Columbia City High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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CCHS'S FACULTY METAMORPHOSIS The history teachers collect in Wil- son's second floor abode to get the latest low-down on who owns what. War-weary, Miss Berniece Carver tries to change the subject, but Mr. Wilfred Wilson and Miss Martha Baker, who also writes ex- cuses for Columbian Staff members, re- fuse to be diverted. Mr. Galen Wenger, having endured one more harassing seventh period rush, and Miss Marguerite Stultz, completely exhausted from keeping her senior lit class in hand, strike an easy pose and wonder how their sophomore lit classes will misinterpret Gareth and Lynette to- morrow. Miss Lois Paxson, looking very starchy in her freshly-laundered home ec uni- form, amazes the vocational agriculture teacher, Mr. Leon Alter, by telling him she has just read in a book that people once thought tomatoes, his favorite vege- table, were poison. After a grueling day of school, Mr. joseph Shull, science instructor, seeks the counsel of his wife, Mrs. Irene W. Shull, mathematics teacher, on a prob- lem with which an ardent physics stu- dent, delving into the mysteries of pul- leys and mechanical advantages, has stumped him.

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AND MODEL ADMINISTRATORS Superintendent Working behind a door labeled super- intendent, Mr. Arley G. Kerr capably and conscientiously oversees the stu- dents and their interests at CCHS. Fur- thermore he awes learnees with his frank theories of sociology. Assistant Principal Having returned from her year's absence due to an auto accident, Miss Bertha Thorn- burgh tries to keep Latin stu- dents from writing translations in their books and worries along with the debaters about compul- sory military training. Principal A-Call system. Ever ready to offer advice and counsel to questioning students, CCHS's superin- tendent, principal, and assistant principal personify the traits a good school teacher should possess. They are constantly alert and on the lookout for new ideas on how to make the school a better place in which to learn. ll In a newly-redecorated and very busi ness-like looking office, Principal Orla R Smiley chiefly delights in writing on the new multi-colored excuse blanks and making announcements over the Flash

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OCCASIONS IMPORTANT UNSKILLED TO EFFICIENT CCHS's three athletic coaches, Mr. Oris DeVol, Mr. Frank Petrick, and Mr. John Chapman, besides teach- ing health and safety, English, and shop, respectively, find time between classes to discuss necessary repairs to an antiquated, but still usable, softball. T his score to Morning, Noon, and Night, quoth Mr. Robert Welty, band director, calls for oboe alone in this spot! Mrs. Hazel Munns, who in the capacity of vocal instructor shares the band building with him, is too engrossed with problems arising from the Pina- fore to do aught but mutter, Yes, Miss Doris Stalcup, through pressing on the driver training car dual clutch and brake, and Miss Georgia Heal, her finger weary from typing time test stop- watch-punching, chat with faculty Artist Miss Treva Flora, who patiently and patriotically paints paper plates.