Washington High School - President Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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UPPER LEFT: Mr. Ralph Bacon, who Teaches bookkeep- ing, is also chief cashier of our school bank. As bursar he counTs ouT our money and wriTes The checks ior all organizaTions . . . Miss Ursula D. Sweeney Teaches sTen- ography and is also The Sophomore Class advisor. Her TalenTs are hidden, she says . . . Miss MargareT Wall- blom is a busy person. She Teaches Typing, advises The Commercial Club, and is a member of The Assembly CommiTTee. In addiTion, she has Temporarily Taken Mrs. HaTner's place as Junior Class advisor. LOWER LEFT: Mrs. Mary Sheehan makes a specialTy of Teaching Freshman English. She likes To read, and has enjoyed many summers of Travel ThroughouT The coun- Try. A Trip To Bermuda is one oT The evenTs she par- Ticularly remembers as very inTeresTing . . . Mr. Ray- mond Peferson l Ray To mosT oT usl, Teaches English and maTh. In addiTion, he coaches TooTball and Track and is a member of The Assembly CommiTTee. During The war, Mr. PeTerson spenT Two years in The Navy and made a 4000-mile plane Trip over The Pacific. His chiel ambiTion is To mainTain, in an ever-increasing de- gree, conTenTmenT and happiness in liTe.' '... Mrs. Emma J. Sanders says, Every day is a miracle of evenTs. Besides Teaching her English classes, she is The PresidenT advisor, and chairman of The Assembly CommiTTee. She delighTs in playing The piano and in gardening. She has Traveled exTensively Through The X U. S. and spenT a summer in Europe. She remembers especially shooTing The rapids in The ST. Lawrence River and celebraTing a FourTh oT July aT The American Em- bassy in Berlin . . . English and dramaTics are The spe- cialTies of Miss Evelyn Page. She direcTed The Senior Class play, The Groom Said No. Miss Page, who once Trailed an earThquake inTo SouThern California, includes reading, cooking, kniTTing, painTing, and con- sTrucTing scenery among her hobbies. UPPER RIGHT: Mrs. Ruby Jane Gould supervises physical educaTion Tor girls and is advisor To The G.A.A. To- geTher wiTh Miss Barbara Roeslein, our school nurse, she keeps close waTch over The healTh oT The girls in our school. Here They are seen checking up on The weighT of Donna Flipp and Lois Anderson, which They know is an indicaTion of sTaTe of healTh. - LOWER RIGHT: Mr. Floyd Cook, who Teaches science, spends much Time in coaching The gymnasTic squad. He enioys Traveling, and Takes much pride and joy in his Tamily . . . Miss Grace Benz makes chemisTry inTeresTing To her classes. She is The chairman oT The Science De- parTmenT, enioys music, and dabbles a biT in painTing. She Hew To CaliTornia Tor ChrisTmas This year . . . Mr. Warren R. Lange has classes in biology and healTh and saTeTy. PhoTography proves To be very inTeresTing as his hobby. M'-4fw-awagw, .Q ffl. T 'f ff: 'F

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.94 peep e VersaTile is The name for Mrs. VicToria Bohan, who noT only Teaches English, Ger- man, Spanish, and journalism all in The same day, buT also spends much Time as advisor To The Surveyor sTaff. In addiTion, she serves as advisor To The Spanish Club, The German Club, and The Quill and Scroll. She enjoys Travel, buT her favoriTe hobby is her splendid family . . . MaTh and hisTory are The specialTies of Miss Isabel M. Nimis. She aTTended The College of ST. Cafherine, and enioys phoTography and her work in The Teachers' Federation. WhaT would our library be like vviThouT eFHcienT Miss Hildegard Kremer? PreTTy cha- otic! Our helpful and indusTrious librarian is an enThusiasTic reader herself, and col- lecTs figurines as a hobby. She also enioys a good game of golf. Miss Kremer is pic- Tured showing Lorrayne Euenffinger how To use The files. Mrs. Mary J. Hafner, of our English De- parTmenT, is also The very popular advisor To The Junior Class. She has used her abil- iTy in dramaTics by coaching plays for us, and has always been willing To help ouT when needed. While her husband was in The armed forces, Mrs. Hafner Traveled abouT The UniTed STaTes vviTh him, and iT is her ambiTion To Travel around The vvorld. Her hobbies include golf, reading, and cooking, and of course, her liTTle daughTer, Mary Rose . . . Miss Mary O'Keefe is noT only a good English Teacher, buT also makes a very capable advisor To The HisTorical SocieTy. BoTh she and Mrs. Hafner are pi- oneers in Teaching The core-curriculum class- es in our school. Miss O'Keefe enioys read- ing. i l 'fafrv' 'I I .X l Page Thirteen

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UPPER LEFT: Social studies teacher Mr. Henry R. Hol- man was in charge of the Junior Town Meeting of the Air. Before coming to Washington High School, Mr. Holman traveled all over the nation for the State Parole Board. He enioys sports of all kinds, and would some day like to own a car that will actually run . . . Mrs. Emily Stevens, of our History Department, says she would like to continue teaching for many years, and then retire to a scenic spot and read . . . Mr. Leo Bradle teaches social studies and many of us know him as the advisor of the l.L:.Q. Among his hobbies are bird study, hiking, shooting, and sports . . . Mr. Ed Liston is really a busy manl He not only teaches history and social studies, but is also the Senior-Class advisor, as- sistant football coach, and chairman of the History De- partment. lvlr. Liston is a true sportsman, and enioys hunting, fishing, and camping . . . World history and social studies are the two subiects taught by Miss Francesca Springer. She takes a great interest in people, and says that her hobby and ambition is to make other people happy. LOWER LEFT: Mr. Joseph Gagnon, wood shop instruc- tor, is demonstrating one of the machines in his de- partment . . , Mr. Francis P. Bergup, of the metal shop, is also golf, coach. Fishing, building, and gardening take up hisileisure time. During the First World War, Mr. Bergup spent i8 months with the Navy in French 'u'w s'-- - waters .' . . Yes, it's Mr. Reinhart E. Sitzer, our man about the school. He specializes in mechanical draw- ing classes, and is our Visual Education director. Pho- tography and woodworking are two hobbies which He puts to use here at Washington as well as at home. All Mr. Sitzer wants is to be happy. Q UPPER RIGHT: Mr. Harry Nelson, our physical educa- tion teacher, not only coaches winning basketball and baseball teams, but has a keen interest in fishing. He says his great ambition is to keep from getting in a rut in my way of thinking and living. No doubt he was giving a few pointers to John Hislop, our All-City basketball star. LOWER RIGHT: Mr. Davis H. Elliott, who teaches Eng- lish, is advisor to the Allied Youth, His home, garden, travel, and music keep him really busy. During the First World War, he lived through a disastrous storm at sea, when the waves were mountain high, and the sea infested with German submarines. Gashlll . . . Our English teacher, Mrs. Betty Lundberg, says she has talent for making Angel Food cake. Traveling and reading are among her hobbies. She was fortunate enough to live through the big forest fire in Northern Minnesota. Here she is shown pointing out a passage from literature to Mr. Elliott and Betty Anderson. I O