Mount Lebanon High School - Lebanon Log Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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MARIORIE CRIBBS, M.A. Those sweet strains of music that float gently through Mt. Lebo's halls can be traced right down to room l and Miss Cribbs . . . graduated from Carnegie Tech . . . besides her regular duties, she has also taught English and is in charge of all vocal music for most occasions . . , dislikes a surly or bored student . . . spends her summers teaching music at Camp Robin Hood and loves it . . . radiates enthusiasm for her Work and even ad- mits she enjoys swing. VICTOR DOAK. B.A. If titles were bestowed on faculty members, Mr. Doak wouldn't have much trouble winning Official Pepper-Upper of Mt. L. . . . studied at Geneva College, Pitt, and Penn State . . . especi- ally dislikes intellectually lazy and indifferent students . . . his outside interests include reading, radio, public forums, and ath- letics . . . works at the Carnegie-illinois Homestead Plant during summer vacations . . . has visited all the forty-eight states, Canada, Cuba, and Mexico. VIRGINIA ELLIOTT, M.A. All the world's a stage but some of our Seniors would like Lo donate their mettle to the scrap drive when Miss Elliott casts them as Shakespearean characters . . . received her B.A. at Wilsorr and her M.A. at Columbia . . . likes both our school and students . . riding, hiking, and reading are her hobbies . . . her travels Tead like a travel folder, for she's visited England, France, Ger- nany, ltaly, Canada, Switzerland, Holland, Bermuda, and many :arts of the U.S. MARY LOUISE FISHER. M. Ed. With Miss Fisher as truant officer, would-be hookey-ites first go ip to 207 to work out their punishment before trying to make a Dreak . . . a graduate of Slippery Rock Teachers' College, she zlso numbers Pitt as her Alma Mater . . . taught math at various Vit. Lebo schools before coming to the high school, this is her second year as Home and School Visitor . . . spends her summer vacations traveling . . . has visited the U.S., Canada, and Bermuda. KATHERYN FROBESE, M.A. Another faculty member who thinks our school is just about tops is Miss Frobese . . . a graduate of Allegheny College, she's also done PG. work at Pitt . . . started on her teaching career immediately after graduation . . . as sponsor of the Beta Girl Re- serves, she's the power behind the throne who keeps every- thing running smoothly . . . has no desire to teach any subject other than English . . . as for her favorite expressions, You'll have to ask the students about that. SHERRICK GILBERT. M.S. Mr. Gilbert is Mt. Lebanon's amiable biology teacher . . . likes basketball and pretty coeds . . . enjoys working with wood in his woodshop at home, but insists that he just putters around . . . in class frequently adds puns to his stories of frogs and fish to such effect that fans of the biology department for of a certain biolo- gist? embrace a considerable number of students . , . received his education at the University of Pittsburgh. NORMAN GOODWIN. M.Ed. Mr. Goodwin, who has been with us only one year, stepped right in to teach algebra, general math, and plane geometry . . . has completed his Air Raid Wardens Course and is therefore not idle during blackouts . . . Edinboro State Teachers' College in- structed him to the tune of a B.S. degree . . . also sports a M.Ed. degree from the University of Pittsburgh . . . is a good one to help you with your rnath homework if he is not the one who gave it to you. DOROTHY GROVE. B.S. Under Miss Grove's instruction, it doesn't take long to dispel the Grecian characteristics of those mystifying dots and dashes called shorthand . . . received her degree in commercial education at lndiana State Teachers' College . . . other subjects she's taught at the Senior High include general math and economic geography . . . sponsors the Alpha Girl Reserves . . . for the past two years, she's spent her summer vacation doing actual office work at a large steel plant. Goodwin Grove Holliday Horsman Ion Klein Leeper Mathias McClure McLaughlin Mehner Miescer Mollenauer Moore

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THESE WERE OUR TEACHERS .... Bald Beck Behen Bell Billingsley Burrows Clark Cribbins Cribbs Doak Elliott Fisher Frobese Gilbert RALPH BALD, B.A. Mr. Bald Works all year around. He teaches lOB English and sponsors the Hi-Y Club during the school months, operates a tennis shop tPittsburgh Racquet Shopl downtown, during the summer months . . . a champion tennis player himself both in high school and college, he still enjoys the sport in his free moments . . . acts as an Auxiliary Policeman during air raid drills . . . studied at the University of Pittsburgh for his Bachelor of Arts degree. MARGUERITE BECK, M.A. ln many professions the German language is a very necessary tool. Miss Beck, by her capable teaching of Deutsch is thor- oughly preparing students who plan to enter such fields . . . sponsors the Scholastic Committee . . . students who stand at windows irritate her particularly . . . bridge, bowling, and gourd collecting comprise a few of her outside diversions . . . wants to study Spanish . . . has been abroad twice, visiting Germany, France, and Switzerland. RUTH BEHEN. BJ-L Miss Behen shows our aspiring artists the finer points of draw- ing, painting, and metal jewelry designing . . . poster, bulletin board, and arts and crafts squads function under her supervision . . . for defense work she has volunteered her services as staff assistant at the Blood Bank in Pittsburgh . . . earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Carnegie Tech . . . results of her instruction may be seen on all the bulletin boards and in the display cases. MIRIAM BELL. MJ-L. M.D. Dr. Bell. attended Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, and Women's Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . . . spent ten years in China . . . is a camera fan . . . rides horse- back . . . owns two horses and part interest in an Arabian horse . . . enjoys symphony music . , . plays the flute . . . is interested in astronomy . . . discovered a star . . . has visited most of the forty-eight states . . . liking nature, has taught at a camp in Maine for two summers, MARGARET BILLINGSLEY. B.S. One of the nicest recent additions to our old Alma Manimy is Miss Billingsley . . . likes our school very much because every- one is so friendly . . . her pet expression which she uses cone stantly during nice weather is, Yes, we're going out today . . . side interests include camping and other forms of outdoor life . . . spends her summer vacations at camp in the Laurel Mts., or at school . . . ambition is to supervise physical education. MERLE BURROWS, M. Litt. Mr. Burrows teaches our commercially-minded students book- keeping, economic geography, business principles, commercial law . . . operates the Lost and Found Department after school . . . likes gardening and department store work . . . is an Air Raid Vlfarden . . . would like to have retail training under the George-Dean Act introduced in Mt. Lebanon High School . . . Grove City College bestowed upon him his B.C.S. degree and Pitt his M. Litt. MERCER CLARK. M. Ed. Mr. Clark, instructor of the boys' health classes, became popu- lar as assistant coach of football and basketball . . . is on hand in the blackouts as an Air Raid Vtfarden . . . his name has already become associated with basketball, his favorite sport, during this, his first year at Mt. L .... did his undergraduate work at Vtfaynesburg College, attended Pitt for his M. Ed. degree and has done further work at the University of Colorado. LOIS CRIBBINS, B.S. From the expert way some of our biology students dissect their frogs, it looks as though Mrs. Cribbins will be responsible for some future butchers . . . Alma Mater was Penn State . . . as for the students l think the majority of them are swell and I usually get quite a kick out of them . , . biggest interest is keeping a house going . . . her hobbies are out-door sports . . . summer vacations are spent camping or collecting, specimens, often with various biological groups.

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. . . .OUR SPONSORS. . . . MARGARET HOLLIDAY, M.A. Without Miss Holliday, our genial Latin teacher, and her Now, children, here's an opportunity for an education, Mt. Lebo wouldn't be the same . . . her pet peeve, as her students soon discover, is a gum chewer . . . has lots of outside interests, among them dogs, photography, gardening, and church . . . trav- els include a trip around the world, one to England, and one to Labrador . . . we felt a bit skeptical when she said her ambition is to be a glider pilot. RALPH HORSMAN. M.Ed., Ph.D. Mr. Horsman, our principal, has the democratic ideals of the student at heart, supervising the instruction and promoting the welfare of his pupils . . . is a member of the Civilian Defense Council and director of messenger training . . . hunts on free Sat- urdays . . . has B.S., M.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees from Slippery Rock Teachers' College, George Washington University and Pitt . . . always willing to cooperate with those who sanction student government, he is a principal Mt.L. is glad to have. ELLA ION. M.Ed. Miss lon, vice principal, makes schedules, checks attendance, teaches classes in algebra and remedial arithmetic, organizes messenger training courses, and does guidance work . . . on her own time she likes to bowl and play bridge but insists she's no expert . . . during long vacations she enjoys traveling . . . am- bition is to visit Alaska and South America by the new automo- bile highways . . . a graduate of Clarion Teachers' College, she received her B.S. and M.Ed. degrees at Pitt. RUTH KLEIN, M.S. With Miss Klein at the helm, it don't take long to change all the don't's of bad grammar to doesn't's .... University oi Pennsylvania is her Alma Mammy . . . began her teaching career as a cadet at Upper Darby Senior High . . . has been located at Mt. L. since February l942 . . . sponsors the Medical Squad . . . as to pet expressions -she hopes she doesn't have any . . . isn't hard to please when it comes to outside interests , . . summers are spent at her home in the country, near East Brady, Pa. MILDRED LEEPER, M.A. Miss Leeper helps our students make up their minds abou schedules, college, and vocations . . . this year more than ever endeavored to assist the Seniors in their vocational and wartime problems . . . also organizes home room programs . . . is responsi ble for the handling of all commencement equipment . . . favor: gardening and landscape architecture and loves her home in the country . . . every Senior thanks her for those interviews. DOROTHY MATHIAS, B.A. Her main interest is Spanish, but whenever there's a dramer' in the offing Miss Mathias is right in there helping to turn some Mt. Lebanonite into a potential Helen Hayes or Maurice Evan: . . . thinks our students are a fine group of boys and girls anc especially appreciates their courtesy and manners . . . as is to be expected, her pet phrase is Spanish- Muy bien, clase . . future ambition is just to be a better Spanish teacher. t MABGERY MCCLURE, M.A. Miss McClure teaches Latin during school hours and supervise: the editing of the Lebanon Log after school . . . has been ir Mexico and Bermuda and in nearly every state in the Union favoring New England and the West . . . her ambition is to gr by burro to the bottom of Grand Canyon . . . probably uses jus a 'lapsus linguae' Islip of the tonguelu more than any other ex pression . . . received her BA. degree at Oberlin and MA. de gree at Pitt . . . her Log staff thinks she is a grand person tc work With. FLORENCE MCLAUGHLIN. M.A. The frenzied goings-on preceding the shining of each Lantern would floor any other person--but not Miss McLaughlin--sh' thrives on it . . . likes the friendliness and pep of Mt. Lebanonite and their ability to do things-they feel the same about her . . activities she sponsors make an imposing list: Lantern, Publicit' Committee, War Service Roll Committee, and Printed Poster Squat . . , among a few of her outside interests are reading, concerts antiques, knitting, and letter-writing. Morgan Neumarker Patterson Pickens Powell Riqhtmire Roeqge Ruth Saxton Schade Shultz Smith Srp Stoner