Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

Page 22 text:

T H E M 1 R R o R The Junior High School Faculty No one can ever accuse the Junior High School faculty of being an exclusive body. Indeed, the members feel themselves important parts of the Senior High School staff, and have seldom indulged in activities of their own. They always insist upon being included with the Senior High School teachers in their faculty meetings and social events. There are three groups into which tl1e Junior High School faculty may be divided: The Shack Dwellers, the Specials, and the New Arrivals. What,s in a name? Pray do not draw an unfavorable conclu- sion concerning the Shack Dwellersf' Indeed, the title tells a whole history of trials endured and battles won. During the erection of our new building this group dwelt in a rudely constructed edifice, which, after the spring rains, was a veritable Cottage by the Lake? Miss Newnham held sway over her domain, and succeeded in ruling with a firm but kindly hand. Miss Lenahan's kingdom was Room 13. There she imparted valuable information concerning consonants and vowels Hlld crossing your i's and t's. It is said that Miss Corbin, the source of authentic information on American History, while working in the Shack composed the song, the first stanza of which runs something like this: My name is Yankee Doodle and my home's the U. S. A., I'm getting pretty husky now and growing every day. Columbus brought me over here in 1-192, And landed me on Plymouth Rock to see what I could do. The task of teaching English was intrusted to Miss Laird. During the period spent in the Shack the special teachers rather avoided the Junior High School, but, since the department has been honored by positions in the new building, they have deigned to con- sider it rather important, after all. Miss Peterson and Miss Landy are teaching the girls the art of homemaking, Miss Felts and Mr. Krum develop the artistic, Mr. Peck, Miss Knights, and Miss Church are especially interested in the physical well being of the pupils, Miss Dafoe is the songster, while Mr. Scofield teaches the boys to wield the hammer and plane. With the removal of the department from the Shack to the new building came the New Arrivals. No longer is Miss Davidson's Sixth A Grade in the elementary school. lt has been included in the Junior High School. Miss Wilson, whose Medina past has been spent at the Oak Orchard School, now is on the Junior High School English staff. It is quite evident that they feel most honored in being included in this august body. . Fourteen

Page 21 text:

T H E M I R R O R When the last lessons l1ave been recited, And rules have gone whence they came, When no one shall teach for money, And no one shall work for fame, When each for the pure love of teaching With a happy and contented air, Shall give tests whenever he pleases To students who do not care. -Ruth E. DeLand, -Olga R. Laird Faculty Historians. Medina Faculty Concert fProgram subject to change without noticej Overture- March of the Hobgoblinsn ...................... ...Necke MEMBERS or THE FACULTY Duet-Baritone and Saxaphone- Cornrades in Arms . .. ........ ...Hayes Mnssns. SCOFIELD AND KRUM Aria- The Snow, the Beautiful Sn-ow .................... Composer Unknown Recitntive- How It Happened ' ................... ............ S tickles GERTRUDE L. HALL Piano Solo- Perpetual Motion .......................... .... W ebb LUCY BARTHOLOMEW Reading, Accompanied by- I Sat at 'Bridge' at Midnight, The Music of the Slide Rule Clock Was Striking the Hour .. .... Anonymous LAURA G. KING Solo- VVisilIin' and Fishin' .......... .................. ..... W e lls The Trout ............................... ..... N olck M. GENEVIEVE SMITH Dance- Fluttering Butterflies ...................... .Braeckman AIISSES CHURCH AND LANDY Meditation-- Ol1! Albany! Dear Albany! ........... ...Selected VICTORIA PETERSON Violin Solo- Night's Magic Spell ............... Kannerstein KATIIRYN SCHEID Declamlation-''Sociability, the Hope of the World R. R. BIATTOON Xylophone Solo- Attention ! ................... . . .Lechner Right! Left! ................ .... L indsay CHARLES A. PECK Solo- Cupid's Conquest ................................ ..... S teane OLGA LAIRD Piccolo Solo - What Will They Do Down on the Farm Pizzicati Movement When I'm OH' to Gay Farce? ........ ..... S heridan RUTH E. DELAND Harp Solo- Romance Without Words ............ ..Zitferbart GRACE L. RUCG Chorus- Strongly We Will Try Together ........ ........... W ayman FACULTY GLEE CLUB -Ruth E. Deland. Thirteen

Page 23 text:

THE MIRROR Here e11detl1 the tale of the Junior High School faculty-they who believe with Elbert Hubbard that it is best to Co-operate and us.s'fi.st-not criticize and find fault. - -Olga R. Laird. A Plea for Our Faculty By rt Student. . For some reason the students of M. H. S. have been finding fault with their faculty for the past few months. Whether there is really cause for this or whether it is merely one of those brief, unreasonable spasms to which students are subject, I do not know. Nearly every night one can hear some student complaining about a teacher because she has kept l1in1 for whispering or a carelessly prepared lesson. Stop a moment, students, and think before you thus berate the teachers. They are doing it only for your own good, not for their amusement, for most teachers do not like to keep pupils after school any better than the pupils like to stay. Much of t11e discord between the faculty and students is due to a lack of understanding, I believe. If the students would only con- sider the teachers as their friends and try to work with, rather than against them, there would be less bitter feeling on both sides. The students of Medina High School ought to be proud of their faculty. No other school in tl1e vicinity has teachers of such high mo1'al and scholastic attainments as those teaching in the Medina schools. People who move away from Medina write back to tell us that we don 't realize how fortunate We are to have such good teachers. And really I don 't think that we do fully appreciate their true worth. Through the earnest efforts of tl1e teachers and the increasing enthusiasm of the students, Medina High School has reached a high degree of scholastic attainment. Our record is now among the high- est in the state, and our school is rated as one of the best. VVithout the splendid teachers wl1on1 it has been our good fortune to secure, it is scarcely probable that Medina would have attained thus early the standing which she now has. A diploma from Medina High School is one of 'which to be proud and one which is worth much more than gold. Take care, I warn you, how you spend your school days and remember that some day in the not far distant future you will have the honor to Win one of these diplomas. See that you do your best throughout your course and be Worthy of your diploma, of what it stands for- your own Work and that of your teachers who have done their best to lead you in the paths of learning. ' Teachers of history, science and math, Guide us so surely along the rough path. Fifteen