Plainville High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Mariemont, OH)

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thQ ma he can ALLY C. HANDMAN A very brilliant woman as well as a very versatile one Mrs. Handman teaches Latin and Spanish. She received her bachelor of arts degree at Wilmington College, Ohiod and taught Latin for five years in Indiana. Later she studied for her masters in Latin and Greek in Indiana State University. She served as assistant librarian in McCormick Seminary, Chicago, and went to Wisconsin with her first husband. as a missionary in the Pine Woods region. After his death she came back to Ohio, taught at Holmes High, and later at Withrow. She married Mr. Hand- man, then Business Manager of Cincinnati Schools and later took up her study at U. C. for a Doctor of Education degree. In 1942 she re- ceived this degree and then came here. We were very happy and proud when we heard that her dissertation. a survey of the teaching of Latin in Secondary Schools of the U. S. A. had attracted the attention and study of educators in Sweden. DAVID McNEIL After receiving two degrees from the University of Cincinnati, Mr. McNeil came to Mariemont and began his teaching career at Dale Park. He was there only half a year when Plainville was completed, and he transferred to the high schooL where he taught geography, his- tory, and junior business. During the war he served for three and a half years in the Army Air Force. He was sent to the Pacific theater, spending most of his time on the Hawaiian and Gilbert Islands and Okinawa. Upon returning he completed his Masters Degree in Edu- cation at the University of Cincinnati. Now Mr. McNeil is again back at Piainville Where, along with his regular teaching duties, he is adviser ot the Hi-Y and faculty manager of athletic ticket sales. As for hobbies. Mr. McNeil is very interested in photography with em- phasis OI1 colored slides of historical and geographical subjects. In the summers he hopes to do some traveling around the United States. NINA KECKLEY Miss Keckley, whose home town is Newark, Ohio, received her A. B. degree upon graduation from Hiram College. She later received her Master's Degree in mathematics at the University of Michigan. She taught at Union City, Indiana, and Homer, Ohio, before coming to Plainville during the first year it was open. Until last year she taught mathematics and Latin, but now is teaching only mathematical sub- jects. Besides being coesponsor of the Junior Class, Miss Keckley was responsible for collecting, counting, and reporting on all state tax. Every month she had to make out a report for the Internal Revenue De partment and the local treasurer, for the tax charged on all admissions to our dances. plays, and other social functions. Miss Keckiey's hobby is drawing house plans. She is now working on a design which will be complete with terrace and outside grill. She says that she loves movies, especially historical ones. ROBERT MILLER The dark-haired, sober looking gentleman sometimes seen standing at the door of 302 corralling in his juniors, is none other than our math- science teacher, Mr. Miller. He is one of our most loyal supporters of school sports and is often seen at the games accompanied by his pretty wife. Mr. Miller graduated from Ohio University with high honor and came to Piainviiie in 445. Soon we came to realize his love for teaching and to appreciate his enthusiasm for mathematics. How- ever, his activities do not stop in the class room. He is coach of the junior high basketball team, the senior high tennis team, and co- sponsor of the junior class. Just ask him how his junior high team is coming along or what the junior candy sales were for the week, and watch his eyes light up. Mr. Miller's quiet spoken dignity has won our admiration and respect. His most prized ambition is to be- come a college protessor. 13

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0t rT31 uth PATRICIA CLOOS Remember your Chairs! people, is now the famous quotation of our new, Ied-headed English teacher. Miss Cloos majored in English and Speech at Bowling Green University, Where she also taught Prin- ciples of Public Speaking, as a student instructor. English isn't the only problem Miss Cloos has; she also has a Speech class and is the director of the Junior and Senior class plays. She is an adviser ot the Senior class and has proven very valuable in advising and pushing all Senior activities She is also faculty director of Masque and Mantle Because of her red hair she supposedly possesses a temper, but apparently she has good control of it. When questioned about her future plans she smiles and says she isn't sure, but she plans to further her education at Bowling Green University in 48-49 Because of her likeable personality and eagerness to help in any way, we know that Miss Cloos will be greatly missed. NORMAN KUSEL Besides being the coach, physical education instructor. and one ot the most popular members of Plainville's teaching statt, Doc is the man behind our reputation for good sportsmanship both in our team and among our team-backers. He came to Plainville when it was first opened, but it wasn't until 1945 that his duties included only athletics and coaching. If you can't find Doc in the gym or watching over a study hall, just look in his officeeand what an office! Filled with charts, pictures, heat lamps, first aid kits, medicine and file cabinets, and probably three or four boys, that room is the center of Blue Devil athletics, all the way from Iunior High track to Varsity basketball When asked if he had a hobby, Doc said that it he had time it would be photography, but, right now, he'd have to say raising kids. Doc is definitely a part of Plainville, and it is impossible to imagine our school without him, LOIS F. FISH This year marked the fifth year for Mrs. Fish at Plainville, Who teaches both home economics and art. The art department would now be lost without her help and guidance. Several of her students have won honors in art and a great deal ol credit must be given to her for this. She graduated from Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana, and also attended the Cincinnati Art Academy for several summers. She taught for four years in the Mishawaka City Schools in Indiana. Her background before coming to Plainville sounds almost like an adventure story, as she traveled in Europe. In the summer of 1938, with two college Chums, she visited England, France, and Switzerland. She hopes to someday travel more extensively in our country and see moze of the beauty spots and places of interest here at home. Her main pride and joy is her son, Freddie, who is already well acquainted with Plainville. ROBERT A. MARTIN As it teaching biology. chemistry, and physics isn't a big enough job, M12 Martin is our Class adviser and acts as treasurer for the school funds. Two years ago he organized the Science Club and is now its sponsor and guiding light in all its tasks and undertakings; A gradu- ate of Ohio State University and the Ohio State Graduate School, Mr. Martin has a thorough knowledge of his subjects and also of Fifteenth and High Streets in Columbus. His classes always prove to be most interesting in subject, and the subtle way he uses to combine Boyle's Law or some other law with the famous Martin brand of humor, is rare. It has never ceased to amaze us how he can keep that twinkle in his eye, smile enqaqinqu, and yet let us know he means it when he says, Bring in that excuse you owe me tomorrow? 17 ,7

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highwa lib. ljn L9 ht MILDRED KREIDER Mrs. Kreider came to Plainville in the fall of 1943 to help relieve the shortage of teachers which was caused by the war. Fortunately for Plainville, she enjoys teaching and has stayed on the staff. Mrs. Kreider attended Oberlin College, where she graduated with an A, B., and since then has done summer work at Columbia University in New York City This year she is teaching seventh grade arithmetic, science, and literature, and has an eighth grade home room. Although she has no definite hobbies, Mrs. Kreider enjoys good plays and good music and. when she has the time, delights in good books. She wants very much to travel and has two definite trips in mind. One is to spend a summer in England and another is to travel by water through the In- land Passage to Alaska. This coming summer she expects to visit places of literary and historical interest in New England, Quebec, and Montreal. We hope that her plans and wishes may be carried out. WALTER WUERDEMAN This is Mr. Wuerdeman's first year at Plainville High School, but he had quite a career before he came to us. In 1939 he graduated from the Business Administration College of the University of Cincinnati, and was employed in the Queen City for a number of years. During the first part of the war he was employed by the army at Patterson Field in Dayton, but later he served overseas in both France and Ger many in the Infantry. Upon leaving the army. Mr. Wuerdeman re- turned to U. C. for a year and a half and received his Master's Degree in Education. At this point he joined the staff of our school as business education teacher and adviser of the Blue Devil. We have certainly enjoyed Mr. Wuerdeman's classes, his philosophies on life and humorous remarks. This has been a very important year for Mr. Wuerdeman, for he and his wife are now proud parents of a red- haired baby daughter. MARJORIE POLLOCK Mrs. Pollock was welcomed to Plainville this tall as our new govern- ment and gym teacher. Mrs. Pollock, tondly called Mrs. Polly by her girls, introduced many novel methods of getting the exercises done with a minimum of pain. Touching your toes to the tune of - Turkey in the Straw and the trim figure of our teacher, as proof of its effectiveness, encouraged us to look forward to gym classes. Mrs. Pollock is as much at home in the government room as on the basket- ball floor. Her easy-going, personal, Classroom manner has gained for her the respect of all her students. Although there seemed to be little let-up in the magazine reports, Mrs. Pollock was always several jumps ahead-bringing in interesting bits from papers and magazines, which somehow escaped our inexperienced eyes. As G. A. A. adviser, this year, the club enjoyed a very successful year. WANDA QUEST Miss Quest is hard to distinguish from the students of P. H. 3., who, by the way, she declares are her favorite people. Miss Quest came to Plainville this fall. She has as her home room charges the sophomores, who can be seen waiting at the door of 313 bright and early waiting for the cheery good-morning of Miss Quest and the sound of the key in the lock. She tells us her ambition is to receive her master's degree in dramatics and hopes to some day be connected with radio dramatics or teaching dramatics. Miss Quest was very eager to tell us of her opinions, but she was very modest about telling us of her activities at her alma-mater, Ohio University. However, we discovered that our own Miss Quest directed all the dances in the musicals at Ohio U. She not only acted as director but also danced in such big musicals as Girl Crazy and No, No, Nannettefj She belongs to the Foot- lithers, an honorary dramatics organization at Ohio U. 19