A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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After you finally mastered two times twof' you thought you were through with Math. But nooool Then you had to draw pentagons, solve equations with the factor theorem and do other mathematical proc- esses, obviously taught to help you fill out your future income tax return. However you looked at it, math could be and us- ually was puzzling. Ask some students of Miss Brown, Miss Cleveland, or the dis- ciples of Einstein. That ticking sound that you heard as you walked down the hall didn't mean that school had finally gotten the best of you. lt was just the pupils of Miss Williams trying to type ninety words a minute. Try- ing, that is! That was also a joke, sonl Far be it from us, however, to have discour- aged the future private secretaries of the future business tycoons. How could they have missed with such teachers as Miss Creekpaum and Mr. Sundermann? The odors that drifted from the science laboratories weren't exactly Chanel No. 5 to people in the halls. The young scien- tists who stirred up the concoctions cer- tainly had strong constitutions. They must have been oblivious to everything but dreams of emulating Pasteur or Koch. Mr. Bunker, recently retired, contributed im- measurably in helping to fulfill those dreams. The students were fortunate in having Mr. Russell to take Mr. Bunker's place as head of the Science Department. All levity aside, Davis teachers are a wonderful group of people. To them we should like to express a sincere thank you for their guidance through the past. MATH TEACHERS lTop,i Miss Breining, Miss Watson, Miss Wal- ther, Miss Brown, Miss Cleveland, Miss Okerstrom, Miss Padou BUSINESS TEACHERS lAbovel Row l: Mr. Caville, Miss Lucchese, Miss Chase, Miss Creekpaum, Miss Wat- song Row Z: Mr. Sundermann, Miss Will- iams, Mrs. Kroner, Miss Kevlin, Mrs. Stan- itis SCIENCE TEACHERS lLefti Row l 1 Mr. Leone, Mr. Spielman, Miss Chase, Mr. Bunker, Mr. Lepp, Row 2: Mr. lewell, Mr. Avery, Mr. Stokes, Miss Landis, Mr, Russell Page tlzzffeeii

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ENGLISH TEACHERS lTopl Row l: Mrs, Mac Donald, Miss Young, Mr. johnson, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Copp, Row 2: Miss Brower, Mrs. Santen, Mrs. Bailey, Miss Cahalan, Mr. Kurtz, Mrs, Stiles, Row 3: Mr. Smith LANGUAGE TEACHERS lAbovel Mr. Phillips, Miss Quinlan, Mrs. Red- ka, Mr. Collins, Miss Cheney, Miss Leighton, Mr, Gentilesco. SOClAL STUDIES TEACHERS lRightl Mr, Elder, Mrs, Covell, Mr. Searle, Mrs. Addis, Mrs, Hiller Page twelve tmufers 0 the gl'lC!!QSS Olll'S Without exaggerating, four years of English could drive a person berserk. Re- member the list of rules regarding shall and will ? lt was enough to make you stop, wonder, and probably do a little ex- claiming under your breath. Still the Eng- lish department under the direction of Miss Brower went on. Someday, who could tell, the millennium might come when all the aspects of English would not be a deep dark secret to any Davis student. Did you know that the gender of flowers is feminine? What you didn't learn in Mrs. Redka's Spanish class! El Espanol wasn't the only language full of stumbling blocks, though. lf you wanted to bring the wrath of Miss Macdougall down on your head, you forgot to place the Latin verbs at the end of sentences, that's all. Despite everything, it was a wonderful feeling when you Hcomprenclio El Espanol. lWhom are we kidding?l Why was it that some people, not men- tioning names, persisted in saying Colum- bus discovered America in i942 or that Benjamin Franklin wrote the Monroe Doc- trine? Come to think of it, who did? All joking aside, it was enough to make poor Chris or the Pilgrims wonder if it was worth the effort. Evidently Mrs. Hiller and other members of the History Depart- ment thought so as they struggled to pen- etrate our thick scalps.

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. H V - -if -- fow short Qui' gfappy czgs ppear Did you ever have the unfor- tunate experience of acquiring a headache five minutes before a geometry test? At those crucial moments, when all courage left us, it was Mrs. Morgan, nurse and head of the Davis Medical Staff, who informed us that the head- ache was not quite so severe as it seemed. For saving face and con- science, Davis students owed Mrs. Morgan a great deal Chest X-ray examinations given to l5OO stu- dents, were just one small part of Mrs. lVlorgan's work. She fair- ly flew through the halls on her medical missions. ' The Safety-first posters for the' school parade in May were re- sults of a carefully planned pro- gram by the Davis Art Depart- ment. The hard-working artists have always been none other than lvlr, Dodds and lvliss Nourse, the latter superintending the art work for the Maroon and Vifhitef' OTHER TEACHERS lTopl Miss Sherman, Mr. Nielsen, Miss Nourse, Mr. Dodds, Mrs. Morgan, Mr. Oswald, Miss St. john, Miss Taylor Students had more opportunities this year than ever before, to attend operas during school time. Mr. Nielsen made arrange- ments for them to be excused. Mr. Singer, band and orchestra conductor, a newcomer to Davis, filled the vacancy left by Mr. Licht when the latter was appointed Music Supervisor. The Home Economics pupils under the direction of Miss Sherman and Miss Redmond, gained practical experience in serving, cooking, and cafeteria management. Last, but certainly not least, was the Physical Education De- partment. We missed Miss Wight and Mr. Coffin, both of whom, we are sorry to say, were retired because of illness. As- sisting in the two departments were Miss Onoda and Mr. Elder. Their efforts were concentrated on helping to build a physi- cally fit America. Page fozcrteen