S.. has proltahly done more than anyone else to ad- vertise the svhool. Her standards are hiqli, and that the Courier has been awarded a Pace-Maker ratina speaks well tar her. Miss Helen Wallace. M.A., teavhes classes in art, srience, and health, and sponsors the Teen flat- Fluh, in whivh she helps the junior airls who are rnemlters with their social problems. Mr. Walter Bergmann. A.B., is the man welcome to all senior high people in the spring tor he hears the invitations to join the Senior Honor Sm-iety. l-le tenclres in the Social Svienve ltepartment. Mrs. Margaret Witherspoon. AB.. has halt ot the heavy lurden of lrioloay, in which she tarvlres live cl-rsses. She also helps the mem' tiers of the onvea-week knitting club. lunior hioh students were privileaed it they had Mrs. Ruth Shay. A.B.. as their science teacher for they were sure to share her sincere interest in thinas sr-ierrtiiiv. Outstanding work has made Mrs. Anna Brum- mett. M.A.. a leader in junior hiqh social scieiivf- and Enrrlish, in whiuh she has been experiment- ina with intearation and correlation. Rausclrera Arnamus, say ninth-arade Latin students. We understand that sentiment, hecause Miss Dorothy Rauscher, M.A.. knows how to make conjuaatinu and doclininq lun, She knitted and purled with the iunior knitters. Mrs. Ruby Louise Burns, A.B., has the Frenvlr situation well in hand. She teaches classes in tirst, sruond, and third year French, as well as Spanish and English, and sponsors the Pina Pond Cluly Ninth-qrade Enqlish classes are capalvly handled hy Mr. lack Percival. A.B. He tries to show younq people how to study intelliaently in tr rniniuuirn period ol time, lu order to arvo his students some pravtir-al experience in bookkeeping, Mr. Lawrence Hane- brink. B.S.. appointed various aroups to keep a vontinuous record ot all hooks checked in or out. The entire Normandy Industrial Arts Department is under the supervision ol Mr. Iohn Krablin, M.E. His energetic quidanee of the boys in the diversilied occupation course has made that proqrarn a great sum-ess. Page Seventeen

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'YJ' X IS FO Citizenship rind world tiistciry rm- ttiufrlit tn iunior hiqtz students lay Mr. Lawrence Reid. B.S. As hecrd huslcethcrll rotxvli, Tie turned out fr teum which wcxs better tlitin the refc-rd inditfutes. New to Normandy this yefrr is Mr. Robert Rupp. A.B., who teuvhes mritli, srienue, find sovifrl studies in the junior llifqll -'in'l sr-onsf is the lunim Svienre Clulf, A Ncirrntrndy rrluinnus, Mr. Herman Heuser. A.B., liars proved to lie fi lint- :iclditiciri tri thn- junior hiqli Mutli Deprrtrrir-rit. lie sgfctnsors tltf Pinq Ponq Club. Niritli-1,rr-idn tiiqflrtrrx students were Very lortunrrte in lnrvin: Mr. Charles Koerner. M.S.. to exrzlrrin lwiriomiils, roots, in dexes, und ull the other mcrtii dernrtns tri iftflltl Mr. Koerner sytonscitrs tlist lvitrtn Flul. Mr. Tom McConnell. B.S., twtxvms gttysit 1. vdurritiori in the juniur svlimol. All :fl his exlrtz vurriculur work exvert the Collectors' Chili is in athletics: he vocrrhes Junior Ecixinq, vtrrsity sqm-er, find assists in vrrrsity lvrrsetmll. Mr. Iames C. Hixson, M.A., successfully instilis into the minds of his senior English students smnrl ol his en thusiusm for the qrefit works ol English literrrtnre. Under his supervision the Enfrlish Fm frrtrnent is showing: rr steady inn If VORiGlli, The lnstrumentcrl lvlxisiv Dflitirtiiif-rtt is Lllldff the quidfince ot Mr. A. W. Bleckschmidt. M.M. lie directs rind tmins the in-xrwhinfz lv-ind, litrs lncrnd Clfisses, rind Vl,:t1f4l'lf-'S ltciys trnci nrirls in tin' trrt of luclton twirlinq. Sy nrisoririfg tha junior Stix cient Council, the lurii-'tr Corridor Ottiwers, th., l'lOrsehur'k Riding Clhlu, find the Spelling lerrrn us well rrs terichinfr rn-ith, Mr. Ray Oesch. B.S., lids his hrrnds lull, ln keeping the business txllcnrs nt sf: ltrrdv .1 svhool Us Norrnrxndy in pertewt order, Mr. Herman Bleckschmidl, M.S.. does ti re'-rnrrrlctrlily KIOUCi juli. lie is indispensable to the srhool. By her vonsttrnt frlertness, Miss Wiebe, R.N.. srrtequtrrds thr- hedltli of every student. She is well qutilitiefd lor her position, lidvinq hrrd three yedrs of nurses' trfrininq find over twc: yedrs nf vollciqr- work. Mrs. Bine Thoelke. MJX.. tmzvhes Lrrtin l rind ll und English lU. Her home room wus fin unusurrl one, being Composed ot students who transferred to Normunrly durinq the summer. Vile till l1t1VE1 our worries, but the herrd lootlwrll rotrtfli, Mr. lames Maior, B.S.. lids mere thrrn his slnirw. Out of the loq, however, cr good terim usurilly ernerqes. lim hrrs foniplete vlifrrfre ot llilif Ilil1FldY'S Physircrl Edufcrtion Dwprrrtrnent. llfrrqf- Sixteen

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IS POF Miss Helene Villard, B.A.. frliolished the drudq, ery of study in her language classes by enlight- ening and entertaining reminiscences on her travels abroad, particularly cn a several weeks' visit in Germany. Mrs. Mary Franklin, M.B., teaches senior high girls' vocal music. She spon- sors the Double Octave Club, and, during her free hours, directs the Girls' Sevxtette and Quartette. Again this year Mr. lack Pollock. A.B.. B.S.. sponsor of the Dramatic Club, produced several successful plays, ln the classroom he teaches dramatic art, oral interpretation, study methods, and public speaking. In her home economics classes Miss Marion Musgrave. B.S.. teaches junior high girls to cook and to run a straight seam. She acts as co-sy'-onsor cf the Iunior Ball- room Dancing Club, As sponsor ot the Saga, Miss Mary Pitney. M.A.. has carefully guided and supervised the work of the staff that produced this book. Miss Pitney teaches eleventh-grade English. Auto me chanics students will never lie embarrassed by being unable to repair a breakdown because Mr. Russell Doyle, B.S.. thoroughly teaches that subject as well as advanced woodworking. Miss Eunice Olinger. B.S., starts girls on the right track in the senior home economics classes and the Home Economics Club. She teaches them the fundamentals of homemaking, principles they are certain to use later. Tenth-grade English stu- dents who are fortunate enough to have a class with Mrs. Frances Spencer. M.A., will remember the experience with pleasure because Mrs. Spencer's courses are always interesting. Mr. Lynn Whitworth. B.S.. encourages students to take his industrial handicraft course in order that they may have the opportunity of making attractive articles with their own hands. Another teacher who is sponsoring two home rooms is Mr. Galt Schrader. B.A.. who teaches junior high English. He has charge of the projecting machine and the sound equipment for the entire school. Mrs. Carolyn Clark. B.S.. head of the Girls' Athletic Department, excels in almost any girls' sport, Her charges benefited, because they could learn lo play a variety cf games seasonally. A group which displays beauty of execution as per fectly as does the Concert Dance Group must have been trained by an artist. lts very excellent teacher was Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider, B.S. Page Eighteen