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

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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.

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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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Dlzgfdfy For a school ol ils size, Horace Mann has one ol lhe besl libraries in lhe counlry. Miss Webb has acled as chiel librarian lor six years, aller serving lor seven years under Mrs. Brainard. Possessing an amazing abilily lo lind slrange inlormalion, Miss Webb has aided innumerable inlormalion-seeking hillloppers. Besides leaching Firsl Formers lhe mys- leries ol lhe library, she is an imporlanl member ol lhe assembly commillee. Mrs. Payne is ollen seen around lhe library help- ing Miss Webb. Whenever an exlra assislanl is needed, she is on lhe iob, lalqing care ol lhe boolcs. .ibiefeficfi One ol lhe leasl apprecialed laslcs around school is perlormed daily by Mrs. Pearl C. Randel, lhal ol leeding 500 sludenls and lacully. This year in a remodeled lunchroom, Mrs. Randel accomplished lhe amazing laslc ol leeding over 750 persons on Falhers' Day. .gfCLg8CI'6i f The prewar weekly slagecrall classes were re- sumed lhis year upon lhe relurn ol Mr. Frederick Lillle lrom lhe Navy. Mr. Lillle, an l-l.M. graduale, also acls as adviser lo lhe Slage Crew and direcls lhe conslruclion ol all Dramalic Club sels. ufiic The Music Deparlmenl is due a greal deal ol credil lor ils excellenl music assemblies and lor lhe very successlul Wednesday morning sings. Mr. Arlhur Warwiclc serves ably as lhe leader ol lhis group. l-le inslrucls in lhe piano and organ, bolh ol which he plays equally well. Through his inlluence he has broughl many line musicians lo l-lorace Mann assemblies. Mr. Edmund Wall, an ex- perl wilh lhe clarinel, inslrucls boys in any ol lhe woodwind inslrumenls, while Mr. Presli, who comes lo l-lorace Mann lrom lhe Army, serves as orcheslra leader and violin leacher. 1 l , f W f f V kv