Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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teachers reach year’s goals Cafeteria staff — . to r: Mrs. Rosebud Towshend, Mrs. Helen Hall, Mrs. Margaret Stutesman, Mrs. Mary Miklos, Mrs. Frances Tich- ansky, Mrs. Ruby Bassett, and Mrs. Ollie Robinson relax afte r the hectic lunch hours. Miss Mary Lou Coulter, home visitor, investigates the absence of a student. Office staff—l. to r: Miss Maureen Link, Mrs. Frances Medina, Mrs. Sylvia Frances, Mrs. Mary Calloway, Miss Georgia Slavo, and Miss Anna Marcikic begin their work for another day. Weathering the wintery cold, Mrs. Irene Lahaie, Emerson’s patrol guard, helps children returning from lunch.

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IM staffs’ services help students. Miss Julia Baran, Mr. Richard Pearce, and Miss Maxine Thomas, counselors, busily prepare the senior rankings. % After school is dismissed for the day, Mr. Dennis Gately begins his regular evening custodial duties. Miss Alice Conyers, school nurse, demonstrates first aid to her “patient” Jane O’Brien, senior. Behind the scenes of any smoothly-run school are the people who work to make it that way. Em¬ erson has many such people who worked hand-in hand toward the welfare of its students and teach¬ ers. Among these people were the office staff who kept our school records in order. When students had problems or questions, the counselling staff was always ready to lend a hand. The nurse strived to keep students in good health, and the cafeteria staff made sure they maintained this health by preparing well-balanced meals each day. Working long into the evening, the custodians kept our school clean. Mrs. Irene Lahaie, school guard, looked after the safety of students going to and returning from school. Checking the authenticity of absence excuses was the job of Miss Mary Lou Coulter, home visitor.

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english key to mastery “Vocabulary lessons due tomorrow” . . . “com¬ position assignment for Friday” . . . “outside reading book next week” . . . these were familiar worries for all English students. While gram¬ mar was an important phase of the total pro¬ gram, literature was the major area of study. Freshmen met Charles Dickens through the eyes of Philip Pirrip in Great Expectations. Sophomores learned a lesson in leadership from Shakespeare’s great tragedy, Julius Caesar. Shakespeare was studied on a more advanced level by seniors, who read his more complex tragedies, Hamlet, Macbeth, and, in advanced literature, King Lear. Besides reading and analyzing Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, juniors spent long evenings at the library preparing their term papers. Helping to make this year a rewarding ex¬ perience for E.H.S. students were Mrs. Mable Bianchi, Miss Diana Blue, Mr. Robert Glazier, and Mr. Steve Parfenoff, new English staff mem¬ bers. Mr. Fred Jones (inset) and Mrs. Helen Conway, special educa¬ tion teachers, work with students on the day’s assignment.