James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Administration DR. ALEX JARDINE Superintendent of Schools JOHN E. BYERS Dr. Jardine was born in Bothwell, Scotland, September 25, 1904. He received his Principal elementary education in Clinton, Indiana, and graduated from Riley, Indiana, High School in 1923. His Bachelor and Master Degrees were both received from Indiana State Teachers College, and his Doctors Degree in Education was awarded by Columbia University in 1952. He joined the Evansville School system in 1927, and was their acting Superintendent of Schools from 1943 to 1946, when he became Superintendent of the Moline, Illinois School System. Dr. Jardine is the author of many articles on education, and is a member of the leading educational associations in the country. He was appointed Superintendent of the South Bend School System, August 1, 1955. Mr. Byers is the first graduate of Riley High School to become its Principal, being appointed August 15, 1955. He graduated from Riley with the Class of 1933. Attending Indiana Central College, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, and later was granted his Masters Degree in Education from Indiana University. He taught at Washington High School, where he was Director of Athletics, and before coming to us, was Principal of the Muessel School. During World War II, he served with the United States Army, and rose to the rank of Major. likes reading more than plowing . . . teaches shorthand and ART typing. MISS MARY JANE DAY once landed on an iceberg in Alaska MR. GEORGE KOCH toured the Orient while in college . . . . . . makes her own clothes . . . enjoys painting and handi- enjoys good music . . . supervises the yearbook. crafts. MR. LIONEL MARTIN likes to exercise at the Y . . . spends MRS. MILDRED KOPP will never forget the day she led cheers his spare time collecting sunshine and vitamins. for Riley . . . paints with water colors . . . is real good MISS KATHERINE VAN BUSKIRK is Department Head . . . playing bridge. likes to work in her garden . . . is coordinator for the Business MR. GERARD MILLER joined our faculty this year . . . likes Education Cooperative Program . . . teaches advanced short- to paint when not fishing . . . roamed through the Pacific hand. during W.W. ll. MISS BESS WYRICK is faculty adviser of the Hi-Times . . . BUSINESS EDUCATION teaches business correspondence . . . enjoys square and folk MR. VERNON BACHTEL enjoys his farm near Lakeville . . dancing.

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Q Sf 9 UQ I 4 f ll 57 x L A , XX f sf AJ -' Q Parents came in droves to our annual open house during National Education Week. After Mother and Dad learned why Johnnie got a B instead of an A during conferences in the library, they were toasted with coFFee and cakes in the cafeteria and escorted to the auditorium where a panel of teachers discussed problems in educating their children. The audience was delighted when Roberta Terry as Katherine Hubscher in Madame Sans Gene told the popular how she smacked the brute who tried to pick her up for al kiss, and how he passed her on to the next man for a kiss and every man iack of them flCli9d with garlic. i as rf- 12

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One of the highlights of the Riley social calendar is the traditional Faculty Tea. Mr. Barnbrook, Miss Day and Mr. Schubert, having solved that problem af how many lumps for their tea, select from the other delicacies. MR. GENE RING coached our championship tennis team . . . plays professional baseball for Indianapolis . . . was one of Central Senior's all-time greats. ENGLISH MRS. FERN BARNETT gets a big thrill out of reading to her grandchildren . . . loves to travel . . . has visited in most of the 48 states. MR. JAMES CASADAY directs and stages all dramatics . . . gives no inkling why one success follows another with regularity. MRS. MARGARET CASSIDY likes music, more music, and still more music . . . sings as sweet as a bird . . . has travelled extensively. MR. RICHARD FETTERS is Director of Athletics . . . swim coach of our championship team . . . assistant football coach . . . teaches English as a sideline. MISS GERTRUDE FORTIN came to us this year from Wash- ington High . . . our gain, their loss . . . loves Riley and her Packard. Um faaueieene .. CAFETERIA MISS JENNY TRIGG sees to it we are well fed every noon . . . loves to travel . . . born in Kentucky . . . says Louisville is world's most exciting city. DRIVER'S TRAINING MR. ALTON MEYER referees football and basketball . . . was caught in the bombing of Bastogne, Belgium . . . traveled all over Europe for American Red Cross in W.W. I. Mr. Morrison may have his mouth open, but he, along with Mrs. Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. John Byers, have their feet in the swing of things at one of our sock hops. No one can dispute the fact that they are in style as these faculty members and their dates kick off their shoes and let down their hair for an evening of the ca-ray-zee-ust entertainment. ras., .. MR. ROBERT GEARHART knows phonograph records better than any Senior . . . is enioying his second year with us. MR. EDWARD JENKINSON can grade English papers while watching TV . . . writes short stories . . . good ones, too. MISS GRACE LUSHBAUGH will never forget first first day at Riley . . . likes poetry and music. MISS MARCELLA MITCHELL has been in every state of the country and every province of Canada . . . likes her garden . . . and the glaciers in Jasper Park. Miss Roaring 20's Steele demonstrates the good old Charleston, as Old Father Morrison and Big Chief Horvath look on in admiration. These faculty members participated in a skit showing the cheerleaders . . . past, present, and future.