Oxford Area High School - Kernel Yearbook (Oxford, PA)

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THE KERNEL STAFF Kditor-in-Ghief ..............James Lund, Jr. JMary Louise Kirk Elizabeth P'erguson Tom Gillingham Literary Editor .............. Margaret Cannon Associate Editors.............j I;0™1 H°ennin er f Beatrice ig Art Kdilor....................Thora Sprenkle Associate Art Editors ........jK'izabcth Coates I M. Kelly Senior Historian .............Margaret Fitzgerald Junior Historian..............Roger Kirk Sophomore Historian ..........Melvin Berkowich Freshman Historian ...........Amy Herr Kightli Grade Historian ......Julia Goldey Seventh Grade Historian ......Robert Wheeler )Ann Hindman Lewis Jamison (Merwyn Kalbraith Jokes.........................Virginia Russell Business A Advertising Editor .John Heiney . . . Horace Reynolds Assistants..................... .. (Lee Herr tt«r jSara Burger y,Hnp .......................(Bernice Johnson

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DE NOSTRIS Teachers have always been great peo- ple. From earliest clays when Flato and Socrates prophesied, surmised, ex- perimented and proved, to the modern day when the rank and file of all civ- ilization is in command of facts far beyond the most profound dreams of those old patriarchs, teachers have come to be increasingly regarded as the greatest of civilizing influences. Hut we must localize this discourse and portray certain characteristics commendable or otherwise, of our most honorable faculty. The seat of honor must be accorded our worthy principal, Mr. McMullen. While he shows a decided affection for chalk and Scotch jokes. In is commend- ably cool and level-headed, with an un- quenchable 'amount of deep philosophy, which all Seniors love. The Seniors are proud of their class advisor and (’hem. Prof., Mr. Leib, but recently we have become disgusted with him—‘‘Oh! My Juniors” explains it all. This diminuitive gentleman is the most resolute and respected of all our faculty—ask any Prep. Mr. Thompson will always be remem- bered as the most original teacher with whom we have ever come in contact. And when it comes to baseball, he’s Connie Mack, 2nd, even to turning out champions. Poor Mr. Grimm! lie has his trou- bles—first. Cupid stings him—and then he finds the eighteen day diet won’t work. lie s been holding down the various classes of history very effi- ciently—no wonder. With Prof. Burt are intimately as- sociated those handsome, young Frosh farmers—clever chaps, don’t eha know! Mr. Hurt is considered the best agriculture teacher in our county and we all believe it when we see his “lab” in the old building. It is with the deepest sadness that O. II. S. bids farewell to three of its ex- cellent faculty members—Mrs. Feath- erman, Mrs. Ramsay and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Featherman will long be re- membered with endearing thoughts by the host of able commercia lists whom she has trained. To her credit goes several typing championships and a high grade output of students. We hope she will be as successful a home- maker as she has been a teacher. Mrs. Ramr-ay, in the two short years that she has been with us. has become very popular, not only with the pupils. MAGISTRIS but with a strong, handsome man from ------. Anyway, they’re getting along nicely and will for many years, we are sure. For many years Mrs. Brown has been a faithful teacher and coach. She, too, has met with the happy event for which we are all more or less destined, and she nvade a good job of it. We bate to see you go, Mrs. Brown, but you won’t be far from us. And we hear that Miss Garrett is leaving—the melody is broken. She has served faithfully and skillfully. She has been a powerful stimulant to the voices of our school and a friend to all of us. .Miss Garrett has devel- oped everything from the fourth grade tin band to the High School orchestra. Mrs. Wilde has proven, in her first year with us, her expert ability as a teacher and as a good sport. She has a particular liking for the Junior hoys— now which ones? To this lady goes tin credit for the fine presentation of the Senior Play. Miss Pugh has returned to us after a four years’ leave of absenee, and now is administering the elements of biol- ogy to those precious Sophs. A new friend has joined the faculty from down Wilmington way, in the person of Miss Crossan. expert Latin and French coach. “Norman! Mal- colm! Harry! If you boys don’t get quiet, I’ll scream.’ Never mind, Mad- amoiselle, those scamps will soon he out. Another teacher has proved her capabilities in a still different field— Miss Mackey in Home Kconomics. From what we hear she has finally succeeded in teaching the Prep girlp how not to bake rocks when they are baking biscuits. Miss SYothornc is still with us, devel- oping the minds of our pupils along in- trinsic lines—drawing and more draw- ing. She is evidently succeeding from the fine appearance of some produc- tions. !s it true that at Last we must leave forever the kind advice, the pleasant dispositions, the excellent examples of those with whom we have been in con- stant contact for many days? Yes. we must go; we all must go, but we will not go unmindful of our teachers. The day will never come, while we have life, that we will forget their influence and their kindness. TOM GILLINGHAM. ’30