Monroe High School - Doctrine Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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IN COMMAND of our parade and at the head of the marching column is Mr. Franklyn L. Blume, the principal of Monroe Csee preceding pagel. Although it has been only a little more than a year since he assumed his present duties, he is already well known to everyone in the school community. Besides making an effort to maintain close per- sonal contacts with all students and the faculty, Mr. Blume is active in the PTA, working to establish a firmer relationship between parents and teachers in the interest of the student body. As part of his program to know all of Monroe first hand, he often takes time from his administrative duties to speak to groups of students or make brief visits to classrooms, and is rarely absent from an athletic or social event. Mr. Blume has served in the city school system for 25 years, both in executive capacities and as a teacher and coach. He encourages students and teachers to visit him at his office whether it is to discuss a mutual problem, seek advice, or merely chat. QQ-X 'I 531 J 1 ,2- OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, Mr. Richard J. A. Hallen, is second in command of the passing Mon- roe parade. Mr. Hallen, who is just completing his first year here, brings to the school not only a back- ground of training for educational administration, but also experience as a veterans' adviser for the federal government. As his title implies, his duties and interests are closely tied to those of the princi- pal, and he assumes full responsibility for the con- duct of Monroe affairs in Mr. Blume's absence. Act- ing also in the capacity of chief counselor, Mr. Hal- len helps arrange unusual or difficult class sched- ules for students. Besides carrying out his varied duties during the school day, he finds time to at- tend most of our dances and other social affairs, and is almost always in the stands for an athletic contest.

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AMONG the busiest leaders of our passing parade are Miss Esther Munson and Mr. William Fuhrmann. Besides teaching world history to the sophomores and American history to the juniors, Miss Munson finds time to supervise the activities of our student council. Mr. Fuhrmann teaches freshman social science, American history and economic geography. It is he who directs the stage crew for our plays and operettas. Miss Helen Walsh and Mr. Eugene Gentry are also very active. Miss Walsh makes iunior American history interesting by means of movies, surveys and special reports. Mr. Gentry, who former- ly taught freshman and senior social science along with coach- ing the football backfield, hockey and baseball squads, has left Monroe to take a coaching position at the University of Colorado. Maintaining and interpreting a complicated group of tests de- signed for the vocational guidance of Monroe students is Mrs. Eleanor Conant. She can determine by scientific methods the areas in which we are most interested and where our talents lie, then suggest a likely occupation for each of us. Two other parade captains are Miss Mary Jo Sommer and Mr. Charles Simmer. Miss Sommer, our school librarian, is always on hand to help find reading material, whether it is for refer- ence or pleasure. Mr. Simmer teaches world history and fresh- man social science, and is a member of the basketball and football coaching staffs. Miss Leila Asher, head of the social science department, does most of her class work with seniors. She is active in extra-curric- ular student civic projects. Mr. Bruce Wilson, who has been a member of the Monroe faculty only a part of the year, teaches social science and coaches baseball. THE PICTURES-Top: Mr. William Fuhrmann, Miss Esther Munson. Second from top: Mr. Eugene Gentry, Miss Helen Walsh. Third: Mrs. Eleanor Conant. Bottom right: Miss Mary Jo Sommer, Mr. Charles Simmer. Below: Miss Leila Asher, Mr. Bruce Wilson.