Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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mi; ckksckm ARCS and X’S People, people, let’s get down to work!” How many times, as freshmen in our first mathematics class, have we heard this? This is Miss Grosswege’s pet expression” and the student who heeds this saying of wisdom will reap profits beyond his highest dreams. Miss Grosswege is a teacher of all mathematics but has had only classes of arithmetic and geometry this year. She has an A.B. from Indiana university, an A.M. from Notre Dame, and also studied at Wisconsin university. Miss Grosswege deserves much praise. How many green freshies has she started on the right track? Too numerous to mention. We do not know how we could get along without her. Instructors: Upper Left. Mr. George Smith; Center. Miss Regina Grosswege; Upper Right, Mr. Basil Hosier. Classes: Top. Miss Grosswege's class; Lower Left, Mr. Smith’s class; Louer Right, Mr. Hosier's class. Now, if this line is 'parel’ to that and this one 'parel' to that one, doesn’t it follow that these two are ’parel’ to each other?” Although Mr. Hosier (upper right) disturbs classes on the floor above him by his loud talking, he nevertheless gets his points over to his pupils. He talks too fast sometimes with the result that he does not pronounce some few words distinctly (constructive criticism). He got a post card from a pupil one day and ever since has pronounced parallel” correctly. Mr. Hosier teaches geometry and algebra. He has an A.B. from Ball State and some graduate work at Indiana university. Some students learn easily and others never will learn this algebra, is perhaps the belief of Mr. George Smith. Even though he is hard on the freshmen at times, all in all, he is a good teacher of algebra. He has received his A.B. degree from Franklin university. To sum up this mathematic course, with such teachers as we have we can plainly state that even if our problems are difficult at the time, this course will prove more than important to us in later life. P S Nine

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THE MAN CRESCENT POEMS PLAYS and PUNCTUATION The English courses taught in our high school are the result of years of teaching and study to secure the most beneficial courses that it is possible to offer in a high school. They give us a wide conception of oral and written compositions, grammar, poetry, drama, and general reading literature. There are specific interests that these courses are supposed to develop in the student. Some of them are: to develop an appreciation of modern literature, encourage oral reading, help in effective speaking, develop powers of visualization, and broaden our knowledge of human nature by character study. The English department is divided into eight courses, with public speaking optional in place of either part seven or eight. There are four teachers of English. Miss Mary Allen is a quiet, dignified teacher, well liked and a willing worker wherever she may be found. She has a B.S. degree from Muncie Ball State college and has also attended Indiana university and Winona college. Mr. Donald Brown and his red hair plus a red baseball mustache (three out and the side’s out) are landmarks of room 206. Besides his regular work of teaching he is faculty sponsor of the Crescent and has charge of a debating team. Mr. Brown has to his credit an A.B. degree received at Indiana university. Mr. J. A. Nuding would be recognized as a teacher of English anywhere with his carefully enunciated speech, and carefully selected wording of every sentence. He has a commendable sense of humor to season his quiet ways. He has his B.S. and A.M. degrees from Indiana university. Lastly we hasten to introduce Mr. T. B. Lindley, the head of the English department, to whom is credited two college degrees, the A.B. and the M.S. degrees of Butler. Besides being noted as a poet, this able instructor also directs the dramatic club and a debating team. Page Eight Instructors: Left. Miss Mary Allen; Top, Mr. T. B. Lindley; Right, Mr. Donald Brown; Lower, Mr. J. A. Nuding. Classes: Upper Left. Miss Allen's class; Upper Right. Mr. Brown's class; Lower Left. Mr. Nudings class; Lower Right, Mr. Lindley's class.

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TIIE NEW CKESClvNT Instructors: Upper Left. Miss Mary E. Cox; Upper Right, Mr. Earl B. Forney; Lower Left, Mr. C. C. Hillis; Lower Right, Mr. Harley Ashton. Classes: Upper Left, Miss Cox's class; Upper Right, Mr. Forney's class; Lower Left, Mr. Hillis' class; Lower Right, Mr. Ashton's class. AWAY BACK WHEN Since history is one of our required subjects toward graduation, it was to the value of the school that the best teachers obtainable should be employed. That distinguished-looking gentleman in the upper right-hand corner is Mr. Earl B. Forney. Mr. Forney was raising a mustache at the time this picture was taken, but not enough foliage” had appeared to make any difference in the picture. Mr. Forney has an A.M. degree from Indiana university, and teaches history 1 and 2, which gives the student a general background of world history. We lay most of the blame of the losing of one of the beloved members of our faculty last year on Mr. Forney. Did you see the moon last night? About time to sow wheat, or isn’t it?” These comments on the weather, crops, and his jokes,” make Mr. Harley H. Ashton's classes very interesting. Mr. Ashton (lower right) has an A.B. degree from Indiana university and teaches history 3 and 4, which takes up the study of the history of the United States. Mr. Hillis, our principal (lower left), helps Mr. Ashton by teaching a class of history 4. Time is never so precious as when we have to pay for its loss. This and other sayings greeted us every time we went to Miss Mary E. Cox's classes. Perhaps we didn’t like to make notebooks but they were for our own benefit. Miss Cox has worked untiringly in her efforts to teach us. Miss Cox has an A.B. from Indiana university and work at Columbia university. She teaches civics, which tells of the workings of all of our government, and economics, the scientific study of how man makes a living. She also has one class of history. We remember Miss Cox as the little short woman carrying a market basket; and although she taught our parents, has kept up with modern methods of teaching and instructing high school students.