Triadelphia High School - Triadelphian Yearbook (Wheeling, WV)

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Richard Hcldsell gets into the swing of things Karen Butler and Michael Grandstaff admire forthe approaching golf season each other's 'I959 class rings, which they have gust received. Enloymg food for mind and body, Pattie Price, Leila Rosen stoops to quench her thirst and Karen Scott Charles Witt Joan Neuhart, and Richard Elaine West obligingly turns on the aqua pura Stonestreet have a lively lunch period. Vacations, dances, and other similar diversions thrown in the path of education were, in their own part, valuable seg- ments of life's experiences and added touches of spice and variety to every line in the script. Coupled with Asiatic flu and a severe February snow, these factors contributed to the nine-month drama, THS During '57-'58. 9

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Thank you! smiles Bonnie Bell as she receives a two-cent dancing fee from John Schneidmiller and Judy Gates. Admiring tangible proof of Tridel's past athletic successes are Sophomores Judy Park and Diana Heusel. 1 r,.. 7, : NX . ,f' V X . I -' - ., i l A , i i ll f H i 1 L i Playing leading roles, missing important cues, and fumbling meaningful lines, each actor finally became aware, as the cur- tain started down, that he had starred in his own drama and for his own benefit. Many, unfortunately, were too busy in their own life-long dramas to take more than a casual interest in any stirring performance. 8

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Miss Mary A. Erskine izdecficalfion L55 Worry . C35 ine Known for her competency, versatility, friendliness, cmd humor, Miss Mary A. Erskine is an outstanding teacher and on invaluable asset at Triadelphia High School. Whether correcting a speech student or discussing English literature, she invariably adds spice and enthusiasm to every class period. She takes an understanding interest in each of her students and, however busy she may be, finds time to guide him up the ladder of scholastic achievement. Miss Erskine gives freely of her time and talents to such extracurricular activities as Masquers, Thespians, Junior Town Meeting of the Air, l Speak for Democracy, and the senior play. Many of Triadelphia's most memorable assemblies have been sparked by her extraordinary skill as a director and by her vast knowledge of the stage and its techniques. Her expert coaching has mode Tridel's dramatic productions stand for above those of the typical high school. Excelling in such fields as photography, music, acting, and painting, Miss Erskine has also traveled extensively in both the United States and Europe. She truly exemplifies the adage, Variety is the spice of life. As a token of admiration for a teacher who has abundantly given her students knowledge, friendship, and inspiration, the staff of The 1958 Triad dedicates this volume to an instructor who has exceptional ability, an artist who possesses manifold talents, and a personality who radiates the zest and ioy of living. 10