Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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FACULTY This year the personnel of the faculty was changed by the appearance of five new teach- ers. Replacing Mrs. Hill, who went to join her husband in Washington, D. C., was Miss Garnet Ginn. Miss Ginn QB. S. from Ball State Teachers Collegej came to Portland from Albany, and soon made a place for herself at P. H. S. as the teacher of home economics. Miss Jeanette Groff became the music supervisor of the city schools and in the high school directed the band, the orchestra, and the chorus. Miss Groff holds a B.Mus. from Taylor University and is working on a Master's degree at Northwestern University. Clyde R. Bair Mathematics Bus. Mgr. for Plays Louise Current History Kenneth A. Farris English, Social Studies Football, Baseball Bernice Gibble Commercial G. R. Sponsor Treas. of Act. Fund Garnet Ginn Home Economics Jr. Red Cross Sponsor Jeanette Groff Music G. R. Sponsor Ruth Alice Harvey Latin, Library Science Latin Club Sponsor Florence Jones Commercial G. R. Sponsor Paul R. Macklin Biology, Agriculture Vo-Ag Sponsor Ass't. Football 10

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FACULTY HEADS Donald S. Weller Harold S. Brubaker Administrative head of the school system is Superintendent D. S. Weller, whose genial personality and kindly ways have made him a familiar iigure to the students around P. H. S. Gen- uinely interested in the affairs of young people, Mr. Weller com- bines the wisdom and dignity of his position with the sympathy and comradeship of a class room teacher. When the Class of 1944 entered P. H. S. as Freshmen, Mr. Harold Brubaker left Madison and also entered P. H. S. as the new Principal. During their four years together, the Seniors and Mr. Brubaker have grown to know each other, not only in a pupil-teacher relationship but also as friend to friend.

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4 Marjorie Mann Art Helen McTurnan English, Bible, Speech Junior Class Sponsor Ralph D. Settle Science Senior Class Sponsor Homer H. Smith Manual Arts Thomas J. Starr Biology, Social Studies War Counsellor Hi-Y Sponsor Helen Stevenson English Typhoon Sponsor Paul Todd Physical Education Basketball Helen Whitacre Physical Education Emergency Arithmetic G. A. A. Sponsor Hattie White English The new art supervisor for the city was Miss Marjorie Mann, who has a B.A. degree in Education from John Herron Art Institute. The position held by J. Russell Hiatt Cnow Ensign Hiatt of the U. S. NJ was filled by Mrs. Helen Hile McTurnan, A.B. DePauw University and M.A. Northwestern University, who taught classes in speech, English, and Bible. Miss Helen Whitacre, a graduate of Ball State Teachers College with the B.S. degree, was the new physical education teacher. An energetic live-wire, Miss Whitacre added new interest and zest to the classes in her department. 11