Sentinel High School - Bitterroot Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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 athdniatini Good-natured Miss Gertrude Clark, head of the mathematics department, trains students in the art of numbers and rules. Plane and solid geometry, trigonometry and advanced algebra give Miss Clark a full schedule. Teaching mathematics to aspiring students interests her most, while reading novels and drama is her sideline activity. Mathematics is a subject useful in almost every profession. In everyday fields and in all walks of life one finds himself thinking in the world of numbers. In all fields of engineering, architecture, medicine, economics, forestry, and education it is an invaluable asset to have a thorough knowledge of mathematics. Politicians, diplomats, and army officials use it in relations within a country as well as for international relations. Navy men use it in figuring positions or in finding the time. Army men use it to calculate where the enemy is or in finding to what level a gun must be elevated. Farmers use the back of an old envelope to determine how much gas is left in the car. Bankers use it to figure and speculate with their millions. Everyone uses mathematics all during the day. Industries run by it; men win fortunes and lose them by it. There are many ways each hour that we find use for mathematics. MISS GERTRUDE CLARK The housewife balances her budget, and her husband slaves over his income tax report in an effort to please the government. The world could not exist if everything pertaining to mathematics were destroyed. MATH MATERIALS

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A newcomer to the faculty of M.H.S. is Mr. John A. Linn, who replaced Miss lone Lake as journalism teacher. Mr. Linn graduated from the University of Montana and has taken work in the University of Washington. He likes to hunt, bowl, and fish, and has traveled in France, the United States, and Canada. Between teaching English classes and sponsoring the Girl Reserves and the sophomore class, Mrs. Arminda McDonald, is kept busy all the time. Under her supervision sophomore activities run smoothly during the year. In past summers she has traveled far because she enjoys vacationing in different climes. One of the teachers who give freshmen their first tastes of high school English is Miss Grace Ryon. She says she enjoys her work, especially in trying to get her pupils to read a complete epic poem. Like many English teachers, reading helps her pass away idle moments. Quiet and demure Miss Agnes Scott teaches English to freshmen and sophomores. She received her master's degree last year from the University of Oregon. Last summer she traveled through Arizona and New Mexico, seeing the canyons. Her hobby is tinting pictures. MR. JOHN LINN MRS. ARMINDA McDONALD Mr. Robert D. Watt teaches sophomore and senior English. When not teaching Dicken's Tale of Two Cities or the poetry of Poe, he can be found in the Bitter Root office trying to inspire the members of the staff to greater efforts. Mr. Watt says that his job is his hobby, but he frequently exhibits an unusual interest in things mechanical. Sophomore and senior English is taught by Miss Hazel Swearingen, known for her quick wit and good sense of humor. In her spare time she likes to cook and read the latest books. In the summer she retreats from school life at her cabin on Placid Lake. MISS HAZEL SWEARINGEN MR. ROBERT WATT 13

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MR. ANDREW SUGG LEARNING LOGS Teaching a wide variety of subjects, namely algebra, general science, and medieval history, occupies the time of Mr. Andrew I. Sugg. His sponsorship of the Debate Club reveals his interest in international relations. Freed from school activities, he likes to read histories and biographies. Helping freshmen work out equations in algebra keeps Mr. Noel I. Baker busy. As assistant track coach he trains boys for greater efforts and ability in interscholastic meets. Mr. Baker, a true man of the woods, enjoys hunting and fishing. Aside from his job as assistant principal, which takes up the greater part of his time, Mr. Harold J. Hunt teaches three classes in general mathematics. Kansas and Idaho furnished Mr. Hunt his first five years of teaching experience. Mr. Hunt enjoys golf and bridge. Plane geometry, algebra, and solid geometry are taught by Miss Edna Jacobsen. Her teaching brings her in contact with all classes, although her main work is with sophomores and juniors. Reading and hiking are Miss Jacobsen's favorite diversions. Showing seniors how to make vocational decisions, aiding freshmen and sophomores through guidance classes, and teaching algebra to freshmen is all in a day's work to Miss Audrey Proctor. Through her expert direction M.H.S. has become outstanding in guidance work. MR. NOEL BAKER MR. HAROLD J. HUNT MISS EDNA JACOBSEN MISS AUDREY PROCTOR