Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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 A lUraat to tit? iFaatlto Let us study the Faculty under the students’ microscope and classify them according to their peculiarities and nutty doings. Mr. Dudley is boss anywhere, everywhere, yes, even at Sunday School. His vocabulary is very large and is contaminated by only one word of slang— Goodnight! Mr. Green is anything but what his name suggests. He always plays with his key ring while making a speech. Mr. Royer enjoys arguing that light-bread is bread and biscuit is not. During his lectures he usually manages to draw a few illustrations on his mustache. Miss Christopher, whose name is Willie, is better known as Cap’n. She is always accompanied home by a green scarf and a thermos bottle. She is also very fond of a man named—Emerson. Miss Davis is the only specimen in the Faculty that wears a diamond on the third finger of the left hand. We fear she has a skeleton in her closet. Miss Burgess and Mr. Shotwell rule the lower region in unison, both hav- ing their habitat in the basement. Mr. Shotwell, also has talents for a circus manager as he is very often seen traveling with Lyons. Mr. Bishop is so young and handsome that he is often mistaken for a pu- pil. Several of the girls have winked at him through this mistake. Mrs. Norwood lives on radicals and her faith lies in the binomial theorem. She is the protector of the Senior girls. Miss Trantham is just fine. She put out a winning basket-ball team this year. She spends most of her time explaining to Freshmen why an apple falls downward instead of upward. Miss Hutchinson is very closely connected with the prehistoric and stone ages as she teaches Fish history. She wears more than one diamond and we know someone is going to be fooled (?). Miss Tate can always be located by her melodious giggle. She is the one who furnishes mirth and “pep” to the faculty. Miss Rutledge is a very strange composition, being a teacher, coach, joy rider, and sport. Oh, boy! but we love her. Mr. Peek is noted for his large brown eyes and for his proficiency in mathematics. He created a sensation in Chapel the other morning by so far forgetting himself as to sing out loud. Miss Robertson is so modest that we hardly know her. It is said that her favorite sport is sliding down the fire-escape, but we rather think it is trans- lating Latin verse. Mr. Showalter reminds us of Moses, traveling around Study Hall and ad- ministering sermons to the hungry fourth period pupils. Miss Daniels is usual1 y noticed by her orange head-gear and broad smile. She is usually accompanied home by Pete. Mr. Ferguson is just like Socrates, holding his meetings around the build- ing and being tortured by the c t uel 7th period Study Hall. Miss Clack deserves to be called Mother Superior. She tenderly guides and directs every one, from Fish to Seniors, a’cng the right road to success. She has a never-exhausting supply of patience, kindness and knowledge. Miss McKeown is just splendid in lecturing the disorderly Study Hall at the 5th period. She meant business when she came here and has meant it ever since. The first thing she did was to transplant Tom Yarbro’ugh.