Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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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

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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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ln addition to teauliintj junior high science sponsorina the tumlilinq Cluh, and Coaching ath- letitrs, Mr. Iames McClanchan. B.A., worked on his MA. at the Washinqton University niqht svhool. Miss Bernice Schmidt, B.S.. offers a use, ful hohlwy to students in the form of weavinq, llkjl efforts are direfted toward the teacfhina of -tits and crafts in an interestina manner to the junior students. Throuali the Typing Clulw, Miss Marion Beck, M.A., is able to qive more attention to correcting individual typinq faults. Miss Beck is head of the Cornrriercial Department. Math and music do not usually mix, hut Mrs. Claudine Bock. M. A.. exrols in both fields. Miss Bock completes tr well-rounded program hy sponsoring the junior students' favorite-V the Game Cluh. One of the most efficient tear-hers in the senior hiqh is Mrs. Genevive Luce, A.B. She teaches plane geometry, Consumers' problems, and spon- sors the Senior Corridor Forve. Miss Dorothy Clark. B.S.. a former Normandy student, teaches Enqlish and qeneral science to junior hiqh srhool students. She has always been an ardent sup- porter of airls' physival edurntion. Mrs. Mary Phillips, as seuretary to the prin- cipal, keeps in close touvh with all school activi- ties. She supervises the work of the otfice force and efficiently and qraciously performs the mul- titude of tasks that make up her job. Mr. George Bruno. A.B., teaches ninth-grade English and coaches wrestlinq and foothall, This year he suuvessfully started a lilwrary in his elassroom so that students could use their extra time profitably. Mr. Otto Swyers. M.A.. teaches Arnerieari his- tory and a course in social living. He sponsors the Personality Club, a new and different organ- ization, tor students interested in personality im- provement. Miss Ernestine Long, M.S., is proud of the llIlO record members of the Chemistry Cluh made when they displayed their exhibits at the various meetings of science aroups. She teaches hoth physics and chemistry. New to the Industrial Arts Department this year, Mr. I. D. Gillelcm. MJ-l., has contributed much to the suuuess of the department. He spon- sors one of the airplane uluhs for junior boys. Mr. Dewey Schill, Ph.B.. believes he has sur'- reeded in c'Crivinc'inq students that they should think of international and not just national wel- fare, lie also did muvh work as rhairrnan of the senior sponsors. Pace Nineteen