Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Wide Variety of Subjects Appeal to Students Major Domo of the legions of the thimbled finger, Miss Edith Weems radiates good spirits. A strict study hall disciplinarian, she believes in the law of room 122 (Work ends only when the bell rings). Laden with all necessary equipment, the class shown here is industriously learning how to thread a needle. — Sponsor of the high school ' s two publications, Mrs. Emma Foor, better known as the Mighty Atom, also finds time to teach a number of English classes (in the same day) . Owner of the only two-desked room in high school, she keeps hustling and expects the same from her students. The cut shows a strangely tranquil moment in the compilation of the Valpost. — Mr. R. E. SCHENCK is known as the man with a dozen secretaries and a five minute plan for every- thing. He probably uses the mimeograph more than any other member of the faculty. Bookkeeper, lawyer, and historian, in the course of the day, he manages to write a little on the side. — Lined with books, decorated with oil paintings of the sand dunes, and fill- ed with students, the library daily presents a picture of applied industry. Containing everything from the current issue of Good Housekeeping to Chaucer ' s choice tid-bits, it tells the student everything but which way the teacher is looking. Sitting big as life on the throne in the middle of the room is Miss Weems. (I wonder if that boy is chew- ing gum?). — Miss McGillicuddy is the mis- tress of the school ' s tangents and triangles. Handy with a piece of string and chalk, she probably drew the circle on the board before the picture was taken. Collector of yard sticks and colored chalk, she is still looking for a student who can trisect an angle, but hasn ' t found one as yet. Thirteen

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Pictures Capture Students and Teachers in Action During the course of the year a snoop- ing camera caught members of the faculty deep in the teaching of their classes. Those pictured here are described in a left to right sequence. Here is one of Miss Olie Welty ' s Latin classes deep in a study of Gaul ' s three parts. Constituting a cultural course, Latin may be had for two, three, or four years. The classes are made interesting by the actual living of the subject. Scrapbooks, projects, and field trips add immeasurably to the understand- ing of the students. — Except for the indus- trious clatter of keys, this picture depicts realistically the scene enacted each day in Miss Hudson ' s many typewriting classes. A practical course, typewriting and its comple- ment, shorthand, are immensely popular. Miss Hudson ' s greatest worry is her lack of typewriters. — Custodian of guinea pigs, gar- ter snakes, frogs, and turtles, Mr. Kendall also finds time to teach his biology and health education classes. Biology, a class of which is here shown in action, has grown rapidly in popularity in the last year, necessitating the forming of three different groups of stu- dents. — Dominating the lower regions of the school with his basso ' profundo voice is Mr. Burton Conkling, vocalist, dramatist, and orator, seen here in a characteristic pose. The dramatics classes, one of which is seen below, are responsible for the plays given during the assembly periods and lend their talent to the production of the Christmas Pageant. — Miss SlEB, admirer and modern propagandist of William Shakespeare and his works, makes her classes models of in- terest and attention. It is questionable which is the greatest attraction, the work of the masters or Miss Sieb ' s sparkling wit. The camera seems to have caught a class in a solemn moment. Twelv

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study and Laboratory Periods Appeal to Students Deeply immersed in the mysteries of the test tube, as is shown in the cut, is one of Mr. Pauley ' s chemistry classes. C. 0. , controller of the most of the upp9r hall, bounds from one room to another, instruct- ing students in physics, chemistiy, advanced algebra, and trigonometry. Famed as head recommender for St andard Oil Company, he is also an outspoken enemy of mud-pie chemists. — Kindly and respected, Miss Bar- tholomew oversees the learning of the com- munity ' s future cooks. Under her tutoring, smells arise from the vitamin laboratories and waft out into the halls to tantalize the poor students who chose ancient history in- stead of domestic arts. In the picture, prep- arations are being made for the usual Wed- nesday lunch. Before long — Soup ' s On . Oh dear ! — Possessed of a voice which can outdo the loudest lathe, or student in the shop, Mr. Joseph B. Brown is the lord of all he sur- veys. Owner of the fattest brief case in high school, he perfects ye students in the drawing of straight lines and the making of bread boards without splinters. Editor ' s note: The photographer practically had to threaten Mr. Brown with physical violence to get him in the picture. (Shy, you know). — Genial impresario of the high school, Mrs. Mary Myers, presents operettas, glee club recitals, runs the gamut from Rachmaninoff to Vincent Lopez ' s knock-knocks , and oc- casionally leads in America the Beautiful on state occasions. She is seen here trying to get la out of a do, do bird. Fourte