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

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The scientifically-minded students of DeVilbiss are many, judging from the variety of interests to be found in our Science Dcp.il moit. The physical sciences, ranging from General Science, Biology, and Physiology, to Chemistry and Physics are some of the most interesting studies to be found in DeVilbiss ' curriculum. 27

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In nearly every technical field one of the first necessities is basic knowledge of Mathematics in all forms. More than a technical study, however, all phases of this exact science are abasis for logical reasoning and individual discovery. General Math, Beginning and Advanced Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry are all taught in a Mathematics De- partment DeVilbiss can well be proud of.

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Eva Samsen Mildred Schmidt Ursula Schmit Leah Schueren Edith Schwenke As though teaching Geometry and Trigonometry weren ' t enough. Miss Eva Samsen ex- tends her interest in young people as adviser to the Junior Class and to the Junior Friendship Club. Her sense of humor and her slide rule are legends of DeVilbiss and though her travels have taken her all over the country, she has always come back to 201. Miss Schmidt, a native Tole- do.! n. has taught in our S( ience Department ten years. All sports, particularly ice- skating, are enjoyed by Miss Schmidt. Traveling through the Panama Canal, motoring around our country — have been of the greatest interest and pleasure to this teacher. Miss Schmit is a newcomer to DeVilbiss this year but she has fitted herself into the school activities with ease. Her interest in art and drama- tics has been used by the Se- n ; or Play Committee to great advantage. As an organizer she has proved her capability, i t present she is president of the Toledo School Women ' s Club, an organization whose membership consists of nearly all the women teachers in the city. Miss Schueren, who has trav- eled extensively in the United has hobbies that in- clude books, the theater, con- certs, nature study, young children, and teen-age young- sters. She has loved books and greatly valued the art of reading since girlhood days. Today, she enjoys beautiful poetry, good drama, interest- ing biography, notable travel hooks, profitable fiction. As I ' brarian, she strives to bring people and hooks together. Seven times the cultural cen- ters of Lurope have been isited by parties conducted by Mrs. Schwenke. In Paris, France, Mrs. Schwenke was pnnupal of the American H igh School . Coming to us from Scott, she became a member of the original teach- ing staff of DeVilbiss and has remained with us ever since. Mrs. Schwenke, very much in- terested in art and music, en- joys frequently the facilities i it It-red by the Toledo Muse- um of Art. Maria n Smith Many and varied are her in- terests — music, ballet, poetry, dude ranclting. Miss Smith grows fifty different roses, studies piano, collects Early American glass and recipes. Languages have been almost a hobby since high school days: French, Spanish, Latin, German, and most recently, Portuguese. Her travels have taken her to Europe, Canada, Cuba, Panama, Mexico, and thirty states. Last summer she was chosen by the government for spec ial study in the Spanish Language Institute in Me im City. Ruth Smith Vacationing on a dude-ranch in the Colorado Rockies, mo- toring in the East and West, sailing to Europe, England, and Calif ornia— a 11 are things Miss Smith hopes to resume hen peace makes them pos- sible. Until that time comes, graduate study in English in a Vermont college takes her East each summer. During the sc hool year, her weekly Red Cross volunteer service as a Gray Lady in Flower Hospi tal might be said to be hei hobby. At present Miss Smith is working toward her second two-hundred hour stripe. Barbara Spayd Miss Spayd is another inter- esting person on the DeVilbiss lac u 1 ty and is espec i ally re- membered for being the editor of school editions of novels and poetry. Since Miss Spayd has traveled to Canada, almost .-11 of the United States, Ire- land, Scotland, and England. it is not surprising that one ' hould discover traveling as her hobby — this, together with reading, greatly interests her. D. N. Stalker Last summer after an absence .I seventeen years, Mr. Stalk- er returned to the Merchant M.n me, and he is planning on signing up again as soon , ' s this school term is over. During his service he has made numerous trips to Eu- rcpe, as well as to the Dutch East Indies. A member of the faculty since the school open- ed, Mr. Stalker also has been for several years the acting Industrial Arts Head of all Hie ( itv si hools, Marie Stoll Young people today, for the ■lost part, are more alert, ac- ( ve m more and bigger pur- suits and projects, and are able to assume almost adult responsibilities, was the statement of Miss Stoll when t mi 1 1 on ted with the question put to so many members of the faculty. She has been ith the DeVilbiss staff since September, 19 1 .