Harlan Community High School - Harpoon Yearbook (Harlan, IA)

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A pert, red-headed addition to the faculty this year, was Miss Sally Bolin, who teaches English to ap- proximately llO freshmen, She received her bachelor's de- gree at Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville. Second semes- ter she also taught a class in Amer- ican Literature to iuniors. Miss Bolin was especially appre- ciated at noontime as she punched the lunch tickets of the starving students. Miss. Eolin enioys playing the piano and a hi-fi record collection. American literature and speech were taught by Mr. Monty Pitner. Much of his time was also spent directing the iunior and senior plays and sponsoring the Thespian Club. Mr. Pitner received ,his B.S. at Northwest Missouri State College and is working on his M.S. at Kan- sas State College. He is a member of Alpha Psi Omega, an honorary society in dra- matics, and is doing extensive work in this field. He is also a member of the Iowa State Board of Speech. Mr. Pitner does creative writing in his spare time. Senior English demands research in the library. ZEWWJJEXSEE-El . .owl teachena 'Ihnouqh Enoumoua Patience Jnatnucted ua .gn the Hut Ot llainq Enqliah Ebbectwelq A crew-cut and a subtle sense of humor depict our teacher of sopho- more'and senior English classes this year-Mr. Gordon Sunner. He is also co-sponsor of the iunior class, and must supervise their planning of the iunior-senior prom. Mr. Sunner received his education at Eagle Grove Junior College and Iowa University, graduating with a B.A. in English. Co-sponsor of the freshman class, and instructor of Latin and algebra, was Mr. Leo Koester, who received his BIA. degree at Loras College. Adnoticeable increase has been created in the interest in Latin class. His first class in 1953 con- tained only 'l3 members, while this year he taught two Latin I classes, containing I6 members each, in ad- dition to a Latin ll class. Mr. Koester enioys photography when he isn't kept busy with his two children and the proiect of completing his new home.

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. . ow: teacheua ave flid and Guidance Jn the '3onmation Oli Gun Vocational Plane JOANNE CHRISTENSEN MARIE HALEY Intensive preparation for enter- ing the business world is given to upperclass girls by Mrs. Joanne Christensen. She instructs classes in typing, shorthand, clerical, and office prac- tice, in addition to co-sponsoring the senior class. Mrs. Christensen was graduated from Iowa State Teachers College with a Bachelor's degree in busi- ness education. This is her fourth year of instruction in Harlan. The addition of 200 books to the high school library has been a maior accomplishment of Miss Marie Haley. Briar Cliff College in Sioux City awarded Miss Haley her Bachelor's degree in Library Science. Photography and travel are her favorite forms of entertainment. In addition to sponsoring the library Club and the iunior class, Miss Haley also completed a scrap- book of Harlan High which con- tains all the clippings pertaining to all activities of the school., Mr. Donald Archer, instructor of business law, typewriting, book- keeping and journalism, also spon- sors the yearbook and newspaper. He received his Bachelor's degree from lowa Teachers and his Mas- ter's at Colorado State. His collegiate honors include membership in Delta Pi Epsilon, a National Honorary Fraternity in Business Education. Mr. Archer has been taking ad- vanced graduate work in counsel- ing and guidance at the University of Missouri. In addition to his teaching duties, he finds time for photog- raphy, reading, and woodworking. lnstructing the basic principles of homemaking to high school girls is,the task of Miss Vernie Schack. Because she particularly enioys cooking, decorating, and sewing, she imparts this feeling for the do- mestic abilities to the girls under her instruction. She received her degree at Iowa State and has taken additional graduate work there. Since she is especially interested in craft work, she devotes her leisure hours to that pastime. DONALD ARCHER VERNIE SCHACK Sharon Johnson practices touch addition on new ten key adding machine. isa IH

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. oun teachena Mr. Ted Williams coaches the bas- ketball team and is assistant foot- ball coach. He also teaches classes Smplanted Jn lla A Valuable Leaaona Jn Spontamanahip RALPH MARTIN CHARLES BRANSTETTER in history, civics, and economics. He obtained his B.A. at Simpson College, and he is working on his M.A. at the University of Wyoming. Fishing is Mr. Williams' hobby, and he enioys teaching civics, but his sentiment for classrooms is, Give me coaching any day! The ABC's of driving techniques are taught in drivers' training by Mr. Ralph Martin, who also has charge of two study halls. Additional duties include assist- ant football coach, and iunior high basketball coach. He received his bachelor's degree in physical education at Iowa State Teachers College. It should come as no surprise that athletics is his favorite pastime. The principles of mechanical drawing are taught by Mr. Harold Swede Johnson. ln addition to this class, he also instructs boys taking shop, and is football' and track coach. Mr. Johnson received his B.S. from Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, and obtained his master's degree at the University of Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Branstetter instructed physical education this year. They attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, where they received degrees in physical education. Mrs. Branstetter sponsors Girls' Recreational Association: her husband is iunior high football coach and B squad basketball coach, in addition to instructing a class in history. Although they call Milford home, they have taught in Sioux City, Belmond, and Gilmore City. Most of their time outside teaching duties is occupied by their two chil- dren, Susan and Jeffrey. I3 TED WILLIAMS HAROLD JOHNSON BETTY BRAN STETTER v.