Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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MISS ELLEN BURKHART Can you imagine a teacher who is so well or- ganized she had her year’s lesson plans made in advance; who in order to enrich her knowl- edge of American Literature spent many sum- mer days visiting the birthplaces and shrines of our early American authors; who made three visits to the British Isles so that she might be- come better acquainted with a few special friends of hers, such as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats? If you find such a teacher hard fo realize, you haven’t met Miss Ellen Burkhart. Miss Burkhart’s English classes are a memora- ble part of any B.C.H.S. student's education. Miss Burkhart has the gift of making English Lit- erature interesting. She is often the first teacher who comes to mind when alumni recall their high school days. In order to make some scenes from plays and other stories appear more real, she has brought robes, kilts, top hats, candles or whatever the situation demanded. Miss Burkhart’s home has been a Mecca for Benton college Freshmen seeking and ROSANA il the advice of an expert on what coll ins