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Nostalgic memories THIS PICTURE of Room 13, the old study hall, will evoke varying memories in all for- mer students who ever sat in its squeaky seats. Some will remember the special pro- grams which were presented from its stage. Others will recall pulling the ceiling cords to darken skylights for movies. How many hours were spent staring at the pictures of Miss Howes and Galahad above the stage Ca rare combination, we always thoughtl and of presidents George Washington, Abe Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt on the south wall! The meager library consisted of a few books behind glass doors on either side of the stage. Changes STUDY HALL, divided to provide space for a library in the east end, was remodeled and decorated in '52 and enlarged again in '57, The stage was removed, and the area is now the fiction and browsing section, A conference-periodical-reference room was built to the north and a library office to the south. Modern lighting and furniture make our library an attractive place, and super- vision by a full-time librarian, Mrs. Doenier, has raised it to high standards of excellence as a school library. The west end of old study hall has been remodeled into a suite of rooms for use by the school nurse. Study halls are now held in the new cafe- teria as well as in the new study hall on second floor of the 1957 addition. Familiar landmark TO THE OLD GRAD returning to MHS to- day, these steps and the double stairway which used to lead to the old study hall mid- way between floors is one of the few familiar 'llandmarksn unchanged by the recent remod- eling program. The door to the right leads to our new library as shown in the picture at lower right. The white marble plaque honoring those who served in World War ll, which was given by the Class of 1920, still hangs in its original position. Flag and statuette have long since been removed to allow for the traffic of a stu- dent body which has tripled since these stairs were built.
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Our roster of the teaching faculty at Mendota High , 11,1 Nr . X i fs , ,'7l STUDENT rarely knows while he is yet a student that the teachers he sees daily are shaping his growth as a human being. But when he is long gone from the classroom-and the moment for expressing gratitude is forever past-he knows, and is grateful. So he tells his children lif he has childrenl about the days when the schools were filled with teachers who really knew how to teach. And today's teachers suffer by comparison. But only for a little while. For today's students are tomorrow's parents, and today's teachers will receive their dues-tomorrow. mach till nits W A y' Dfw Q 'li l l f 'i f r ll-tr-Th rf to rt A ' ' ' i Milli XDA-P f . i-in :se rw it msn, Rwnlbnrf ABOVE IS A reproduction at one ol several division page drawings done by Ruth Wright, cx sophomore, for the 1921 M. MBBEL BROWN graduated from East Menclota High School with the Class ot 1905 She taught first in the Wills country school south ol town and was later principal oi Lincoln Grade School. She started teaching commercial subjects in the Mendota High School in the tall ol 1921. When she retired in 1951, completing forty-live years ol teaching, her fellow Qaculty members sponsored an open house and reception. The very large number ol former students who attended was witness to the altection and esteem in which she was held by all who studied under her HARRY W. MAUNTEL came zo Mendota as a history ana social science teacher in 1926. He was made assistant principal in 1932, Mr. Mauntel was in World War I and lelt Mendota in the summer of '43 to serve with the Red Cross in World War Il. He returned to MHS, again as principal, in '47 and remained in that capacity until his retirement in 1955 - after which he moved to his horne town, Holland, Indiana, Friends and former students remember Mr. Mauntel as an ardent philatelist who also enjoyed collecting geological specimens. The Mauntels have two sons, Richard and Robert, both graduates of Mendota High School. ALICE E. POTTINGER came to Ml-IS in 1925 after tcaciiing experience which includea three years in a missionary school in Vernal, Utah, and others in the Uintah Valley, Utah. and an Indian school in Nebraska. Miss Poltinger while at Mendota became known for her keen and broad interests. She was active in the Business and Prolessional Wornen, Whi'e Shrine, and Kings Daughters. She was genuinely fricrzdly and sincerely interested in the wellare ol the students she taught, she never forgot a forrner pupil. 'When she retired in 1960 alter 34 years at MHS, she was honored by the Alumni at their banquet and by her fellow laculty members on Class Day Since her retirernenl she has more time ior her special love, flowers - especially hemerocallis and lilies And this spring, 1961, she took that long- clnticipated trip to Europe' ALTIZER, VERDIE, 1956-'60, Biology Coach ANDERSON, ESTHER, 1936, Home Economics AYRES, DORIS, 1956, Chorus BAILE, ROBERT, 1957-, Band BARNETT, DOROTHY, 1920, Art BARNETT, Lucille, 1922, English BEALS, ROBERT, 1961-, Commercial Coach BEEBE, RALPH, 1918, Principal, 1921- '26, Superintendent and Principal BEEMER, HOWARD, 1954, English, Journalism BENDER, VIRGINIA, 1961-, French. Journalism BONER, NELLIE, 1961-, English eoorviert, SUSAN, 1913, Music, Art BOOKER, WILLIAM, 1961-, Biology, Coach soncnerzor, JUANITA, 1913-'15, Art, Music BREESE, EULALIA, 1930-, Foreign Language, English BRENT, MARY PARSONS, 19494535 Girls' Gym BROGLY, EDWARD, 1956-57, Mathematics BROWN, LOIS, 1916-'18, English BROWN, MABEL, 1922-'51, Commercial BROWN, NANCY, 1950-'53, English, History BRYANT, MARY ANN, 1951-'52, Home Economics BRYSON, KENNETH, 1948, Social Studies BUSH, HARRIET, 1925-'26, English, History CAMPBELL, EBEN, 1954-'55, chorus CAVELL, TOWER, MYRA 1923, English CHAPMAN, WILLIAM, 1959-, Chorus CHENOWETH, IVA, 1958, English CHENOWETH, ROY, 1958, Social Studies CLAUSSEN, NEAL, 1956, Social Studies CLAYTON, MINNIE, 1918-'20, Art COFFEY, MARY, 1915-'24, History catEivlAN, DEVERNE, 1957-'58, chorus CORBIN, BETTY, 1931, Science, Harrie Ec CULILISON, ROSE, 1939-'41, School I urse DAHL, THEODORA, 1949, Home Ec DAVIDSON, EDNA 1949, English DAVIES, JOHN, 1954-'57, History DAY, HELEN, 1934-'35, Art DEAN, B. J., 1914-'17, Principal, English DEAN, MARCELLE, 1938-'43, English DENNIS, JOHN, 1953-'54, Social Science DEWITZ, RUFUS, 1929-'4Z' Commercial DIPIETRO, ALFRED, 1959-, Building Trades, Driver Education DOENIER, LLOYD, 1942-, Biology, Athletics, Assistant Principal, '56- DOENIER, RUTH, 1944-, Speech, Journalism, Librarian DOERMANN, CONNIE, 1948, Art DOLAN, J, L., 1919-'20, Agriculture DOLL, ROY, 1952-'53, Commercial DOSE, MARClA,1956-'60, Commercial DUTY, ALBERT, 1927-'31, Manual Arts DUSILAP, MARJORIE, 1954-'56, Girls' ym EAST, GUY, 1952-'55, Mathematics ELSESSER, VERNA MAE ANDREWS, 1942-44, 1950-'51, Home Economics FABER, MILDRED, 1919, English FALK GERTRUDE, 1915: Commercial FICKES, RUTH, 1923-'25, English, Gym FINKBEINER, J., 1929, Science, Mathematics FISCHER, MADRA, 1958-, Home Ec Family Living FISHER, STANLEY, 1938-'41, Band FELLER, D, W., 1929-'30, Commercial Coach FULLER, FANNAH, 1919, Latin GEHLER, citssnr, 1932-, Manual Training GILBERT, JOYCE STEIN, 1956-'60, Home Economics GOODEN, DON, 1957-, General Science, Coach GOODSELL, ELOISE, 1926-'30, Science, Home Ec GOODWIN, ROGER, 1926- 27, Science GORE, MALCOM, 1953-'57, Natural Sciences GREGORY, NANCY, 1955, Commercial HACKMAN, LYDIA, 1936-37, School Nurse HAGBERG, GEORGIA, 1927-'32, Art, Mech Drawing HAGEN, ARLEN, 1959-, Science HALE, VIRGINIA, 1943-'44, Art HAINES, MARTHA, 1958-3 Mathematics
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