Perry High School - Perryscope Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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ZIQIEXLZD THE PERRYSCOPE 1xcL1oJxcQ.faaicLfaxxcmf0b1f9f9j B L15 OFFICE Upon entering Perry High School by the main entrance, we notice a door marked, General Office. Withiia this door many really dramatic scenes are en' acted: the securing of early dismissals, the punching of the timefclock, and the print' ing of the daily news bulletin. This outer office is presided over by Misses Bessie Law and Nellie Keown. Miss Law is a quiet, efficient person who goes about her duties with a smile for everyone. Nellie is more than the clerk in the office to us, because she has attended classes and played basketball with many of us. At one side of this general office is a door labeled, Private This room is the domain of our principal, Mr. Adams. There is a mixed feeling of extreme joy and sorrow in the air. Either a student is glad to be permitted to enter because of some act which deserves special credit, or else be is rather frightened because of something not quite so creditable. Such a place is really necessary to an organization. On the other side of the main office, opposite Mr. Adams' door is the head' quarters of the Vice Principal, Mr. Douglass. It is a large, plain, neatlyfkept room where business is transacted in a manner quite complimentary to its manager. This is merely a glimpse into the real mechanism of Perry. It holds the secret of keeping 1250 students working together happily and contentedly. Zlblifkfblifllbiif llblifllbiifllblifllblifllblifgggji Page Six N

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L19 :xc KID me PERRYSCOPE J Qlvlif ?ifQ.fa1ifC,faJAcQ.faJi0itC-fblg Our Facultq The record of any ship depends chiefly upon the ability of the captain and crew. The student body of a high school is comparable to a ship, in that it muSt be guided Hlid trained by the principal and faculty. Principal John H. Adams, as the guiding hand of our school, has placed Perry in an enviable position among the Pittsburgh Public Schools. His continued efforts toward the betterment of the school, and his perpetual consideration of things beneficial to the stuCl611fS, have marked the eight and one half years through which he has ably guided us. Mr. David R. Douglas, as Vice Principal, has efficiently assisted in perform- ing the executive duties of the school. We can all vouch for the fact that Mr. Douglas has worked effectively toward the elimination of tardiness. The secretarial work of the school, and the numerous requests and pleas which the students bring to the oifice, are attended to by the office force, consisting of Bessie L. Law, Chief Clerk, and Nellie J. Keown, Clerk. The Academic department of the school is the cradle of future lawyers, linguists, doctors, engineers, and historians. The Academic section of Perry conf tains some of the very best instructors obtainable. In the English department, we have Mary R. Anderson, Mabel B. Dickey, Helen J. Ewing, Sara Francies, J. C. Spahr Hull, John F. Landis, Lucy B. McCandless, and Della A. Rosenthal. Up through the grades, these teachers introduce the student to the traffic essay, the Elizabethan theatre, Ivanhoe, the French Revolution, and Halleck's History of English Literature. J. Brad Craig, a late addition to the faculty of Perry, is instructor of Physics. The mathematics department consists of John S. Barefoot, C. E. Bates, Helen J. Ewing, Edith M. Knox, and Mary J. Stratton. Through their assistance we re' ceive a knowledge of Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonometry. Hubert L. Campbell and Ella F. Martin assume the entire responsibility for Camilla, Caesar, Virgil, and Cicero in the Latin Department. Mary I. Caldwell and Sara Francies direct us in the study of our French grammar and in the translation of the French novel, L'Abbe Constantin. Ivan G. Hosack and J. Brad Craig are the instructors of general science. Howard E. Cleveland teaches biology. Q13 Di! KIA Ji! QZE Jil KID Jif LID iii LIB iii LID Iii 9.13 li! Q13 j f Page Eight N