Central High School - Arrow Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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WHY DO ACHERS By BERYL DeHAV WHY DO TEACHERS teach? Ay, there's th questionf' answered o11e debater, a enior who has absorbed some of the l'2lVCyZi.l'd philosophy of Hamlet ant a little Freudian psychology of mode 1 writ- ers. I9'irst. all teachers enjoy inflict- ing extreme cruelty upon their students. Secondly. all teachers be- lieve in, thwarting the natural instincts of youth. lf a senior feels an insa- tiable desire to hurdle over a drinking fountain . . H And so on, far into the night. lf our superintendent. principal. and a member of the Board of Educa- tion'were asked the question, their off- hand :mswr-rs might be identical in thought. The first of the month in all probabilitv will roll around fit al- ways has. you knowj and there will be the yellow check. the realization of a long, long dream which has haunted the teacher for no less than thirty or thirty-one days. And tiltfll they may add some fictitious remark about Feb- ruary's being the favorite month of pedagogues. NViIl a member of the faculty agree that the pay check is the dominant motive? Ya-sf' one of our professors may agree. it may seem to he all im- portant when one has to buy several pairs of shoes for the family and hay for Betsy Ann. However. all faculty members are likely to forget about the pay check except on pay day. Uvhy then do teachers teach? ,Xbout ninety per cent of all teachers just fall into teaching, or forced into it by parental insistence, or decide to lake teacher training because of their own iinancial limitations. The first day of teaching may make them desire the latest type of machine gun with 16 TEACH? which to eradicate certain students. The first month may consist of thirty days fThirty days hath Septemberj of eager anticipation for the yellow check. The first year may be colored by romantic missionary zeal. How- ever, in the end, teachers do teach be- cause they like young people. Some teachers get side-tracked, because they like to tell round-eyed students about gory battles of the Civil VVar, but those who merely ladle out information should work in soup kitchens. The real teacher likes high school students, wants to associate with them. wants to help them, wants to belong to a pro- fession that exists for the welfare of humanity. The real teacher wants to aid some boy to become a lawyer noted for his usticeg a second to become a minister qualified to safeguard social and spir- itual idealsg a third to be an engineer responsible for public safety: a fourth to be an architect to construct churches. schools, and governmental buildingsg a lifth to be a doctor guard- ing the health of this and the next gen- eration. The true teacher wants to help some girl to be a fine home makerg a second to be a nurseg a third to be a business womang a fourth to be a better teacher than her own teachers have been. Thus the teacher's work touches every phase of life and assures her a sort of innnortality here on earth. Such reasons for teaching do not mean that Miss Russell dreams of a Grace Bloorc or Lawrence Tibbett in A Capella. that Miss Hammond envis- ions a Katherine Cornell in the senior play. that Mr. Hasse conceives of an Edison. or that Mr. Rathman expects another Jesse Owens in the spring track meets. No teacher anticipates genius: she wants ust average students with wholesome interest in doing the best possible. X

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'tx N x xx! TEACHER 0 REVIEW By BOB YARABEC N OH Us WE HAVE zu ry hm faculty it Ct'lltl l H ou of thost one thousand stude No no, S in better not ask t 111' you knows hon kids are ll you xx lat Ill to Ill introduce C0 16 of lu x X .X tk 3 -'Ks 5 1 I'?.'lT v.'1,,' .. donit believe it? Vvell, ju ask any AY , -,t 'VY ,X , V ' 1 X 'I 1 7 1 1 3 n lx them to you. Now, this is Dewar Anderson. He's head football coach. That is, after he gets do11e trying to jam chemistry into the heads of some of our students. And this is Miss Britta Asker. She shows the girls how to play basket- ball, tumbling. and all those sports that their boy idols do so gracefully. Here comes the demon of all those seniors, the drawback to all our ath- letes as they strive to get past dear old English-Kathleen Brady. But if it wasn't for her, our debate and public speaking aspirants would take a beat- ing. Now this next one is the best Eng- lish teacher in school, Beryl De Haven. Drama is her by-line. lf yo11 want any advice on how to prove theorems or any other problen1 in geometry, trig, solid, or advanced, you would see Hannah Dyste. This year she was appointed girls' coun- selor. And this tall, fast-talking. radical- looking individual is Dwight Coursey. He's always telling what's wrong with the newspapers. Central would be a dull place witho11t him. You guessed itg journalism is l1is line. The guy with the fuzzy hair is Roy Davidson. History and geometry are his contributions. I11 his pastime he's head of the sopl1o111ore football alld basketball squads. 18 Ella Christiansen, the tall brunet, is tl1e art instructor. Arrow work takes up a good deal of her time. This blond gentleman is Carl cifllllfl. He originated our student court. Biology and geometry are his listed subjects. lnez Hammond is that small, good looking English teacher who makes all the boys stop a11d stare whe11 she goes by. She has directed many a play. Samuel Harding and Ivan Smith teach general shop and woodshop, re- spectively, to those sophs, juniors, and seniors. Reva'Russell is head of the music department. Under her supervision our glee club and A Capella chorus have gained high renown. Cecil Monroe, Little Caesar, is the smallest teacher in Central. That is in stature. ltfodern problems and declamation are his specialties. Charlotte Mason attended school in Paris. Gav Paree is old to her, but not to her French students. Sopho- mores also know her as an English book of knowledge. Director of athletics in our insti- tution is none other than Cy Holgate. Basketball takes 11p his time ill the winter months. The man with the perpetual tie is John Linn. The pep alld booster clubs keep him busy when he is11't in confer- ence with his English students. Now, this fellow teaches American history in Room 22. That is, when the room isn't in all uproar from one of his jokes. Ladies and gentlemen, may l present the one and only Leslie Ratlnnan. He has charge of o11r track- stcrs. That lltlgllllllllg should convince you that we have a good faculty here at Central . . No, I didn't say the best but one of the best . . Yes, sir.