Charles H Milby High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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I NATIONAL “MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING I TEST i MARCH 9 ' ;! RECISTAR NOW v I GUIDANCE OFF LJ : L------------ DAILY BULLI

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. . . Understanding Without communication progress comes to a standstill, man becomes a fruitless, asocial being, ca- pable of functioning only for himself. The basis of his civilization lies in the communicative process, and the end of his civilization comes when his spirit of communication is oppressed or so warped that truth is no longer revealed. History is recorded in books, but it is made by men who act and men who speak. No revolution has been possible without the rabble-rouser of the streets, no nation has been great without her great eloquent leaders, no religion has been universal with- out the simple words of the prophets. Thus, the moldcrs of our world are men who speak. So it is with educators. In instructing, they mold the molders. Teaching requires a direct mental contact between two human beings; no other form of communication is quite so personal as the learning process. Our high school lives are tied together by com- munication, the morning announcements, the bul- letin boards, the classroom lecture. Education is the means by which we learn to think, and hence to com- municate what we think. The educated man strives for truth which will enable him to survive in and improve his society. Critical and creative thinking are his aids—bias and prejudice, his enemies. Without communication, education, like civilization, crumbles. All the modern communicative aids are useless with- out a worthwhile idea for them to transmit. What we will do in the future depends on how well we com- municate today. 6

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Teacher, Person “Sans m aV a 4 A'S f( o •'T’V tk? i Clr 6 r A radiant bonjour” and a warm smile typify the daily greeting of French teacher Mrs. Eula P. Mohle. Teaching French is her job, but stimulating minds is her underlying result. The world of her classroom is one not of dull repetitive lessons but one£pf intellectual advancement combined with Mrs. Mohle’s unique French wit. Learning French becomes a matter of necessity, for only in that manner can one become aware of the high- lights of her sparkling personality. Her sympathetic understanding of the problems of the student laced with firm discipline has endeared her to many A scholar as well as a per- sonality, Mrs. Mohle has her M.A. in Latin, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, has done graduate work in French at three different universities and taught languages at Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University. She has served as con- tributing editor to a national journal Practical English, and is the author of two widely used books on Texas. Director of the National Council of Teachers of English and chief consultant for the Summer English Workshops are only a few of the important offices she has held. In this continual spirit of adven- ture as an author, educator, traveler, and ’Tree spirit, Mrs. Mohle remains above all, our friend With these aspects of a wonder woman in mind, we the staff of the 1963 Buffalo respectfully dedicate our yearbook to Mrs. Eula P. Mohle, not only’a teacher, but a person sans pareille.” Pareille MRS. EULA P. MOHLE 8