North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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EN AVANT 29 NORTH CENTRAL FACULTlj W. VV. JONES (Mathematics) V. W. Jones is a mathematician by trade, but a farmer by inclination. He was grad- nated from Purdue university in the course of electrical engineering in 1896. He re- ceived his bachelor of arts degree in 1903 at Stanford, where he majored in mathe- matics. In 1905 he came to Spokane and taught at Lewis and Clark for four years. He was transferred to North Central in 1909 and has taught here for twelve years. .Mr. Jones lives on his farm in Pleasant Prairie, where he is a very successful farm- er. His hobby is potatoes, so he says, and it is said that his farm products are a credit to a mathematical farmer. R. S. SANBORN (Science) R. S. Sanborn has taught in the high schools of Spokane for sixteen years. He was graduated from the Iowa State college. Before coming to Spokane, he taught in Salt Lake City. There are something over a ihmisand enrollments in the science department this year, says Mr. Sanborn. The department has (jutgrown its present quarters. We are sadly in need of rooms. Iiroperly equipjied for science work. Dur- ing this year, we have had to establish an- other botany laboratory. This year ' s quar- ters have been temporary, and it is hoj)ed that next year a room will be permanently allotted to care for the increased enrollment in botany and zoology. There should also be at least two new general science rooms to handle the work for the new semester. VV. J. SANDERS (English) W. J. Sanders has been at North Central six years. He was graduated Trom Leba- non Valley college with a degree of B. A., and from Columbia university with an A. degree. The English department is .North Central ' s largest dejiartment. Altogcthet. eighteen teachers ' are working under Mr. Sanders. Next to his teaching, Mr. Sanders ' greatest interest is the organization of the course of study in EngH.sh. Upon this he has worked for throe years. In order to furnish an outlet ftjr the lit- erary talent of the school, Mr. Sanders says that he would like to see the old Tamarack revived, or some other magazine of a similar character established, in addition to the North Central News. This magazine would ue devoted to literary material of the school, and would be put out by a class of students interested in literary work. MISS NELLE WILSON (Vocational) Miss Nelle Wilson has the distinction of being head of one of the most interesting and active departments in North Central. She was graduated from the University of Indiana, and has taken post-graduate work at Columbia. During her three years at North Central Miss Wilson has made the work of her de- partment extremely lively and interesting. The purpose of her department is to place students where they may obtain work while attending school, to offer vocational gui- dance, to help the students select their courses of study, and to advise the students concerning college work and college require- ments. An important feature of the vocational department is the intelligence tests, of which Miss Wilson has charge. Self-analy- sis, promoted through questionnaires, is also becoming prominent in the vocational de- partment. MISS .MARGARET FEHR (Language) .Miss Margaret Fehr, who heads North Central ' s language department, is a gradu- ate of the University of Wisconsin. Her hobbies, she says, are Howers and the wild- woods; but her greatest interest is in Eu- rope. Miss Fehr plans to sail July 2 for Europe, where she will travel through Spain, France, and Italy. Miss Fehr will make purchases for the school while abroad. E. II. FEARON (Commercial) E. H. Fearon, head of the Commercial department at North Central, is a graduate of the Zanerian . ' rt college, the Kentucky state normal, and the Ohio Business insti- tute. For eight years .Mr. Fearon was em- ployed as an accountant in one of the largest lumber firms of New England. Mr. Fearon worked with Frank Broker, C. P. A. No. 1, New York, before coming to North Central.

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28 EN AVANT NORTH CENTRAL FACULTlj Spring 1921 Dr. a. H. Benefiel, Principal. F. G. Kessedy, Vice-Principal. Miss Hazel Merry, Secretary. Miss Hilda Anderson Miss Alice Bechtel L. A. Borah L. C. Bradford Miss Adcle C ' arlin L. A. Harding Miss Jeanette Maltby Mrs. W.J. Sanders ENGLISH W. J. Sanders .Miss Lottie Ogilvie .Miss Louisa Paterson .Miss Mabel .Sanimons -Mrs. . nna B. Sayre .Miss Inis Williams .Miss Emugcne Wyman .Miss Elgine Warren Mrs. 11. Moore MATHEMATICS W. W. Jones Miss Mabel Clayton Miss Gertrude Kaye Miss Jessie Odlt T. A. Bonser A. S. W. Endslow Miss Evelyn Moore Dr. H. C. Myers W. C. Hawes J. (). Eoker .Miss Ida .Mosher I ' . G. Kennedy SCIENXE R. S. Sanborn .Miss Julia Huff James Long J. L. Sloanaker A. L. Smith LANGUAGES Miss Margaret Fehr Miss .Vlice Borresen .Miss Jessie Gibson Miss Bertha Comings .Miss Helen McDouall Miss Mary Evans Miss Helen Prince Miss Annette Francisco Ernesto Salzmann HISTORY T. O. Ramsey .Miss Dorothy Trowbridge .Miss Neva B. Wiley Miss Catherine Bemiss W. L. Bruehlnian A. J. Collins COMMERCIAL E. H. Fearon Miss Alice Campbell .Miss Nellie C. Stone Miss Lillian Robinson .A. O. Stricter F. C. Van de Wallicr Miss Martha V. Wartinbee HOUSEHOLD ARTS .Miss Carrie HitchcocK Miss Grace O. Baker .Miss Pansey Olney .Mi.ss May C. Frank Miss Agnes McHugh .Miss Bessie Graliam MANUAL ARTS M. C. Smith Howard Russell FINE ARTS Miss Lillian Stowell PHYSICAL TRAINING S. L. Moyer .Miss Elsa Pinkhani E. B. Godfrey J. W. Taylor Miss Catherine Hil)l)s I ND rs r R I A L I ' R I NTI NG Ernest E. Green J. W. Tool LIBR. HY .Miss Lucile Fargo .Miss Jessie Brewer MUSIC C. Olin Ivice STUDY HALL Mrs. Stella Fox Pl ' BLIC SPEAKING .Miss Lucille Elliott BOOK ROOM Miss Marian McLaren VOCATIONAL DIRECTOR Miss Nelle Wilson

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30 EN AVANT T. O. RAMSEY (History) T. O. Ramsey, who heads North Central ' s history department, was graduated from the University of Missouri. He has taught in North Central since January, 1912. In addition to teaching, said Mr. Ram- sey, my only hobby is horticulture. C. OLIN RICE (Music) C. Olin Rice has been a member of the North Central faculty and the head of its music department since I ' ebruary, 190 ' . Every year an operetta is given under his direction by members of the opera class. Mr. Rice is a graduate of the music depart- ment of Baker university, Kansas. I have a great desire, Mr. Rice said, to interest a large number of boys in music. Too many boys have a mistaken idea that music is for the girls alone. They would much rather hear some one else play or sing than do it themselves. We need a greater variety of instrumental players, esi)cciallly a good clarinet player. Mr. Pice says that his only ambition is to get as far away as possible from music or anything pertaining to music during the summer months. MISS CARRIE HITCHCOCK (Household Arts) Miss Carrie Hitchcock has been teaching at North Central since 1911. I ' efore coming to Spokane, she was supervisor of domestic science in the high schools and grade schools of Ithaca, New York, and was also dietitian and head of the home economics department at Wolfe Hall, a girls ' school in Denver. She was graduated from the Mechanics Institute at Rochester, New York, in the home economics course. MISS JESSIE CIBSON (Girls ' League) Three years ago, llie (jirls ' League was organized by a North Central teacher. Miss Jessie Gibson. Since she founded the League she has given freely of her time and efforts for its welfare, it is difficult to write anything about Miss (iib.son without men- tioning the League. High schools all over the United States, and particularly in the west, have expressed their interest in the Girls ' League, and many schools have founded similar f)rganizations. Miss Gibson was graduated from the Cni- versity of Idaho antl lias taken post-gradu- ate work at the University of California, Columbia university, and Washington State college. S. L. MOYER (Boys ' Athletics) S. L. Moyer, who heads the boys ' athletic department at North Central, is a graduate of l- ' ranklin and Marshall college. Mr. Moyer has been teaching at Xortli Central for ten years. Ne.xt to teaching. .Mr. .Mover says he would rather play golf and fish than do anything else. The important thing in high school ath- letics, says Mr. Moyer, is to get every boy in school interested in some kind of athletics. Athletics should not be limited to the good athletes. The greatest need at North Central is a suitable athletic field near here. MISS ELSA PINKIIAM (Girls ' Athletics) Miss Elsa Pinkham, head of the girls ' athletic department at North Central, was graduated from Sargent. Miss Pinkham has taken post-graduate work at C )luml)ia. Dur- ing her three years as head of the athletic department she has done much to interest the girls in athletics. She is a firm be- liever in inter-class and inter-school contests. Miss Pinkham has coached all the dancing for North Central operettas. .She also plans much of the dancing for difYerent high school entertainments. That Miss Pinkham is a good sport is the unanimous opinion of both the boys and girls f)f North Central. Her favorite hobby is playing the iolin, and, according to the girls of the school, her onl} ' fault is compel- ling the girls wlio talk excessively and those who chew gum. to remain after school aiul listen to her practice her scales. LOWELL C. BRADFORD (Hoys ' Federation) L. C. Bradford, who heads the Hoys ' l ' ed- eration at North Central, was graduated from Reed college in 1913. He has done special work in debating and student gov- ernment. He came to North Central in Xoveniber. V) ( . .Mr. liradford has had charge of debate at North Central since that time. He has coached eleven debates. Of these debates. North Central has won two out of three with Lewis and Clark and five out of seven with Walla Walla. lie has coached IwcK e f tlie senior class orators. In the fall of l ' M8 he organized the Boys ' l ederation. Since then, he has directetl its activities and the work of twenty commit- tees under the tliree main dei)artments. He is faculty director of the Rooters ' and Delta clubs. Mr. Bradford ' s greatest hobby is music. He plays in the school orchestra, and teach- es music outside of school hours.