St Edward High School - Beaver Yearbook (St Edward, NE)

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Qrade Teachers We are justly proud of these instructors who have had charge of the primary and intermediate departments of our school. In the matter of instruction and partici pation in the general activities of the school they have contributed largely to the success of this year. They have conducted the work of their respective departments in a manner that has been highly gratifying to the patrons of the school and have merited great praise for the results that they have obtained. Moreover they have entered into various community activities, indicating their interest in those organizations and influences which make for a better community. We wish to express our appreciation to these teachers especially for their enthusiastic interest and support of our High School activities. They have been loyal in their cooperation with our efforts in connection with our High School publications, our plays, our parties, and our athletic contests. We thank them for their valued assistance in presenting the Faculty play for the benefit of this annual. A special word of appreciation we are glad to express to Miss Hehnke, the Principal of our Grammar Department, who for many years has directed the education of our students through the intermediate years of their course. We know that her helpful interest is with us from the time we enter the first grades of the school until we have graduated, and then follows us in whatever course we may pursue after graduation. We appreciate her true friendship.

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High School Faculty Naturally we are proud of our school; and since a school is just as good as its faculty, we are justly proud of our faculty. We believe it to be true in every sense that every member of our faculty has given himself whole-heartedly and unreservedly to the best interests of the school. No matter how great is the ability of each individual member of the faculty—no school can be a success without strong, capable leadership, and Mr. Thompson’s two years service as superintendent has proven beyond a doubt, his superior ability as a leader of pupils and teachers. The effect of the example he sets for manliness is too great to be even estimated. His influence throughout just nine months of association, enables and enriches the life time of all who come in contact with him. His work is the type that lives and grows. The office of Principal of the High School requires a combination of varied qualities. The Principal must set the standards in management, instruction, and in enthusiasm and effort. He must be popular enough to secure the cooperation of the student body and community in all High School activities, and firm and tactful enough to overcome inevitable obstacles which arise in connection with these undertakings. These qualities our Principal, Mr. Weinerth, possesses in an unusual degree. Because of his untiring and efficient service he has won the respect and admiration of the student body, associates, and the community. A wise man once said, “Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle”. In a’l her work Miss Hageman has striven for perfection; whether it be in a class recitation, a Junior-Senior Banquet, or the Beaver, not the perfection achieved by slavery to detail, but that attained by high purpose and faithful effort. This quality is responsible for the success which has characterized all of Miss Hageman’s work. We have come to regard Miss Mitchell as a ‘sine qua non' factor in the success of our High School. In whatever capacity she is called upon to serve—and she has been called upon frequently and has been found ever willing, she has achieved a high degree of excellence. The Junior Class play, the Junior-Senior banquet, the Faculty play, her popularity at parties, and not the least of all, her excellence in classroom instruction, are eloquent evidence of her ability, and the explanation of our high regard for her. Every day seems to be a day of sunshine for Miss Clevenger. Such perennial pleasantness as she possesses is rare as it is gratifying. Her cheerfulness, her great interest in all our activities, her enthusiasm in work and play, and her ability have brought success to whatever undertaking she has been connected with. Our Commercial department has made splendid progress under the direction of Mr. Martin. His earnestness is inspiring, and his high standards of accomplishment commands our respect and our best efforts. But it is not alone for his achievements in the schoolroom that we appreciate him. He carries his sincerity into every other phase of our High School life; into his part in the general activities, and into his friendliness with associates and pupils.

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