Tomah High School - Hamot Yearbook (Tomah, WI)

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As we go on walking down the hall we meet Mr. Rayment hurrying out of his room. He seems to be in a great rush, probably to see one of his debators. But he does have time to stop and talk with us for awhile. He says he really has a good U.S. history class this year, and that even dogs seem to be interested in his course. One day Mr. Rayment entered Block F history to find a little cocker spaniel sitting very pertly in his chair. But let's go on and sto in and see how Miss Green is coming with her civics class. She says she has enjoyed her first year at Tomah very much, but there is one thing that bothers her: being mistaken for a student. As we leave we see Mr. Roemer coming out of the Study hall with the attendance slip. What is that we see tucked neatly under one wma: t. , t, rlr.. .r . . arm? Aha! Comic books!! I wonder who it was this time. Going up the North stairs to the third floor we are greeted by a terrible odor. As we near Room 308 we understand what the smell is. Block C chemistry students must have been at work again. Mr. Nelson greets us with an un- usually cheerful smile, he explains he is always happy around this time of day, because the next period is his favorite class, Block F. Well we will leave Mr. Nelson with his prospective joy and go across the hall to visit Mrs. Krueger. We are greeted by the clatter of typewriters, and we understand that Mrs. Krueger is giving tests today. Mr. Nielson comes in just as we are about to leaveg it seems he has some typing to do. Must be shorthand or bookkeeping classes are going to get another one of those nice little tests. But let's go on down the hall and visit Miss Milliren. As we enter we find her busily caring for one of her ' many plants. We hear about l poor Willy and also about the joy the advanced math class gets every week, out of cleaning the animal cages. As we leave, we see Miss Schuelke and Miss Sandvig standing near the hall table, it seems they're discussing a certain mouse, deposited by a person who has a Keene Sense Of humor. Top Picture- Mary Durst, B.S., Eau Claire State Teachers College . . . Louise Sandvig, St. Olaf Col- lege . . . Carol Barclay, B.S., La Crosse State Teachers Col- lege . . . Wilma Daga, B.A., Ripon College . . . Elizabeth Rieser, B.A., University of Wis- consin . . . Bottom Picture- Bernice Olson, B.E., La Crosse State Teachers College . . . Harvey Nielsen, B.S., White- water State Teachers College . . . Dora Dittmer, B.M., Uni- versity of Wisconsin . . . David Mewaldt, B.M., Lawrence Col- lege Conservatory of Music . . . Dena Rowan .Krueger, White- water State Teachers College . .

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We all will remember our teachers as the backbone of our education. As the ones who gave us that extra little push when pushing was necessaryg and the ones who were always helpful and understanding when things came up which called for such. Of course we all had our moments, but all in all I'm sure we will remember the experiences with our teach- ers as being very pleasant ones. Down through the years, poets, authors, and composers, have tried to prove to the world, that teachers are actually human. I'm sure that any student in THS doesn't have to be given written facts to prove this point, at least not about Tomah teachers. In living and working with them day by day they have proved over and over not only to be the guiding hand, but friends and fellow funmakers as well. Let us take an imaginary trip down through .,. te,-.,. ,,. e gli ,,, --.1-,-,tw-5.-5: t han it 5 Meet The Teachers Top Picture- Iames Ness, B.S., River Falls . . . Arnold Nelson, B.S., South Dakota College Ph.M., Univer- sity of Wisconsin . . . Howard Roemer, B.S., Platteville State Teachers College . . . Maxine Wurtz, B.S., Ri-ver Falls . . . Bethe Milliren, B.S., Eau Claire State Teachers College . . . Bottom Picture- Norman Campbell, B.S., La Crosse State Teachers College . . . Clifford Rayment, B.S., Eau Claire College . . . Theda Schuelke, B.S., Eau Claire State Teachers College . . . Elizabeth Green, B.S., La Crosse State Teachers College . . . me as at sill shi' , 5 H K the halls of our school, and s, make one last visit, for this sv: ll ii fifzgi? year, with the people who make Tomah High school tick. all lliri First let's meet the man- agement. As we enter the office, familiar things spring up into our minds, cafeteria, tickets, tardy slips, excuses, bus tickets, and then of course many of us remember those times we were summoned to the office over the public address system. We find Vir- ginia and Marion busy as bees getting out their daily work. Marion tells us she really enjoys her new job. But let's go in and visit Mr. Crane. By the merry little tune we hear, we surmise he is his usual cheery self. We will always remember Mr. Crane by his ever-ready quick smile and his understanding and calm nature. We hear the rattling of keys and are certain we are about to meet Mr. McKean. The wise, judicious, fair and just Mr. McKean, who has always been the under- standing counselor to students with perplexing problems. As we leave the office we notice someone sitting at the hall table. Of course it's none other than Miss McAdams. The make up cards stacked before her bring back memories to all of us. Tomah High wouldn't be the same if we didn't have Miss McAdams to help us.

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We go on further down the hall to the English II room, to find two of the new Eng- lish teachers, Miss Daga, and Miss Barclay helping Miss Reiser with some last minute things for Red Cross. We hear the good nat- ured Miss Daga has gotten pretty disgusted this past year, over a certain window shade and Block E class. But let's go downstairs and stop in to see Miss Rehwinkel. We find her looking over a pile of papers. She explains she is correcting gym tests. And, oh those tests! Across the hall we find Miss Dittmer at the piano. We are told she is playing for one of her contest students. She has certainly done a fine job with the vocal groups this year. As we are listening to Emil's Song of the Open Road, Mr. Mewaldt came in. We have cer- tainly appreciated the fine performances the band has shown at various programs during the year. I'm sure we all agree that the Swing band is certainly hep to the jive. We will leave these two fine music groups to go down and watch the coaches in action for a few minutes. Going down the South stairs we almost bump into Mr. Campbell rushing up the stairs. I wonder where he could be going in such a hurry, it wouldn't be Room 310 would it? We've heard Mr. Campbell had quite a bit Lowell Schettler, B.S., Platte- ville Stale Teachers College . . . Earl Gatzke, B.S., Ripon College . . . Laurel Dickinson B.A., Stout Institute, Univer- sity of Indiana . . . Ieanne Reb- winkel, B.S., La Crosse Stale Teachers College . . . of fun with those cute little dog squeakers one day in Block C. With boxing, track, and baseball in course the gym has really been packed with a multi- tude of eager boys. We enter to find Mr. Dickinson up on the stage, coaching one of his boxers and there is Coach Schettler and Mr. Gatzke leading the boys in calisthenics. Out in the hall again, we suddenly see a pile of books round the corner and walk to- ward us. No - wait! It's Miss Olsen. Must be she's been out to find overciue library books. Mmmmm, what is that wonderful aroma. Let's follow our noses and find out. Of course, it leads to none other than the Home Ec. Dept. We find Miss Wurtz has lucious apple pie waiting for us. As we sit down to have a piece, Mr. Ness comes in to join us. Mr. Ness tells us about the senior Ag. boys new method of fooling the administration. It seems he was gone one day, and Mr. Crane was left with the responsibility of watching the boys. But instead he merely switched on the P.A. system and stayed in his office. But the fellows got wise to that trick and merely tapped a book over the loudspeaker. Hmm, wonder if it worked?? And thus we leave our 1948-49 faculty, hoping to see all of them back next year.