Conant High School - Conanite Yearbook (Hoffman Estates, IL)

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1 J IDA E. BROOKS Our Mrs. Brooksl Mr. Bremner's able and cheerful secretary spends her day in the office coping with problems of telephone, correspondence stencil-making, and answering the questions from in school and out that come to her desk. For lunch, she has a quick cup of coffee in a quiet corner of the cafeteria. Out of school, she serves as the accomplished accompanist for the Glee Club. EDWARD HAMILTON The sounds from the music room indicate that Mr. Hamilton is still do- ing his excellent job of converting beginning trombone players, saxo- phonists, and trumpters into experts, and merging them successfully with more seasoned instrumentalists into a smoothly functioning group. Junior and Senior Bands now play as one organization, with fine effect. ELIZABETH ROBERTSON Miss Robertson is the art teacher in Grades 1-12 for the five towns in School Union if-47 . In the limited time she has for art classes, her aim, she says, is to have each student achieve some degree of crea- tiveness according to his or her ability. She believes in integrating valuable art history and appreciation into a general program of applied arts. LAWRENCE WOODWARD Mr. Woodward, when he is not involved in classes at the Iaffrey Grade School or in one of the other towns in the Union, teaches General Music, Grades 'I-8, and has complete charge of the Glee Club, which, in the insr.ructor's four-year stay at Conant, has made great strides. The pro- grams given by Mr. Woodward's Chorus and the operettas he success- fully stages are among the most popular occasions of the year.

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ALVAH NIEMALA ROBERT LESTER MALLAT, IR. Mayor? Governor? PRESIDENT? Nothing seems beyond our political leader, Mr. Mallat, whose classes reflect the same vitality he shows in his successful campaigns in Keene. He teaches 8A and B Math, 8C Social Studies, Civics for Grade 9, and Social Studies for '7A. Before he leaves in the afternoon in that hot Borgward, he puts in time as ad- visor for the Student Council, FTA, and as chairman of audio-visual aids. Mr Nlemala teaches Science to the diverse groups of 8A, 8B, and SC, and seventh grade Social Studies. He is advisor to the Junior High Sci- ence Club, a group that is super-charged with dynamism, and he has this year been heading up a brisk Junior High Basketball Tournament. His chief interest is science, but he says that he enjoys all his classes, and that if it is a learning situation, it is a good situation. RONALD W . RECORD Mr. Record makes the difficult jump between eighth grade and senior high school easier for his many students. His senior high classes, one of which is Economic Geography, provide him with an interesting change of pace. He is the least talkative member of the faculty, and no one has ever been known to hear him as he approaches a classroom. His courses include Social Studies 8A and Bg Civics 9A and C. and Eco- nomic Geography. He is in charge of public relations in the senior high school. RUSSELL E. YOUNG Mr. Young teaches Industrial Arts and Driver Training, and fearlessly faces the challenge posed by his industrial artists and his beginning dri- vers, some of whose methods are eccentric. He is one of the advisors to the ruggedly nonconformist Junior Class. Outside of school, his favorite sports are hunting and fishing, in both of which he is expert.

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OUR CUSTODIANS -'55 Who, come sunny or stormy weather, are two of the most cheerful mem- bers of our staff. George E. Barker I M 15 OUR SCHOOL NURSE Who takes in stride our aches . . . and pains . . the real, as well as the imagined. Ruth s. Langille, R,N. WILLIAM MURRAY l OUR PATIENT LUNCHROOM STAFF Christine Kenney, Iris Ellis, Germaine Bourgeois, Mary Jane Guillaume, Lina Oja, Director. i I