Emporia High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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Our coach, MR. ALFRED SMITH, attended the Kansas State Teachers College, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree, the University of Kan- sas, from which he has a Masters degree, Huntington College at Huntington, Indiana, and Wisconsin University. Coach Smith is intersted in all athletic contests and is a ping-pong fan. He says he hopes to be good enough some day to beat his son in ping-pong. Our home economics teacher, Miss MAY HAN- COCK, is a graduate of the Kansas State Teachers College, from which she has a Bachelor of Science degree, and has attended Chicago University, Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, and the Kansas State College at Manhattan. Miss Hancock is fond of traveling and says her main weakness is collecting beautiful pottery and chinaware and unusual cook- books. Miss MARIAN HOWARD teaches Spanish and French and is well equipped for her job as she studied in Madrid, Spain, and traveled through Mexico, after receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree at Kansas University and her Masters degree at Columbia University in New York. She enjoys knitting, horseback riding and, as she puts it, play- ing at golf. It is the responsibility of MR. F. JAY SOUTH to see that we get our Echos and Re-Echos on time, as he is our instructor in printing. Mr. South re- ceived his Bachelor of Science degree at Emporia State Teachers College and has done graduate work there as well as at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago. Gardening, stone work, and stamp collecting are his favorite hobbies. In preparation for his teaching career, MR. HERBERT JAMES attended the Parsons Junior College and the Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg. where he received his degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. Mr. James has classes in Iinglish and in American History. He likes reading, arguing, traveling fjust anywherej, and says his favorite pastime is eating between meals. Miss MAUDE JACKSON, who has taken over the job of Librarian, received her Bachelor of Arts de- gree at the College of McPherson and her Master of Science degree at the Kansas State Teachers Col- lege. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado, and the University of Kansas. When time allows Miss Jackson likes to do fancy work, she also enjoys reading and cooking, Much of the work of getting out the Echo,' every week falls upon the shoulders of MRS. Lois JAQUITH. A teacher of English and journalism, Mrs. Jaquith has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Emporia and has done graduate work at the Kansas State Teachers College. In her spare minutes, which are few, she likes being with her friends or reading. Our typing and business exploration teacher, Miss LORETTO LANGLEY received her degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce at the Kansas State Teachers College and later took a commercial course at the University of Colorado. Horesback riding is her favorite sport and in more quiet moments Miss Langley enjoys reading.

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T, 4 Miss SHIRLEY THOMSON, who teaches English, received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the College of Emporia. She did graduate work at the Univer- sity of Colorado, Columbia University in New York and the University of California. Her favorite pastime is reading. She also likes to refinish fur- niture and collect antiques. Miss KATHRYN ZENOR, who teaches geometry and algebra, was new in our school system this year. She has her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas. Miss Zenor is fond of sports, especially swimming, and also enjoys cooking. Miss LILLIAN VALENTINE, who teaches sopho- more English, has studied at the University of Kan- sas, where she received her Bachelor of Science de- gree, Stanford University, the University of Colo- rado, and the Kansas State Teachers College. Miss Valentine likes to fish and collects inspirational books, poems and sayings. MR. FLOYD MCCUNE, who formerly taught senior social studies here, has been called to serve his country in the United States Army. Mr. Mc- Cune, who has his Bachelor of Science degree from the Emporia State Teachers College and his Masters degree from the University of Colorado, was well- liked by all the students. Another newcomer to our school this year is Miss MILDRED WELLS, teacher of girls' gym and hygiene. Miss Wells holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas and, as might be guessed, is fond of sports, especially badminton and basketball. Vocational agriculture, a subject of interest to many of the boys, is taught by MR. J. W. TAYLOR. Mr. Taylor is a graduate of the Kansas State College at Manhattan from which he has his Bachelor of Science degree. He enjoys his work with the Future Farmers of America club and likes to repair farm machinery and work out new ideas for it. Miss MARY Jo WILLIAMS, who teaches art, was new in our school system this year. She has at- tended Bethany College at Lindsborg, Kansas, where she got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, South- western College at Winfield, and the University of Southern California, and has studied crafts under Margaret Craver at Wichita. In her spare time. Miss Williams enjoys painting, drawing, reading, and sewing. MR. JOHN R. WIILLIAMS is a teacher of sopho- more science, economic geography and business arithmetic. His Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees are from the Kansas State Teachers Collegeg he has done graduate work at Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kansas, and at Peabody College, at Nashville, Tennessee. His interest are in camera work, gardening, and squirrel hunting and agricul- ture. A

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Mlss ANITA RICE, who teaches senior social studies and American History, is a graduate of the University of Kan- sas, where she earned her degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts. She has also attended Washburn College at Topeka, the University of California and the University of Wisconsin. Miss Rice likes to travel, read or knit in her spare time. Miss Curry Mr. McCune When FLOYD MCCUNE, teacher of the Senior Social Studies classes, was called by the service in March of this year his classes were taken over by Miss Charlotte Curry. Miss Curry taught for several years in the Lowther Junior High School and renewed acquaintances with some of the students she taught in the ninth grade. Band and Orchestra It was quite a problem to find a successor for ORMOND PAIKKILR when he left for the Navy, but finally Orin Dalley of lfmporia State College agreed to teach bancl and Miss lfdith Bunch, who has taught music in the Emporia public schools for a number of years, took over the baton to direct the stringed instruments. Mr. Dalley received his degrees from the University of Wisconsin and studied under the Sibelius in Finland. During the Past Year Gizoitoxz Lomas and JOHN E. BECK spent several nights a week teaching home mechanics to adults, many of them parents of senior high students. Miss Ruth Woodbury had charge of the sewing classes and Hugh Brogan, head of the adult education course, was in charge of the local classes which met for ten week periods in the fall and at the be- ginning of the year. Other classes were public speaking taught by George Pflaum, farm production instructed by ll. W. Taylor and Luther Williams, typing by Mrs. Wood Bloxom, shorthand by Mrs. Bernard Kelly, and accounting by F. L. Robinson. The instructors have all done a fine job to help many people help themselves during the present labor shortage. Vocational Agriculture Tuesday and Wednesday nights of every week since january, 1940, have been busy ones at the Vocational Agriculture building. Farmers who enroll by 30-day periods come for miles around to overhaul mowing machines, rakes, and build trailers, which was only a small part of the jobs they undertook. J. W. TAYLOR, teacher of the Vocational Agriculture classes, had worked overtime with his regular classes and the night classes too. Much credit is due Mr. Taylor for his fine work. Mechanics taught six classes a week of auto 14 boys enrolled. Besides studying and trucks they also assemble and disassemble them. The boys take care of their own and the family cars doing overhauling and repair work. Auto Liswis HANSEN has mechanics this year with the parts of automobiles Miss CHARLOTTE CURRY has taktn over Mr McCunes Senior Social Studies classes for the rest of the school year. Miss Curry, who is a graduate of the College of Emporia, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of California, from which she has her Masters degree, is fond of cats and, when time permits, likes to braid rugs. School Nurse Our school nurse, Miss STELLA E. KLEIN, has had varied and interesting experiences which include teaching school, being superintendent of nurses at the W. A. Foote Memorial Hospital, public health nursing, and her work here in the schools. Miss Klein took her nurses' training at the Wichita Hospital Training School and did post- graduate work in hospital administration at Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. She enjoys her work in the schools and is certainly kept busy guarding the health of so many students. Miss Petty Miss MARY D. Pia'r'rY received her Bachelor of Science degree in commerce and education at the Kansas State Teachers College and is going to finish her B. U. this summer at the Denver University. For the past year she has been teaching a bookkeeping elass in Room ZOA. Her hobbies are knitting, reading and dramatics, although she says she doesn't get much time to do them now. Pre-induction Test Pre-induction or knowledge tests were given in the spring by Hugh Brogan to all boys who were of pre- induction age. Almost all of the junior and Senior boys took at least one of these tests. There were seven different types: civics and government, mechanical aptitude, mental ability, American history, silent reading and arithmetic. These tests were given for the purpose of showing the boys which subject they are weakest in, so they will have a chance to refresh themselves in these subjects before enter- ing the service. A refresher course in the fundamentals of arithmetic was given by Kathryn Zenor and Supt. W. M. Richards, each having a class which began one hour before school each morning. Emporia High in War Work Emporia Senior High has done their part towards the war effort in Red Cross work. It has made baby gowns and shirts, mcnis robes, two afghans, drapes for the win- dows of the Winter General Hospital in Topeka, and con- tributed books and S10 to the money drive. The first paper drive brought 34 tons of paper and the second one totaled a half ton of rags and 20 tons of paper. Girl Reserves made 53 utility kits for the soldiers at Winter General Hospital. The public schools all worked together selling bonds and stamps to purchase a P-51 Mustang pursuit plane. E121