Wappingers Central High School - Portico Yearbook (Wappingers Falls, NY)

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Qt Jron olllns, supcrvi ing Princio l YAC I.'I' when the students of Jappingers central School tumoled sleepily to their classes on the first dlx o school 'lst S ptenber tre fol d 1 nv nd vlrlou hanges in the faculty Not the least of these vas Miss Catherine O'Bryan, now one oi the most popular senior teachers Mlss O'Brvan instructed the twelfth graders in History C, and also sponsored the patriot1c V1ctory Corps Well known lnstructor of eleventh grade Social Studies was Mr Aubrey More who, as faculty ad vlsor of the Visual Education Club, was responsible for all of our movies Teacher of the tenth and eleventh grade Social StUdlLS was lss Catherine Murray while JUPlOT High Social Studies were ably Uput 1ne Mc Cormack, and Charles Clisby PTS Ruth Cooper took iiss Murray's place when Poughkeepsle High School took her away from By Octobe , for some inexpllcable reason, we found that attend ance in Mathematics classes was reaching a new high Upon further observation lt was noted that Wsgmethlng new had been audedu in the form of Hr Anthony Packer Mr Packer spent xis spare time as assistant coach of athletic activities Junior Pigh Lathematics was capably taught by Niss Elizabeth Lamphe e and Wiss Lena Marino, who is now an enlisted member of the IAVES, and diss ooro Y Davis, her suc cessor during the spring term About November our student finds turned to football and other forms of extreme physical activlty lhen not performing on the foot ball field, the boys spent excess energy in gym classes directed by r Gersbach The girls, who also caught the fever, spent this tlme, when not cheering their avorite hero on to victory, uxder the able di action of Miss Lois Staat An addition to the group was 'iss Betty Hayes, gvm teacher and leader oi the cheerleading sauads n X Iii' .. nd I. 'J ' '1 5 ' 2 . X x 1 S . l' '- I' f' ,..- '12 .. , 'L 1 'ln' '-A, W ' s c ' '. W acrossn by Miss Marjorle Halstead, Jrs. Catherine Oliva, Ars. Kathere . Mr. q 1. u , . , . , us. 1- . . . l f . . ? ' U Lv f I . . :A '. 1' - a - ' u L . li 0 ll - M . . ' r I , . r . .J 4 . ' . 5

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fo Z V' V' I' 'l .LYIO AS Christmas drew near, and Christmas parties BPDTOICFSQ the lucky student friends of those wnose fortune it was to take hone Lconomics or Homemaklng were often to ue seen lurking secretivelx about the doors of this department Iiss PWD Stltel r and rs Florence Camenga, lnstructors of the courses, were forced to accept these conveniences as Wperfect tributeu to their abllity as teachers Durlng the whole of the second semest r Mrs Raymond Collins substi tuted for both of these teachers, for Urs Pierce iviss Stitelerluntil farch, and for Urs Camenga durlna the rest of the term ven as the girls had Homemaking, the boys had their Shop This bewildering place was uresined over by Hr Peter pUFH3Pl and r Ed ward Raymond, wro, night add also lnstructed our up and coming aeronautics class is the year p ogresse and we heard acre and I re about chemical the down to earth man of W C S , Mr L Joseph Kegan, head of the science department Nr Robert Poole instructed in General Science and biology the first semester, and left at midyear to take a position in an airplale factory His place was tacel oy Yiss hl1zabeth Lam phere who taugkt Chemistry, as well It is generally thou ht, however, that this year the hnglish de partment nad the host a ical change Miss dith Garthe fit rhymes wlth TcCarthy1 was the new head of this subject group, and Tiss Lsther Golding taught English ten and eleven 'anv of us have cause to re member both of these teachers in a certain variety show The JUHlOF high school students lay claim to Miss Mary Trainor, 'rs Catherine Oliva, and H153 Myra Wverltt as their instructors Last ln t11S group, but not by any means least, was Irs liaabeth Clearwater who e task it was to tutor an enormous Latin III class lall of tnree peoplel, be s1des carrylng on w1th her other Latln and French classes Assembly programs 11s year were presented and directed by Mrs Doris King, vivaciousWBattle Islanderu nd head of tme Drama and Speech department The sages say 'The whole world loves a bandu, and who are we to prove that they are wrong? The W C S band had for its director Mr Robert Tate Mr Tate also had charge oi the chorus, and a more aole director it will be difficult to ac,uire Those of us who NIL' seek employment in the ,ommercial fields give our note of thanks to the expert advice amd as istance of Nr Harold Heath and 'rs Jilhelmina Kenney, who comprise the commercial department Presiding over the art department was Ars Esther lddy 1rs Eddy had no horrors of oils and palnts, rather, she enwoyed them The progects of her students showed better than we ould say the qual ity, as well as quantity, of the work she taught If , 1 I ,. to R.: A. Hanphcre, 4. ?q,ke , L. h r'. . - . 1 . ', . ' I ' ' 1 I J ' , W T four .1 e 'M . A . l ' - in, u X . . .. . , ., A1 .1 . Y, I r - . - ' . A 1 X , , ' M . - . he M J ' , ' ' ' , r Q c n ' ' me warfare, our thoughts turned to the H20 wizard, the pully constructor, - - I 0 l 9 . I Pl . u a 'I 0 ' 1 , ' ' 1 4 ' L ' ' ' - , 1 I n ,J E ' T t - A . E - . , . U gf O Q ' I5 .. 1 ' ' A- ' y ... ' . ' L ' 1 if . E ' ' ' s ' M, ' LI r J 1 . J - 13 I . n I . . , . . . , . ' f z s . . . F , , l All 0 I . lv p V M' 0 .4 I AI 0