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

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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

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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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RESEARCH LABORATORY-The Reseorch LdboroTory of The Monroe High School Roilrood hds developed ideos ThoT hove puT This orgdnizonion for cihedd of all connpeTing lines. Miss EdiTh Brocker, Miss Helen Sullivon, ond Miss Agnes l.iTTleiohn TesT dll consTrucTion mdfericxls before They ore ocTuglly used in The Trdins. UpholsTering for furnifure, pdinfs for The in- Teriors of ccrrs, elecfricoul equipmenf, ond dir condifioning uniTs-oll ore Thoroughly checked To see Thof no inferior rno- Teriols go info The consTrucTion of our Troins. In order To ob- Tciin greofer opergfing efhciency This depdrTmenT hos conducfed exTensive experimenTs vviTh fuels for Monroe's diesel engines. Affer nevv engines have been designed cxnd Their consTrucTion complefed, They ore given Triol runs by The Reseorch l.:1boroTory's rood Tesfing division. OPERATING DEPARTMENT+ln order To funciion properly 0 roilrood hos To hove on eTficienT OperoTing DepdrTmenT, ond Monroe is no excepTion. The responsibiliTies of This irnporTonT bronch, locofed in The beck shops, dre divided ornong Three copcible individuols. Chief drofTsrndn in The corisTruc- Tion division is Mr. Elmer Svvonson, l-lis blue prinTs ore The beginnings of nevv bridges over vvhich Monroe's Troins will soon poss ond Tunnels Through which They vvill speed. Mr. Svvonson is oulso in chcrrge of The mofion picfures which ore reguldrly fec1Tured on The Closs Express. The vvheels of our Trcmin crre kepT rolling by Mr. Cldudius Wilken, chief mechonic in Monroe's roundhouse. WiTh The did of his povver rncrchines Troublesome mechdnicdl defecfs ore correcTed in g iihfy. In c1ddiTion To his dufies gs Top rnechoriic, he dlso serves os freighT c1genT ond bciggoge supervisor. Broken locks ond lockers ore everydoy problems in his busy life. The remoiining secTion of The OperoTing DeporTmenT is The service ond mdin- Tencznce division. Mr. KenneTh Willidins, chief inspecfor, is in chorge of This brolnch. His crevv of generdl fixiT rnen give quick service in rndking necessary Temporory repdirs, Upper lefi-Miss Mary Jo Sommer, Miss Rurh Longer, Mrs. Eleanor l-lovels, rud. LefT Center-Miss Colld Clemens, Murillo Page, Morlys Goodhue. Lower Lefi-Miss Esther Munson, Mrs. Andree Kukler. Right Center-Miss Elsa Obsf. Poge fourTcen