Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Mrs. Helen Davis, dean of girls, takes care of the schools. He has attended Central Normal College attendance for the girls in high school and listens and Indiana University. to their deep, dark secrets. She has an A.B. from Mr. Ward Brown, junior high principal and dean the University of Illinois. of boys, has charge of the boys' attendance in high Mr. Kenneth Taylor, attendance teacher, takes school. Mr. Brown has a B.S. and M.S. from Indiana care of all the attendance problems of the city State Teachers College. And RecordfKeepers at Work Mamie Messmer and Maxine Cohen are two of the busiest people in the high school. Gen- U erally, you will find Maxine hurrying around cutting stencils for the faculty, taking dicta- tion, or typing for the principal, Mamie does the bookkeeping, acts as financial agent, pur- chasing agent, and many other things. Maxine has been with us for three years as secretary and office clerk to Mr. Kurtz, She is also in charge of all high school records. Mamie has been with MHS for eleven years, as secretary to the principal for five years and secretary to the superintendent and school board of the city schools for six years. These two secretaries are both graduates of ....,,-, Martinsville High School. Maxine, buzzing around giving out helpful information, is loved especially by the servers of detention periods, over whom she so tenderly watches. Mamie is now boss in her own right, having June Thacker as her assistant. 13

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Mr. Royce Kurtz, principal of Martinsville High School, has efficiently set up the curricu- lar schedule for all high school students ac- cording to their wants and needs and has helped to arrange for the handling of the extra large enrollment in MHS this year. Mr. Kurtz has his Master's degree from Claremont Graduate. School in California. Setting the policy for our city schools is this board of distinguished citizens. Faced with crowded buildings, they have been Working this past year for a consolidation pro- gram that will merge the re- sources of the city and sur- rounding townships into one school unit. They are Eugene Barnard, president, Warren Schnaiter, treasurer, and Mer- rill Wilson, secretary. Policyflvlakers Three grade schools, a junior high school and a senior high school look to Mr. Glenn M. Curtis, superintendent of schools, for guid- ance and assistance in their many curricular problems. Mr. Curtis has given much time this year toward effecting a metropolitan district school consolidation program. 12

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Faculty 14 Herschel Baker, B.S., Central Normalg M.S., Indiana .... Bookkeeping, U. S. His- tory .... Hi-Y. Vincent Bisesi, B.S. Butler, Central Nor- mal, Indiana .... World History, Driver's Eraiigng, Health, Safety .... Assistant oac . Hubert Bowers, B.S., M.A., Ball State. . . . Typing .... Faculty Athletic Manager. . . . Junior Class. John Bremer, A.B., M.A., Ball State, Uni- versity of Chicago .... Government, World History .... Testing Director .... Senior Class, Artesian. Eleanor Buxton, B.S., Purdue, B.A.E., Chi- cago Art Instituteg M.A., Ohio State .... Art. Mark Caress, B.S., Indiana .... Speech, English .... Thespians, Play Director. Norman Coglan, B.S., M.A., Ball State .... Industrial Arts, History, Physical Education. . . . Football Coach. Merrill Cox, Central Normal, Indiana .... General Science, Physical Education .... Junior High Coach. Glendyn Davee, B.S., Butler .... Art, Ad- justment Class. R'chard Elliott, A.B., Elmhurst College: MA., University of Illinois .... Band, Or- chestra. Kenneth Elmore, A.B., Indiana State .... Industrial Arts. Charles Gill, A.B., DePauw .... Biology. . . . Freshman Class. Opal Gray, Indiana State, Indiana, Uni- versity of Wisconsin, DePauw .... Mathe- matics. John I-lazelett, B.S., Central Normal, M.S., Indiana State .... Mathematics, English, Physical Education. Myra Hochstetler, B.S., Indiana State .... Foods, Home Economics .... Cafeteria. When G. Hochstetler, B.S., Indiana State, M.S., Indiana University .... Vocational Ma- chine Shop, Mechanical Drawing. Burchard Horton, B.S., Indiana State. . . Physical Education, Basketball Coach. . . Lettermen's Club. Evelyn Jarrett, A.B., DePauw .... Mathe- matics .... Sunshine Society.