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

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.sw .Mi . ,, IN addition to teaching sophomore English and courses journalism, Miss Sara Myers is adviser to the Quill and Scr Club and the Monitor. Miss Dorothy Mahood teaches iuni English and speech, Besides this, she is adviser to the Masq and Gavel Society and is our play director. Two other English teachers are Miss Muriel Korthage and M Gretchen Schampel. Along with this, however, Miss Korfhai has classes in Latin, and special groups who need additior coaching in English. Mrs. Schampel teaches English at tres man, sophomore and junior levels. Among our newer teachers are Miss Jenny-Ann Kloet ai Mrs. Joyce Garrett. Miss Kloet teaches freshman and juni English, and is adviser to the iunior class. Mrs, Garrett, wl has classes in sophomore and senior English, has advised tl staff ot the i948 Doctrine. Miss Lucy Stettanus and Mr. Leonard Powderly also are command of English squads marching in the Monroe parac Miss Steftanus works mostly with freshmen, but teaches one clc ot senior business English. She hnds time, too, to help coat GAA swimmers. Mr. Powderly teaches sophomore and juni English and is usually on hand to take tickets and hand finances at social aftairs. Miss Grace Cook, who is head of the English departmer has taught only senior classes this year. Her primary conce is to prepare seniors tor college English. THE PICTURES-Top: Miss Sara Myers, Miss Dorothy Mohoocl. Second fr: top: Mrs. Gretchen Schumpel, Miss Muriel Korfhcige. Third: Miss Jenny-A Kloet, Mrs. Joyce Garrett. Bottom left: Miss Lucy Steffonus, Mr. Leona Powderly. Below: Miss Grace Cook.

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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.

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MISS Rose McLeer is in charge of Monroe's musiceorchestra and choir. In addition to this, she teaches one class in English. Miss Minette Para, who was a newcomer to Monroe this year, is our art instructor. Mrs. Effie Hogenson and Miss Elsa Obst are two of our home economics teachers. Mrs. Hogenson is in charge of the cooking department and was adviser to the T948 senior class, and Miss Obst teaches sewing courses along with supervising the nursery school. Two members of the manual art department are Mr. Claudius Wilken and Mr. Elmer Swanson. The former is in charge of the metal shop, and Mr. Swanson teaches classes in the machine shop and in mechanical drawing. Part of the task of keeping Monroe marchers in good physical condition falls to Miss Evelyn Haskell and Mr. Francis Zucco. Coaching football, wrestling, golf, and the apparatus teams is a full-time job for Mr. Zucco, and Miss Haskell has, in addition to gym classes, the responsibility for advising the GAA. Miss Grace Jacobs, the third member of our home economics department, teaches sewing and other domestic subjects. Mr. Willis Burwell has charge of the wood shop, where students turn out furniture and Woodcraft novelties. THE PICTURES-Top: Miss Minette Poro, Miss Rose Mcleer. Second from top: Mrs. Effie Hogenson, Miss Elsa Obst. Third: Mr. Claudius Wilken, Mr. Elmer Swanson. Bottom right: Mr. Francis Zucco, Miss Evelyn Haskell. Below: Miss Grace Jacobs, Mr. Willis Burwell. K, x iX,.,......e 'ww'-1