Bell Township High School - Bee Tee Vie Yearbook (Salina, PA)

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TEE VIE High School, and iw the principalship year, He is stil school as principa BEE ras elected to tlie following l serving the I, but now history, teaches American problems of demopracy, and safety. contributions to the progress of the are many. In 193i IVlr. Gerheims girls' basketball, wh one of our most po Through his efforts newspaper and an first published, and, council was organia d academic lines he grading system from of percentage gra present letter grad high school he revived ich has been plular sports. a school annual were a student ed, Along hanged the the system des to the es, and was instrumental in inclpding home economics for boys a safety in the high riculum. Odd bits of poet quotes Huently, and his prize collection enjoys writing par own amusement. movie stars are nd highway school cur- ry which he old coins are He also odies for his His favorite Gr eta Garbo, Myrtle lvl Snivciy William Powell, and Robert Montgomery, Mr. Gerheim says I go to see all sports in season and enjoy them all, and if seeing is believing, he must be right, for we see him at every game, football, basketball, or baseball. The members of the class very quickly learned to know and respect Miss Snively, for they found her to be a good sport as well as an excellent teacher. While they were freshmen, she taught them civics, art, and health, .and the next year, his- tory. Miss Snively was born at Southwest Greensburg, where she later attended school. In 1920 she was graduated from Greens- burg High School and in 1928 from Indiana State Teachers' College. She has also done special work at Grove City Gollege and the University of Pittsburgh, studying history, biology, and bacteriology. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Indiana State Teachers'

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Fa!! In Religious Education over sixty- seven Methodist Episcopal churches. The welfare of the boys and girls in the schools which come under Mr, Wi11ard's care is his chief interest. He is always glad to give good sound advice based on years of experience, furnish interesting information for stu- dents, and look-out generally for the students' interests. His presence at practically every football game is evidence of the fact that this is his favorite sport. He enjoys all classical music and some movies, especially those in which Lily Pons appears. lf you care to see Mr. Willard in his very best state of mind, drive out route eighty some Mearl Gerheim High School Principal summer morning. You're sure to find him at work in his garden where a weed doesnt dare show its face, because gartlening-es- pecially flower gardening-is his special hobby. The members of the class of '38 met Mr. Gerheim forthe first time when they listened to his words of wisdom and admonitions in assembly during their first day at B. T. H. S. As time went on they learned to know him better as both administrator and friend. He was born in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1905, just two days too early to be a Christmas gift. Since his family moved to Salina soon after that, all of his grade and high school work was done there, where he graduated from high school in 1925. After a summer session at Penn State and a years teaching expericence in the Brownstown Elementary School, Mr Gerheim enrolled at Penn State in a four year course in the fall of 1926. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree injanuary, 1930. During the rest of that year and the following year he worked to- ward a Masters Degree and taught history at the college, receiving his lvl. A. in june, 1931. He received scholastic recogni- tion in being elected to member- ship in Kappa Phi Kappa, an honorary educational fraternity. Mr. Gerheim returned to Salina to teach English, general science, and biology in Bell Township

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Fa!! In College. She began her career as a business and professional woman when she worked in a clothing store in Greensburg during her leisure time from high school. The professional part came when she began teaching at Blank's School, I-Iempfield Township, in 1920. She came to Bell Town- ship to teach at Alcorns School in 1923, and was transferred to the fourth grade in the Salina School two years later. By 1929 Miss Snively had earned a re- putation as an exceptional teach- er and was certified for high school work, therefore she was elected to a position on the high school teaching staff. She has now served seven busy and fruitful years in that position. She shows real interest and enthusiasm in all school activi- ties and somehow is able to inspire that spirit in others, too, for a better sales manager can't be found. The Current Events Club is one of her special responsibilities, and the Student Council has her as one of their faculty advisers. Generosity and helpfulness seem to be her personal creed, from which the students and school in general reap much profit. Miss Snively's favorite sports are camping, hiking, and touring. She enjoys her new Plymouth immensely, but we doubt ifit has completely taken the place of good old faithful I-Ienry VIII, Mary Christy Stewart that famous Ford of hers, which, like the real Henry VIII, had a fondness for women. Any fears which the freshmen of '3-I may have had concerning algebra were quickly dispelled when they listened to one of Miss Stewart's explanations. Miss Stewart, one of the most efficient members of our faculty, teaches seventh, eighth, and ninth grade mathematics. She was born in the historical Conemaugh Cabin, which stands at the junction of the Conemaugh River and Loyalhanna Creek, across the river from Saltsburg. She attended the Saltsburg Public School and continued her education by taking high school work at the Indiana State Nor- mal School. Later she took a three year college course at the same school. She spent the summer of 1915 in summer school at Chautauqua, New York, and the one, 1932, at the University of Pittsburgh. She has also taken extension work from the University of' Pittsburgh.