Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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Mrs. Carolyn McCaugl1ey CAPTAIN'S TABLE oT World War I, he was acTive in The NorTh Sea Mine Barrage. He graduaTed Trom The New York VocaTional Teachers Training Program and has TaughT Tor TwenTy years. BeTore coming To MonT PleasanT, Mr. Frederick TaughT aT NoTT Terrace. He, Too, is acTive in oTher organizaTions which include The American Legion and The lndependenT Order oT Odd Fellows. When he has spare Time, Mr. Fred- erick enioys gardening and Traveling. He has no deTiniTe TuTure plans buT hopes To evenTually visiT oTher parTs oT The UniTed STaTes To see Triends and relaTives. ATTer graduaTing Trom Columbia UniversiTy and aT- Tending various arT schools, MISS HELEN MEIGHER came To MonT PleasanT shorTly aTTer The school opened. During her Tenure aT MonT PleasanT, Miss Meigher has TaughT in The ArT DeparTmenT. She has been acTive in exTracurricular Tunc- Tions by sponsoring The ArT Club, serving as a yearbook Mr. Harvey Frederick advisor, working on sTage seTs, and acTing as The dean oT several classes. OuTside oT school, Miss Meigher is acTively associaTed wiTh The SchenecTady Museum. When she has some Tree Time, Miss Meigher pursues such inTeresTs as waTercolor painTing and Traveling. AT The presenT, she has no deTiniTe TuTure plans. MRS. CAROLYN MCCAUGHEY, a graduaTe oT Al- bany STaTe Teachers' College, came To MonT PleasanT shorTly aTTer The school opened. She reTired This pasT June. While aT MonT PleasanT, Mrs. McCaughey TaughT Foods and Family Living in The Home Economics DeparTmenT. She was acTive in school aTTairs, serving in such posTs as presi- denT oT The FaculTy Club, and sponsor oT The MaioreTTes. Gardening and reading are included as her avocaTions. We are graTeTul To These Teachers and Thank Them Tor Their Tireless devoTion To MonT PleasanT.

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l w,i.aW 'l Miss Helen Meigher For lheir unliring endeavors and oulslanding service, we lhe class ol '62 dedicale a porlion ol lhis yearbook lo lour leachers who are reliring: Miss Alice Holmes, Mr. Harvey Frederick, Miss Helen Meigher and Mrs. Carolyn McCaughey. Each, in his respeclive courses, has conlrib- uled his signilicanl share lo lhe ellicienl lunclioning ol Monl Pleasanl. They have devoled a maior segmenl ol lheir careers lo our school and ils sludenls. Moreover, in addilion lo lheir conlribulions, lhese leachers have donal- ed lheir lime and lalenls lo lhe program ol exlracurricular aclivilies-lhereby lorlilying lhe well-rounded educalion available here al Monl Pleasanl. For lhese reasons, each leacher merils individual recognilion. Living in Scheneclady almosl all her lile, MISS ALICE HOLMES allended Scheneclady High School. She re- ceived her B.A. degree lrom Albany Slale Teachers' Col- lege and her M.A. lrom New York Universily. Belore com- ing lo Monl Pleasanl when lhe school opened, Miss Holmes I4 Miss Alice Holmes GUESTS AT THE laughl in Scheneclady High School. During her lhirly years al Monl Pleasanl, she has laughl in lhe Social Sludies De- parlmenl. However, her conlribulions have nol been con- lined lo leaching. Among olher aclivilies, she sponsored lhe cheerleaders and lhe Fulure Teachers ol America lor many years and was a member ol lhe Alhlelic Council lor aboul lwenly years. She now sponsors lhe cadel leachers pro- gram here al Monl Pleasanl. A member ol lhe American Associalion ol Universily Women and Della Kappa Gam- ma, an educalional associalion, Miss Holmes is aclive in olher lields, also. Her inleresls encompass such avocalions as loreign policy, ouldoor lile, nalure lore, and lraveling. Miss Holmes has no delinile lulure plans bul lo remain in Scheneclady. A member ol lhe lacully lor len years, MR. HARVEY FREDERICK has laughl Aulo Mechanics and Machine Shop praclice in lhe Induslrial Arls program. A veleran

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PALETTES A PLENTY as-- Jean Relyea, Nanc arf. Y Audelle and Sandra La Deux are busy applying lhe basic principles of s 1 William Meyer looks on as James Q k d K nelh Becker wor k inlenlly in posler design class. Miss Helen Meigher 25 cg- Mr. John Albrezzi lvlonl Pleasanfs Ari Deparlmenl ollers ils sludenls a wide variely ol courses which enable sell-expression in lhe field of arf. They include Posler Design, Oil Painling, and Ari l and II for lhe sludenls who have 'rhe crealivily lo produce works of arf by means of a brush, painl, or some olher implemenl of lhe crall. Along wilh lhis, Ceramics is ollered for 'rhose who have The inilialive lo 'fashion arlislic pieces by hand. Bur one need noi be endowed wilh a gill ol crealivify lo parlicipale in lvlonl Pleasanrs Ari Deparlmenl. I+ also offers a field of slrudy enlilled Ari Apprecialion. l-lere one is able lo express his ideas and opinions ol olhers' work. Because ol Jrhese diverse ranges ol sludy, Jrhe Ari Deparlmenf is able 'ro prepare ils sludenls lor many walks ol life. One may go on lo a more inlense sludy ol a parlicular arf division afler receiving a lirm loundalion al lvionl Pleasant Or. on Jrhe olher hand, one may go on lo an occupalion based on lhe knowledge acquired in one branch ol arl sludied here. Above all, lhe Ari Deparlmenl endeavors lo produce individuals who are aware of lhe qualify ol arf and ils value.