Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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THE MAGNET 17 FACULTY. V. K. IRVINE, A. B. Latin. Vivacious, Knowing, Industrious. Our principal, a graduate of Phillips-Exeter Academy and Princeton University, has been principal of Butler High School for over seventeen years. He is of a very pleasing disposition, which is shown at the Senior banquets. H. W. F. PRICE, M. A. Science. Honorable, Wise, Firm, Prudent. Here is a man from the mountains. He is a graduate of Dickinson College and since then has been teaching in Butler High School. He is a very worthy basketball coach, and the best recommendation for his work is our record in the past. Through his efforts Butler High has been placed on the basketball map. MAX NAST. Science. Marvelous Name. A graduate of Butler High and a graduate of University of Pennsylvania. He believes that good goods comes in small packages, and he usually carries a dictionary. JOSEPHINE HAMMOND. English. Joyful, Happy. The fact that Miss Hammond still remains an optimist is worthy of note, as she has been associated with our class for a year and a half, and knows all our strong points, as well as our weak ones. Chief among the latter is talking. JOHN T. HOGG. Latin. Judicious, True, Helpf ul. A native of Slippery Rock, graduate of Otterbein College, principal of West Sunbury Academy, and in 1912 accepted the position as teacher of Latin in Butler High School. MARTHA U. ORR. German and Latin. Meritorious, Useful, Obliging. Miss Orr has been added to our faculty this year. She is a graduate of Wells College and taught in Athens, Pa., before coming to Butler High School. She will do. EDGAR S. HENRY. Mathematics. Energetic, Sociable, Happy. This clever young man hails from Apollo, Pa. He is striving to attain the goal, as an orator, of his worthy ancestor, Patrick Henry. At the same time he is making no mean progress along scientific lines. Note: When you wish to know how to carve a watermelon scientifically, ask Mr. Henry. FLORENCE WALKER. Commercial. Faithful Worker. Miss Walker, a graduate of the Class of June ’12, is now a member of our faculty. She has not been with us long, nor do we hear much about her, but what we do hear is very favorable.

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Grace Cunningham Nick-named “Giggles,” because whenever anything is said, whether sensible or otherwise, Grace always snickers. At last we have solved the difficult question why Grace has improved her recitations so much of late. We have learned that she and “Curly” have had a little quarrel, but we all hope that it will be fixed up in the near future. Her one great distinction is being the smallest in height in the class, but if you wish to keep her friendship, do not remind her of it, as her greatest desire is to grow tall. Evalyn Adams Eva Lynn Adams is the only member of our group who burns any midnight oil, pondering over her studies. Three hours on Virgil, two hours on Arithmetic. Oh, Evalyn, how can you do it? Girls, take our advice. If you want to possess rosy cheeks, move to the suburbs. After a few years we may expect to hear Evalyn yelling, “No talking” to her pupils, as her chief aim is to go to Slippery Rock Normal so that she may become a pedagogue. Albert Billingsley Gasoline Gus, He runs a red bus; Oh, how he can cuss When something does bust. Behold “Motorcycle Mike,” the best athlete in B. H. S., who has so often shown on the basketball floor (?) Albert is also a Latin shark, and has thus come to be known as “Cataline” Billingsley. Albert’s motto is, “Be every place at once,” for no matter where one is, Albert pops up in his “Ford.” Desperate A1 would do anything to think of something to say when he is among the girls. Pearl Smeltzer Here is the best “quizzer” of Butler High School. We recommend her as a worthy substitute for some of the male members of the bar—that, is, when women claim their rights. She is also our heavyweight, and perhaps that accounts for her getting to school just in time to hear the last bell ring, or else it is due to the fact that she kept Frank too late. Pearl’s one ambition is to become a Domestic Science teacher, and, sometime in the future, to take Miss Siebert’s place. But we think that she will eventually turn her steps toward music and, in the end, become a second Dvorack.

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i8 THE MAGNET ELIZABETH ROSS. Commercial. Efficient Ruler. Miss Ross is a very great thinker and can go to the bottom of any arithmetic problem. She is very strict on discipline and often calls Seniors freshmen. HELEN KLINGENSMITH. Commercial. How Kind. Our sprightly Miss Klingensmith, of the Commercial room, always has a smile for everyone. She is one of the favorite teachers of High and is classed with Miss Hammond as a chaperone. They make the party very interesting. mary e. McLaughlin. German. Mirthful Every Morning. A graduate of Allegheny College who specialized in Music and Elocution. She is noted for her interesting and instructive literary programs and the delightful Senior benefits. JOSEPHINE BOYLE. English. Jokey, Bright. The only real blond of our faculty. Miss Boyle is great on pronouncing words correctly. Her strong points are a thousand words as a sentence for any misconduct, and her idea of a correct outline, no “one” without a “two,” or no “a” without a “b.” VERA FOSTER. Physical Geography. Very Famous. We never see Miss Foster on the first floor. She stays on the third floor and takes care of the Freshmen, which is a task for anyone, and it takes all her time and energy. BERTHA M. MILLER. English. Blithe, Merry, Merciful. Possibly you love poetry. Well, it would “warm the cockles of your heart” to hear Miss Miller explain the beauties hidden away in some of those obscurely worded classics. Miss Miller is a graduate of Butler High School and Allegheny College. BLISS ELLIOTT. Mathematics. Busy Every Day. A shark in mathematics and a very agreeable teacher. He believes in hard study, but he also believes in pleasure, as he is always present at roll call at all the banquets. ELLA PURVIS. Mathematics. Even, Particular. Are the boys her favorites? She usually has a host after school, but that doesn’t say so. If you don’t know how to do a problem, her motto is “work till you do know how.” She is very lenient, always giving the benefit of the doubt to the student. ROSE E. McNEES. Latin and English. Reliant, Earnest, Meek. Miss McNees teaches the “green” people of our school, but they are not green long, after she gives them the good advice she gives to all Freshmen and sometimes to Seniors. MARY McNEES. English and History. Marvelous Memory. This Miss McNees is also a Freshmen teacher. She is very kind to them and thinks a “great deal” of them. She is one of our able instructors.