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

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5? FIT I ,Hs CONDUCTORS-Three illusrrious members of The Monroe High School Railroads ConducTors Club are Mr. Charles Wallblom, Mrs. Evelyn Fischer, and Miss Muriel Korfhage. Mr. Wall- blom, head baskeTball coach, is The conducTor who makes regular runs aboard The Greenie LimiTed To Hamline Fieldhouse. Mrs. Evelyn Fischer checks on reservaiions and collecls fares from The hundreds of girls who flock To Monroe DepoT for The annual GAA. Play Day. Miss Muriel Korfhage, a Top noTch con- ducTor for one of The underclass secTions of The Class Express, sees To iT ThaT passengers in her core curriculum classes make connecTions aT The cenTers of informaTion. INFORMATION BUREAU-The lnformaTion Bu- reau in The Monroe DepoT collecTs informaTion abouT places and people and keeps Tab on Train schedules. Miss Mary .lo Sommer is chief librarian for The bureau. Mr. Leonard Powder- ly and Mr. Fred Moilanen prepare economic and sTaTisTical sTudies relaTing To railway en- Terprises, and conducT shorT courses on The preparaTion and reading of maps. Mr. Bruce Wilson, Miss RuTh Langer, and Miss Jenny Ann KloeT help passengers make up Traveling par' Ties for special excursions and field Trips. Miss Helen Walsh and Miss EsTher Munson collecr and dispense informaTion on our American heriTage and The hisTories of foreign counTries. lnformaTion concerning federal and sTaTe regu- IaTions which apply To railroads can be ob- Tained from Miss MargareTTa EllsworTh and Mr, Russell Lackner. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT-ln order To operafe a railroad efficiemly, iT is necessary To expe- diTe seemingly endless piles of paper-work. AfTer compleTing a course in sTenography from Miss RuTh Leise or Mrs. RuTh PeTerson, Taking dicTaTion from The busiesT of railroad execu- Tives becomes easy. Mrs. Andree Kukler is in charge of The Training program which keeps The Monroe High School Railroad supplied wiTh experT accounTanTs. The job of adverTis- ing services and accommodaTions and promoT- ing TickeT sales is supervised by Mr. Charles Simmer. He also conducTs an on-The-job Train- ing program. TRAFFIC AGENT-Mr, Frank Zucco is Monroe's Traffic agenT. He is a born promoTer, and Through his knowledge of sporTs has succeeded in developing a varied and inTeresTing aThleTic program. Upper Left- Mr. Charles Simmer, Mr. Charles Wallblom. Second Picture-Mr. KenneTh Williams, Miss DoroThy Ma- hood, Mr. Fred Moilanen. Third Picfuree-Mr. Russell Locks ner, Miss MargareTTo EllsworTh. Lower Left-Miss Edifh Brocker, Miss RuTh Leise, Miss Helen Sullivan. Page Twelve

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Mr. Franklyn Blume is The presidenT of The Monroe High School Railroad. He supervises all of The roads acTiviTies and eTTecTs improvemenTs in iTs services, He can oTTen he seen around The depoT inspecTing equipmenT and checking on operaTing condiTions. Besides supervising all deparTmenTs, he presides aT meeTings oT The STaTT OT ExperTs. AT These meeTings he inauguraTes new policies and offers suggesiions on problems conTronTing The various branches oT The organizaTion. ln spiTe of his busy schedule he is always on The alerT Tor ideas ThaT vvill keep The Monroe High School Rail- road ahead of compeTing lines. Mr. Richard Hallen is The vice presidenT in charge of operaTions. IT is his job To coordinaTe all branches oT The Monroe High School Railroads vasT rail neTvvork, ln order To keep The organiza- . . Tion operaTing smooThly he has seT up a complainT deparTmenT. By his undersianding and alerTness he has succeeded in clearing up many diTTiculTies and misunderstandings. Mrs. Eleanor ConanT and Mr. Clyde ManchesTer are in charge of The Per- sonnel DeparTmenT. They assisT sTudenTs in learning abouT Their special abiIiTies, apTiTudes, and inf Terests. By Taking The TesTs which These guidance specialisTs recommend, seniors can acquire valu- able inTormaTion concerning Their possibiliTies Tor TuTure employmenT. Upper LefT-Miss Blanche Dvorak checks passenger lisTs vviTh her chief runner, Mrs. Teresa Knudson, and assisTanT Marlene Ballenbach. Upper RighT-Our presidenT, Mr. Franklyn Blume, Takes Time ou? To geT some opinions concerning The railroaCl's service from Two passengers, Beverly Ellison and Lorraine EcksTrom. Lower Left-Mr. Richard Hallen has iusT seTTlecl ci complaint Lower RighT-Mrs. Eleanor Conam and Mr. Clyde Manche5Ter Talk Things over WiTh one of Their assisTanTs. N-fc is ' Y Page eleven

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SPECIAL SERVICES-IT is because of The special services performed for The benefiT of The passengers ThaT Train Travel is convenienT and comforTable. Mrs, Effie Hogenson, chief olieTiTian for The Monroe High School Railroad, sees To iT ThaT nuTriTious meals are served in The dining cars. SofT luxurious chairs and drapes in harmonious color schemes are designed by Miss Grace Jacobs. These fur- nishings help add To The auief and aTTracTive oTmosphere of our sleek nevv Trains. Making children behave on a Train poses no problem To girls vvho have worked in Mon- roe's nursery because They have been Trained in child care by Miss Elsa ObsT. In case of illness while Traveling, pas- sengers can rely on Miss Calla Clemens, Monroe DepoT's emcienf nurse. She is always ready To give firsT aid and To assisf Those vvho are weary and Train sick. Handling The passenger lisTs of all Trains passing Through Monroe De- poT, is Miss Blanche Dvorak. She knovvs on exacTly vvhaT Train every sTudenT and Teacher can be found. She is as- sisTed in This Task by a corps of runners. Chief runner is Miss Yvonne Leonard. Upper LefTfMiss Muriel Korfhage, Miss Jenny Ann Kloel. Upper RighT- Mrs. RuTh PeTersorw, Mr. Ralph KoTainen. Left Center-Miss Sara Myers, Mrs. Effie Hogenson. Right CenTer-Mrs. Evelyn Fischer, Mr. Frank Zucco Lower Right-Mrs. Marie Swan, Miss Helen Walsh. Page Thirteen