Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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I . bOIS2l1IQl'1SCl lOOlCOUI'I2I' . '- English M ifchell, Stanberry, Packenham Semple, Woesn.er, Mayer Huse, Moore, Curiis The English Department offers a more diversified course than any other. H. E. Packenham, head of the department, teaches English and is debate coach. He is chairman of the Alumni Committee. Dwight E. Mitchell teaches journalism and is advisor of The Boise High Lights and The Courier. He is serving on the Education, Public Relations and Finance Committees, and is secretary of the Awards Committee. Miss Helen Mayer teaches dramatics, coaches, and is a member of the Awards and Assembly Committees. Miss Katherine Semple has classes in creative writing, grammar and literature. She serves on the Awards and Public Relations Committees. Miss Emily Stewart, Mrs. Carrie Curtis, Miss Katherine Morgan, Miss Esther Huse, Miss Inez Woesner, and Miss Helen Moore teach grammar, composition and literature. Miss Stewart is chairman of the National Honor Society and a member of the Awards and Education Committees. Mrs. Curtis is secretary of the National Honor Society Committee, and a member of the Advisory and Social Committees. Miss Morgan is on the Auditorium and Assembly Committees. Miss Woesner is on the Alumni, Junior Honor Society, and Student Organization Commit- tees. The Advisory, Auditorium and Junior Honor Society Commit- tees claim Miss Moore. Miss Huse is chairman of the Junior Honor Society Committee and a member of the Student Organization and Advisory Committees. Miss Helen Miller is school librarian., and is secretary of the Education Committee. Page 16

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1 Dean of Girls Miss Clara Otness, Dean of Girls in Boise High School, has made many friends and met person- ally most of the girls in the one year she has been in Boise. 9 She attended the public schools of Moscow, Idaho, and was graduated from the University. Previous to her acceptance of the position of Dean of Girls in Boise High, she taught in Black- foot, Idaho. She has also done commercial work. She is faculty advisor of the Girls' Club, and has taken an interest in the election of Honor Girls. Missomess The new Dean is to be congratulated for the influential place she has held in the activities of Boise High School and for the affection and admiration of the entire Student Body which she has gained during her first yearis work here. Dean of Boys Loren H. Basler, Dean of Boys andathletic coach, has taught in Boise since 1926, taking over the new position of Dean in 1929, since he had proved himself well-fitted to advise the boys. He attended public achool in Grants Pass, Oregon, and studied at Willamette University, the Universityof California, Oregon State Col- lege, and iWashington State College. Mr. Basler is Director of Athletics, coach of i football, basketball and track, and advisor of the B Club. He is chairman of the Awards Committee, the Athletic Committee, and the Student Employ- ment Committee. He also served on the Assem- bly and Finance Committees. Loren Bader P 15 bOIS2 SCl'lOOl COUFICF.

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i. boise high school courier Science J Illitchell, Hughes, Burt, Bauer, Pollard Lorenz, Saugyer, Cofin Classes offered in the Science Department are chemistry, physics, botany, zoology, general science, biology and physiography. John H. Sawyer, head of the department, has three classes in physics and serves on the National Honor Society and Education Committees. Willis Coffin teaches three classes of chemistry, serving also on the National Honor Society and Student Government Committees. Classes in zoology are taught by C. P. Pollard. He is a member of the Advisory and Auditorium Committees. Mr. Pollard is also faculty advisor of the boys' tennis tournament. Paul Ensign and La Verne Hughes have classes in botany. Mr. Ensign serves on the Auditorium and Junior Honor Society Committees. Mr. Hughes is a member of the Student Government and Student Organization Committees. Harry Mitchell has classes in general science and physiography and is on the Auditorium and Social Committees. Miss Genevieve Dartt also teaches general science. John Bauer is instructor in agriculture. He serves on the Athletics, Social and Finance Committees and is faculty advisor of the Future Farmers of America in Boise High School. The agriculture students receive practical experience on the high school farm in charge of Joe Schuurman. In livestock judging the boys have won two loving cups and four medals this year, and in showing their livestock at fairs they have won a grand championship and a sweepstakes. Page 17