Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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DIRECTORS Mrs. Florence M. Keeton trains future stenographers anc watches over three hundred busy juniors. As a shorthanc teacher she gives valuable business training, and as the junioi class sponsor she manages hot dog and ticket sales. A suc- cessful Junior Prom is her proudest achievement. Teacher of economics and sociology is Mr. Frank T. Kelley. Interesting political discussions are the highlights of his classes. Occasionally he gives radio talks and speaks to various or- ganizations. In his spare time he reads books of exploration. In class he relaxes and expounds the theories of democracy. The power behind your school paper is Miss lone Lake, journalism and commercial instructor. Miss Lake teaches cub reporters the art of covering the news around school. Censor- ing their stories and counting their headlines keeps her busy with the inexperienced members of the staff. She is helped by old hands with photography and finances. When deadline worries are out of the way, she takes her relaxation through skiing. Sponsoring the Girl Reserves and the sophomore class is a diversion for Mrs. Arminda McDonald, English teacher. She often spends her summers in different places, having stayed in Washington and also in Denver. Turtle doves in our halls are her pet peeve. Miss Edna A. Mann heads the history department. She is quiet, competent and ably conducts classes in International Re- lations and American history. She and Miss Noble number among faculty cosmopolites, having toured Europe and parts of the United States. Students labor over her reading charts and look eagerly forward to class political discussions. The chemistry laboratory is presided over by Mr. Carroll Miller, who also teaches general science. Although he claims the spot on the wall is not the last professor, utmost precau- tions are taken by all experimenting students lest the walls of M. H. S. be wrecked by a wrong mixture of this and that. Like all good men Mr. Miller enjoys hunting and fishing.

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In an atmosphere ol microscopes and dissected frogs works Miss Fay Fouts, teacher of girls' biology. Girls aspiring to future careers in the medical or biological fields find this in- teresting course valuable. Miss Fouts shows her pupils the mysteries of the plant and animal world. Outside of school, her chief interest is art work. Mrs. Carrie Gilham, commercial teacher, has a number of varied interests. She enjoys tennis, reading and travel. To the tune of Old Black Joe and The Marseilles she teaches her students to type in the true Gilham fashion. Her typing students secretly hope for the day when practice records will be set to swing. Dramatic coach is Miss Mary V. Harris, who has built the dramatics department up to the high position it now holds. Miss Harris' classes are dramatics and public speaking. The work in speech gives voice training; the work on the stage gives poise. Her major productions win applause from towns- people and students; her Little Theater entries often merit first place in the state contests. Miss Harris likes Terraplanes, peace and quiet. Between acts she keeps an eye on the Thes- pians and reads new plays. Future tillers of the soil are instructed by Mr. C. M. Homer, agricultural supervisor. Those interested in this field are taught everything from soil conservation to livestock judging. Mr. Homer enjoys hunting and fishing. For recreation he also re- ferees basketball games and sponsors the F. F. A. Miss Edna Jacobsen holds classes in advanced algebra and geometry. As her home is on a ranch her interests and pastimes are truly western. She enjoys hiking and riding, sports which take her to the wide open spaces. She is quiet and serious. Miss Sylvia Johnson came here this year from Lewistown. She teaches English and Veni, Vidi, Vici to second-year Latin students. The Latin club was organized for the first time mder her supervision. Her main interest is reading. 21 DIRECTORS

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Miss Erma Monroe is in charge of all girls' physical edu- ri. Besides teaching various sports during school hours, iupervises badminton, tennis, archery and several other rt$. She also sponsors the G. A. A., which awards M s iris outstanding in athletics. For the past two years she . helped with the folk dances in the operettas. Energetic head of the English department is Miss Lyle M. Noble. She is in charge of the annual extemporaneous essay « test here, a state-wide event. Her students are juniors and !«•..hmen; her interests, stage and drama. Mr. Millard E. Peterson is in charge of boys' biology. An i (standing feature in his classroom is an aquarium contain- i many different species of fish of which he is very proud. Among his hobbies he lists painting and music. The task of vocational counseling goes to Miss Audrey Proctor, guidance teacher. Interest in her work led her to Co- rn ibia University, where she received her Master's degree in lutdance. She also primes freshmen in algebra. Students ; i .zled about their vocations find her suggestions helpful. Be- tween equations and student conferences, she plays badmin- t n, hunts and reads more books about guidance. Miss Grace Ryon, who teaches freshmen their Et tu Brute s, is perhaps the faculty's most enthusiastic cosmopolite. . he has been abroad and has probably traveled more than my other member of our faculty. Miss Ryon enjoys the psy- hological hobby of studying interesting people. Miss Agnes Scott, English teacher, received her Master's iegree last summer. She tends freshmen and sophomores in school? plants outside of school. Miss Scott is quiet, dislikes uum-chewing pupils. She claims she has no spare time for outside interests with the exception of summer motor trips. The World's Fair is this year's objective. DIRECTORS 23