Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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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.

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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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THE MAGNET 19 GERTRUDE SEIBERT. Domestic Science. Graceful, Sedate. Miss Seibert, our quiet lady, is always in demand when it conies to banquets. She always has the best ideas. She Fletcherizes not only at her meals, but also in conversation. Note: For fur- ther information, consult Webster. LAURA GOUCHER. Domestic Art. Loving, Gentle. I fear Miss Goucher is going to take up Domestic Science next year, rather than Domestic Art. (This is just hearsay, but we have strong evidence.) Although we have never had her, we know she is efficient in her chosen work. HELEN MAXWELL. Physiology and Algebra. Helpful Mentor. Miss Maxwell is a graduate of Fre-donia'Prep. School, went to Grove City College two years, and is a graduate of University of Michigan. She has not been with us long, and nobody in our class has studied under her, but from what we hear, she must be “just right.” GEORGE A. WILL. Manual Training. Genuine, Accomplished, Witty. He hails from the eastern part of the state, having graduated from Reading High School and Williamson Trade School. After this he had several years of practical experience in the Reading railroad shops and the Baldwin locomotive works. In 1911 he came to Butler and took charge of the Manual Training department. Mr. Will is one of the star players of the Faculty basketball team, and is assistant coach of the Varsity Seconds. He is a believer in mental telepathy. PAUL GRAHAM. Manual Training Assistant. Pretty Good. He is one of Butler’s products, having graduated from Grammar School and Butler High School, 1914. He spent much of his time during his Senior year in the Manual Training department, and after graduation he attended summer term at Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, 111. Paul is a great favorite with the girls on account of his good looks, but he is rather shy. MORGAN B. TURNER. Janitor. May Be Trusted. Mr. Turner, the Mark Twain of Butler High School, does not believe in taking life too seriously. He always greets one with a broad smile and a pleasant word, and is held in great respect by both the teachers and the student body. What would Butler High be without Mr. Turner?