Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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p R O D U c E R S In the office or elsewhere about the building one may find Principal G. A. Ketcham attending to the multifarious duties of the biggest job in our school. Students often notice that the principal has slipped quietly into classrooms to watch. His quiet, firm manner and his attentive assistance wherever help is needed have endeared him to students and faculty alike. Without ostenta- tious show he quietly keeps all parts of the school in pleasant harmony. For twenty-seven years Mr. Ketcham has watched and guided the development of this ever growing high school. Assistant Principal H. J. Hunt has ably assisted in directing the affairs of the office. He is perhaps best known among the students as a dispenser of permits to enter classes. Besides his office duties, Mr. Hunt conducts mathe- matics classes and sponsors the Pep club.

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CRITICS Ray Coffman and Ed Minty were selected as the editors for the second semester and Louis Dwight was made business manager. To strengthen in- terest in ads the Konah sponsored several ad contests, giving a prize to the student who wrote the best ad. The second semester staff abolished the kidding column. Another feat of the second semester staff was the editing of a six-page Easter edition. Much extra work was necessary to make this a success. The guiding genius of the Konah is Miss lone Lake. For several years she has consistently held the Konah at a prize-winning standard. Any student who takes journalism is automatically put on the staff and given a job of doing anything from writing sports to interviewing new students. Every Thursday evening Miss Lake and the editors go to the Missoulian to supervise the final editing and make-up of the paper. Fitting it together piece by piece like a jig saw puzzle, cutting down headlines that are too long, copy-reading for mistakes, and finally O. K 'ing the final paper require much time. Little do we realize when the paper is dealt out so quickly Friday noon the hours of labor behind its completion. Many aspire to be on the Konah staff but only those with C's or better in English are accepted. The ambition of every Konah staff member is to become a member of Quill and Scroll, international honorary society for high school journalists. The num- ber taken in is necessarily small due to the high requirements. KONAH 2ND SEMESTER Delaney Nielson Bates Jones Baird Walterskirchen Glase Holmes Minty Patterson Clark Coffman Campbell Daly Orvis Donovan Dwight Eastman Thompson 15

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Protector of the weaker sex is the position of Miss Neva Copeland, Dean of Girls. Her most important job is advising high school girls through their un- certain teens. As one of the directors of the Girls' club, Miss Copeland has sponsored many worthwhile activities, making this largest organization in school indispensable. In her spare time she teaches English and assists in the office. Miss Genevieve Lill has been added this year as the school nurse. While not a regular sawbones she gives various tests and watches over the general health of her little school family of 1500. Familiar to all of us who frequent the library is the figure of Miss Kathryn Geiger, head librarian, who is always willing to help the bewildered student. Besides directing her staff of helpers, Miss Geiger maintains quiet in the li- brary. Miss Helen Robson, one of the best known faculty members, helps teach- ers with clerical work and gives of her artistic ability in the arranging of pro- grams, etc., for various organizations. She takes care of the office detail. THE FACULTY A careful study of M. H. S. faculty would uncover a wide variety of dra- matic and intensely real, life stories, stories of men and women who face the trials of educating others with sincerity and understanding. A companion- able group, they know how sane it is to laugh a little now and then. At fac- ulty meetings they convene en masse to decide the fate of one and all. No student ever knows what goes on behind those closed doors, but the next day in school some new rule is obviously enforced, and our orderly education con- tinues. 17