Mechanicsburg High School - Artisan Yearbook (Mechanicsburg, PA)

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FACULTY Play Promoter Mechanicsburg's Gonewiththe- windian history teacher whose superwoman efforts with Service Club, have gained recognition and praise this past year, is Miss REIDA LONGANECKER, A.B., graduate of Gettysburg College, and much sum- merschooledn at Shippensburg, VVest Chester State Teachers Colleges, and also the Universities of Cornell, Duke, Colorado and California. Miss Longanecker can answer all in- quiries on the boys who are in the service of Uncle Sammy. Not only has Miss Longanecker started the Service Club, as an addition to the M. H. S. club roster, but she is responsible year after year for the annual senior play, the 1942 production being Square Crooks -but definitely, a super- colossal. Contest Coordinator VVitty, volatile supervisor of girls' gyrations is Sargent-graduated and University of Pennsylvania-schooled Miss KATHRYN XVILLIAMS, B.S., M.S. Dynamic dancing, volleyball, and basketball coach, she may be found with her gym classes on the basket- ball Hoor or teaching hygiene in room 5. Miss Williams also spends a great amount of time after school, directing tournament practices. Following about eight such prac- tices, class teams are chosen from those who have attended the required quota, and the tournament is played off' in this order: Frosh-Soph game, winners-Junior game, winners-Senior game. Assembly-awarded prizes are che- nille letters for winners and felt numerals for runners-up. Lucky Gray lilected Coach of the year in his Fifth season of football at Mechanicsburg, smiling leader JOHN 'IIIME, M.H.S. 1942 H. FREDERICK, earner of a B.S. degree in Physical Education at the University of Illinois, and an M.A. in the same study at Columbia, is well worthy of the title. His gridiron coaching record at M. H. S. is most enviable, the teams under his tutelage having won 30 games in the last five seasons as Wardrobe Warden Mechanicsburg High School's sophomore dean is Miss ADA BRACK- BILI., B.S., a graduate of Shippens- burg State Teachers College. Afifable and conscientious is this teacher of health, spelling, penmanship and history who began her pedagogic career in the Arch Street building Moweiw, BUCHER, HAMII.'I'0N, WILSON, SNVDER, THOMAS Commute, Vomlions and lhe Arif against 7 losses and 6 ties. Especially convincing was the ,4I season, when Frederick Teams Inc., bowled over all opposition in very decisive manner to capture the South Penn Conference Crown. Aside from his being head mentor in football, the man in the gray suit, as he is known to the more superstitious fans, is also boss in basketball, but as is known, M. H. S. fives have usually lacked the punch necessary to bring home that pro- verbial slab of bacon, alias the S. P. I. C. Championship. In the role of a teacher, Mr. Frederick is found in charge of boys 'gym classes' as well as hygiene and ancient history. of this community. Aside from her importance as an instructress, the responsibility of keeping the M. H. S. band intact lies on her shoulders, as she is the faculty manager and quite an emcient one at that. Diligently working to keep the financial affairs on the blue side of the ledger, and at the same time being sure the members have a neat appearance, she Ends her work difficult but not uninteresting. One look at that organization tells the observer that the job has been performed quite well. In fact, so well that the band won first place in the Class B competition in a Christmas Parade at Harrisburg last year. 15

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FACULTY M. VANNAVKER, graduate of Blooms- burg State Teachers College, with a B. S. degree, and currently studying for an M..-X. degree at Columbia Uni- versity, who brings it to life by hav- ing some of her classes construct ancient Roman battle weapons and farm implements, while other groups translate Cicerodes and Virgilit- erature. Oaais, Bi-:Aa Ge0g'rf1plz,v and Books Known as one of the best-dressed women teachers, Miss Vannauker has a passion for costume jewelry and sets great faith in the crossed fingers of that little brass hand pin. As the former adviser of the Arch- ery Club, she enjoys outdoor life, but has a great hatred for those morons who pronounce her name with a V as in Wirgil. Mitten Maestro lt' an infallible method for pre- venting tardiness is ever developed, Miss lNlARoARE'l' li. S'1'AL1Fi'ER,.-XB., Dean of Girls, will probably be the inventor. A graduate of Gettysburg College and staunch supporter of all its activities, Miss Stauffer, is now working for her Master's degree at Columbia University. 14 Noted especially for her aversion to late-comers, she has more likes than dislikesf' among them travel, sauerkraut, parsnips, turnips, and knitting. As sponsor of the knitting club, she has taught over fifty girls to knit, and was the instigator of the current fad ofknitting everything from mittens to sweaters in every available corner from home-rooms to assembly. Foreign Doll Fancier Traveler, collector of foreign dolls 'of which she takes exquisite care and which she loves to show to others-'geography enthusiast, and an all-round competent teacher is the Senicr Class Dean and adviser, Mas. ADAM L. ORRIS, graduate of Irving College. She also calls Leb- anon Valley and Shippensburg State Teachers College Alma Mater. to keep us well informed of the topographical changes as well as those that are economic and social. That Mrs. Orris really enjoys teaching is manifest by her con- tagious enthusiasm and ceaseless effort with the affairs of the Senior classes. Authors and Adolescents A firm evictionary when it comes to dealing with those who haven't learned that Silence is Golden,', Miss Bizssiiz M. BEAR attended Millersville State Teachers College, Drexel Institute, and Pennsylvania State College. She likes young people, and says she learns while helping them seek information for reports. Not inter- ested in public library work, since it would not involve the young book- squirms she meets in M. H. S., she LONGANECKER, YYILLIAMS, FREDERICK, FORNEY, KELLEY, BR.-ickniri, Hi5t0fQv, Civics, and some Qvm, too Une of those rare persons who looks for stability in this unstable world, Mrs. Orris is ready touscap- box for geography whenever the occasion presents itself. She feels that geography is iinore important than ever in the light of the swift- moving events of the present time acts as adviser for the Library Club, and as teacher of student librarians. Spreader of volumination, direct- ing dramatics is her hobby, plus the worthy one of keeping scrap books of Mechanicsburg lore. She seldom forgets a pupil, no matter the date of his graduation. TIME, M.H.S. 19-I2

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FACULTY London, Paris, ---- M. H. S. Athletic, brunette graduate of Millersburg State Teachers College and Elizabethtown College, Miss IJOROTHY HAMII.'FON, B.S., purveys the art of hooks and eyes. has attended Franklin and Marshall College, Dickinson College, Colum- bia University, and the University of Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. degree at Franklin and Marshall College, and the MA. degree at Columbia University. FORTNEY, GLEIM, VOGELSONG, BRANDT, NEISWENTER Math and the Scienref .... Bminwork Preoccupied with the Central Treasury and aiding scores of students with their knitting prob- lems, she manages to maintain a candy counter, in addition. Hosteling and cycling are two chief interests. She has cycled in parts of Germany, Paris, and Lon- don, as well as in the New England States. Much of her leisure time is spent painting with oils and water colors. Chamber and symphonic music find a sympathetic listener in her. H2O,SO4 Blitzkrieg H2O'l'SO4-PH2SO4, Equations, Formulae-The weapons of the mild- mannered beloved chemistry teacher in his Blitzkrieg of Science, Room No. 23, M. H. S. MR. DAVID I. GLEIM has been with the faculty of Mechanicsburg since 1929. This teacher of Science 16 Mr. Gleim insists that problems in chemistry are easy but he will admit you must keep upluggin' awayf' Nature Guyd Lover of all wild life and a good hunter and fisherman is the seventh and eighth grade arithmentator, MR. GUY VOGELSONG. He was graduated from Shippens- burg State Teachers College and later attended Lebanon Valley Col- lege and Pennsylvania State College. As supervisor of the Nature Club, Mr. Vogelsong teaches others about the mysteries of outdoor life. Much of his spare time is spent fishing or hiking through the woods in the summer. Mr. Vogelsong is a veteran of YVorld WVar I. During his service in the army he was a laboratory technician in a medical battalion. Marionette Master Shoperater, MR. EDWARD F. THOMAS, gained his fi.I1l. degree after attending the academic arcadias of Syracuse University, Indiana State Teachers College, Mansfield State Teachers College, and Pennsylvania State College. At the helm of the stage crewsers, students of Mechanicsburg High School have viewed his versatility in Faculty Plays, in which he has run the gamut from an Italian to an English peer. Recognized as a Thomaster of tennis, his puzzling personality in- volves a ready sense of humor and a willingness to aid the pupils of M. H. S. Mr. Thomas is fond of his home- hearth, assists Coach Boyd Fortney in coaching the Jay-Vee teams, and is a perpetual pipe-pufling puppet Poplm- F. F. Ace F. F. A. adviser is compact, pleasant-voiced ALBERT S. Mowmw, B.S., State College Alumnus. Responsible for the appearance of chicken brooders on the M. H. S. scene, his work with the Future Farmers has been outstanding. Ice-cream manufacturers and cattleraisers, versatile Future Farmers, under his supervision make farm machinery and equipment, learn crop-rotation routines, and methods of testing soil for lime content. Recently this knowledge was put to use by farmers of the com- munity who had their soil tested free of charge. Mr. Mowery has also given much time to a night school attended by a large group of men. Built in I937, the shop and agriculture building has become the center of great activity. Much credit is due Mr. Mowery. TIME, M.H.S. 1942