Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Courtney and Building Engineer Charles Bernhard! inspect Olan Q Halbert 's Bernhardt is responsible for all air con repairs which are frequently needed. School Store Manager Beverly Kraft keeps students well stocked with essentials such as pen and paper. ditioning and heating aurine Bennatte comforts students hit by the flu during school t.,,, A-gawk 55.5 EHR' s 2 na-5, 'I'-uf Patsy Thomas aides Nurse Bennatte as an Assistant Nurse. ADMINISTRATION --231

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Library Clerk Mary Louise Rose works behind the scenes to make the library run smoothly. fi ' 2 . .4 -lhgl .4 is ff g . 4 ' iii, .Q., ' J ,2 rf l I .. ,thy W st fl-. 93.1 ts' 5321 c Librarian Helene Marcorte neaus me Audio- Visual section of the Head Librarian Geraldine Branom aids students in llbfafyt their search fora book. The cafeteria work staff prepares food daily to provide students with a hearty meal. 230-ADMlNlSTRATlON Keeping l MH in top shape A great sum of money is needed to keep any large institution in operation. This sum also applied to Memorial High 1 School because over two million dollars was needed for yearly bills. Some of the bills were for teacher's wages, gas, lighting and repair work. The majority of the bills were paid by the taxpayer. The cafeteria and snackbar, however, were self-supported and supplied by a large food service company. lt cost 584,000 to keep students' stomachs filled at lunch time. Taxpayers took care of MHS's yearly expenditures for repair work, janitorial services and supplies, books, utility bills, etc., which cost approximately 5120,000, the cleaning equipment amounted to 59,500 For the telephone bill, Southwestern Bell collected 58,150 to keep Memorial i communication with the outside world. Another fee concerning bells was the 5275 to repair the beeps that dismissed classes at the incorrect time. Learning material, such as books and visual aids, added up to 522,335 Teache and administrator salaries was almost o and a half of the total expenditure. To keep Memorialites comfortable on those days when the temperature varie from 20 degrees to 90 degrees, MHS pai 58,150 for the gas while Houston Lightin and Power collected 547,625 for electricity bills. Fees for landscaping no longer came out of school funds but out of the Student Council treasury. Principal Wayne Schaper expected the Student Council would spend approximately 51,000 to improve the school's appearance. These bills are only a few examples o hovv much it cost to keep Memorial in good shape. There are countless other expenditures plus repairwork on bomb damages which amounted to an estimated 520,000. Last year, the total financial bill for MHS was 52,120,963.79 Special people were hired to handle the cleaning, repairing and operating o the school. Responsible for the tranquil library were Head Librarian MRS. CERALDINE BRANOM, Head of Audio Visual Progr MRS. HELENE MARCOTTE, and Clerk MRS. MARY LOUISE ROSE. The top engineer responsible for the repairs of broken windows, burnt offic and faulty air conditioners and heaters CHARLES BERNHARDT, who has been with the staff since 1968. Finishing her second year as school store assistant, MRS. BEVERLY KRAFT enjoyed being able to help students when they had a problem getting together a report, or finding somethin the Lost and Found, etc.. . . MRS. MAURINE BENNATTE has bee Head Nurse for 14 years, and claims th her main accomplishment has been t gain the respect of the students, and t act as a counselor on their health problems. Mrs. Bennatte is assisted b MRS. PATSY THOMAS.

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232 - FACULTY 4-S Norma Babcock Audrey Amundsen less Anthony Edelweiss Ames Linda Andrews Ruth Baily Poll reveals varied ideas, opinions Returning to school a week earlier than the students, teachers were confronted w changes and problems that they were to contend with the rest of the year. They were introduced to drug dog Romel, told their insurance was about to expire and found that Attorney General J hn Hill's ruling on student fees would, i some cases, drastically affect their courses of study. The Reata asked for comments from the faculty on these and other items of interest. Some responded eagerly, some reluctantly and others ignored the questions completely. Using the uestionaire, The Reata staff has tried to O fi Q better acquaint the students with the faculty. Each teacher tells his own story, his interest and involvement in the following pages. MRS. EDELVVEISS AMES, taught speec at all levels and was the chairman of the department. She attended Hardin- Simmons University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. MRS. AUDREY AMUNDSEN taught Spanish lll and was a member of the National Teachers Association of Spanis and Portuguese, and Houston Classroo Teachers of Foreign Language. Chemistry I - K and Physical Science were courses taught by MRS. LINDA ANDREWS. As an interested faculty member, she sponsored the Medical Careers Club. Mrs. Andrews received he Bachelor of Science frorryOklahoma Sta University and Master's of Science from the University of Houston. Students are my favorite hobby, sai MRS. IESS ANTHONY. She feels that being interested in students' activities i and out of class is an important quality a good teacher. Mrs. Anthony taught both levels of Biology to accelerated students. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Louisiana State University Mrs. Anthony was the first Teacher 0 Year and was honored by having the a named after her. Reluctantly, Mrs. Anth announced her retirement at the close o year. Being an American History teacher, MRS. NORMA BABCOCK celebrated th Bicentennial in the classroom with projects covering the ZOO years. She received her B.S. from Sam Houston Sta University. ' Partly responsible for tickling taste buds while lecturing her classes was M RUTH BAILEY's way of keeping student interested. She taught Homemaking I a Il, Home and Family Living and sponsored the Future Homemakers of America. After she received her B.S. in Home Ec from Mary Hardin-Baylor College, she obtained her Master of Education from U of H. With rap sessio as her favorite hobby, Mrs. Bailey believes a good teacher is one who can relate to students.