Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Mr. Harry Gassman is a member of the Walnut Hills math department. He specializes in instructing seventh, eighth, and ninth grade pupils. Mr. Gassman takes charge of the issuing of bus cards, an all-year task. This amiable character's hobbies are golf, fishing, and baseball. Miss Ruth Hartlieb's interests consist of traveling, music, and bridge. This able teacher of mathematics has been at our school for twelve years, during which time she has taught English, geography, and history in the elementary grades, also. Her summers are spent amid the beautiful scenery of Michigan. One of the most amiable teachers of Walnut Hills is Miss Mildred Keiffer. Her indefatigable good humor has led Miss MR. GASSMAN MISS HARTLIEB MISS KEIFFER MISS KERSTING Keiffer to well-deserved popularity. Here at school, she is adviser for Cum Laude. In spare moments she enjoys music, books, and travel. Miss Emma Kersting has taught mathematics at Walnut Hills for many years. She attended Columbia University, the Uni- versity of Cincinnati, and the University of Chicago. She has traveled through most of the United States, and quite a bit of Europe. Miss Heis's botany students return from a field trip with specimens of plant life. 1.111-7,

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MR. LEEDS MR. VVELSH A teacher whose most absorbing interest is the subject he teaches is Mr. J. Stanley Leeds, teacher of chemistry. A grad- uate of Hughes High, he attended Miami and Bucknell. His hobby is his four little girls, but he works with boys as sponsor of the Senior Hi-Y. Mr. Thomas E. Welsh, teacher of chemistry, is admired by students and faculty as a fine teacher and all-round good fel- low. His hobby is astronomy, but he likes football and other sports, too. He is in charge of the visual aids department, and adviser of the XEM. MATHEMATICS Mathematics, one of the leading subjects at Walnut Hills, is now more essential than ever for building the complex post- 22 Members of Miss Elberg's Zoology class study adaptation and heredity. war industrial civilization. ln a world of precision, it is well that we know as much as possible about math. Miss Marie Becker eagerly looks forward to the time when she can again traverse the crossroads of the world. She is also interested in bridge and in athletics, somewhat poor substitutes for the open road, the mountains, and the sea. Mr. D. B. Carpenter is Kentucky's contribution to the math department. His hobbies are dramatics and debate, but his real interest is his blue-grass ranch. Manager of the book room, he is also adviser of the junior Hi-Y. MISS BECKER MR. CARPENTER

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MR. LUEDEKE MISS STRATEMEYER Mr. Howard L. Luedeke is a member of the math department at VValnut Hills. His hobbies include bowling and swimming, and he is an ardent basketball fan. A teacher of German and mathematics is Miss Norma Strate- meyer. She has traveled over the entire United States, and she especially enjoys the mountains. Her hobbies are gardening and antiques. HISTORY Studying the governments and problems of the world before we were born, we study not a dead, lifeless story, but a vital, Miss Kersting's plane geometry class struggles with the eternal triangles. unending tale of manls progress. VVe who are to become the adults in a new world hope to reach the highest point of eleva- tion of mankind by an understanding of history, government, and economics. Miss Elda M. Baechle, teacher of history was Remevlzbravzcev' adviser during the last three years, when it won the All- American Rating. Her interests include philosophy, astronomy, and archeology. Miss Margaret Dunphy, with degrees from three universities, is well equipped to teach history. She has been around the world twice, and spent considerable time both in Europe and in the Orient, teaching Chinese and Filipinos. MISS BAECI-ILE MISS DUNPHY 24