Puyallup High School - Viking Yearbook (Puyallup, WA)

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W ii , emuriam ses In the passing of Irene Pulkrabek at Glencoe, Minnesota on Au- gust 23, 1949, Puyallup High School lost an outstanding teacher and the community an excellent citizen. Miss Pulkrabek had taught in the commercial department for five years. She came to Puyallup from Wilbur, Washington where she had enjoyed a very successful teaching experience and had made many lasting friendships. At the time of her death she was on a leave of absence due to illness. Miss Pulkrabek loved her work. She was one of those teachers first to be at her desk in the morning and the last to leave at night. She liked perfection. Any student taking bookkeeping or typing from Miss Pulkrabek would have a thorough understanding of the course when it was finished. Although she devoted a major part of every day to teaching, she had many other interests. She enioyed music, art, lectures, po- litics, and nature in all its aspects. She loved life. One of the finest tributes came to her from a boy who had writ- ten a few months before she passed away expressing the hope that she would soon be well and back again because he wanted her as his teacher.

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CECIL LEPLEY, President ev-iwwl VK 'WMP FRANK MANNING PAUL B. HANAWALT, Superintendent M. B. DENNIS 'iliihzg Plan tha tengagu irobably no other group has had more maior problems to deal with than the present adminis- tration and school board. During the past year the earthquake damaged the school buildings, and major repair work was necessary on the high school. The blizzard of January posed further problems, especially with the difficulty of keep- ing busses running and the extensive leaking of the roof of the high school. Then to top it all off the fire of February 'IO destroyed the stage and the interior of the auditorium, making another maior repair iob necessary. Many long hours have been spent by these men to cope with the extensive business necessary to keep the school running smoothly. Often theirs is a thankless task, because there are always those who criticize. Mr. Hanawalt has the following message to the students who have been in Puyallup during ti.-. past year. We have often referred to our school system o' - large family. We have encouraged in our students, faculty, and other personnel the family spirit at its best. We like each other and are therefore friendly to one another. We are loyal to everyone and to our entire group. We try to apply this loyalty not only to our school but to our community, state, nation, and the world. We try to analyze our problems carefully. We then make an effort to use our analysis as a basis to put things together in a better way. We are en- deavoring to learn how to treat others like we, ourselves, would like to be treated. Relationships are all important. We are learning that an edu- cation is not at all iust for knowledge and skill. The most important thing is what we do with what we know. E. Stanley Jones, who spoke to our senior high school student body said, 'The creed of today becomes the deed of tomorrow! We are trying, then, to set up ideals today in school which will lead to the finest type of living as we take our places out in the world tomorrow. In our high school there has been a lot of living. We are trying to make it the finest type of living. As our seniors leave us at commencement time, we experience that same family feeling we have when someone leaves home. We wish you the best, seniors., May you be truly successful. Always remember that we will be glad to have you come back and visit us whenever you can. PAUL B. HANAWALT