Decatur High School - Decanois Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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THE DECANOIS FACULTY English Miss Eleanor Wyne. A. B. from the Univer- sity of illinois, M. A. from the University of llli- nois. Miss Wyne teaches junior English. Some semesters she teaches one or two French classes. She is adviser to the editorial staff of the Observer. Miss Elizabeth Connard, B. S. from North- western University. Miss Connard has done two terms of graduate work in dramatics. She teaches all of the classes in speech. She has been particularly successful as coach of the mid year class plays. This year she revived Mask and Wig, dramatic society, which has been inactive for several semesters. The so- ciety is open to the sophomore students too, under her advisership, in place of the upper classmen only, as it was formerly. Miss Dorothy Hcrmbright, B. S. from the Uni- sity of illinois, M. A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Miss l-lambright teaches junior English. She is adviser of the Observer staff. The paper is published each week un- der her supervision. 1938 Betty Lou Casey does not have a headache, she is just buying a new spring hat from Emily Boney. Virginia Moyer, who has accompanied Betty Lou to advise her, is absorbed in a selec- tion of her own. The girls belong to one of Miss Connard's speech classes and the subject of pantomimes is being studied. These scenes are prepared for class presentation to teach the students to be natural before an audience. Facial expression and action have to portray the idea of each scene since no properties are used. Miss Hambright is shown seated at the edi- tor's desk in the Observer office. Madelon Bartlett, feature editor of the paper is behind her. lrene Nottingham, news editor, stands be- tween Madelon and Lilie Bernson, the editor. Under Miss l-lambright's advisership the Ob- server has become a weekly paper. The staff receives valuable training not only in collect- ing news, editing it, and in proof reading the copy but also in building an attractive publi- cation. The Observer is delivered every Fri- day during home room period.

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THE DECANOIS i Miss Mary Louise Cameron, B. S. from the University of lllinoisg M. A. from the University of Illinois. Miss Cameron has recently be- come a member of the high school faculty. She teaches junior English. Mr. Wilmer Lamar, A. B. from Iames Millikin University. Besides teaching sophomore Eng- lish and business English, Mr. Lamar coaches the debating teams. l-le is adviser of Botoro and has the head advisership of the sopho- more class. Mrs. Marietta K. Lamar, B. S. from University of lllinoisg M. A. from the University of Illinois. Mrs. Lamar teaches grammar and senior Eng- lish. She is adviser for the sophomore Wel- fare and the junior scholastic committees. Mr. Mayo L. Magill, A. B. from McKendree Collegeg M. A. from the University of Illinois. Mr. Magill teaches sophomore English. l-le is adviser of Hi-Y, the boys' society which is associated with the Y. M. C. A. Miss Dorothy Wilhelmy, A. B. from james Millikin University. Miss Wilhelmy teaches sophomore English and French. Miss Anne Lauterbach, A. B. from North- western Universityg M. A. from the University of lllinois. Miss Lauterbach did not become a member of the high school faculty until the second semester of this year. Margaret Crum and Peggy Duerr, two of her sophomore stu- dents, are standing by her desk as she grades their themes. Miss Lauterbach formerly taught at Malden, Illinois. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity. Eaintly visible at the back of the left hand table is a dining hall made by Paul Milligan as a project in his study of Ivanhoe, Paul is shown amid the collection of similar projects 21 1938 lF A C U lL TF Y English made by his classmates. The dolls seen are dressed in the costume of lvanhoe's time. There are interior and exterior scenes from castles. This work was done by students from Miss Wilhelmy's English 3 classes to make the study of 'llvanhoe more interesting.

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THE DECANOIS J-.EQ '-0 Bose Kennedy is not the only girl studying trigonornetry but she was brave enough to have her picture made with some of the boys from her class. They posed with their transit which they used to make the measurements required in practical problems. The boys in the group are Billy Kennedy, lack Kuhns, Bay- mond Pinkley, Ted Allsup, Bobert Haan, Mar- ion Foley, and Vernon Hott. Miss Martin sends her trigonometry students out ot doors during some of their class hours so that they can learn to use a transit. The lower picture shows a group of Algebra 3 students. They are some ot the best students from Miss Fischers advanced classes. The graph shown in the background is from a set ot simultaneous quadratic equations and was mapped by these students. Burnham Wal- raven and Hal Montague are seated at the desk. Vxfilliam Britton, Ieanne Hanson, Bex- tord Elliott, William Stauder, Elzy Kirby, Guy Centner, Arden Gaddis, and Barbara Wood- cock are Watching Burnham and Hal Work. 1938 FACULTY lMIiith+em.autiiics Miss Ora Latham. A. B. from the University of Illinois, M. A. from the University of illinois. Miss Latham teaches geometry. Miss Margery Prestley, A. B. from lames Mil- likin University, M. A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Miss Prestley teaches geometry. She is editorial adviser of the Dec- anois and an adviser of the senior class. Miss Lois M. Roberts. A. B. from the Univer- sity ot lllinois, graduate of l. S. N. U. For many years Miss Roberts has taught all ot the solid geometry classes. She also has classes in plane geometry. Miss Lida C. Martin, B. S. from the Univer- sity of Michigan, graduate ot N. l. S, T. C. Miss Martin is head of the mathematics department. She teaches trigonometry and has charge ot recording the eligibility of the school athletes. Miss Georgia H. Fischer, A. B. and B. Ed. from Ohio State University, M. A. from Teach- ers College, Columbia University. Miss Fischer teaches advanced algebra. She is in charge of Honors Day. QQ.