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

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A wee bat of the Emerald lsle clangs to Mass Anne Keenan but at rsnt the luck of the Irash whach produces the fane com posatrons an her Englash classes An ex ponent of good wratang she always en courages and constructavely cratacnzes the work of her students Mass Keenan as a member of the Scholarshap and Honors com mattee She receaved her Master of Arts degree from Columbaa Unaversaty Collect ang antaques and gardenang are her favor ate leasure actavataes Mass Flossle Lyons loves a pert nosegay to braghten her costume and real flowers to cheer her apartment She as apprecaatave of beauty an any form as her record collectaon of good musac testafnes Even though an excellent German and hastory student Mass Lyons turned to teachang commercaal subaects after she farst at tended the Unaversaty of Nebraska then enrolled an a busaness school and later returned to college to complete er busaness traanang Some events can brang both gladness and sadness So at was wath the retarement of Mass Beatnce .I Mack from the faculty at mad year Everyone was happy that she would now have tame to pursue her favorate anterests flyang and travellang Yet every one was sad at the thought of her petate fagure no longer beang seen hustlang be tween her math classes and study halls The wash of the faculty and students as that all that she has sent anto the laves of others wall come back anto her own When Mlss Pearl McCray states she has had a full day she as speakang the truth As head of the mathematacs department and sponsor of ats two clubs she as kept busy As a teacher at North sance l924 she has watched and worked contanuously for the advancement of her professaon A one who upholds Chrastaan adeals she d votes many hours to church actavataes A a commattee member she works on e Board of Control and the Scholarshap and Honor socaetaes commattee She as a Grannell College graduate Mnss Arlene McKussack as as equally adept at successfully completang a Red Cross protect as she as at teachang the antracacaes of a typewrater or routanes an an offace She sponsors Junaor Red Cross and as co sponsor of the shorthand club Greggates She receaved her Master of Arts and Bache lor of Scaence degrees at the Unaversaty of Nebraska Her anterests vary from golf and horseback radang to collectang bone china The beauty of a thoroughbred horse the lovelaness of a quaant fagurane or the rhy thm of a classac poem-all have the power to evoke opprecaataon an Mrs Ardath Muller A new home has receaved most of her attentaon and artastac talent thas year an after school hours A teacher of Englash Mrs Maller attended Wayne State Teachers college before receavang her Master s degree at the Unaversaty of Nebraska Her fraend laness and anterest an her students have made her a well loved teacher 'ek Nathan R Mohar as chaarman of the so caal scaence department but has anterests are wade and varaed Always cheerful and smalang an class Mr Mohar often spaces the doaly lessons wath anterestang experaen ces He as famrlaar wath all the aches and paans whlch trouble the boys as he checks thear excuses before assuang them absence checks An enthusaastac sports fan at one tame or another he has coached teams an every sport He as a Unaversaty of Illanoas graduate How can the Student Councal best serve the school? As one of ats sponsors Robert Mohlman conducts the daaly Councal class whach as seekang the solutaon to thas prob lem ln has second year of teachang an the ocaal scaence and Englash departments Mr Mohlman as already deep an the actava taes of the school He sponsors the Scaence Factaon club and serves as a Board of Con trol member and a senaor sponsor H s a Unaversaty of Nebraska graduate Two and two equal four to Mass Gertrude Mohr whether she as teachang math classes or questaonang garls reasons for unexcused absences Mass Mohr as busy an ISO every mornang long before classes began checkang garls absence excuses A member of the faculty for 8 years she serves on the Communlty Chest commattee and as senaor class sponsor an charge of the pacnac Mass Mohr receaved her M A degree from Northwestern Unaversaty and her B A from Drake Twenty eaght years at North have neather lessened the anterest of Delbert W Myers an the school s actavltaes nor changed the pleasantness wath whach he gaves has assast ance Head of the andustraal arts depart ment has daaly task as anstructnng boys an the antracacaes of archatectural drawang Mr Myers also serves an the Vasual Edu cataon commattee At the farst sagn of sprang he tees off as coach wath the boys on the golf team lt as daffacult to say whether Wnlllam C Nelson takes more prade an the accomplash ments of has athletac teams or has shop classes Clad an coveralls and traaled by boys wath paant and lumber he has been busy all year amprovang the athletac equap ment rooms Better known to everyone as Spec Mr Nelson dralls the varslty back leld an the fall as head coach of the basketball squad and also keeps the track team under has watchful eye He was a star athlete at has alma mater Madland College A lattle powder a dab of paant make a garl look lake what she aant Thas truly can be saad of the dramatac students of Mlss Margaret Nielsen who learn and prac tace the art of stage make up an her classes Skats for school shows radao pro grams speech contests senaor plays-all are daretted by Mass Naelsen S e as a member of the Actavataes Aurora Patraotac Costume and Radao program commattees Much of Mass Naelsens tame as spent searchang for and studyang the moral and sparatual values an the drama and edu cataon cl5

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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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A true friend of books faculty members and students thats Mrs Agnes Nilsson Head librarian of O30 she has completed ll years of the work she enioys most working with books and young people Mrs Nilsson attended the Universities f Omaha and Nebraska and is doing gradu ate work now at the University of Omaha She is always willing to participate in any activity which promotes a love of America as her work on the Patriotic committee proves Rose can you help me? So everyone asks Miss Rose Ostronlc who in 28 years as the school secretary has accumulated a vol ume of knowledge and experience which would be hard to equal and upon which the staff relies without question Miss Ostronic is capable of solving almost any problem concerning North High She is a member of the Auditorium and Stage com mittee What little spare time she has is spent in reading Shouldering the problems of the publica tion of the North Star and the Norseman is one of the iobs of Mrs Ellen Pearey She also teaches world history and serves as chairman of the Homecoming and Pa triotic committees Her daughter a new niece writing and ice skating give her pleasure in her leisure time She received her Master of Arts degree from Creighton University and will continue her studies this summer in history at the University of Minnesota In a chess game each pawn moves straight forward one square at a time as David K Petersen well knows as sponsor of the Chess club He has employed the same technique in building up the interest and activities of the boys in Hi Y As a mathe matics teacher he has little difficulty n keeping track of trumps in his favorite game of bridge Mr Petersen received his Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics at the University of Omaha Mrs Helen Plamondon s English classes are some of the most interesting conducted in the school Her pleasant personality makes her a favorite of many students Her edu cation and training are as broad as her main interest traveling In the past year she has been to California Louisiana Florida and Colorado Her hobbies include reading the theater and good music. A a member of the Patriotic committee she is vitally interested in promoting the demo- cratic ideals of America, A kind and understanding teacher are the best words to describe Miss Maude Poley. She was a member of the first faculty when the school opened in 1924. Her stimulating American history classes are always filled to capacity. As freshman counsellor for boys Miss Poley guides them through the problems of that first trying year in high school. Her hobby is traveling. The 'call of the open road has taken her across the United States several times. 162 QW Miss Alice V Porterfreld received her Bache lor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin She has devoted many hours to encouraging scholarship as an ideal among her students Her establishment of the S300 Herbert and Mabel Porterfield Memorial Award in l947 to be given each year to the graduate with the highest average is an incentive to many to strive for scholarship As a teacher of English she naturally pursues a leisure activity akin to her work reading Forward march' is the command issued by Master Sergeant William H Roberson which the ROTC battalion has followed in its growth this year Sergeant Roberson served in China Japan and Korea before returning to the United States in October l95l He was assigned to North High in January i952 Since that time he gra ciously has made his services and those of the battalion available for any activity or interest Her petite figure is no measure of Miss Nona Robinsons administrative ability for as head of the English department she handles that task with ease and efficiency Always interested in public speaking at one time she was the debate coach and now is sponsor of Glaciers a girls discus sion group She also serves on the Board of Control and the North Star Board Music is Miss Robinson s special interest She re ceived her M A degree at Northwestern As a newcomer to the English department this year Miss Marguerite Robison soon made herself popular with the faculty and students She was initiated into club activi ties as a Red Cross sponsor She taught previously at the University of Maryland and also in Beatrice and Grand Island Nebraska high schools Miss Robison at tended Penn State Teachers college and received her Masters degree at the Uni versity of Colorado She enioys reading and meandering through art museums In iust one year Miss Marrorre Scheerger has become a loyal Viking and a capable assistant in the office Through an aunts persuasion she came to Omaha from Bat tle Creek Nebraska to attend Van Sants Business School which recommended her for her pre ent position Miss Scheergers prettiness pleasant disposition and interest in the school's activities have made her a popular member of the staff. The beauty of any vocal solo or choral number can be enhanced by a good ac- companist. The talented fingers of Mrs. Frieda Schroeder have accompanied North High vocalists for the past two years. A graduate of the Cleveland School of Mu- sic, Mrs. Schroeder has also spent several summers at the Baldwin Wallace college. She has served as organist and choir direc- tor for several Omaha churches as well as accompanist in the music studios of Mary Munchhoff and Fred Ellis.