Horace Mann School - Horace Mannikin Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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MR. JOHN T. VAN SANT R. John T. Van SanT, AssociaTe HeadmasTer, came To The hill in I9l2 To devoTe all his Time To The upkeep oT The physical and Tinancial side oT Horace Mann. A graduaTe oT De Pauw UniversiTy, he is one oT The Tew men s+ill aTTached To The TaculTy who were presenT when The school moved up To Riverdale. Previously The headmasTer oT GreencasTle High School in Indiana and a Tormer Ma+h Teacher, he has done wonders collecTing money Tor such proiecTs as The library and The new lunchroom. SilenT and reTiring, he commands greaT respecT among The TaculTy and The sTudenT body. Many a Maniac has TelT Mr. Van SanT's iron hand clasping his arm aTTer breaking a sTudy hali window or cuTTing To The TronT OT The lunch line. He is The TirsT person To inTerview prospecTive Horace Mann- ers and is also head oT The H.M. DormiTory. ln These posiTions he has builT up The school and iTs members To iTs presenT high level. MR. ROBERT F. PAYNE DMINISTRATIVE AssisTanT and Head oT The Science DeparTmenT, Mr. RoberT F. Payne is H.M.'s jovial physics insTrucTor. Though he possesses a love Tor children, he never leTs sTudenTs geT The besT oT him. He is The ToremosT obsTacle To play skippers, chronic sleepers, and absenTees. A hard- ened lisTener To excuses, he hands ouT slips and lecTures alTernaTely. Popular Mr. Payne graduaTed Trom Union in l9l I and commenced a Teaching career which broughT him To H. M. in I9I9. Full oT mirTh, he brighTens up Physics sTudenTs oTherwise dark lives by demon- sTraTing quick 'sTudenT prooT me+hods Tor solving problems. He is a lover oT gadgeTs and Takes greaT pride in his workshop. His Tamous grin spreads Trom ear To ear as he expounds his TavoriTe subiecTs: railroad accidenTs7 campsg and, once every year, his Tamous discussion oT SanTa Claus.

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H966 NE oT The largesT groups aT l-lorace Mann is The English DeparTmenT, which is headed by Dr. William l'l. Blalce, As senior adviser he spends a greaT deal oT his Time preparing The SixTh Eormers Tor college. When noT direcTing The Glee Club or cavorTing in Wednesday morn- ing assemblies, he designs haTs, wriTes poeTry, and pracTices panTomime. Mr. l-larold ChrisTie Clausen and The Dra- maTic Club are synonymous aT l-lorace Mann. l-lis main inTeresT sTill lies wiTh The EirsT and Second Eormers, To whom, ever since l923, he has im- parTed The arT oT cliagraming. The EiTTh Form adviser, and menTor oT all school publicaTions, is Mr. AlTred E. l3aruTh. Aside Trom Teaching EiTTh Eorm English, lvlr. B. runs a bus service, Camp MacArThur, and The Chess Club. l'le claims ThaT The only Thing he hasn'T done is murder a l'lorace Mann sTudenT l-lorace lvlann will sorely miss The presence oT Mr. Leese Tor one more year while he Teaches aT Alabama. ln Tive years aT HM. he has ably TaughT Third Eorm English and American l.iTera4 Ture. A disciple oT Edgar Allan Poe. Since l944, Mr. Donald l. CarTy has been nursing The budding TalenTs oT many sophomores. As EourTh Eorm English Teacher, he has ably insTrucTed in The inTricacies oT American l.iTera- Ture. l.enT To l-l.lvl. unTil The mid years by Man- haTTan Prep, he has done a man-sized iob. ATTer Tour years absence while serving in Uncle Sams Navy, Mr. John Reeves has reTurned To Till The spoT vacaTed by Mr. Leese. A graduaTe oT Horace lvlann in l932, he TaughT music and English beTore The war. Mr. Nisswender ioined The l-l.M. TaculTy early in January also To help Till The vacancy leTT by lvlr. l.eese. Mr. David TaTem, a graduaTe oT Randolph-Macon college in Virginia, came To The hill in February To Talce over lvlr. CarTy's worlc.