Somerset Area High School - Eaglet Yearbook (Somerset, PA)

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DR. H. W. HAY has been with us Dr. Hay as a friend, not only as our four, happy, progressive years, giving supervising principal. advice willingly with his cherry smile. To MR. W. E. GRIFFITH we take Any time of day he can be found in his quiet office, away from the bustle and noise of the halls, working on plans for the benefit of our school, or aiding and encouraging some stu- dent. Dr, Hay has a rare quality of being able to get complete cooperation from the students. As a result, the student body will follow any of his sug- gestions with alacrity and good will. He has very little spare time from his duties of supervising princi- pal of the Somerset schools and can be seen in many parts of the building. Dr. Hay was grad- uated from California Teachers College and received his Doctors degree from the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh. With such prepara- tion he is well fitted to lead and guide us. Although he has few rules and wishes, he expects us to observe these. After leaving high school, we shall remember our problems - large and small. They are, however, never too small or unimportant to be taken care of personally by him. In and out of his office, all day long students bring requests for anything from a change of subjects to the solution of an al- gebra problem. His duties are by no means confined to the limits of his office for he can be seen busily working in any part of the building. Mr, William Grif- fith not only acts as principal of our school but also finds time to teach several algebra classes, After being gradu- ated from Franklin and Marshall Acad- emy and College, Mr. Griffith did post graduate work in the University of Pittsburgh. We will carry with us many of Mr. Cwriffith's stories beyond high school. ,qw -l -la

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+121 Mr. Courtm-y Mrs. livvy Mix WM!l'vi'sIwi'g.1'n-i- ln: Rlll'l'lll-l6lfl Dig H4-niniiiigi-i' Dr. Hay WE MEET THE SCHOOL BOARD and meet Dr. Hay and Mr. Griffith Here are the people who start the wheels of our school system and then keep them moving. As any great institution has to have someone behind it toudirect its policies, so our school has to have directors. We find them on many a Monday evening seated around the table busily cutting expenses, making improvements in the building or grounds, and buying everything from pencils to sewing machines. Long before a new school year begins, the board of education has elected the new teachers and determined our widely varied curriculum. During the remainder of the school year they spend their time financing our yearly program and trying to balance the budget, . The voters of Somerset elect five members to the board of education. The president of the board is Dr, Charles C. Barchfield. As well as being the vice-president, Mrs. Ioseph Levy takes care of the many problems of the Union Street School. The secretary of the board of education is Mr. H. S, Wolfersberger, who also is in charge of the welfare of the high school pupils. Working with Mr. Wolfersberger is Mr. Courtney, who has re- cently taken the place of Mr, L. Poorbaugh, Dr. C. Hemminger is the treasurer for the board. On his shoulders particularly lie the problems of the Patriot Street School. ln the hands of these capable men and women are our many problems. In fact these problems are so efficiently and quickly taken care of that we pupils seldom realize that they exist. We want to express our sincere gratitude to these men and women who have given their time and ability to make school life so enjoyable and profitable for us.

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tl-ii BUSY HGURS WITI-I Try as we might we can't forget: Memories of English linger yet. At the mention of each English teacher memories of lessons learned and pleasant moments spent in the company of imaginary personages of fiction come to us: Miss Baughman's MRT Snewlei' Miss llaughman Bliss Stoker Seventh and 9i9hth Qfade Qfammar i 's.f,1'1w Mm Mi' - N1 , , . . . ' I N I 'N in I ambuu and vocational guidance: Miss Stoker s Freshman English, more grammar, Treasur Island, and The Virginian? Miss Snyderls sophomores love little Eppie and pity Silas Marner. With Miss Sipe and Iunior English come the memories of Macbeth, short stories, essays, and tickets received for 'ispeedingn over sentence structureg and with Miss Miles we associate lyric poetry, Hamlet, modern drama, and the novel, Correctly pronounced 'iwasu does not rhyme with Hbuzzn and weary must have a long e, These are the memories that we association with Mr. Lansberry's public speaking class, Latin may be Greek to you but it's Latin and no mystery at all to us. We should know, too, because Miss Truxal is our Latin teacher. Mr. Ring- ler knows what we wish we knew about French verbs and German conjugations. HSing, sing, loving the singing the whole day through -f so do the vocal groups directed by Mr. Van Vorst. He also supervises the music in the grades, conducts girls', boys', and mixed choruses, and was respon- sible for the singing in the operetta, Mr. Stineman directs the band, orchestra and gives lessons on reed, brass, and string instruments. All those posters and paintings you were wondering about came from the art department where Mr. Kline's pupils also redesigned grocery containers. S2 ' Nb 07 :H Z 0 X 'S l . 4 - ,. , Y' , . , S . , , Xllss ll'llkIll Mix lilugilvi' Ali: Xziii Nurs 5 Mr. Sl.lllt'll12l!1 Mr. lxlmc