Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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Miss Baker Miss Auld Miss Page Miss Georgia Baker: learned instructor of Latin and German, astounds her students with swift translations and baffles them with tests on he exploits of Caesar and Hercules. In addition to her classes Miss Baker also ad- vises the Iunior Bed Cross Committee and participates in organizing the Miami tests. Miss Weber Mrs. Russell Miss Mendenhall 157 Miss Iosephine Auld handles English courses in the junior high school along with some of the junior Latin classes. Besides -these subjects Miss Auld also coaches the junior high girls' hockey team. She consistently sends a well trained team to the senior squad, a team instilled with the ideals of good play and fair play. Miss Miriam Page, who specializes in senior English, had her class on its toes throughout the entire year with little surprises, large homework assignments and college-level tests. Her students will appreciate, in time, these tests of ability and they will never forget them. Miss Lou K. Weber and Miss Gertrude Mendenhall often envy Mrs. Helen Russell's position as home economics teacher when the tantalizing odors from the up-to-date kitchen drift into the corridors. Miss Weber, fine arts teacher, encourages all the potential Rem- brandt's of her classes, in addition to carrying on her own fine work. Miss Mendenhall, also an art teacher, reveals the art of modeling clay and making stained glass Windows to her classes in the junior high. When she left for Phoenix, Arizona, she was replaced by Mrs. Herr. Besides her classes in cooking, Mrs. Russell teaches the girls sewing and child care.

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I Mr. Crum Mr. McClellan Mr. Dougherty Here we find the two chemists of Oakwood High, Carlos Einstein Crum and George McClellan, discussing the future of atomic energy and synthetic rubber, while Iohn Dougherty ardently tries to Work a Word in edgewise. Besides teaching his regular classes in chemistry and physics, Mr. Crum this year has taken on the instruction of a course in aviation. Mr. McClellan is known throughout the school as an early riser, for he often arrives at the same time as the service-men. When strange sounds issue forth from I-13, one can guess that it is one of Mr. Dougherty's Welders or machinists practicing for the future. Three members of our faculty who try to instill in their students the beauty of Shakes- peare and the necessary grammar needed tc carry on a readable correspondence are Mrs. Maria Bender, Miss Mildred Campbell, and Miss Madeline Myers. The Oakleaflet takes up much of Mrs. Bender's time, along with her position as head of the English department. Miss Campbell, while faithfully prodding the Acorn staff to meet deadlines, teaches English, Spanish, creative writing, and journalism. She was forced to leave us at the middle of the year, and her place was capably filled by Mrs. Luiclle Riley, who brought the Acorn through to a successful conclusion. Miss Myers, a new- comer to the Oakwood faculty this year, teaches English and also supervises the fourth period study hall. Miss Campbell Mrs. Bender Miss Myers 14

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1 Yxxsi Hollne Mr. Gates C18 M . r Andrews Versatile Sam Andrews, boys' athletic di- rector and proud displayer of many loud- striped ties, has sparked his basketball and football teams to numerous victories this year. In addition to coaching the teams, Mr. Andrews has boosted school spirit with his fiery pep talks during Monday morning and pep assem- blies. Filling the important position as coach of girls' athletics is Miss Bess L. Hayner, who also explains why the grass is green and the sky blue to her ninth grade biology classes. Admired by all, Miss Hayner gives freely of her time and knowledge, and the fine records of her teams are the result. Teaching future opera stars and directing the Oakwood band is the job of genial Philip Gates. Mr. Gates has gained city-wide recogni- tion for his music department by its many appearances this year. As co-director of the Oakwood Follies and Frolic, Mr. Gates has greatly boosted the music fund.