Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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GOOD SPORTS Good sports in MHS this year were super- vised by the good sports pictured at the right. Seated from left to right are Ed Buzzetti, coach of the A basketball team and the B football squad and sociology and economics instructor; Miss Elsie Forcum, girls’ physical education, tumbling, and beginning twirling teacher and sponsor of GAA; and Guy Stegner, track coach and book- keeping and typing instructor. In the back row are Walter Griffin, coach of our football team and of the B basketball squad, boys’ physical education instructor, and sponsor of Boys’ M Club; Ralph Soroos, assistant track coach and U. S. history teacher; and John Dratz, line coach in football, general science instructor, and sponsor of the Tennis Club. OUR TWO MUSICIANS MHS's two musicians pictured from left to right are Fred Honeychurch and Stephen Niblack. Mr. Honeychurch came to our school this year from Dillon. He has ably directed the or- chestra, a piano ensemble, our bands and brass and woodwind ensembles, and the advanced twirlers. Mr. Niblack has led the A Capella choir (which provided such beautiful music for the Christmas cantata), and the octette. He has taught a general music course and has assisted Mr. Honeychurch with the band and twirlers. Trial by Jury,” a Gilbert and Sullivan oper- etta, was directed by our two music instructors this spring. AT HOME AT SCHOOL Pictured in the living room of the model home in the home economics department are Mrs. Gladys Van Vorus and Mrs. Frank R. Wes- kamp, home ec. teachers. Sponsoring student organizations are other activities of the instructors. Mrs. Van Vorus was in charge of the Sophomore Class, and Mrs. Wes- kamp directed the Future Home makers of Ameri- ca Club. Until her wedding in December, Mrs. Wes- kamp was Miss Mary A. Jones. TOGETHER APART Because most of their classrooms are in the annex across from the main building, our fine manual arts and vocational agriculture instructors are not very well known to many students not in their classes. These teachers are Mark Jennings, Ed Davis, and L. C. Ennis (not pictured). Mr. Jennings taught agriculture and some shop and sponsored the Future Farmers of Ameri- ca; and Mr. Davis supervised shop. Mr. Ennis, known as Pop, was in charge of drafting and commercial lettering. He is also known for the numerous beautiful wood carvings he does.

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DEPARTMENTS BEATRICE AND BART Instructors in the fine arts department pic- tured from left to right are Mrs. Beatrice Pierson and C. B. (Chicken Bones) Bartholomew. Mrs. Pierson substituted for Mrs. Douglas Fessenden at the beginning of the year, and she became a regular member of the faculty when Mrs. Fessenden was forced to resign because of illness. Bart,” as he is fondly called, is also sponsor of the Bitter Root and the Art Club. THE GREAT EIGHT In this picture are some of the greatest mathematicians that ever lived—not only those pictured on the wall, according to MHS students, but also those pictured math teachers. From left to right are A. I. Sugg, general math and algebra instructor and sponsor of the Frosh Class; Miss Gertrude Clark, geometry and trigonometry teacher and sponsor of the Senior Class; Miss Virginia Speck, geometry teacher and a Girls’ Club sponsor; and Reuben Zeig, general math and algebra instructor and Ski Club and a Student Council sponsor. TEACHERS, SCROLL, SHOOTERS Besides teaching students how to speak foreign languages, the teachers pictured at the right also inform students about customs and ways of life in other countries. Miss Elsie Wadell, Latin and commercial in- structor pictured in the center, holds a Roman scroll, used as a book. Miss Wadell is also spon- sor of the Girls’ Club finance committee, in charge of the candy stand on first floor. Replicas of spear shooters are held by Miss Violet Boileau, Spanish teacher; and Hugh Smyth, French and Spanish instructor. Miss Boileau spon- sors the Pan American Student Forum Club; and Mr. Smyth, French Club. TEN TEACHERS OF ENGLISH English instructors standing from left to right are Miss Neva Copeland; Miss Katherine Craighead; a Girls’ Club sponsor; Miss Agnes Scott; Miss Ann Foley; and Miss Florence Brin- ton; Sponsor of Konah Airwaves, a weekly 15- minute student radio program. Others pictured are John A. Linn, also jour- nalism teacher and sponsor of the Konah, school newspaper; Miss Helen Fink, sponsor of The Kopee, school literary maga2ine; Miss Mary V. Harris, also speech and dramatics instructor, sponsor of the Thespians, and director of school plays; and Miss Grace Ryon, a Girls’ Club spon- sor. Miss Hazel Swearingen, seated, is chairman of the department.

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 TYPING TYPES Below are Miss Kathryn Gieger, librarian; Miss Leila McDonald, school nurse; and A. T. Therriault, business manager. Except for C. C. Shively, all the teachers in the Commercial Department teach typing. At the far left is Mrs. Dean Pachico, who also was responsible for courses in general business and commercial geography. The mother of a five year old boy, she came to MHS this year from Dil- lon. She was sponsor of this year’s active Junior Class. Mr. Shively, the only guidance teacher in any Montana high school, came here from Cali- fornia. He taught students salesmanship and mer- chandising and obtained jobs for them. School credits were offered to those working at these jobs. Mr. Shively also interviewed junior and senior boys and offered guidance pertaining to school and social problems to them and others. Others pictured are Mrs. Carrie Gilham, also shorthand instructor; Guy Stegner, who taught bookkeeping and coached for track; and Mrs. Jane George (the former Miss Jane Mee) who was in charge of shorthand and sponsor of a Girls' Club committee. OUR SCIENTISTS Teaching the intriguing details of different fields of science were responsibilities of these well-liked teachers. They are Carroll Miller, chemistry and al- gebra instructor and sponsor of Pep Club; Paul Wilson, physics and aeronautics teacher and spon- sor of the Radio Club; and Miss Marie Ray, bi- ology teacher, sponsor of the Student Council Welfare Committee, and a promoter of the Junior Red Cross. They also include Millard (Pete) Peterson, biology teacher and sponsor of the National Honor Society; and John Dratz, general science teacher, line coach in football and sponsor of the Tennis Club. SOCIABLE SOCIAL SCIENTISTS Sociable social scientists from left to right are C. B. Worthen, world history teacher, manager of school movies, and an avid stamp collector; Mrs. Millard Peterson, history instructor; and Miss Agnes Brown, head of her department and teacher of international relations and a new and very popular social studies course for freshmen. Others are Ralph Soroos, U. S. history teach- er, assistant track coach, and sponsor of a S. C. committee; Robert Watt, sociology and economics instructor and sponsor of Camera Club and Chess Club, and Ed Buzzetti, sociology and economics teacher and coach for the A basketball team and the B football team. Mrs. Peterson, the wife of one of our biology instructors, substituted for Joe Ryburn at the beginning of the year. When Mr. Ryburn resigned, she took his place.