Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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Q NWS f W W Cf' QYW A X su ff' 5 'ff , oaao i cur IAMES V. COBB, A. B., M. A. Westem Michigan College of Education University of Michigan History and English A. M. COURTRIGHT, B. SC.. M. A. University oi Michigan Columbia University Mechanical Drawing, Orchestra VERA CUMMINGS, A. B., M. A. Northwestern University Mathematics SHERLEY IRENE DALTON, B. SC. University of Michigan Commercial Law, Typing, Arithmetic WILLIAM H. DINGLER Life Certificate Westem Michigan College of Education Woodwork EDITH A. ERIKSON, B. SC. Northern Michigan College of Education Shorthand, Typing IENNIE C. FITCH. A. B. Western Michigan College ol Education English EUGENE W. GILLASPY, A. B. Western Michigan College of Education Speech, Social Studies

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Teaching ls An Art Teaching is not merely a life work, a profession, an occupation . . . Teaching is an art,- an art so great and difficult to master thorough ly that a man can spend a long life at it without realizing much more than his limitations and his mistakes, and his distance from the ideal. In those few words a really great teacher, Dr. William Lyon Phelps, professor emeritus of English language and literature at Yale university, defines teaching. And for him, at least, teaching means much more than earning one's living. I do not know, he wrote, that I could make entirely clear to an outsider the pleasure I have in teaching. I had rather earn my living by teaching than in any other way. Professor Phelps is a man who has made an unforgettable impression upon the generation of students who have passed through his classroom. He is one of the few teachers who ever reach that place of high public acclaim. The nature of a teacher's work usually limits itself to the classroom rather than the public eye. The work of many good teachers often goes unnoticed. But this much is clear: one must love teaching or give it up, for it is not just an occupation or a way of life. Its goals are boundless and its possibilities for good are infinite. In these days of chaos, the school remains, together with the church, a refuge of courage and of hope: and the teacher, it seems to us, is the heart of the school. The youth of today is the leader of tornorrow,and the teacher is a molder of youth. .. 18 ....

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NELLIE M. IOHNSON. B. SC. Western Michigan College of Education Art OSCAR E. JOHNSON. A. B. Western Michigan College of Education Athletic Director C. P. KOEHN Western Michigan College of Education United Typothetae School of Printing Printing F. W. KRUEGER. B. SC.. M. A. Wheaton College University of Minnesota Biology HERMAN A. KRUIZENGA, A. B.. M. A. Hope College University of Michigan Latin, American History FLORENCE M. KURTZ, B. SC. University of Chicago Mathematics DORACE E. LA CORE. A. B. University of Michigan St. Mary's. Notre Dame English KATHLEEN E. MACDONALD. A. B.. M. A. Smith College Western Reserve University History. English, French