Fort Hill High School - Sabre Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

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amy, ewes Twenty-five New Instructors Since Spring of '41 TOP PICTURE -Standing: Charlotte Geisbert, typing and business trainingg Winifred Potts, typing and shorthandg Nellie Shaw, artg Robert Rawhauser, scienceg Clay Adams, mathematics. Sitting: Elizabeth Stephenson, home economicsg Geraldine Mann, musicg Elizabeth Miley, mathematicsg Esther Holzshu, Englishg Lenore Resser, physical education, BOTTOM PICTURE -Standing: Alfred Benna, mathematics, Nellie Hilton, social studiesg Marguerite Deetz, mathematicsg Cassie W. Hast, scienceg James Engle, English. Sitting: Helen Inge, English and social studiesg john Ferguson, shop. Not pictured: Eileen Samms, artg Helen Russell, social studies. Q -3

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ne ofthe most pernicious effects of war is its disruption of education. Again and again learning must be suspended when instructors are withdrawn from the ranks. Fort Hill affords an excellent example of how schools are affected. Over one hundred and eighteen different teachers have occupied the professorial chairs of Fort Hill since its dedication in 1936. Two have been lost by death. The greatest number of changes have occurred since last year. Of twenty-five who left since January 1941, one was transferred to another school in the city, another became a supervisor of industrial instruction in the county. Eight secured teaching positions in other districtsg two are in the military, one in the naval service. War work took three, matri- New aw, mony three, and merchandising two. Une is em- ployed by General Electric, another is an assist- ant bank eashier, one is retired, and the occupa- tion of one is unknown. The full significance of teacher turnover can be appreciated when it is pointed out that eighteen vacancies since last April have been filled by twenty-eight different instructors. A staff of two in the art department was handled by seven different teachers over a period of three terms. Instrumental music had three directors in as many tcrmsg a science vacancy was filled three times in one semester. In the shops print- ing and junior high industrial courses were dis- continued altogether because of the impossibility of replacing the instructors. Top Row: Miss Park's radiating brightness vies with the autumn sun for supremacy. For Miss Workman the paper work never ends. Mr. Long demonstrates a traction splint. Miss Miley's genial and friendly smile has within the last year been transposed from Penn Avenue to Fort Hill. Portrait of a travelerfMrs. Deetz deep in the heart of New Mexico. Bottom Row: Miss Street gives pointers on how to serve a meal. The slanting sunlight illuminates Mr. Footen in a mood of concentration. Mr. Ritchiels ready humor and intelligent comprehensiveness are two assets often lacking on many balance sheets. A babe in the woods, alias Mrs. Hughes.

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