Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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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?

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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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20 THE MAGNET A THLETICS. VARSITY BASKETBALL. When basketball was inaugurated as a sport in Athletics, it proved a success in every way. The standard of the team is very high, as is shown by the records of our teams. Probably the chief reason of the success is the untiring effort of Coach H. W. F. Price. He has had charge of basketball for six years, and in that time has coached three championship teams. He is always working for the best results. In the season of 1910-1911, when our class was only B Freshmen, High won eleven out of fifteen games, scoring 756 points, and were scored against for a total of 399 points The only team to defeat Butler twice that year was a combination from all the Pittsburgh High Schools. We were defeated the worst by Kiski, 38-21. But several weeks later we took sweet revenge to the tune of 53-32. Mose Campbell was captain of the team. During the season he scored 394 points. Against Kiski’s wonderful team he scored 12 field goals. The letter men that season were Campbell, McBride, Cleeland, Diffenderfer, W. Youn-kins, Wise and Ketterer. The next season saw one of the most wonderful machines ever produced. Carl Cleeland was captain of the team and the other members were Bernlohr, Wise, Ketterer and Thompson, all stars of the first degree. Led by the peerless leader, Carl Cleeland, this team walked off the floor every game the victor. Bernlohr was a sensation, and Wise jumped his man every time. Dave Thompson kept the necessary “pep” in the team, and Dave Ketterer kept all the opponents’ men from scoring. There were only five men who won letters that season, they being the five regulars. Freddie Bernlohr was captain of the 1912-1913 season. With a very difficult schedule, Butler won nine out of fourteen games. Kiski was the only team to defeat Butler twice. We scored 476 points while our opponents scored 389. Bernlohr and McCandless were the chief scorers. The letter men that year were Bernlohr, McCandless, Wright, Craig, Steele, Lewis and Douthett. The season of 1913-1914 marked the advent of B. H. S. into the Western Pennsylvania Inter-Scholastic Athletic League. B. H. S. was not looked upon as a pennant contender. Dave Lewis was captain of that team. There was a host of good material for the team, but at mid-winter graduation the team lost Dave Lewis, and Coach Price had to develop a new basket guard. To see his results, look up the Central, Peabody, Sewickley, Allegheny or any other teams Butler played, and incidentally look at their scores. Watson took only one shot that season. “Patsy” McCandless was the sensation of the league. He led the league in points scored, and had an average of 4.42 field goals to the game. His foul shooting average was ,679. Lewis’ successor as captain was “Scrooch” Wright. He did not do much scoring, but then just ask Central who beat them. They can easily tell you. It was his undying “pep” and life that won many a game for B. H. S. Jennings Young, at forward, was one of the smallest men in the league. He dropped them in at opportune times. Then there was “Byl” Douthett, who scored the same number of field goals as “Mac.” He was consistent, heady and cool. B.