Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Dr. Nelle C. Reed Nurse Ruth Kemena Armed with hypodermic syringes, vials of vaccine, a hearing tester, and various other medical paraphernalia. Dr. Nelle C. Reed and Nurse Ruth Kemena go quietly and efficiently about the work of promoting good health among the students of the public schools of the city. Dr. Reed's “shingle hangs above a door on the second floor of the high school, and it is here that the doctor and nurse “hold office” during the early part of the morning. Dr. Reed and Nurse Kemena spend the remainder of the day making their rounds of the grade schools. We welcome a new member of the administrative body to our building - Mr. Warren Jones, who succeeds, as attendance officer, Mrs. Anna B. Weaver, who retired last year. Mr. Jones is interested if a student works, and doubly interested if and why one doesn’t - - in school, anyway. He issues working permits to students seeking part-time employment and also keeps an eye on the chronic absentees of the public schools. — 10 — Mr. Warren Jones

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Mr. M. L. Knapp, superintendent of schools, is responsible for the smooth, efficient, and coordinated operation of the entire school system. When not kept at his desk by administrative duties, Mr. Knapp can be found visiting the various public schools of the city. We of the student body are aware of his competent supervision and are conscious of the fact that our best interests are always foremost in his mind. Mr. M. I.. Knapp Mr. Knapp has the able secretarial assistance of Miss Lois Johnson. Besides her work as a secretary, Miss Johnson must check attendance data and supervise the distribution of grade school supplies. — 9 — Miss Lois Johnson

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Principal C. F. Humphrey’s duties parallel, in several respects, those of a railroad division master. His primary and most difficult task is that of keeping over eight hundred students highballing safely over the long and often difficult grades of the senior high school division. We owe much to Mr. Humphrey, not only for his leadership and guidance, but also for the fact that this high school, mainly through his efforts, has come to be regarded very highly for its high scholastic standing hy other high schools in Indiana and hy major universities in the Midwest. Mr. C. F. Humphrey Much could be said and written about Mrs. Martha Weisflog, Mr. Humphrey’s secretary. Her work is not easy, and the many students who may always be found in the outer office asking for information, purchasing supplies, and answering such queries as Where were you at the sixth period yesterday?” do little to simplify her tasks. Graduating seniors will remember Mrs. Weisflog as a kind and quiet woman with indefatigable patience, who has the remarkable ability of being able to quell rapidly the anxiety one experiences on being summoned to the office. — 11 — Mrs. Martha Weisflog