Harris High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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ADMINISTRATION xi ,fl MISS HELEN J. GRAEFF Assistant to Principal

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L S Q ADMINISTRATION I DR. HORACE G. GEISEL Principal 14

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ADMINISTRATION MISS BAUM - MISS ALLEMAN H MISS NVALZER MR. IIOUCK - MR. HOI-'FSOI I' IER A MISS FEG ENG ONE of the most important sub- jects has been the study of our own language and its literature. For three years we have written, or have tried to write, essays, compositions, book-reports, and correct sentences, with varying degrees of success. Some of us have come to know and appreciate the love- liness of poetry, others have found en- joyment in the Narratives of Dickens and Elliot, while to us all, Shakespeare has become, if not a friend, surely a well-known acquaintance. We are for- tunate in having an excellent English Department, for many of our teachers have traveled through Europe and were often able to give us first-hand descrip- tions and information concerning our assigned verses, stories, and plays. Miss Elizabeth M. Garner, the head of the English Department, has done ISH a great deal to increase our interest in poetry and literature by means of the Senior Literary Society, which is an honorary organization composed of stu- dents vvho achieve high grades in consider good. VVe, as students, rec- junior English. Miss Garner attended Dickinson College, where she received her B. A. and Masters degrees. Miss Walze1', one ol the most valued mem- bers of our faculty, was awarded her B. A. and M. A. degrees at Columbia University. Miss Catherine E. Good, who is also interested in dramatics and the Ilarrisburg Community Theatre, re- ceived her B. A. and M. A. degrees at Coucher College, Columbia University, and New York University. Miss Cer- trude E. Klemm, our class advisor, to whom we wish to extend our deepest thanks, attended Dickinson College and