Derry Borough High School - Derrian Yearbook (Derry, PA)

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l l l N S Faculty MISS ANKNEY Miss Ankney, our English teacher, was graduated in 1936 from Seton Hill and began her teaching career in Derry High in the following fall. Six classes out of seven periods a day is the mammoth undertaking of Miss Ankney. She teaches English to the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Her three-minute talks and ''two-hundred-and-fifty-word compositions are well known in her English assignments. Miss Ankney, however, does not confine her efforts to the classroom. For the past few years she has been in charge of production of the senior class play. Through Miss Ankney's efforts, this year book is the well- written annual that it is, as she is in charge of the literary assignments of the Derrian. MR. BOVARD Mr. Bovard, a graduate of Grove City College in 1929, began his teaching career in Derry High in the same year. During the following four years Mr. Bovard served as football coach as well as a teacher. Beginning in 1934, he devoted his efforts, in the main, to the classroom. This past school year, Mr. Bovard, filling his part as a teacher quite capably, has taught general science, world history, and problems of democracy. Mr. Bovard, however, is not a stranger in the extra-curricular activities. He w-as seen at all the football games and basketball games where he took charge of the sale of tickets. Mr. Bovard likes nothing better than to talk to a group of students and find their opinions on the various forms of government and to show them the advantages and disadvantages of their choice of government. He is then in his element. MISS BOYD From the gymnasium comes a buzz of activity as Miss Boyd conducts one of her girls' gym classes. Miss Boyd joined our faculty in 1937 after having been graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. Miss Boyd is active in all stages of the school life. Once a week she conducts a home economics class for the girls who wish to attend this instructive class. Miss Boyd, besides being the girls' gym instructor, teaches English IV and general science. Much of the success of the junior class play was due to the able co-direction of Miss Boyd in cooperation with another member of the faculty. All in all, she is one of the busiest members of our teaching staff. MR. BUCCI . Mr. Bucci, who was graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1930 and taught at Derry Township High, our close rivals, began teaching here in 1934. Mr. Bucci, better known as Pat, taught science, biology, solid geometry and chemistry. On lab days Pat makes his subjects more than interesting by the actual demonstrations. Pat took over the coaching duties relinquished by Mr. Bovard in 1934. Whipping the team into a fast and powerful machine, P-at soon had one of the best teams in Class B competition. Basketball, started in Derry High in 1937 by Pat, has progressed until now Derry has one of the best teams in section XIII. Mr. Bucci also wrote the words for our Alma Mater. The words to this song show how much love and spirit Pat possesses for the school. EIGHT

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Administration for so difficult a task. A democracy insures our doing such a task if wc are properly educated. Our progress, since King Arthur and Sir Galahad were sent by some inner desire to find the holy cup, has been rapid. We have accumulated our culture in books, in painting, discarding only that which has been proved useless and detrimental. We students have our school books and, more important, we have a leader. Our goal is education, our leader's is in helping us to find our goal, and in trying to guide us so that in later years our goal will be the findings of a different kind of holy grail. Mr. McKelvey is not alone in his quest. He, too, has his knights, men who are known throughout the community for their Christian beliefs and generosity. They are staunch cltizens, supporting the laws of the land, aiding us to find truth and deliver to the world the peace our forefathers have so long sought in vain. Then, too, there are the members of the faculty, leading us in our quests for knowledge, just as King Arthur's Knights led loyal subjects to their goals. They hope that by educating us we will want, not war, but a desire to further our education so that we may have the zeal and the good- ness that will enable us to capture the answer to those questions we shall need to answer if ever the time comes when we must take our places in the making of future history. Those who do not become leaders, but remain subjects, must be educated to enjoy those privileges which have been so carefully preserved throughout all these centuries. Our school life is given to the building of our knowledge and of our character. We have received good guidance and influence from our prin- cipal, the school board, and the faculty. Their principles and ideals will be of value when in future years we shall hold courts of our own. Echoing through the halls of Derry High School, which might be com- pared with the vast halls of Camelot, can be heard the tread of marching feet, ever striving to advance toward the final reward of the seat of honor at the Round Table. A smiling face, a mischievous glitter in his eyes can mean only one person-our lovable principal, Mr. Landis. It seems to us he would be such a hard person to get along without, for, when the absence of our supervising principal makes it necessary for him to take over office duties, his admin- istrative ability is apparent. Does he ever fail to be on hand? one may ask. No, never! We must not overlook the fact that the success of many of our student functions is due to the undying effort he puts forth as faculty adviser to the Student Council. With the already- mentioned duties he carries, one would think it impossible for him to find time for the council, yet he has. I can say here, without doubt, that the council duly appreciates this. Further- more, the council has found him a highly imaginative man of many helpful and original ideas which have been the true success of our student functions. Much credit goes to Mr. Landis for making our high school days our happiest as well as knowledge-gaining, for he also instructs us in mathematics. M SEVEN

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Faculty MISS COSGROVE. Miss Cosgrove, another member of our teaching staff, is in charge of all the commercial subjects. Miss Cosgrove joined our faculty in 1936 after having completed a course at the University of Pittsburgh. Included in her commercial subjects are typing, shorthand, bookkeeping and junior business administration. Filling this schedule keeps Miss Cosgrove very busy, but not so busy that she can not Gnd time for extra-curricular activities. In connection with her short- hand she conducts a shorthand club instead of a regular class on Fridays. Shar- ing honors with Miss Boyd, Miss Cosgrove did an excellent piece of work in her share of the direction of the junior class play. MISS NESSLER Bon jour, mes eleves -Ahow familiar these words are to the French stu- dents. This heralds the entrance of Miss Nessler to one of her classes in foreign languages. Miss Nessler was graduated with another member of our faculty. Miss Ankney, from Seton Hill in June, 1936. Beginning her teaching career the following September, Miss Nessler took over the task of acquainting the students with Latin and French, Every year she fights again the wars of Caesar and per- forms the deeds of Hercules in her Latin class. However, Latin is not confined to the classroom. Miss Nessler has organized a Latin club, Sodalitas Athenaef' which meets on Friday afternoons after school. To Miss Nessler goes the credit for much of the success of our library since it has been reorganized. Her effi- ciency in handling the library marks her as one of the outstanding members of the faculty. MR. WILLIAMS Mr. Williams, a newcomer to our faculty, was graduated from the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh in 1938 and took the position vacated recently by Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Williams. in addition to being physical education instructor, teaches United States history and civil government. Mr. Williams is well known to the juniors for his day, month, and year questions in United States history. Mr. Williams, better known as Bundles through a mistake he made in history at the be- ginning of the year, is the assistant football and basketball coach. Almost any evening Bundles, eating hamburgers and drinking milk, can be found at the Dairy Dell. A good many times a week, he can be found at the show in La- trobe, Greensburg, or Indiana, where he thoroughly enjoys himself with a group of students. As swimming instructor for the Derry A. C. Mr. Williams was found quite often at the Y.M.C.A. in Greensburg. I .L -.- NINE