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

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Ma-I---3s,.T1 f Quill. . . .Ti HA' 'P w9....,,'g fri ,Mins LTHOUGH The aThleTic deparTmenT was hiT hard by The deaTh oT Ump Tewhill, iT has ably carried on Through The pasT year. Mr. Roger Readio, Treasurer oT The GA. has Taken over The iob oT running The aThleTic sTore and oT planning The Team schedules. Besides capably coaching The J.V. BaskeTball Team in The winTer, he spends all season aT his biggesT iob, coordinaTing all aThleTic acTiviTies. VarsiTy baskeTball and baseball Tlourish under The guidance oT Mr. Gordon Moose Miller, who also acTs, in The Tall, as line coach Tor The TooTball Team, coaches Third Formers in all maior sporTs, and Teaches maTh To l:irsT Formers. Mr. Charles T. Avedisian has made a name Tor himselT as auThor oT The Unbalanced as righT guard Tor The New York GianTs, and as l-l.lvl.'s TooTball, swimming, and Track coach. ln Two years I 9 he has produced Two remarkable swimming Teams. Mr. WalTer l. lvleTcalT and Mr. Philip l.ewerTh acTed as co-menTors To The J.V. Baseball ancl FooTball Teams, The laTTer helping ouT in baseball and Track also. Mr. Carl Crandall has Turned ouT consecuTively excellenT Tennis Teams, several oT Them undeTeaTed, while Mr. Anderson aided Lower School Tennis players. lvlr. lvlilTon Jahoda, beTTer known as Pop, has coached soccer Tor Two years aT l-lorace Mann, and in his second year Turned ouT an undeTeaTed Team. Mr. Shaughnessy conTinued his 20 year old boxing course aT HM., This year again sTaging an exciTing boxing TournamenT on ST. PaTrick's Day. Mr. Sigward has reTurned To l-l.lVl. aTTer serving in The Army, To Teach iiu-iiTsu, while Mr. Jolley aided The deparTmenT by helping in Lower School play and in Track.

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dence N recenT years The Science DeparTmenT has gained greaT prominence aT Horace Mann. Heading This deparTmenT is Mr. RoberT F. Payne, The sole physics Teacher, who doublos as adminisTraTive assisTanT To Dr. TillinghasT. He Takes greaT pride in his workshop and in The mulTiTude oT gadgeTs in The physics lab. None oT his sTudenTs will ever TorgeT his Tallc, Do you believe in SanTa Claus?'l He is ably assisTed by Dr. Harry H. Williams, a member oT The FaculTy Guidance CommiTTee, His TirsT iob was as a chemisT in a coal mine, and Trom There he changed To Teaching aT Penn lv1iliTary Academy. ln I937 he arrived aT H.lv1. and has been Teaching Chem and advising The Science Club ever since. He won The MANNlKlN dedicaTion in T943 by reason oT his congenialiTy and greaT paTience. Qne year ago Mr. Frank Branley puT in his appearance aT Horace Mann. He Teaches Second and Third Form General Science and has wriTTen a TexTboolc enTiTled 'Seven and EighT Tor his classes. AlThough only aT school a shorT Time, he has already gained The posiTion oT guidance head oT, and adviser To, The Third Form. While working Tor his MasTer's Degree aT Columbia, he neverTheless Tinds ample Time To advise The Lower School Science Club. Mr. Charles T. Avedisian arrived aT Horace Mann in I944 and sTarTed Teaching biology To The l:ourTh Form as a side line, while coaching The TooTball, swimming, and Traclc Teams. As oT laTe, he has gained added renown in view oT his recenT acquisiTion oT a delighTTul human slceleTon named l'Charley's AunT. I 8

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A W 4 V 4 ' A' ' ff . sw 11,1 Q N, s .ff -- . f A , 4 ' sw 'gf' flf' I Vw? Ufhw -Sie!! LL The deTails and working oT school liTe rnusT pass Through The oTTice. To Take care oT This immense job, some seven people, in addiTion To Dr. 'lillinghasT and Mr. Van SanT all conTribuTe immeasurably To school liTe. For over 20 years Miss Anna M. Shay has served as ExecuTive SecreTary OT The oTTice. She ably assisTs Mr. Van SanT in all Tinancial maTTers, acTing as his personal secreTary. Mrs. Jane Crandall is an invaluable aid To all Seniors, since she does much oT The oTTice work on Their college applicaTions. ln her capaciTy as Dr. 'l'illinghasT's personal secreTary, she Tigures ouT The sTandings in The diTTerenT classes. From Englewood Business School, Horace Mann received Miss Edna GunTher. She Tends The Telephone board and in her spare Time has proved an excellenT painTer. The announcemenT oT her engagemenT was guiTe a shock To many hopeTul seniors. Mrs. Anne Weber has served in The oT'Tice since l939, excepT Tor The Time she Took OTT To geT married. She Takes care oT The ouTer oTiice, and helps Horace Manners To geT ouT oT Trouble. Miss Marion DenTon is a newcomer To Horace Mann This year. Coming Trom Commerce School in Yonkers, she made an immediaTe hiT wiTh many pupils. Mrs. Jane Chase TirsT came To Horace Mann unmarried, buT soon aTTer, she leTT The TaculTy wiTh one less bachelor. While Mr. Chase has been serving as naval aTTache in Moscow, she has consisTenTly helped ouT in The oT'lice. Mrs. Avedisian, Too, has been OT assisTance in running The ouTer oTTice.