Omaha North High School - Norseman Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Plato once sand that muslcal traInIng a more ootent Instrument than any other because rhythm and harmony fInd then way Into the Inward places of the soul Such traInIng has been the lIfes work of Mlss Twlla Cowman, Norths vocal muslc Instructor Her own muslcal educatIon be gan at the UnIversIty of South Dakota and was completed at Northwestern UnI versIty Though her choIr and VOICE traIn Ing work keep her pretty busy she stIll enloys studyIng muslcal hIstory Parlez vous Froncarsi' MIss Amy Crabbe does and she s anxIous to teach her French classes to do so too She also teaches LatIn Although most of her Interests cen ter around France and Its language she also enpoys housekeepIng and COOKIUQ for herself and her trIends MISS Crabbe chaIrman of the ScholarshIp and Honors commIttee and spon ors Le Cercle FrancaIs the French club Her own experlences as a student In Pans add Interest to her classes and club actIvItIes MISS Ahce B Crocker attended the UnI versIty of Nebraska and the UnIversIty of ChIcago where she receIved her Master of Sclence degree Bandages skeletons tor os Wllh removable organs and skullful demonstratlons enllven her courses In FIrst AId and PhysIology and Health As ACfIVl tles Dlrector Mlss Crocker beglns her work In the fall bv sellzng GCfIVlfY tIckets Throughout the year she plans dances and other programs for the pleasure of the students and to raIse funds for all school UCTIVITICS When the bell rInas three tImes for fIre drIll Harold L Dally can expIaIn where every member of the Flre Patrol should be as well ns what makes the bell rIng an the fIre burn H IS oonsor of the Patrol and teaches physIcs and general scIence classes HIs ouIet manner IS re flected In the thlngs he llkes to do after school hours carpentry at home and hunt Ing and fIshIng on vacatIons DurIng the summer he pursues hIs scIentIfIc Interests In the laboratory of the GraIn Exchange He IS a UDIVEYSITY of Nebraska graduate HO anyone famIlIar Wllh J H Dorsey or any of hlS begInnIng chemIstry classes would recognnze thIs formula to be the fIrst thIng learned by any of Mr Dorseys pupIls Teachma chemIstry IS Mr Dorseys flrst love and fGVOflf9 hobby besldes hIs grandchlldren As head of the scIence de partment he also teaches physIcal scIence Mr Dorsey attended Peru State Teachers College and the UnIversIty of Nebraska A hammer a chIsel and a saw provIde reIaxatIon for M J Ekberg who teaches busIness educatIon classes HIS career has VOflEd from worklng as a publIc accountant to coachlng basketball HIs school dutIes also Include boys counsellIng and servmg as a sennor sponsor Mr Ekberg receIved both hIs Bachelor and Masters degree at the UnIversIty of Nebraska He also en Ioys readung and travelIng In hIs Ielsure tlme though woodworklng IS hIs favorIte pastume No wrestler IS more exhausted at the end of a match than Vernon Ekfelt who duplI cates every hold and movement on the mat In hIs coochs chaur He also tutors the reserve football and baseball teams but not wIth qulte the some Intentness as the wrestlmg squad for he was once a wrestlIng champIon at the UHIVEYSIYY of Iowa M Ekfelt receIved hIS M A de gree at Crelghton UnIversIty He teaches bIology as well as classes In the socIal cuence department Watch that set dum those house llQhfS and pull that curtoIn Such orders come naturally from Earl E Erwm whose name has long been synonymous wIth school stage productIons He teaches busIness law bookkeepIng and Instructs the stage crew Mr ErwIn serves on the Aurora ACfIVlTlES MIIITOTY Ball and AUdIf0fIUm and Stage commlttees He orIgInated the BEST Show whuch was renamed the Fall FollIes thIs year Hls other talents Include the sklllful use of the paInters palette and brush and traInIng of baton twIrIers latIn IS the root of all languages LIke wlse LatIn IS the root of Mrs Ruth Forbes hobby and occupatIon SInce 1935 Mrs Forbes has taught LatIn She IS sponsor of the JunIor ClassIcal League and the LatIn paper Aquula Aqulloms and serves as well as freshman gurls counsellor Se mantlcs or the study of words IS Mrs Forbes hobby Through crossword puzzles books and a study of LatIn she con stantly Increases her vocabulary She also teaches German and Is chaIrman of the Courtesy commIttee conduct IdentIfy James P Faha who IS a comparatlve newcomer to the faculty are the two clubs he sponsors the Art club and the HI Y Cucles Mr FOTIG be came the art Instructor foIlowIng the re tIrement last year of Mrs Ethel Hunsoker Naturally hlS hobbIes Include sculpturang and paIntIng but hIs Interests also Include athletlcs for he was a Munnesota all state hIgh school football player Mr FotIa IS a UHIVEYSITY of Munnesota graduate A stuck elevator a broken wlndow or a cold radIator none faze Earl Garner who fInds them lust everyday routune In hIS work as head custodIan Mr Garner has dIrected the care of the buIldIng SINCE It was brlght wIth newness In 1924 He even heloed to buIld It He and hIs staff are favorItes of the students and faculty not only for thelr WIIIIHQHESS to be helpful but for theur Interest In and support of the schools OCTIVIYIES as well Keep your eyes on the ball has been heard more than once by any boy playIng baseball under Carol R Gast That phrase and many others have been put Into a book publlshed thIs sprIng whIch Mr Gast wrote thIs year durlng hIs free tIme As head football and baseball coach fresh man basketball coach socIal SCIENCE teacher and physIcal educatIon Instructor Mr Gast has had to keep hnmselt on the ball A graduate of Wayne State Teach ers college he has an M A from CreIgh ton UnIversIty 413 ' is -- . 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Coach watch thIs basket' Thats what the gIrls shout at Mrs Betty Andrews as she tutors them In basketball She eems to be undusturbed by the noIse of her glrls gym and typlng classes for she remanns sweet and quIet throughout the day Mrs Andrews IS a graduate of North western MI sourl State College MaryvIlle MISSOUFI A newcomer to North HIgh last year at fIrst she came only for half the day As for Interests she ranks travel and ports the hlghest partIcularly golf KecD ng 300 glrls actlve and Interested In Y Teen prolects IS no small task but Mrs Barbara Barlow knows how to do It A North alumna Mrs Barlow Is In her fourth year of teachIng In the socIal clence department Out of school he IS Iust the normal housewIfe devotlnq her tIme to her husband housework and sew Ing She queezes a IIttle readIng and record playIng Into her spare tlme Aye aye Slfl You mIght hear thIs cry sometumes as you go by MISS Thela Barnes room She teaches socIal SCIENCE and Amer Ican hIstory but she was al o once a pre fllght Instructor ID the WAVES Her Bache lor of Arts degree was obtaIned ot the UnIversIty of Omaha and she IS completlng work for her Ma ters at the UnIversIty of Colorado MIss Barnes glves her trme freely on the MIlItary Ball commIttee as a senIor sponsor and as sponsor of S T S When senIors rush Into MIss Ruth Barretts room exclaImIng Here are our petltlons sIgned for class offlcers she knows that her work as permanent enIor class sponsor has offlclally begun and that It wlll con tInue untIl the last flowers are cleared from the tage after commencement A teacher In the socIaI SCIENCE department MIss Barrett IS also a member of the Board of Control She receIved her Mas ters degree In hIstory from the UnIversIty of Omaha and her Bachelors from Grln ne A mathematlcal mInd o nose for news an all seelng eye and a fondness for kIt tens are all possessed by MIss Lourse Bar stow Her mInd fIgures all the angles In her algebra aeometry and senIor math classes Her nose for news served when he advlsed the furst school paper and yearbook Her eye keeps nInth hour stu dents In lune whIle her love af klttens keeps her lookIng for plctures and storIes about them She has an M A fr rn Columbna UnIversIty The SIZE of the head of every senIor lS as famullar to Leonard Bond as the dIstance between the goal posts on a football fIeId Mr Bond IS the senIor class spon or In charge of caps and gowns A teacher In the soclal SCIENCE department hIs other dutIes Include coachIng freshman footbol and reserve basketball and asslstrna Wll the track team He IS a member of th PatrIotIc and l-lomecommg commIttees Bond IS a UnIversIty of gra I2 Bugs blrds botany and bon bans are all famIlIar to BookIe as MIss Mary B Bookmeyer IS called affechonately A bIology teacher she IS also an authorIty on candy makrng Her school dutIes In clude the LondscapIng commIttee the Art BuIldIng and Decoratlon commIttee and the Sclence group whIch IS makIng SCIENCE course of study for the Omaha schools MlSS Bookmeyer IS a UnIversIty of Nebraska graduate Another chess enthuslast Iolned the faculty at the begInnIng of second semester John C Bryan fIlled the vacancy In the mathe matIcs department created by MISS BeatrIce Mack s returement He IHTTIQUGS hIs classes wnth mathematIcal mysterles and Impossu bIIItIes A graduate of the UnIversItv of Omaha Mr Bryan has also taught at TechnIcal Hlgh and Castelar elementary schools In Omaha MISS Cleo Butler takes great prIde In her SEWIHQ and cookIng classes from whIch come chIc ensembles and delIcIous dIshes She enIoys all phases of homemakmg and practIces them In her own home She IS an OCTIVS member of the Communlty Chest commIttee and the costume commIttee for the Fall Follles and the Aurora She uses her skIll at party plannIng as one of the senIor class sponsors In charge of the enlor dInner dance In the sprlng MISS Butler attended Nebraska UnIversIty and Columbla Teachers College maps In world hIstory may decorate the boards of MISS Clare Careys room for she teaches both Soanlsh and hIstory She IS a sponsor of S T S and the Red Cross and also serves on the Scholarshlo and Honor SocIetIes commIttee She receIved her Master s degree from Crelghton Unlver snty Durlng the summer MISS Carey llkes best to clImb Into her car and drIve to scenrc and hIstorIcal places throughout the Umted States Floyd L Chases Interests and dutIes are as varled as the eoulpment to he found In the shop classes he teaches He works on the Hondlma of Crowds commIttee and part of Norths flne landscaolnq may also be attnbuted to Mr Chase for hIs work on the LondscapIng commIttee Ath letlcs also play an Important part In hIS schedule as he serves as coach of the te-nnIs team He lakes to tmker around the shop hlmself ID hIs free tlme The Wabash RIVEF Gurgle IS how Mrs Mary Uhl Colllns de crIbes her hearty laugh WhlCh she brouaht from her bnrthplace on the Wabash Logansport lndIana An ex 'Dert In typlng shorthand and busmess procedures Mrs Colllns IS chaIrman of tl'e buslness educatIon department Head na the student employment commIttee she enloys fIn Ina students the rlaht kInd of Iobs She IS also the sponsor of Greaqltes RaIsIng AfrIcan vIolets and rememberrng fnends are her specIaltIes .' 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Mrs Gladys Gres vouce probably us one of the most famuluar to parents of North students As attendance clerk she makes o fruendly telephone unquury as to the rea sons for students ab ences Mumeograph ung typung phonung preparung records checkung absentees-all n a day work for Mrs Gres A membe of the Art Buuldung and Decoratuon commuttee she can name and locate every work of art un the buuldung She also possesses a phenomenal memory for names of alumnu The crusp whuteness of the unuforrns of Mrs Frances Gordon and her staff the sparklung cleanluness of staunless steel fux tures and the good tastung dushes pre pared un the cafeterua wull remaun long un the memory of every North graduate In her second year at North Mrs Gordon spent l4 years at Benson West elementary school Needlepount two granflchuldren and a cabun at Kungs Lake share her attentuon after workung hours She us an ardent fusherwoman Sergeant Dovud L Gruesemer rs a man who Iukes actuon whether t be that of a football team or a combat company I fuve and a half years of army duty the Sergeant has seen servuce un Korea and Japan He wears the Bronze Star Purple Heart Korean Campauan wuth four battle stars U N Japanese Occupatnonal World War ll vuctory medal and Combat Infantry Badge rubbons whuch are more than ode quote proof of the actuon he has seen He grvgs -'now as mulutary unstructor for Can you fund a hook for me that my Englush teacher wull approve for a report? Thus frequent query wull send Mrs Florence Hallgren to the lubrary book shelves to fund the book whuch wull best sunt the students need She has been checkung out books and keepung the lubrarues In order for seven years A delightful sense of humor beneath her quuet manner and her desure to be helpful have endeared her to students and faculty Resolved Muss Mary Eluzabeth Hamulton us one of the busiest teachers Thus us really not a debatable auestuon as she us euther coachung her debate teams or durectung or attendung tournaments addutuon to a full schedule of Enalush and debate classes she funds tume to sponsor S O and N F L Her hobbues swu rnung and travellung are unducatuve of the actuve lufe she Iukes to lead She receuved her Master of Arts degree from the Unu versuty of Chucago The pretty young blonde un the lubrary us always wullung to help Vukungs fund the books they want and she creates an atmosphere of fruendluness there She as Muss Gladys Hanthorne an alumna of North who us employed as a lubrary clerk Her dutues unclude checkung out books makung the colorful posters that are dus played In 220 helpung Mrs Elma Sumpson and promotung lubrary effucuency l4n Always unterested un the personal problems of hugh school students Muss Lucy Harte has combuned her unterest knowledge and experuence to teach a class for seniors whuch unvestugates theur personal problems Holdung also the posutuons of assustont dean of gurls and head of the homemakung de partment keeps her very busy She us a graduate of the Unuversuty of Nebraska Muss Harte us chaurmon of the Mulutary Ball and serves on the Board of Control and the Gurls Athletuc board E E Hellugso has o background of practucal experuence for teachung archutectural draw ng Sunce hus father was a contractor Mr Hellugso started young un plannung and erectung buuldungs He us stull actuve un thus fueld durung the summer Precuse letterung plans and blueprlnts are pro duced un hus classes One of hus students receuved natlonal recognutuan last year A founder of the Flre Patrol Mr Hellugso us stull one of the leaders of the actuvuty The cheerful and smulung face of Muss Darlene Holstrom us always a pleasant sught when Vukungs or vusltors enter the offuce Muss Holstrom who graduated from Faurbury Hugh School un Faurbury Nebraska has been effucuently handlung the posutuon of stenogropher for Mr Burkholder sunce September Her outsude Interests unclude square dancung and admurung the brulluance of her engagement rung receuved thus sprung Pupuls wuth pauns become patuents needung pulls un the offuce of Muss Helen Jelunek who us servung her nunth year as the school nurse Her skull and kundness have helped to heal everythung from a skunned knee to a bruused spurut She receuved her nurses traunung from St Josephs Hosputal school of nursung and us also a graduate of the Unuversuty of Ornaha In her free time Muss Jelnnek lukes best to travel to the home of her parents at Bruno Nebraska A quuet scholar of the worlds great lutera ture and the scenes assocuated wuth ut IS Muss Anna Jensen She has travelled the European contunent the Scandunavuan countrues and England vusutung the burth places of luterary masterpueces Her un terest and experuences add much to the studues of her Englush classes She receuved her Bachelor and Masters degrees from the Unuversuty of Nebraska Musuc us her maun unterest outsude of school Lets see your actuvuty tucket' Thus us Thomas C Johnson s favorute sayung as he admuts students on theur actuvuty tuckets to all North othletuc contests Temporary druvers permuts are also essentual to en trance unto the druvers traunmg classes he unstructs Mr Johnson teaches physu cal scuence A graduate of Kearney State Teachers college Mr Johnson IS nearung the completnon of hus Masters work t the Unuversuty of Nebraska . , . . 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