Mineola High School - Signet Yearbook (Mineola, NY)

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Lieutenants MINEOLA S classrooms are dominated by fifty-six learned individuals who comprise the faculty. For purposes of vengeance, various students have expressed na desire to exchange places with their teachers, but they ho no idea how often the faculty expresses this .e wish, conversely. Indeed, there are times when every student sings We Dreamed We Were the Faculty, per- haps often bitterly and with malice aforethc - ht. Many's the time when he has ranted and raved, and fussed and fumed because homework assign- ments were too long or too hard. Yet, whe-e v.ould a high school be without its teachers? Theirs is the duty to present the knowl- edge they have gained in an interesting and in- formative manner, so that it may be assimilated by the generally reluctant student body. In addi- tion, the faculty helps to advise the students in their many extra-curricular ‘es. Thus, it is their job to act as informer, v, and friend to each of their pupils. Besides beino fountains of learning, M.H.S.'s teaching staff has endeared itself to the student body through a variety of quaint expressions and associations. For example, who ran forget sitting in typing class, impatiently w0 ‘ a-t pound- ing away, but forced to sit cu ss Miller discoursed in her inimitable . aversion to chewing gum ... Or Miss PulvuMB merican Problems classes and her theses . . . Mr. Schwan and his string of terrifying adjectives climaxed with Great balls of sweat, people! . . . Miss Austen's assorted bandages . . . The astonishment caused by witnessing Mrs. Clendenny writing backward . . . Miss Lindenberg looking like the front cover of Voguj . . . Miss Smith's constant Now what did I do with — ? . . . Coach Haf- ner's jig at the conclusion of the Garden City . game . . . Mrs. Woolley's Latin classes, sprinkled liberally with French . . . Miss Proaper's feasts in study hall, given the crackling of candy wrappers . . . M jr's health classes . . . Miss Phillip's college advice: Syracuse is just the col- lege for you. . .. And what would Mineola High be with- out Miss Becken's dry humor . . . Mr. St. Hill's abounding interest in any school activity . . . Miss Gregory's reception as she walks into the boys' gym classes . . . Miss Hubbard to supervise class dances . . . Miss Mullen's red hair . . . Mrs. Engel- man's American Problems oral reports that pos- itively will not last more than one period . . . Miss Bills and her compositions . . . Miss Doedeyi- to collect money . . . Miss Carnegie to briqh the library with her bandbox appearance . . . This could continue indefinitely but why do so The best list would be compiled from more per- sonal individual memories and in all likelihood the faculty would never get a look at it! 8

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DR. HARLAN B. ALLEN MR. RALPH L. SLOAT MR. KENNETH S. TERRY Captains WHILE the Board of Education determines the general policies of the school, the more immediate daily functions are attended to by Dri Harlan B. Allen, superintendent of schools, Mr. Ralph L. Sloat, principal, and Mr. Kenneth S. Terry, assistant principal. The administration not only of the high school but of the entire Mineola public school system is in the hands of Dr. Allen. He acts as coordi- nator of school affairs between the Administra- tion and the Board of Education, and meets the many complicated problems involved in the effi- cient functioning of an organization of this size. Although his duties do not generally bring him into personal contact with the students, his inter- ested handling of such matters as the student petition for an extended Christmas holiday, is witness to the fact that Dr. Allen has a genuine concern for the welfare of every student. On the second floor of the school building is Room 200, the Grand Central Station of Mineola High. Through its doors daily pass hundreds of students. Some come willingly to seek advice on schedules, to request transcripts or letters of recommendation, or to pose the problems of some extra-curricular group. Others present themselves there quite involuntarily to get tardy slips, or to have, a heart-to-heart talk with Mr. Sloat or Mr. Terry. In addition to being a sound- ing board for students, the main office is a clear- ing ground for the business of parents, guardians, faculty members, alumni, and salesmen. Mr. Sloat is the genial principal who may gen- erally be found within his office attending to the prodigious quota of work. Nevertheless, his in- terest lies always with the student, and he has taken the trouble to acquaint himself with the individual problems and interests of every stu- dent with whom he has personally come in con- tact. Thus Mr. Sloat combines a general interest in the cultural growth of all his students with a more personal friendliness toward each of them. The burden of work connected with the super- vision of M.H.S. would be overwhelming without the indispensable aid of Mr. Terry. Besides his high school duties, Mr. Terry is supervisor of the junior high school, advisor of the Projection Squad and of Candy Committee, and creator of the Hall Patrol. With his ready smile and his careful con- sideration of all problems brought to him, Mr. Terry has gained the respect of every student. Most underclassmen and every graduate ac- knowledge with gratitude the part that these three men have played in the shaping of their high school destinies.

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MISS JANE AUSTEN Speech and Dramatics- Assembly Council, Stagers and Thespians. MISS EMILY BECKEN Social Studies: Junior Red Cross. MISS GRETCHEN BUBIE Business Training. MISS MARJORIE CARNEGIE Librarian; Library Council. MRS. ALMA CLENDENNY General Mathematics. MISS AMY CORLISS Health and Home Economics. MISS ROSEMARY BALL Shorthand and Algebra. MISS CRYSTAL BILLS English III and IV. MRS. RUTH CAMPBELL Social Studies and General Science. MR. EUGENE CASTAGNA Music: String Ensemble. MRS. MAD A LINE CONNORS General Science. MISS CORNELIA DOEDEYNS , ccial Studies 10. II. 12: Hall ’Vrol: Class of June 1945; Year- book Business Staff. 9 MISS ANNA-MARIE EISKANT German and Social Studies; Girls' Hi-Y. MRS. BEATRICE ENGELMANN Social Studies II, 12.