Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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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.

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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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Mrs. Rees Miss Stewart Miss Helen Rees, secretary of the board of education, cmd Miss Nadine Stewart, senior high office secretary, are here checking the financial status of the school. Miss Stewart left us at the middle of the year to become the bride of Lt. Paul Bergman of the U. S. Navy. They are now residing in Chicago, and we all miss her capable handling of the myriad tasks necessary in the operations of a school system. Miss Anne Campbell courageously took over her job and has proved to be very efficient in the office routine. As secretary to the board of education. Miss Helen Rees collects money from the many tuition students of Oakwood High. Teachers keep in constant touch with Miss Rees as she has charge of faculty payrollsp and like all Americans, on March 15, she, too, has a headache: for one of her many duties is the computation of the school's income tax. Keeping the junior high in the black is the work of Miss Kathryn Kyne as here she checks the attendance record. Besides running the junior high office, Miss Kyne teaches third period shorthand. When some former Oakwood student gains recognition as a renowned artist or engineer, some measure of his or her success can be attributed to our faithful deans, Captain and Mrs. Thomas D. Brown, Ir. These two are always ready and willing to give friendly counsel to the seniors concerning vocations or college. In addition, Captain Brown intimidates his various history classes by using the fiendish exams put out by colleges. Highlight of the year occurred when he received a piece of lead pipe from his seniors to fulfill his life's ambition of clubbing some unruly student over the head with same. Guiding her classes through the deep chan- nels of English and American literature as 4175 Miss Kyne well as to their respective vocations and col- leges, is Mrs. Brown. This charming member of our faculty is also advisor of the Girls' League, and a large part of the success of that organization can be directly attributed to her, capable leadership. Deans: Mr. and Mrs. Brown