North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Qygwv Flu.. Elvin Eyster gives his capable commercial department, Mrs, Maryann Chapman, Virgil Herring, Miss Oral Furst, john Mertes and Leslie Reeves, a word from the text. It looks as if they are ready for a speed test in one of our flooded typing classes. Wfirh a pencil in her hair, pen and ink ready, and a book for a guide, this fair student brushes up on her com- mercial law. A trio or a quartet? It makes little difference for these vocal long and loud in a sound-proof music room. Not enough play books to go around but they do a good job of reading in this drama class. Hazel Plummer, Miss Katherine Rothenberger, Mr. Dave l-lartley, Mr. John Delsong, Mr. Robert Sinks. and Mr, Rollo Mosher administer in the social science department. Miss Plummer advises the branch of the Junior Red Cross and Miss Rothenberger assists in arranging pep sessions. Both advise the Booster Club. Miss Bash would still like a scenario for her Camera Clubls motion picture. Mr. Sinks tends to the l.eader's tourney and freshman basketball. while Mr. Hartley ad- ministers home room basketball tourneys and gives round-the-world-trip talks. Miss Agnes Pate, Miss Martha Beierlein, and Miss Laurinda DeVilbiss instruct the future house- 30 wives of America in that cabalistic culinary art. Their time was also taken up in part by seeing that the Horns: Ec Club did not burn down. Miss DeVilbiss also tended to the cafeteria. The professors of the laboratory who instruct the subjects of physics, botany, biology, and chemistry are Nlr. Rolla Chambers, Miss Vesta Thompson, Mr. Howard Michaud, and Mr. Har- old Thomas. The Nature Club provides an out- let for the knowledge of fickle nature to Miss Thompson and Mr. Michaud. Mr. Chambers expends his genius on the cinder track, while lNlr. Thomas inspires the club of Wizardry, Phy- Chem. We now breeze into a room, and if our geog-

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NG DIF-FACULTY WITH THEM He usually viears a pair of glasses on his nose. sometimes holds a pointer in his hand, and is the possessor of a rare quality known in the world of psychology as patience. Yvithout the latter he can not long survive. He has a desk. a chair, a blackboard behind him, and four or five rows of hollow-minded ignoramuses in front of him. His main function in this world is to take the ignor- ance out of the cranium of the student and re- place it with a generous helping of erudition. Bearing these things in mind, one can identify one of these prudent pedagogues almost any- where. No mean distinction has been gained through the efforts of North Side's savant-like students By WILLIAM GERHARD tennis mentor, and Mr. Albert A. Coil, English teacher and public speaking assistant. Our best wishes. and may their stay be long! Reigning supreme on the throne of education is Nlr. Nlilton Northrop. our principal. He is ably assisted by Miss Victoria Gross, our dean. Mrs. Margaret Cook is secretary to Mr. Northrop. In 311 and 313 we find Miss Gertrude Zook and Miss Bernice Sinclair teaching art and advis- ing the Art Club. German is taught by Miss Marie Ehle. who does a good bit of attendance work. Latin is taught by Miss Loraine Foster and Nliss Judith Bowen. Miss Bowen is an adviser of the Senior class and has charge of the decorations committee of the Booster Club. Miss Ehle's and in the competition of Purdue, at the Press Confab at New York City, and in the realm of the sport- ing world. The initials, N. S., have been buried deep. But the success, the spur in the side of each individual case can be traced to a well- trained, hard-working faculty. The scepter of success has for its handle, the faculty. Yet the measure of success mentioned above is only extra- curricular. If such a dent has been made in these three fields, think of the time when the chemists, the linguists begin blossoming out! But then in words of George Bernard Shaw. Now you have seen the animal. An introduc- tion to the divers instructors will follow. The gates were thrown wide open in extend- ing a welcome to three new instructors. They are Mr. Estal S-muts, industrial arts teacher, Mr. Virgil Herring. business instructor and boys' lWiss Foster's interests carry them into the Girl Reserve work. Mr. Elvin Eyster, Mr. John Mertes, Mr. Leslie Reeves, Mrs. John Chapman, Miss Oral Furst. and Mr. Vergil Herring carry on the instruction in the business department. Mrs. Chapman is adviser of the Junior Red Cross Club, and Mr. Reeves advises the Hi-Y Club as well as assists Mr. Nulf in managing the football and basketball teams. Together with the work entailed in the position as head of the business department. Mr. Eyster directs guidance and school finances. The business of selling second-third-ad infinitum books falls to the administration of Mr. John Mertes. Miss Ethel Shroyer commands the library. The task of keeping the band in time, promoting con- certs, A Cappella, and orchestra is entrusted to Mr. Varner Chance. Mr. Merton Kimes, Miss Marian Bash, Miss Z9

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4. ' i -ffatgiy. 1: 'iw' . A . A' y if . X 14 nigga . fy s., A r i Music by Varner Chance and Art by Miss Gertrude Zook first picture. and hliss Bernice Sinclair appear on the program for the He will find them as she reads the names of cities from her history. a necessary trait of the study. Those diagramatic outlines of county government have to be made bs all advanced Civics students, A reflection in the water of the river makes a good subject for the aspiring artist to sketch. Robert Sinks. hlerton Kimes, David Hartley. Rollo lvlosher. the Nlisses hlarian Bash. Katherine Rothenberger and Hazel Plummer, and John De Long are the teachers of the social science field, raphy is not in accurate, we are in Mr. Fred Breezes room. He is chief counselor of the Geog- raphy Council. Perhaps the ones this story will not agree with are those masters of the King's English. Such language is entrusted to the good keeping of Miss Hazel Plummer, Miss Catherine Cleary, Miss Geneva Burwell. Miss Mildred Huffman. Miss Mabel Greenwalt, bliss Mary I-loward. Miss Sin- clair. Nliss Julia Storr, Nlrs. Edith YVinslow. Mr. Charles Dickinson, Mr. Loy C. Laney, and Mr. Coil. Miss Cleary and Miss Greenwalt advise the Quill and Helicon Clubs. respectively. while Polar4Y attracts Miss Burwell. Miss Huffman is adviser for the Helicon Club: National and Jun- ior Forensic Leagues are taken care of by lVlr. Laney, Mr. Dickinson, aside from his labor as senior class adviser, also gives words of sweet advise to members of the National Honor So- ciety. Miss Cleary served her first year as pilot of the Quill Club. Miss Howard works in pro- moting underclass declamation and in advising the Junior Forensic League. Nlr. Everett Pennington. Miss Venette Sites, Nlr. Glen Gordy, Nliss Marie lxfliller. and Nlrs. Ella B. Clark are the preceptors of the mathe- matical profession. Nlrs. Clark spends much of her time roping in truants in het capacity as 31