Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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L. L. Minor Radio, Physics H. H. Boyce Chemistry, Physics Navigation William Suter Business Mathematics Biology joe J. Rogers Biology, Sociology Polly Powell Tandy Hygiene Third period physics lab .nreets Wednesday and Friday with Mr. Minor presiding. Muflhl.. .--f!..If:.A az ..,...-.:Ai :.. ,.,1,1:t:A., 51731999 ' UL sci viu: ui auuiuuu to teaching students the various branches of science throughout the day fill the hours of the science department teachers. Mr. Boyce, head of the department and executive commissioner of the Iowa State Teachers' Association, has an evening meteorology class for Civil Air Patrol once a week, and has added navigation to his daytime courses. Mr. Minor conducts an evening radio class. Mrs. Tandy is another housewife and mother who is helping the com- munity by teaching as well as by doing church and YWCA work. Mr. Suter is a radio announcer on KGLO. Mr. Rogers, completing his first full year here, is an active leader of youth in church activities. Wheii there is time for recreation, Mr. Boyce experiments with different plants. Mr. Minor enjoys spending a quiet evening reading. Mr. Suter enjoys reading historical novels, writing letters to boys in the service, and going fishing. Mrs. Tandy likes to read biology books and attend football and basketball games.

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dents visit the public library to hear Miss Frances Kukacka After a successful summer of gardening and canning, Miss Bailey has all the canned vegetables she wants. She always is interested in dramatics. Mrs. Kassar, a newcomer, has dramatics as her hobby. Mrs. Salzer sews for her small son, Jim, The Butch, and writes to her captain in Australia. Miss Bright finds that her hobbies change from time to time with one exception, reading. Mrs. Titus is a member of the professional commit- tee of the High School and Junior College Teachers' Association. The foreign language teachers too are finding their lives are becoming increasingly busy. Miss Flynn is cashier at the W Cerro Gordo dining room evenings and Sundays and also manages some farms. Miss Forster, treasurer of the High School and junior College Teachers' Association, worked in a defense plant last summer and is :i first aid instructor. Miss F1ynn's sophomore Latin class translates Caesar. Florence Salzer English, Masonian Adviser Virginia Bailey English, Dramatics Adviser Katherine Kassar English Frances E. Forster French Florence E. Flynn Latin

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Mr. Smith's junior mathematics class learns geomet- Mr. Suter's teaching load includes business ric design. mathematics. 786642114 of ' have planned a well-balanced program for teaching the principles of mathematics to larger classes. Indeed, the department, headed by Mr. George, is answering the war cry that students have an excellent mathematical background. When summer vacation comes, the teachers truly deserve a rest, but all of them keep on working. Mr. George, chairman of the auditing committee of the Mason City High School and junior College Teachers' Association, likes to use his mathematical brain in plotting out his victory garden. Miss Fullerton, president of the Classroom Teachers of the North Central Division of Iowa State Teachers' Association and who is now with her mother making her permanent home in Mason City, Worked in an office last summer instead of traveling. Mr, Vorhies, who neglects his life insurance business in order to teach math, is a gladiola gardener. He is going to buy some new bulbs for his garden but is going to help the government by not paying a lot for them. Mr. Smith, proud father of a new daughter, is interested in musical instru- ments as a hobby. Summer vacation finds him employed at the Hutchinson Ice Cream Company. Fred Vorhies Ray C. Smith Orville A. George Helen Fullerton Geometry Geometry Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics IQ? 9'