Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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JOHN S. ALAN Thiel Superintendent of Schools C. M. ROHRBAUGH Wooster Principle The past school year has carried with it a fair measure of success. We have had reason to be proud of our records in athletics, debate and dramatics. We have, at all times kept our relations with other schools above reproach. Our sportsmanship has been of the best type. If a successful year could be judged solely on the basis of a record in these extra-curricular activities Salem would have no reason to feel disappointed. But extra-curricular activities are merely a few of the interests used in rounding out a high school education. It is true that they are the most often before the eyes of the public, and in our enthusiasm over contests of various types we are apt to forget the routine work of the class room. The record for scholarship in our high school could be improved. It seems to me that the greatest fault lies in the failure of a large number of our pupils to realize that there is pleasure to be had in the knowledge of work faithfully performed. If Salem High School is to have the standing among schools which it should have students must do more earnest and intensive work. Many times during the year parents have told me that a son or daughter has made the statement that the regular school work could be prepared at school without any home study. It is difficult of be- lief that any pupil, no matter how brilliant, can prepare twenty-five periods of recitations in ten study periods during the week. Pupils page twenty-six

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FACULTY D. L. METZGER, B. Sc. Wooster. Science. PHEBE RYLAND Michigan State Normal. Domestic Arts, L, T. DRENNAN, A. B. Ohio Wesleyan. Histon , Oratory- MARGARET WOODS, A. B, Mount Union. Latin, English, C. M. ROHRABAUGH, B. Sc. Wooster. Principal. CARRIE WALKER, A. B, Mount Union. Latin. JOSEPH REEVES, A. B. Bethany. Mathematics. ELLA THEA SMITH, B, Sc. Chicago. Biology. L, S. BLOOMFIELD, B. Sc. Ohio State, Social Sciences. WINIFRED THRAVES, A. B. Ohio Wesleyan. Spanish, French. R. P. VICKERS, B. Sc. Dennison- Science, ALICE CLARK, A. B. Vassar. English. R. D. OWEN Ohio University. Manual Arts. ETHEL BEARDMORE, A. B. Hiram. History. HAZEL DOUGLAS, A- B. Oberlin. Mathematics. MAUDE PI ART, B. Sc. Columbia University. English. HELEN HARRIS, B, Sc, Ohio State. French. RUTH KLINE, B. Sc. Ohio State. English. MARTHA McCREADY, A. B. Mount Union. English, History. DOUGLAS VIVIAN Battle Creek. Physical Training. LUCILLE FRIEDRICH Spencerian Commercial School. Commercial Subjects. R. H. HILGENDORF, A. B. St. John’s College, Commercial Subjects. GRACE P. ORR Pittsburgh Conservatory and Chi- cago School of Music Music. page twenty-five

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of this school must awaken to the fact that more work must be done in school and more must be done at home. The schoolday is just five and one-half hours in length. Every pupil can well afford to put in two hours a day at home study and still not violate the principle of an eight hour working day. The habits acquired in school will carry over into the activities after leaving school. The pupil who attempts to get through his school work with a minimum of effort will be the man or woman who passes quickly from one position to another with little, if any, advance in responsibility or remuneration, But the pupil who makes the most of his time and forms habits of industry will, of necessity, be promoted to larger fields of work. Honest effort cannot fail to bring fair reward in school as well as out. C. M. Rohrabaugh. PUBLIC SPEAKING On April 27, under the direction of L, T. Drennen the Public Speak- ing Classes gave a recital to the public. The program was as follows: Introduction and announcements ....................Ruth Kent “Jane” .......................................Nellie Haldeman “How The Old Horse Won the Bet”................. Loren Herbert Pianalogues ................................. Esther Frederick Sales Talk....................................Raymond Lowrv Impromptu Speech............................ Florence Hoff master Oration—“Morals” .................................Lloyd Loop Pantomime............................. Sixth Period Class The Workhouse Ward— Characters—Vernon Broomal, Kenneth Zeigler, Mary Cosgrove. Last year, there was no such course as this offered. The training and the benefits of this training are easily seen in the various class rooms, in Senior speeches, and in dramatics. Special credit is clue Mr. Drennen who has helped them and the whole school. Altho this is his first year in Salem High nothing of im- portance has escaped him. He directed the Vaudeville in the Senior carnival; he coached “Martha-By-The-Day” and the county champion- ship debating teams. He helped Miss Clark with the Junior plays. And last, but far from least, he directed the Senior Play “Leah Kleshna”. Mr. Drennan is also a member of the Dinamo Society. page twenty-seven