Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Administration t Principal -lVlr. W. li. Coon. Anderson. Ojfice Staff-Miss Greiner, Miss Sheehan, Miss Weindorf. Ordering school affairs is the work of the administrative department. Were it not for this group the business of school would not progress very systematically. School duties are distributed among the four divisions of the administrative staff: the office of the principal, those of the two assistant principals, and that of the secretary. Upon Mr. Coon, our principal, falls the task of arranging courses, so as to avoid conflict in the programs of seventeen hundred students interested variously in academic, com- mercial, vocational, and college preparatory courses, and generally planning and arranging the many functions of the institution. Outlining subjects and advising programs for the individual students devolves on Mr. Anderson, as well as does the financing of the Student Council, of the different classes and the whole athletic program. He also arranges for the various organizations which from time to time journey to different places for scholastic purposes. Attendance of the students and responsibility for their whereabouts during school hours is the work of Miss Schabacker. The office secretaries, Miss Sheehan, Miss Weindorf, and Miss Greiner handle the clerical work, including reports, Bling of records, assignment of lockers, furnishing books and supplies to teachers, individual work of the principal and vice-principals, as well as other minutiae. We feel indebted to the group which directs us so capably and effectively in our daily association with the school. Without the sympathetic assistance which has been so generously rendered by this portion of the school faculty, the large attainments which have so far resulted would have been impossible. E 121111 Assistant Prin.cipalsafMiss Schabacker, Mr.

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English Miss Barringer, Miss Wright, Miss Allen, Mr. Wallach, Miss Hearn. Mr. Dean, Miss Thomas, Miss Bennett, Miss Connell, Miss Cantlon, Miss Lutje, Miss Hirt. NSunset by Slantsky by John Houston, presented by the class in Public Speaking. Miss Wilson-Librarian. Qofgfjgl Nothing reflects as much credit on an individual as his command of English. ln the Junior High department Miss Allen and Miss Lutje teach correct usage, self expression, vocabulary-building gram- mar, punctuation, capitalization, and composition including narration, letter writing, oral and written reports. Wide reading of worthwhile literature increases the student's vocabulary: learning the meaning and use of new words gives him power of expression. Spelling, although a requsite of each separate study, is constantly emphasized in all English classes. The Senior High advances and supplements the work of the Junior High in the classes of Miss Connell, Miss Wright, Miss Hirt, Miss Hearn, Miss Thomas, Miss Barringer, Miss Bennett, Mr. Dean and Mr. Wallach. Mechanics of English, as a means to better oral and written expression, receive daily attention. To creative Work are added description, exposition, argument, poetry and the short story. Supplementary reading from a comprehensive list continues. The types of literature studied include poetry, the drama, the novel, the essay, the short story, the oration together with American and ,English literature. Pupils proficient in English participate inclubs, debates, the newspaper, the year book and the com- mencement program. By these intellectual activities is any school rightfully judged. Newer com- mencement programs including ten or twelve graduates demonstrate the ability of youthful orators. In these six years any diligent student of English has learned to read understandinglyg to speak correctly, if not fluentlyg to produce some creative work, and he is qualified to enter any freshman college .Englis course via certification or examination. Nine