Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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OLIE WELTY, LATIN University of Chicago What Miss Wehy doesn ' t know about Latin (not a dead language!) has not yet been found out. She is loved by all her pupils, and has carried her good work outside the school-room by working faithfully with the basket ball girls. BENJAMIN F. SHAFER. B. S.. SCIENCE Valparaiso University Great progress has been made in the work of the Science department since Mr. Shafer came here in the fall of 1915. He knows his subjects — Botany, Physics, and Chemistry — thoroughly, and besides being a splendid teacher he is a general favorite with his pupils. MABEL E. YOUNG, COMMERCIAL Metropolitan School Miss Young now has in her charge the Type- writing, Enghsh II and Phonography classes. In these subjects Miss Young, with the aid of her ex- tensive business experience, proves herself a very competent and successful instructor. Eight

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H. M. JESSEE, B. S.. PRINCIPAL State Normal Perhaps no High School position is more try- ing than Mr. Jessee ' s, but he has filled it with remarkable dignity and success. His work as in- structor in Algebra has placed him in the front rank of Hi h School teachers. MINNIE C. McINTYRE, ASST. PRINCIPAL University of Chicago Our class has had no better friend durmg our High School career. Her lofty ideals and elevated slate of mind have been an mspiration to us all. To those who know her not, no words can paint ; And those who know her know all words are faint. HELEN M. BENNEY. Ph. B.. ENGLISH University of Chicago Miss Benney has been at the head of the English department for a number of years. She is patient, thorough, and painstaking in her classes, and has won the unbounded esteem of all her pupils. Seven

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CLAUDE 0. PAULEY, B. S., MATHEMATICS University of Indiana One of the two men profs who joined the fac- ulty at the heginning of our Senior year. A man of great patience and a thorough student, as is evi- denced by his abihty to work trig problems and reel off Latin, aztwer. BERNIECE REYNOLDS, A. B., HISTORY Lake Forest, Cornell Her classes are popular among the anxious Freshies and sophisticated Sophomores whom she patiently instructs in English and History. It is generally agreed that her charm and youthfulness have indeed proved an asset to the school as a whole. R. R. McCLURG, COMMERCIAL Marion Normal School Quiet and of prepossessing apoearance, Mr. McClurg has taken a high place on our excellent faculty. The interest he has shown in helping us to acquire a graceful hand-writing is fully appreciated by the student body. Nine