Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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 Jors.Lcjn X, cmcjuacj, A newcomer this year to the teaching staff of M. H. S. is Miss Margaret Dur- kin, a teacher of French who replaced Miss Mildred Ammer. Miss Durkin studied at Montana State University for three years before going to the Uni- versity of Wisconsin where she re- ceived her masters degree in French. Before coming to M. H. S. she taught at Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, Iowa. Sports such as swimming and badmin- ton interest her outside of school. Teacher of first and second year Eng- lish and Latin is Miss Sylvia Johnson who is a fairly recent newcomer to M. H. S. having joined the faculty only last year. The hobbies of Miss Johnson in- clude reading and sports but she is not able to find much time for them as she attends school during the summer. When asked about her pet peeve she replied that she deplores students who do not work. It is better to forget one's verb con- structions than to forget that all people are really alike, feeling the same way and wanting the same things even if they do speak another language. These are the sentiments of lively, dark Miss Violet Boileau, M. H. S. Spanish instructor. When teaching the ways and hows of the Spanish language proves too wearing for Miss Boileau she turns with pleasure to her cooking. Next to cooking as a hobby she loves to study people. MISS MARGARET DURKIN MISS SYLVIA JOHNSON SENORITA MISS VIOLET BOILEAU

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MISS ELSIE WADELL J ancjiiacjd The Dean of the foreign language department is Miss Elsie Wadell, teach- er of second year Latin and commercial geography. Miss Wadell has seen the most service in the foreign language department of M. H. S. and is therefore the guardian of this department. Her keen sense of humor and her wide- spread general knowledge add interest to her Latin classes as they study the campaigns of Caesar in Gaul. The foreign language department is perhaps one of the most interesting de- partments in school and surely it covers the greatest amount of territory of the world because it is a foreign language department. In M. H. S. French, Latin, and Spanish are taught and for each of these there is a special club. The pur- pose of these clubs is to give the stu- dent a better understanding of the language and the people who use that language as a native tongue. Small papers written in French and Spanish help in this work. The student may obtain them through the foreign lan- guage department for a small fee. One of the many opportunities available to the student of other languages is the foreign service field, where one may be employed either by the government or private business. Thus the foreign language department opens new hori- zons and points out the way for better understanding between the people of this country and the people of France, Spain, and South America. PASSPORTS TO FOREIGN PORTALS 1 s nv mu s

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MISS MARY V. HARRIS Dramatics instructor of M. H. S. is Miss Mary V. Harris. Aside from her elementary and advanced dramatics she trains students in public speaking. Other activities of Miss Harris include the sponsorship of the Thespians and the direction of all dramatic produc- tions. This year as usual the dramatics department presented a fall production, a night of one acts, and a Christmas cantata in conjunction with the music department. In addition, a faculty play T. G. AND DOT EMOTE was presented under Miss Harris's di- rection. This year for the first time the department entered the drama festival which replaces the Interscholastic Little Theater Tournament. One of the most popular courses in school is art, taught by Mr. C. B. Bar- tholomew, or Bart , as he is known to one and all. We don't try to develop artists here, only to develop an appre- ciation of good art, explains Mr. Bart. 'The stress in this school is laid on the individual student and his tastes rather than on the work of the class as a whole. Reading and fishing occupy Bart's time out of school when he is not enjoying a busman's holiday by work- ing with his art. His pet peeve is the lack of proper facilities for art students in school. MR. c. B. BARTHOLOMEW 24