Technical High School - Techoes Yearbook (St Cloud, MN)

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.-S' The fellow who sees that Tech's athletics are kept on a paying basis is Mr. J. W. Turner, who also teaches woodwork. Mr. Turner also did his part for the defense when he acted as director for the model airplane project .... Besides teaching his classes in automotives Mr. Robert Miller has charge of the parking lots at Tech .... Mr. Harvey Tice is also a member of the manual training department. His classes include those in general metal, mechanical drawing, plumbing, and sheet metal. Miss Alice Hawkins spends much of her time in assisting The Tech business staff of which she is adviser. She also instructs business classes in office practice and type- writing .... An important cog in the wheel of production of the Techoes is Mr. Mathew Omann who leads the advertising staff of the publication, besides teaching the funda- mentals of Problems of Democracy to seniors .... Mr. Hod Wittmayer advises the two Tech publication staffs, The Tech and Techoes. Besides advising the publica- tions he teaches the fundamentals of journal- ism and also teaches sophomore English. The employment relations classes at Tech are capably taken care of by Mr. F. J. Lueben, a well known instructor here .... Miss Mary Almeter teaches typewriting, shorthand, and transcription, while another commercial teacher, Miss Anna B. Ryberg is teaching four typing classes. Miss Gertrude Gove is a competent historian who shares her knowledge with the junior American History students .... Miss Orelle Oberg is likewise a capable teacher, teaching sophomore World History. Besides filling her position as teacher she also is an adviser of the sophomore class . . . . Because of his broad German and his- torical background, Mr. Theodore Zeyher is an appreciated member of the faculty by his German and World History students. Page I6

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The seniors of 1942 will long remember their class adviser, Miss Cora Dorsey, who also is head of the English department. She is well known for her understanding of stu- dents' problems .... Miss Margarette McNaughton is also a senior English teacher who is well known and liked by Techites .... Besides her regular English 11 classes Miss Helen Carter also had a class in rudiments of music. Mr. Theodore Pierson is the overseer of The Tech printing staff. Besides his work with this staff he teaches classes in printing, woodwork, and mechanical drawing .... Mr. Ed 0'Connell is completing his second year at Tech where he instructs Tech's fu- ture far1ner's in the art of agriculture .... Mr. Berle Bowen is head of the commercial department and also teaches classes in type- writing, salesmanship, and business principles and law. Miss Myrtle Bacon, one of the popular instructors at Tech, is responsible for the many winners in forensics. As well as teach- ing her classes in speech she also has a class in sophomore English .... Developing the artistic side of students is the main aim of Miss Myrtie Glasser who guides the art work at Tech .... Mr. Erwin A. Hertz has shown his exceptional ability in music in the highly praised bands, orchestras, choruses, and glee clubs he has produced. With her fine knowledge of current liter- ature and willingness to help the students understand and appreciate the facilities of the library, Miss Clara Ledahl very cap- ably fills the capacity of librarian at Tech . . . . Mrs. Armella Ladner, a member of the commercial department at Tech, helps the students to understand the principles of bookkeeping .... Besides teaching Eco- nomic Geography and Problems of Demo- cracy Mr. Hiram Gruba finds time to di- rect the social activities of Tech. Page I5

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Miss Ethelwyn Weir is instructor of the boys' and the girls' home economic classes. This is a popular subject at Tech . . . . Another well liked instructor in the same field is Miss Constance Malmsten . . . . Starting out her first year as girls' physical education teacher, Miss Barbara Harding has made many friends. Mr. Vernon Morrison is directly re- sponsible for the outstanding foot.ball teams produced at Tech. Besides being head coach of the A squad, he is a popular in- structor among his Problems of Democracy students .... Mr. Ray Stensrud is a well known teacher among the students at Tech where he teaches American History and coaches B squad basketball. During the second semester, he was called upon to take over the A squad .... Also responsible for athletics is Mr. Kermit Anderson who is coach of B squad football and who took over the B squad basketball team. Mr. Anderson teaches World History. Miss Jessie Smith is recognized as one of the leading instructors at Tech, teaching higher mathematics .... Tech students said farewell to one of the prominent teachers when Mr. Ralph Antil joined the navy to train sailors instead of students. Prior to this he coached A squad basketball, assisted the football team, and taught plane geometry and physics. Students will be happy to welcome him back .... Another capable member of the mathematics depart- ment is Mr. J. Miller Lunemann who directs the Work of his plane geometry classes. Miss Ellen Stovring helps many sopho- mores get started at Tech through her English 10 classes. She also advises the Thespians .... Latin, Spanish, and French are the subjects taught by Miss Mary Agnes Walsh who also had charge of Red Cross knitting this year .... Tech boys are trained in physical education by Mr. L. C. Crose. Page I7