Harriet Whitney High School - First Lady Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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wr.-fr - Row I Row I I Row ill FACULTY Miss Ethel Wooden, Principal Miss Harlan Barth, Englishg Mrs. Leona Prohsc, Social Problems and .merican Hisforyg Mrs. Laura M. De Bolt, Office Clerkg Mrs. Kate Galley, Lnglisng Miss Gladys nrmstrong, Merchandising, Mrs. Ruth Hartnett, steno- graphyg Hrs. emily Leister, Fooisg Hrs. Lorochy Lyle, English, science, Typing. Hrs. Freda 1. Schneider, Foods, Miss Cecelia Rakowski, Liorariang Miss Margaret Purdy, Mechanics of Merchan- iisingg Hrs. Kuby buck, Dookkeeping and Office Machines Miss Alice MacRohert, Production, Mrs. Elizabeth Von Hoff, Ulotningg Mrs. Stella Barre, Physical iducationg Ars. Ruth M. nustad, Coordinator, Miss Garnet Thomp- son, Retail Selling and Commercial Georgraphy. Hrs. Jane Geoauer, art ani ndvevtisingz Miss Ruth Moor- heal, Personal Regimen.

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The class of 1939 was the first work in the newly organized Whitney School. This class of 1940 is the receive diplomas in the new building. The class of 1941 will be the first to have received all of their preparation in the new organization. Education as well as time marches on! FIRST LADIES to complete the Vocational High first group to The Hfirst ladyu is always in the public eye. The first ladies to leave this school and enter the world of employment will be no exception. The wage earning woman of today must stand or fall on the quality of favors because ance as a wage a par with her of the women's have been made the product which she contributes. She can ask no of sex as did her sister of by-gone decades. Accept earner and legislation are tending to place her upon fellow male workers. However, a study of the history movement shows that gains for women in modern society slowly and with great sacrifice on the part of the leaders who have sponsored them. These leaders were the real first ladies. There was a first lady to sponsor votes for women: a first lady to carry the case of equal property rights to the courts: a first lady to establish home-making classes for girls: a first lady to en ter college and start co-educational classes. This year saw the re tirement of Anna Lalor Burdick, the first lady in the United States Office of Education, whose duty it was to encourage the establish ment of trade and industrial education for women. As education and time march on, tion in 1917 has been but a passing moment. her appointment to the United States Office of Educa But these twenty-two years have made possible such education as this class of 1940 has leading out. May the into profitable fields with Ellen M. H. Gates nMyself must cross the bridge that sways With half its timbers gone Ere I can call Make haste! Come on! Come on!H received. In the root sense, education means education of this class lead each member out of endeavor! May each member be able to say to the students who follow her, to him who stays, Ethel Wooden, Principal -13-

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NEW FRIENDS FOR OLD In all the Joys and sorrows of the past year we have lost some of our beloved fr1ends M1ss Dorothea Blshop has left us to engage ln another f1eld of work We can never repay her for her untlring support of vocatlonal 6duC8tl0D M1ss Mary Ann Ward although not an old frlend won the heart of every g1rl wlth her charm She was lnstructor Amerlcan Hlstory and Soc1al Stud1es She also served as advlser the G1rl Reserves Club Love Conquered 1n her case of career love and lt was Wlth regret that we wltnessed her departure wash her all the happlness there 18 to be 1D her new role as Mrs Thomas Brady of Wa bash Ind1ana Mlss Bess1e D1ley has also JO1D6d the ranks of young matrons M1ss D1ley served as lnstructor of Applled SCISDCB and 8dV1SeF of the Junlor Red Cross Commlttee She lS now l1v1ng 1U Radnor Oh1o Mrs Henrletta Rlter has left us to res1de 1n Buffalo New York She hae entered the bu81D6SS world wlth her husband Her leavlng has left a sad spot 1U the hearts of many of the students and the fac ulty Mrs R1ter was a true frlend of all and her grand work 1n the art department w1ll be mlssed There 18 a sllver l1n1ng beh1nd each dark cloud yet 1n all these sorrows is the happlness of belng w1th the people chosen to replace those who left us Among our new faculty members are Mrs Ruth M Rustad She is the coordlnator and w1th her assistance many of our graduates and present student body have found thelr place 1n the UUSIDGSS world Mrs Leona Probst has taken a place 1n the hearts of the glrls along w1th Mlss Ward She lS the lnstructor of SOCIB1 Sc1ence and Amerlcan Hletory Mrs Probst has a1ded the glrls as advlser to the G1rl Reserves Her unt1r1ng work 1S deeply appreciated Among the later add1t1ons to our faculty are Mrs Jane Gebauer Mrs Freda Schnelder M1ss Margaret Purdy Mrs Stella Harre, Mrs Dorothy Lyle We hope these teachers w1ll enJoy worklng wlth us as much as we enJoy havlng them We trust that they w1ll remaln and contlnue th61F f1ne work 15 . . . i . of . . . . g . of . . N H ' vs. , ' ' ' . We ' , . . , . . , . Y . . . I . . , . , D .