Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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A newcomer io the faculty of M.H.S. is Mr. John A. Linn, who replaced Miss lone Lake as journalism teacher. Mr. Linn graduated from the University of Montana and has taken work in the University of Washington. He likes to hunt, bowl, and fish, and has traveled in France, the United States, and Can- ada. Between teaching English classes and sponsoring the Girl Reserves and the sophomore class, Mrs. Arminda McDonald, is kept busy all the time. Under her supervision sophomore ac- tivities run smoothly during the year. In past summers she has traveled far because she enjoys vacationing in different climes. One of the teachers who give fresh- men their first tastes of high school English is Miss Grace Ryon. She says she enjoys her work, especially in try- ing to get her pupils to read a complete epic poem. Like many English teach- ers, reading helps her pass away idle moments. Quiet and demure Miss Agnes Scott teaches English to freshmen and soph- omores. She received her master's de- gree last year from the University of Oregon. Last summer she traveled through Arizona and New Mexico, see- ing the canyons. Her hobby is tinting pictures. MR. JOHN LINN MRS. ARMINDA McDONALD Mr. Robert D. Watt teaches sopho- more and senior English. When not teaching Dicken's Tale of Two Cities or the poetry of Poe, he can be found in the Bitter Root office trying to inspire the members of the staff to greater ef- forts. Mr. Watt says that his job is his hobby, but he frequently exhibits an unusual interest in things mechanical. Sophomore and senior English is taught by Miss Hazel Swearingen, known for her quick wit and good sense of humor. In her spare time she likes to cook and read the latest books. In the summer she retreats from school life at her cabin on Placid Lake. MISS HAZEL SWEARINGEN MR. ROBERT WATT 13

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 MISS LYLE NOBLE Head of the English department is Miss Lyle M. Noble. Hers is the only department in school with which every student has contact, because English is a required subject. The department has three basic aims: to teach students the practical use of English for good writing and speaking, to develop good reading habits, and to prepare students for college English. Miss No- ble is a familiar figure to everyone, for she has worked with the freshman and junior classes for several years. To teach poems and the facts of lit- erature to juniors is the objective to- wards which Miss Katherine Craighead strives in her English classes. Her trav- els in England provide her with an ex- cellent background for her class work. As a romantic actress in the faculty play, The Bishop Misbehaves, Miss Craighead received the appreciative applause of the audience. Sophomore, junior, and senior Eng- lish classes occupy the school day of Miss Edith Dawes. She graduated from Montana State University and plans to spend the coming summer in that school. Miss Dawes is talented in mu- sic and taught it in Livingston before coming here. Her greatest interest out- side of music seems to be the art of cooking. The climax of high school literature is taught by Miss Helen Fink as she in- structs and supervises seniors in the furtherance of their literary tastes. Of her pupils she remarks, Many of them compose good themes of which I keep the best as keepsakes. On the side, she vacations by reading more deeply into literature and is also fond of mu- sic. During the summer she receives her quota of sunshine by playing ten- nis. ENGLISH ESSENTIALS MISS KATHERINE CRAIGHEAD 12

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Good-natured Miss Gertrude Clark, head of the mathematics department, trains students in the art of numbers and rules. Plane and solid geometry, trigonometry and advanced algebra give Miss Clark a full schedule. Teach- ing mathematics to aspiring students interests her most, while reading nov- els and drama is her sideline activity. Mathematics is a subject useful in al- most every profession. In everyday fields and in all walks of life one finds himself thinking in the world of num- bers. In all fields of engineering, arch- itecture, medicine, economics, forestry, and education it is an invaluable asset to have a thorough knowledge of math- ematics. Politicians, diplomats, and army officials use it in relations within a country as well as for international relations. Navy men use it in figuring positions or in finding the time. Army men use it to calculate where the en- emy is or in finding to what level a gun must be elevated. Farmers use the back of an old envelope to determine how much gas is left in the car. Bank- ers use it to figure and speculate with their millions. Everyone uses mathe- matics all during the day. Industries run by it; men win fortunes and lose them by it. There are many ways each hour that we find use for mathematics. MISS GERTRUDE CLARK The housewife balances her budget, and her husband slaves over his in- come tax report in an effort to please the government. The world could not exist if everything pertaining to mathe- matics were destroyed. MATH MATERIALS