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

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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.

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32 EN AVANT Published semi-annually by members of the North Central News Staff in honor of the graduating classes. GILBERT BEAN MANAGING EDITOR ERNEST WETHERELL - ASSOCIATE EDITOR L. A. BORAH FACULTY DIRECTOR EDITORIAL STAFF Clarence Norman Associate Editor Dorothy Anderson Girls ' Athletics Ruth Hove Literary Lenna Baird Calendar Marguerite Miller Organizations Margaret Ingersoll Faculty Austin Taylor Current Comment Robert Smith Humor Mary Fosley Feature Harleth Steinke -Art Editor Ronald Robertson Athletics Erna Nelson Art Assistant BUSINESS STAFF DELBERT McNAMARA - BUSINESS MANAGER Ronald Robertson Circulation Manager William Marsh Circulation Assistant Wilbur MoGuire Advertising Manager JUNE, 1921 DR. A. II. BENEFIEL, PRIXCII ' AL In the fall of 1918, Dr. A. il. Benefiel stepped from the vice-principal ' s desk in the main office into the private office and posi- tion of principal of North Central. Since that time he has done much to make North Central a democratic and progressive school. Many students little realize the amount of work and responsibility with ■ which lie is confronted as head of such a large and ever advancing institution. By the principles he has advanced and the plans he has fostered to make Xorth Central a bigger and better school, it is quite evident that he believes in, and prac- tices, the progressive spirit and the |)redom- inant action expressed in the school motto, En Avant. THE CLASS ADN ISERS Each graduating class has an official class director and the girls of eacii graduating cla.ss choose a faculty adviser. The assis- tance given by these faculty members is of great value to the classes in their undertak- ings and tends to keep them headed in the right direction. The work of T. O. Ramsey, class direc- tor, and of Aliss Agnes McHugh, girls ' ad- viser, has been no exception to the rule — imless it might have been above the average. The class appreciates the cooperation of these counselors in the tasks it has had to perform, for truly the advisers have contrib- uted greatly to the success of the class. BROADEN OUT A person never knows what he can do until he attem])ts different things to find out what his talents are, and the sooner he begins to do things, the sooner will he find out what he can do. The -place to get a start is in high school. High school affords the student opportunities in its many lines of study and also in its various activities aside from studies. A student, upon entering high school, should get interested in some enterprise other than the regular course of study and should follow it up. From this he may branch to another, and still another, and so on until at the end of his high school course he has so developed and so broadened him- self that he may step out in the world pre- pared to lake up new and heavier tasks, and to carry successfully more and greater re- sponsibilities. THE -MOTHERS ' AND DADS ' CLUBS The work of the North Central Mothers and Dads ' clubs is indeed highly commend- able. Early last fall the Mothers ' club took up the huge task of raising a band fund with which to buy instruments for the