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

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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

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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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Two Temples A builder builded a temple. He wrought it with grace and skill; Pillars and groins and arches All fashioned to work his w ill. Men said as they saw its beauty, “It shall never know decay. Great is thy skill, 0 builder: Thy fame shall endure for aye.” A teacher builded a temple With loving and infinite care, Planning each arch with patience, Laying each stone with prayer. None praised her unceasing efforts None knew of her wondrous plan For the temple the teacher builded Was unseen by the eyes of man. Gone is the builder’s temple, Crumbled into the dust; Low lies each stately pillar, Food for consuming rust. But the temple the teacher builded Will last while the ages roll, For that beautiful, unseen temple Is a child's immortal soul. —Hattie Vose Hall — The stall wishes to express its thanks to the National Education Association for permission to use this poem. — 12 —