DeVilbiss High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Radio .iml Speech — One of the newer courses offered in our school is the all-important field of radio. Budding scriptwriters, producers, actors, and announcers find their opportunity here. In cooperation with the speech classes a varied program of study and production is scheduled each year, including the reading of announcements and special scripts. Broadcasts over WSPD and WTOL are given through the facilities of the Warren Radio Workshop. 19

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Grammar and composition are but two items in the important curriculum of our English classes. Extra interest and learn- ing by participation in community cultural resources is presented to the students in special correlation courses given bi-week- ly at the Toledo Museum of Art. Journalism, too, comes under the heading of the English Department, with practical ex- perience at hand through work on either the school annual or the newspaper.

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Alfred Florence Mr. Florence of the Physical Education Department, has also acquired favorite pas- times with which to while away the few leisure hours one has during war times. He has chosen hunting and fishing, the favorite outdoor sports of all who are inter- ested in outdoor life. The fact that he was born in Scot- land, undoubtedly, is the reason for his nickname ' Scott ie. Ellen Foote Having been with DeVilbiss since it opened. Miss Foote has good reason to have ac- quired the very good knowl- edge of students that she now has ; which knowledge has made her more confident that young people have vast horizons before them, if they but see them . She bel ieves that pupils are now more sophisticated and better equip- ped to look after themselves than they were in previous years. Music is Miss Foote ' s favorite pastime and hobby. Virginia Francis When Mrs. Francis was born in Norfolk, Virginia, her parents named her for the state in which she was born. A true naturalist, she follows her school courses by choosing bird study and camping as her favorite hob- bies, and Bible teaching as a pastime. As an additional activity, she employs part of her time outside of school to Jo some mimeographing and typing. Traveling dur- ing vacations has enabled Mrs. Francis to cross both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, spending some time in Eng- land and three months in Japan. Alice Gerding Some years before the war, in 1933 and 1936 to be ex- act. Miss Gerding supple- mented her college work by studying in Germany and visiting for pleasure, a num- ber of European Countries. Her hobbies consist of sew- ing, cooking, and collecting china and glass. Last sum- mer Miss Gerding worked in a defense plant. Lela Greunke Like so many other women, Mrs Greunke loves to play contract bridge and spends much of her free time pursu- ing this fascinating game. Working in her flower garden whenever she has time is something she alwav doing. Harold Grubs Training men and women to operate machines is Mr. Grub ' s contribution to the war effort. Working sum- mers on his own farm is en- joyed bv Mr. Grubs. Iva Guire Miss Guire ' s Michigan farm calls her when her teaching day is done, and we find her driving daily ,from DeVilbiss to Monroe. A fa- culty member for thirteen years, she hasn ' t yet left us t take up her farming as a full time job. Fannie Gunn Bewildered students, who gaze helplessly around the library as if they had nevtr seen a book before, are all in a day ' s work to Mrs. Gunn. She can usually be found tucked away in the cataloging room, working on books both new and old. During her ten years at DeVilbiss many students have received help from her in finding their way around the library. Frederica Hanson Miss Hanson has the true collector ' s spirit and has long collected antique cranberry glass. American Pressed glass, china, lustreware — in fact, much of early Americana. As a student of nature lore and a member of The Toledo Naturalists ' Association, she enjoys hiking, bird study, and all such outdoor activities. M is-. Hansnn came to DeVil- biss three years ago as a teacher in the Science De- partment. Elaine Hirth Miss Hirth, who has been with DeVilbiss for thirteen years and is a native Toledo- an. is the other guiding light of the Prism Staff in her ca- p.uity of adviser to the busi- ness stair. Her time is well 0C( upied b) fulfilling the de- mands of her teaching, her job downtown, and her church activities With all of these activities taking so much of her energy, she re laves by enjoying the advan- tages of wide reading and music. m 20