Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTS English is the most essential sub- ject in the curricu- lum in that it is the key that unlocks all other knowledge. The efforts of the English teachers are to the end that the students write and speak correct Eng- lish, readily inter- pret the printed page, and appre- ciate the best Eng- lish and American literature. The girls who are enrolled in House- hold Arts learn the essentials of home making. In the sew- ing classes they make their own clothes. In the cafe- teria classes' they learn cooking, and each noon serve luncheons to a long line of hunger marchers. All boys may not take part in athletic gamesg yet all may have the instruction of Mr. Wells and Mr. Trobaugh. Miss Avery's Home Nurs- ing classes are al- ways large. She says, Ninety per- cent of illness is cared for in the home, therefore. every girl should understand the care of the sick? l The foreign languages taught are French and Latin. Miss Johnston has the be- gining Latin classes, and her method of teaching by visual education makes the subject fascinating to the pupils. Miss Manders has the advanced Latin. Miss Rabb has the French classes. The Social Science Department is very strong. The purpose of all social studies is not only the acquiring of a knowledge of facts concerning governmental growth and economic principals, but thc promotion of true citizenship. From ancient Greece to the world of today, all educators realize the value of music and art in education. Mr. Gould's work in band and orchestra this year has reached a high peak. Miss Sines' Glee Clubs have won public praise. Even if a stu- dent has no skill as an artist, Miss Jensen makes his blinded eyes see beauty.

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Qofmm Cl . , .,,,,,.. W, f X .- f Z K MISS CLARA RATHFON Miss Rathfon's position as an assistant principal was, no doubt, brought about through her efficiency as dean of girls. Miss Rathfon was one of the first board mem- bers of the Y. W. C. A., and as such she was appointed chairman ofthe Hi-Tri advisers. After her term as a director had expired, she became sponser of the membership com- mittee of the Hi-Tri Chapter. This connection with the Y. W. C. A., has deepened and broadened her sympathy with girls. The Tattler Staff has dedicated this book to Miss Rathfon. MR. J. J. MITCHELL Principal Emeritus Instructor of Mathmetics Mr. Mitchell always works for the best interests of the boys and girls. In the absence of Mr. Cox he assists in the office, during the opening sessions. He teaches business arithmetic and trigonometry, and his classes are always popu- lar. Naturally sociable, Mr. Mitchell has made the students feel that he is their friend, consequently, they bring all sorts of problems, real and imaginary, to him. When the Hi-Y's and Hi-Tri's go Christmas carolling, they always like to end at Mr. Mitchell's home. The Logansport public is interested in Mr. Mitchell be- cause of his scientific knowledge of birds and bees. In the past he has been president of the State Audubon Society. THE SCHOOL BOARD The members of the School Board are alumni of the Logansport High School, so naturally its interests are their interests. C. Zook is president, M. P. Beall is secre- tary and J. Taylor is treasurer of the board. Here is Mr. Taylor's character sketch, as written in the 1914 Tattler. JOSEPH TAYLOR: Joseph, alias Zak of the Greek informed , doesn't belong strictly to our class, but he Wanted to graduate with a good bunch, so we gave him permission. Zak is a red hot Republican, and as an orator we fully expect to see him sometime Speaker of the House or even Mayor of Dunkirk. That he is brainy is proven by the fact that he is in our class, which ought to satisfy anybody. Zak pulled down the job of Treasurer of the present classg and if he hadn't been in such a hurry to graduate, he would have undoubt- edly had greater honors. The board has done well in this day of depression to keep our school running for nine months. THE SCHOOL BOARD JOSEPH TAYLOR PARKER BEALL CLAUD M. ZOOK

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--- -I FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTS The graduates of the Commercial De- partment have no trouble in filling clerical positions, nd in state and dis- rict contests it al- ways has high rat- ing as the frame of awards in the upper corridor shows. Miss Maru Smith, the head of the depart- ment could not com- plete the term this year, and Mrs. Er- baugh, a former Junior High com- mercial teacher, cap- ably filled the po- sition. T h e b 0 y s w h o Work in the Manual Arts Dep a r t m e n t make blue p r i n t s, learn the principals o f mechanics, a n d master the f u n d a - mental tool process- es. Some print the Magpie and all pap- ers of office com- munication, others repair and make the school furnishings. Many shop boys take training in auto mechanics. i 5 'What would the high school do with- out Miss Shultz ? She is the genius cf library service. She knows all the books required and other- wise-and buys them for the prover- bial song. More- over, no matter how vague and incoher- ent one may be in his request for a book, Miss Shultz knows the volume, chapter, page, and line desired. The three instructors of the Mathematics Department teach Advanced Algebra, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Plane und Solid Geometry, and Business Arithmetic. These are the so called disciplinary studies, the immediate benefit of which is the train- ing in thinking straight and accurately. The three laboratories of the Science Department arouse the interest of the stu- dent. Physics and chemistry appeal mostly to boys, by giving practical work that most boys like. Burbank, necessarily as a shade now, would praise, no doubt, the work of the botany department. 4. I