Binghamton North High School - Wampum Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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' P rf -P' 1 X5 Y Jfk f-I E if s ' E First row, lt-ft to right: Miss Bessie Katz, Mrs. Agnes Handy, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman, Miss Grace Fox, Mrs. Harry Heagy, Miss Genevieve Heffion, Mrs. lfsther Hourdon, Miss Mara Burke, lwlrs. Anna Howell. Miss Evelyn Spencer, Miss Mildred XXfeller, Miss Katherine 'Fassett, Bliss Dorothy Dyer, Miss Gertrude O'Connor. Second row: Mrs. Jeannette Harris, Miss Ruth McCari'igher, Miss Grace Pritchard, Miss Katherine McCor- mack, Miss Mabel june, Miss Corrine Lemon, Miss Helen Leonard, Miss Irma Burdick, bliss Ellen Mangan, Miss Mary Gillespie, Miss Gertrude Foley, Mrs. Georgia hlcflall. Miss Elizabeth Shannon, Miss Josephine Donley. Third row: Mr. Clarence Hammond, Mr. XV. R. McCutchan. Mr. Ray Hartley, Mr. Arthur Stanat, Mr. Harold Gillespie, Mr. Edgar Hyatt, Mr. joseph Normile, Mr, Marion Holmes, Mr. Robert Bennet, hir. Robert Duff, Mr. George Crane, Mr. Harold Wfilson. Fourth row: Mr. F. I. Fiaschetti, Mr. Charles Ellis, Mr. Ronald -Iohnston, Mr. Edward Eberle, hir. Harold Desnoyers, Mr, ,Hudson Blakeslee. Deering the Slaqn of Knowled e The good ship North High was suc- cessfully launched in the fall of 1939, by a most efficient crew, for its third annual trip around the calendar. At the helm stood the very competent captain-H. Earle Weaver, who had the herculean task of seeing that everything ran smoothly. The captain was ably assisted by Mates Leta E. Plunkett, Ray- mond jarvis, and George Tate, whose task it was to help and advise the passengers. The crew, having been weathered by the storms and tempests of its previous voyages was well prepared to weigh anchor and set sail. The North High possesses a large number Page Liglvf of decks. The main deck is the Language Deck, for herein walk the majority of pas- sengers and a large portion of the crew. At the head of the English department is Mrs. Elizabeth Seely. Under her supervision we lind the following members of the crew. judson D. Blakeslee, Mara Burke, Josephine Donley, Daniel Dressler, Genevieve Heffron, Corrine Lemon, Charles Maclnnis, Henry Marean, Ruth McCarriagher, Raymond Mer- chant, Dorothy S. Merrill, joseph Normile, and Helen Perkins. The English depart- ment covers a variety of interesting subjects, grouped under such headings as vocabulary, sentence structure, and literature. The sep- arate speech classes are directed by Mr. Mer- chant and Mr. Dressler. The language department also includes Latin, French, and German. Latin is the only classical language which is taught at

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nthy Merrill, Miss Lazetta Gehin, Miss Irene lNlotyliz1, Mr. Gladys Or 'ay, Miss Elizabeth Stanfordil Second row: lN'Iiss l.eta Plunkett, lNlrs. ,lane Svatelx, Mrs. Gert e XXfaltman, Mr. Xllfarren Taylor, Mr. lNlaxwell Space, Mr. Charles lNlaclnnis, Mr. l.. K. Clark, lN r. lfugene Qce, lNlr. Raymond hlarvis, Mr. Henry lXlarean, Miss Margaret Quinn, Miss Pauline McCarthy, Miss Kathleen Reig. Third row: Mr. Ernest Lalley, Mr. Donald Roehin, Mr. Herbert Nichols, Mr. Robert Redman, lNIr. George Tate, Mr. john Reutlinger. Mr. joseph Vavra, Mr. Christian Hoflinan, Mr. ,lohn Sasnik, Mr. A. li. Stanat, Mr. Daniel Dressler. Mr. Ray Merchant. Fourth row: Mr. H. liarle XWc-aver. North. The Latin department, under the supervision of Miss Katherine O. Lundy, is comprised of Miss Ellen Mangan and Mrs. Georgia McCall. French is taught by Mr. C. A, Hammond and Mrs. Esther Bourdon. German students are instructed in German history, literature, and grammar by Miss Lazetta S. Gehm. Next we come to the Social Science Deck, also a much frequented place. Mr. George Crane, Miss Mary Gillespie, Miss Gertrude O'Corinor, Miss Lucy O'Hargan, Miss Eliza beth Shannon, Mr. Maxwell Space, and Miss Dorothy Tobias give daily instruction in the various phases of social science. The courses here offered, through the interest they create by means of discussion, news- paper articles, magazine articles, and supple- mental readings, are a vital force in keeping fCm1li11ned 011 Page 741 ti 5 S TJ x lx 1 Page N ine