Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

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FACULTY Mr. Herbert Reinhardt, Miss Mary Campbell, Miss Jean Barnes, Miss Ruth Robson, Mr. Lyle Y'anderhrook, Mr. Tac Gies, Mrs. Wesley Burrell. Mr. G. Avery Aten, Mr. Theodore Knopf, Mr. Carl Damson, Mrs. Ivan Payne, Mrs. Wesley Rundio, Mrs. Philip Hilson, Mr. Arthur Hansen. Mrs. Francis Hamilton, Miss Alice Dontje, Miss Emily McElwain, Miss Ottilia Kaminske. Mr. Joseph Brorak, Mr. Theodore Ben- nink, Mr. Lewis Hine, Mr. Lester Schil- ling Mr. Edwin L. Taylor, Mr. Fred S. Jones, Mr. Robert Kin . Absent from picture: Mrs. Arthur Lower, Mrs. Ger- trude Wilcox, Mr. Stanley Wheater.

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 BOARD OF EDUCATION P. A. VanBuskirk, superiruendiru of schools; Harold Foster, secretary; Hubert Cook, trustee; Dr. G. L. Lock- wood, president; Charles Faul, trustee; Dr. D. D. Wal- ton, treasurer. BOARD OF EDUCATION Because of ability and efficiency in their duties, the personnel of the Board of Education has remained unchanged for a number of years. Through its efforts Johnson Athletic Field was completed. The membership of the board is as follows: Dr. George L. Lockwood, president; Mr. Harold Foster, secretary; Dr. DeForest Walton, treasurer; Mr. Hubert Cook and Mr. Charles Faul, trustees. ADMINISTRATION No year book is complete without introduc- ing the administration (not that they need an introduction.) First, there is our superintendent, Mr. D. A. VanBuskirk. Mr. “Van” has proved his ability and efficiency all through the twenty-three ADMINISTRATION Mrs. Raymond Guthrey, secretary to superintendent; Mr. Fred S. Jones, assistant principal; Mrs. Francis Ham- ilton, dean of girls; Mr. D. A. VanBuskirk, superintend- ent; Miss Beatrice Bush, clerk; Mr. Edwin L. Taylor, principal. years he has been superintendent of the Hast- ing City Schools. Mr. Edwin L. Taylor is our principal. No one needs to be told how busy he is every minute of the day. Besides his job as principal, Mr. Taylor teaches Latin and has sixth-hour study hall. Our assistant principal is Mr. Fred Jones; Mr. Jones has physics laboratory, physics, study hall, chemistry laboratory, and chemistry be- sides his administrative duties. This year, we are fortunate in having Mrs. Francis Hamilton as dean of girls. Mrs. Hamil- ton teaches three classes of English and also a health class. Mrs. Raymond Guthrey is secretary to the superintendent. She also manages the office with the assistance of Miss Beatrice Bush.

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FACULTY “What, my dear, you have never met the faculty of Hastings High School? What a tragedy! I shall see what I can do to remedy this sad situation. How about a jaunt through the hallowed halls of H.H.S. to meet the teachers of ‘ye olde institution’? What’s that you say; you don’t wish to inconvenience me? Oh, it’s no bother at all! I have to see Mr. Jones about that test tube 1 broke, return a book to Miss Robson, get the latest gossip from Mr. Gies, and get an admit slip from Mr. Tay- lor, anyway. “Let’s begin our tour on the third floor. See that handsome man in room 311? That is Mr. Knopf, who teaches biology and agriculture. Once upon a time said man had a mustache. The sweet sounds issuing forth from the music room are the efforts of the choir, which is di- rected by Mrs. Lower. Ohhhh, that smell! Bet- ter don your gas mask while we visit this room. Mr. Jones teaches his students how to mix ‘this’ with ‘that’ and get a very unpleasant odor; in the other words, he teaches chemistry and physics. ‘Otra vet por favor’ — in case you are wondering at the foreign words coming from 307, Mrs. Hilson’s Spanish class is in ses- sion. Next, may I introduce you to Mr. Dam- son, history and English teacher. Ha, ha! Looks like that was a pretty good one Mr. King just told, by the way his class is laughing. Incident- ally, Mr. King gets almost as many sighs from the gals around here as Sinatra. Here we are at Mrs. Rundio’s room. Her bookkeeping class looks rather perplexed. Click, clack! Don’t be alarmed at that series of sharp reports. It is nothing more dangerous than the typing class; there is Miss Kaminske in charge with the in- evitable stop watch. I wonder if she has ever been to the races? Oh, here comes Mr. Whea- ter down the hall with Mr. Reinhardt. They seem to be engaged in a serious conversation. I’ll bet it concerns government or economics. “By the weird sounds coming from the band room, I surmise that Mr. Hine has stepped out of the room for a moment. Ted Bennink and Mrs. Wilcox are coming down the hall. They teach part time here at high school. “Well, that takes care of the third floor. Let’s slide down the banisters and make a tour of the second. Wheel This is fun! I’ve always wanted to slide down the banisters. Oops! Here comes Mr. Taylor. Whew! What a close call! He’s principal, you know. Ah, here we are at Mr. Gies’s door. Let’s go in and have a char with our math professor. I can hear Mr. Schilling in the next room telling his speech class to ‘be more specific.’ Miss Robson is list- ening to the baseball game. Want to bet on the Tigers? Miss McElwain’s room is right here. I wish I knew how she keeps her hair so neat. There are Miss Campbell, Mr. Hansen, and Mr. Vanderbrook in the office. No, that isn’t a student coming down the hall; it is Mrs. Hamilton. What a personality! There is Miss Barnes in the library with the ‘well known fin- ger’ on her lips uttering that oft’ heard phrase ‘quiet please.’ “Shall we now descend to the bottom floor and peek in at the gymnasium? Mrs. Burrell is giving the girls in her gym class quite a work- out. There are Mrs. Payne and Miss Dontje in the cafeteria making a cake. By those gruesome sounds coming from the shop I surmise that Mr. Aten’s shop class is in session. Here comes Coach Brozak in from practice with the boys. By the way, Coach is the prize story-teller around these parts. “Now, you have met the people who keep the homefires of ‘good ole H.H.S.’ burning. Sighted teachers; met same. Mission com- pleted!”