Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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This bean shooter found his mark, un- fortunately. .Personalized Instruction Enables The Faculty To Meet Students' Individual Differences discussing the annual art show with Miss Mary Himler, their art instructor, Whose efforts made the exhibit possible. While in the fine arts department, we pause for a few moments to hear a group of instru- mentalists master a selection under Mr. F. A. Ringrose's guidance. With a keen interest we anticipate our trip to the rooms which house the spec- ialized courses. And the incessant tapping of typewriters and the clicking of adding machines from 213 tells us that we are in the commercial department. Bending over a typewriter, Miss Elsie Garlow illustrates the method of cleaning the machine. In shorthand class we see Miss Blanche Quick dictating words which send pencils racing over notebooks. Long columns of neatly written numbers fill page after page as Mr. P. T. Gaudino helps a bookkeeper balance his worksheet. Miss Laura Shallenberger also stresses neatness and accuracy in her spelling and writing classes. Going into the advanced commercial classes, we watch future stenographers learning practical office management under Mr. H. E. Stover, or future salesmen planning with Mr. C. E, McDougall their model grocery store. Our tour of the commercial department completed, we turn to the shops. Our first introduction into the industrial arts depart- ment is in the Fourth Ward shop where we find Mr. C. H. Thompson teaching fresh- men boys the fundamentals of handcraft. Then in the new, brightly lighted shops of the high school, we stand in the sweet- smelling woodshop where Mr. F. C. Bert inspects the work of the young carpenters, or perhaps we step into a room full of .515 whirring machines to see Mr. H. G. Knier explaining the operation of a drill press. In a large, pleasant room filled with high 'lesks we find Mr. F. A. Halsall, co-ordinator of industrial education, or Mr. J. F. Shay helping a student draftsman to complete a blue print, while in the electric shop we puzzle over a board wired by one of the electricians under Mr. Elmer Schulte. Still visiting the boys' department, we look about a room bordered by boxed plants to see Mr Jack Clinch sharing interests of scientific farming with a group of boys in overalls. Leaving the boys, we enter the home eco- nomics cottage to find Miss Emily Vosburg helping a seamstress to lay a pattern and Mrs. Katherine Stumbaugh teaching an interested group how to make a pretty jewel case from an empty cigar box. In the cooking department, Miss Marcella Gregory helps girls to master the art of changing left-overs into appetizing dishes. Our journey of the class room complete, we make our way towards the front en- trance to leave. In the hall Mr. Charles Lynch is busily supervising the cleaning of the steps, and from Mr. M. N. Funk's oflice we hear the click of Miss Ruth Himler's typewriter as she makes out a schedule card As we walk down the steps to the entrance, we stop to reflect for a moment on what We have witnessed-how fortunate we are to live in an age when teacher and student collaborate in bringing about the develop- ment of the individual. Instead of the stinging blows of the birch rod at failure to understand a problem, we see the hand of encouragement, beckoning on to goals of higher understanding and usefulness

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Trend And Tradition . It is a far cry from the days of the school master with birch rod in hand, strictly guiding unruly boys through a meager edu- cation of the three R's to the instruction of today, where the teacher acts as both guide and friend in the teaching of sub- jects ranging from agriculture to public speaking. As we look into the class rooms of Latrobe High School we find the faculty working side by side with the student, dir- ecting him through four years of study, always with emphasis on the individual, his needs and capacities. To help prepare the student to meet vital problems of today, social science teachers give the background and guidance essential for intelligent judgment. The freshman learns the first principles of government as Mr. R. V. Wild discusses civics questions, or has his first introduction to social prob- lems as Miss Jean Dibb describes the evils of the slums. Mr. H. E. Hoerr, guiding the sophomore world history student, out- lines on the blackboard the causes of thc World War, while Mr. G. D. Rise tells his American history students of an amusing incident in the life of Andrew Jackson. In his problems of democracy classes Mr. J. R. Beatty explains labor and government rela- tions as unsolved modern problems. Turn- ing to another phase of modern education, we watch Mr. H. I. Snyder demonstrating how to do a difficult turn to a group of gyrnnasts, and observe Miss Kathryn Don- nelly as she explains the triangle formation to some girls in one of her gym classes. Listening to externporaneous speakers present theiir conception of the Movie Problem under the direction of Miss Mar- tha Osborneg sitting quietly at the back of the auditorium as Miss Katherine Alcorn helps a young dramatist to master his role: or hearing Miss Mabel Lindner interpret a poem for the choral reader, we realize the advantages to be gained from public speak- ing as taught by these teachers of the Eng- lish department. Behind the work of the publications staff members is the guiding 1 The dunno in the school of long ago wistfully regrets an unstudied lesson. hand of Mr. H. D. Benford, who graciously lends much time in his capacity as publica- tions adviser. We laugh with students of a senior English class at Mr. M. C. Dovey's humorous interpretation of Shakespeare, listen to Miss Irene Metz's helpful criticism of an oral reportg and we catch the signifi- cance of Mr. M. E. Rizzo's explanation of the Mercy Speech to a group of Industrial boys. To compete our tour of the language department, we visit the foreign language classes. Miss Clare Gibson greets us with a cheerful Bonjour , while Miss Adeline Reeping and her Latin students carry us back to the days of Julius Caesar. - Looking through the door of Room 208 we see a group of eager faces intently watching Miss Katherine Netzlof project a band of rainbow colors on the wall with a glass prism, or perhaps Miss Jeannette Dahlstrom is explaining to some wide-eyed freshmen the theory of electricity. The mounted specimens of leaves or butterflies of the biology laboratory attract our at- tention as Miss Virginia Daniels explains how students constructed them. In the sen- ior science department, we find Mr. L. W. Himes explaining ionization to future chemists, or we join attentive young phy- sicists and marvel with them as Mr. S. G. Rummel magnetizes an iron rod by strik- ing it with a hammer. Satisfied with a glimpse into the scien- tific world, we next visit the mathematics classes. Here we find Miss Lyda Hamilton explaining the procedure of solving an algebra statement, or Miss Mary Louise McBride going to the aid of a freshman puzzling over a factoring problem. We stand surprised as Miss Florence Breeton illustrates the rapid addition of columns of figures and agree with Miss Lenore Whiting that geometry is really an interest- ing subject. After visitng class rooms of general edu- cation, we find ourselves in the west cor- ridor with a group of young artists who are . -4-:: 1 l

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