West High School - Panther Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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L T' .. P' ffiff 54 t 94' Elizabeth Fifzeemia Assistant Principal ISS FITZ GERALD is directly re- sponsible for much of the success 3 t of the VVest High. Her services are invaluable and every one will find her a true friend with a smile and a pleasant word for every - one. , Miss FitZGerald first started her career W. lit' S a t as it teacher in the grammar schools in the East. Since then she taught. School in Salt Lake and for th-e past fifteen years has been with the Salt Lake public schools, first as elementary school teacher and later as high school teacher at the West High. Since 1920 Miss FitzGerald has held the position as 'head of the Commercial depart- ment and assistant principal of the school. fwfr X E. W. Gesswein Supervisor of lllechanic Arts I Q, Q R. GESSWEIN, head of the Me- ' chauic Arts department, has proved his efficiency. His depart- ment has grown in importance y until it now ranks as one of the best equipped and most efficiently ' handled departments of any school in the Vliest. D . Mr. Gesswein is particularly fitted for his position having had extensive training along this line as well as a. great, deal of practical experience. He is a. graduate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, and is also a graduate of Teachers' College, New York City. He holds a. B. S. degree from Columbia University and was head ol' the industrial department in the New Yoik State Normal School. i l Page Four e

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,LA ,. -' j2'3-fi1'i?1 ' S ' 9' qv . , Qi l Q 5 lg NK -'Z X lb Q . be 961- 'N .ig . . ff Prmclpal Fred D. Keeler if R. KEELER is a graduate of the University of Utah, although he studied for 3 two years at the University ot' Minnesota, in his native state, before coming ig West, He has been principal of the West High School for eight yenrs. Previ- ous to his election to t.his office he served as principal ol' several grzunnrar 3 schools and in all he has spent some twenty-six years with the Salt. Lake i X . i e N City Schools. D 2 Mr. Keeler is the l1l0d6l'll type of principal who seeks scientifically to understand the students under his supervision, His kindly blue eyes bespeak friend- liness as well as authority, and these qualities along with his inspiring personality have endeared hint to the hearts of every boy and girl who ever attended the VVest High School. ig . Q 33? - Page Three

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.. ,f:.'vf5 sal.-Lzeqvz ifl-1fff'1-'Nw' I -.L - o '1- Q U3 :ry .5 '11-111 1-. ,.P.,,. .,,. . ,. .hh .. Alvena P. Nelson Dean of Girls 1 O its thoroughly efficient Dean of Girls the West. High School owes much in the building of its envi- I' 5 able reputation, In her quiet Way ' . she has lcyally fought to raise and keep up the standards of the school and she has succeeded. Mrs. Nelson is thoroughly trainel in her line of work. She graduated from the University of New I-lainpshire with the de- grree of B. S. in 1900 and from Teachers College, Colunibia University, in 1903. She taught at Berwick, So. Berwick, Maine, and was Dean of Girls and Professor ol' Home Economics at Clafkson Collefze, Pots- dam, New York, until her marriage in 1905. This is her third year as Dean of Girls at the West Hiyh School. ,fir lillslkr sq, 4- Y s V - E 'llvii' Nell Strowig Supervisor of Home Economics ' HE phenomenal success of the Home Economics Department dur- ing the past few years has been . largely the result, of the splendid work of Mrs. Nell Strowig. Mis. . Stxowig is a graduate of Stout ln- -'e- stitute, Menoinonie, Wisconsin. ' l 'She holds an A. B. degree at the Kansas State University, Laurence. Kansas, and has attended sununer school at the Univer- sity of Chicago and at the University of California. She held the position of ln- struotor ol' Home Economics at Bingham High School for one year and thesaine position at the Murray High School the ensuing year. Since 1918 she has been head of the Home Economics Department ol' t.he West. High School. f Page F11 0