Harris High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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ADMINISTRATIUN MISS KOONS 4 MISS SNVARTZ - MR. GOODALL - MISS MILLER SPE sylvania. The band and orchestra are under the excellent direction of hlr. Lllna F. Coodall, whose B. A. degree was acquired at Mansfield State Teach- ers College. Last year Mr. Coodall be- came the Educational Director of WHP and is continuing in that position. The Mixed Chorus of the Boys' and Cirls' Choruses are directed by Mr. A. Leon Reisinger, who received his B. S. and M. S. degrees at West Chester Teachers College. The public speaking department is under the direction of Miss Annabel Swartz and Mrs. Permelia Rose Eman- uel. Miss Swartz, who received her Be. E. and M. O. degrees at Wilson College and Emerson College not only is the advisor of our debating teams but is the instructor of all those who appear on our auditorium programs. CIALS Mrs. Emanuel acquired her B. A. and M. A. degrees at Lebanon Valley Col- lege and Pennsylvania State College. She is in charge of our senior plays, all of which are very successful. For the past three years she has also been the advisor for the John Harris branch of the National Thespian Society. One of our most popular courses is Home Economics. This course is ably taught by Miss Dorothy Martin and Miss Sally Ann Miller. Miss Martin who graduated from Battle Creek Col- lege with a B. S. degree, besides teach- ing sewing, has the responsibility of costuming our school plays and oper- ettas. Miss Miller is a graduate of In- diana State Teachers College where she received her B. S. degree, and is always a friendly hostess for our forum teas and other school conferences.

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ADMINISTRATION MRS. ENIANUEL - MISS ILLGEN - MISS MARTIN - MR. REISINGER S P IN addition to the regular academic and commercial studies, John Ilarris is noted for its excellent special depart- ments. VVe are given opportunities to become acquainted with the cultural side ol' public education under the very expert guidance of these members ol' our faculty. Our student library is one of the most valuable services given to us by the school. We would soon realize its im- portance and learn to appreciate it even more if it were necessary for us to obtain all of our literary and reference material, often over-night assignments from the public library. Each year many of the newest books, both Hc- tion and nonfiction, are added to its collection, and consequently the library is continually becoming of greater ECIALS worth. Miss Ruth hlay Koons, our competent librarian, received her B. A. degree at Ilood College, and her B. S. degree in Library Science at Columbia University. Besides caring for all the administrative work connected with a library of this size, she is the advisor and instructor ol' the Library club. This year we wish to welcome a new member of our faculty, Miss Dorothea Virginia Ilgcn, who in the short time she has been with us has won the re- spect of all of her art students. lX'liss Ilgen, with a B. F. A. degree, received her training at Syracuse University, the University of Pennsylvania, State Col' lege, and the University of Mexico. Our music department is justly famous throughout the state of Penn-

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ADMINISTRATIUN MISS EICHELBERGER - MR. KEENER - MR. PARSONS MR. KELLER - MRS. RAILING COMMERCIAL TI IE field ol' business has long been the realization of success for those who were interested in its many aspects. Today, various phases have been added to business so that almost anyone can find a personal interest in commercial work ol' one type or another. However, the importance ol' eliicient business peo- ple is unparalleled even now in a time ol' great demand for these workers. Cer- tainly anyone who has majored in com- mercial work at John Harris has com- pleted his studies with a broader knowl- edge and understanding of business bc- cause ol' the interesting and completely modern manner in which the courses are presented. Experience is of basic importance to obtain good results in tl1e teaching of commercial work, and two of our fac- ulty members who have been sending well-trained ollice workers, especially secretaries, into the business world are Mr. Edgar E. Keller and Miss Anna E. Read. Mr. Keller is important as treas- urer of all school finances. He attended Rochester Business Institute and the VVharton Extension School. Miss Read graduated at Drexel Institute and also specialized in secretarial courses at Co- lumbia University. Students remember her as demanding perfection-perfection for which they are always later grate- ful. Miss M. Emma Eichelberger is the advisor of the Man Marketing Clinic, an organization popular with commercial students. Miss Eiehelbergcr attended Colorado State Teachers' Col- lege and Columbia University. A com- mercial teacher known to academic as