Mehlville High School - Reflector Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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C769 Cgdaculttg THE TI-IIN MAN MR. ORLAND WOODS In the fall of 1939, Mr. Woods started teaching in the Ava Consolidated School system. He left Ava in 1942 and spent the next three and one-half years working in defense plants in Ohio and Missouri. ln the fall of 1945, he started teaching at Mehlville High, where he taught general science, chemistry, biology, and physics and here he remains. BAN DMASTER MR. WILLIAM SCHMIDT Most of Mr. Schmidt's schooling was obtained in South St. Louis. He graduated from Lyon Elementary School and Grover Cleveland High School. Further study was delayed for thirteen years, during which time he earned valuable experience in the business world with his dad sewing in the capacity of teacher. He then entered Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in the field of music along with speech and dramatics as his minor subjects. Uncle Sam interrupted his plans for further study, but he offered him a different phase of education while serving him in the Southwest Pacific for forty-five months. On his return to civilian life he enjoyed a summer refresher course at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in the field of sacred and public school music. BAREBACK RIDER MRS. VIRGIL POLLEY Years ago at the tender age of twenty, Mrs. Polley began her career here as a Molder of Young Minds. Prior to that, her mind had been molded at three institutions, name- ly: Pierre Laclede Grade School, Frank Louis Soldan High, and William Torrey Harris Teachers' College. After a two year struggle, she left this high calling for another less exacting position. It was during this period of her existence that she changed her title from Miss to Mrs. Unable to bear the separation any longer, she finally decided to end it all and returned to Mehlville High last fall. However, her stay will be terminated at the end of this year as she plans to move to New York in lune. TICKET MANAGER MRS. IOHN WELTY After receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Educa- tion from Ohio State University, Mrs. Welty began her teaching career in Delaware, Ohio, at the same high school from which she graduated. She gained further teaching experience in Shreveport, Louisiana, Denver, Colorado, and at Cleveland High School in St. Louis, before coming to Mehlville, where she is teaching Freshmen and Sophomore English. At the present time she is continuing her education by working for a master's degree in English at Washington University. I MANAGER S SECRETARY MISS DELORES MEYER In l944, Miss Meyer graduated from Mehlville High School. After this she took a business course at Missouri Busi- ness School. The fall of 1945 brought Miss Meyer back to Mehlville as our able and attractive secretary. BARKER AT TI-IE SIDE SHOW MR. PAT BLALOCK A native of the blue-grass state, Kentucky, Mr. Blalock, who is teaching seventh and eighth graders at Mehlville, received the first portion of his advanced education at Murray State College where he received an A. B. in Chem- istry. Mr. Blalock continued his schooling in graduate work at the University of Missouri, and then began his teaching career in New Madrid County, where he taught for four years, and later at Leadwood for two years. From l94Z-45, he sailed with the Merchant Fleet, and the fall of 1946 brought him to Mehlville. TICKET MANAGER MRS. VERNON BARRETT After attending Northwest Missouri State Teachers' Col- lege for two years, Mrs. Barrett enrolled in Missouri Uni- versity. While attending the University, she became a member of Pi Lambda Theta, national honorary educational sorority. She graduated with a B. S. in Education. After teaching in the high school at Corning, Missouri she was married and moved to St. Louis. Until 1943 she was a housewife. At that time the shortage of teachers and the course of the draft indicated that she should return to her former occupation. For two years she taught in the St. Louis Public School System, and then in the fall of 1945 she be- came a member of the Mehlville faculty. SCRIPT PROOFREADER MRS. WILLARD CHAMBERS Mrs. Chambers, our advanced English and Latin teacher, received her B. S. in Education from Northeast Missouri Teachers' College at Kirksville, Missouri. Other institutions she attended are Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa, William Iewell College at Liberty, Missouri, and the Uni- versity of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri. PROPERTY MAN MR. RALPH GENTRY Mr. Gentry received his B. S. at Cape Girardeau State College and an A. M. at Missouri University. lust recently he attended the University of Minnesota for more advanced work. The year 1945 brought him to Mehlville High, where he has been for the past two years showing students the whys and wherefores of shop work. OUR LEADING CLOWN MR. BYRON BOYER Very early in life, Mr. Boyer chose teaching as his pro- fession. After fifteen years of work with boys and girls he is still happy in his chosen profession. He has been asso- ciated with the Mehlville High School for the past six years. To prepare himself for the gigantic task, he attended Cape Girardeau State Teachers' College, Warrensburg, and Missouri University Graduate School. GYMNASTIC EXHIBITIONIST MR. HERB VAN DEVEN Our new coach, Mr. Van Deven, graduated from Norm- andy High School in 1938. His studies were continued when he attended St. Louis University, graduating in 1943. After serving three years in the Armed Forces, he re- turned to his Alma Mater to teach for one semester. The fall of '46 brought him here to Mehlville. COSTUME DESIGNER MISS ELIZABETH MCDONALD Two campuses have been the center of most of Miss McDonald's activities - that of Southeast Missouri State College, where she received most of her formal education - elementary, secondary, and college, and Mehlville High School, where she has been teaching for the past five years. Summer sessions at the Universities of Missouri and Wisconsin bring two other campuses into the picture. She is teaching vocational home economics and art, and logically enough, she enjoys sewing and art craft in her PRETTY LADY MISS EVELYN MCDONALD Miss McDonald found her way into the halls of leam- ing here at Mehlville High School in September, l944. Her duties consist chiefly of helping students learn the tricks of operating a typewriter and the intricacies of writing and reading shorthand. Her study in preparation for this work took place at Cape State College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Summertime usually finds her traipsing off for further study - in re- cent years to Columbia University, New York City. leisure time. Pagr Eleven

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