West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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lN57RllC'70R5' . ets C . fiiifi L-fz Myrtle I. Nelson B.E. Commercial fActingj Department Head Eugenia C. Boyd M.A. Commercial Grace C. Shumate B.S. Commercial Serena Holmin B.S.? Home Economics :ft Resigned March 1, 1944 f5H1:Resigned january 28, 1944 Irene Kirby Silverwood B.E C ommerfial fflctingj Department Head Loretta D. Hiestand B.A. Commertial Camilla L. johnson M.A. Home .Economies Department Head Margaret G. Ralston B.S. Home Efonomics At the age of five Miss Nelson remembers causing the failure of a well-planned party given by her older sister for some friends. She had hidden the lunch, a platter of home- made fudge, under the blankets of her doll bed. One of the earliest happenings in Miss Boyd's life that she can remem- ber, was the time that her great-grandmother fell down the steps while carrying her' and became an invalid for life. Miss Kirby recollects an accident which befell her at the age of three. She tumbled from her bed and broke her collar bone with the result that she was forced totbecome left- handed while the bone healed. Mrs. Hiestand, at the tender age of two or three distinctly recalls being soundly spanked as a punishment for wringing the necks of two tiny chicks. One of Mrs. Shumate's most vivid memories of childhood schooldays was a trip to Madison, Wisconsin, to participate in the state contests in arithmetic and spelling. Although de- feated in spelling, she was awarded second place in arithmetic with a prize of three dollars. Some of Miss Ralston's earliest recollections are of minor details in the building of her family's new house. She remembers heaps of gravel, piles of lumber, scores of paint buckets and finally the day when she moved in. 20

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Mary H. Brown B.S. Social Studies Head Dorothy A, Knill M.A. Social Studies I Maxine R. Ollman B.A. Social Studies Mildred Greenlee M.A. Social Studies Howard Q. Miller M.A. Social Studies Alice E. Walker M.A. Social Studies Charles E. Whitenack M.A. Social Studies Edith Whiting B.A. Social Studies Wllen asked what small and unimportant temptations she could not forbear, Miss Brown replied that she found that the extra candy bar at noon was a trivial attraction which was irresistible. In addition, she-has discovered that oftentimes she cannot refrain from making a pun. In answer to the same question, Miss Greenlee remarked that a nap after the alarm clock rings is a temptation which usually does not result in serious consequencesg she admitted also that on occasion she cannot turn down a second helping at the dinner table. Upon questioning Miss Knill in regard to her follies and foibles, it was found that she enjoys certain petty lux- uries which she cannot resist buying on sight. She men- tioned in particular that stationery, handkerchiefs, and per- fume entice her. Mr. Miller has evidently found a conveni- ent place for his pencil when it is not in use, for he has revealed that while working with both hands, he has acquired the habit of putting it in his mouth. Appetites seem to be a particularly vulnerable spot in which small temptations pre- sent themselves, for Miss Ollman acknowledges the fact that she cannot resist a glorious chocolate peanut sundae-with chocolate ice cream. Mr. Whitenack names apple pie and books the two things he cannot resist. He enjoys browsing through favorite books in the quiet of the library. Miss Whiting's insignificantweakness is an uncanny ability to postpone letter writing which is undoubtedly due to the fact that she does not like to write letters. 19 lN57ROL'7'0R5'

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Isabel Fisher B.A. Foreign Language Department Head ALena Scandroli M.A. Foreign Language Capt, Grover E. Shipton B.S. Military Science r V Anna E. Driebusch M.A. Foreign Language Floy E. Dentler Ph.B. Art Sgt, Max E. Iveson Military Scienfe lN57ROL'70R5 Mary L. Davis M.S. Librarian Arlene Wessels Library C l erk Miss Fisher would like to discover a short cut for foreign language students in mastering vocabulary and verb forms. Meanwhile, time, effort, and patience must continue to be invested. To teach foreign languages, that is, Latin and German, without a book is what Miss Driebusch hopes to do some day. She feels that a book furnishes too rigid 21 course of study and does not allow for freedom of expression. Following a somewhat lighter trend of ambitions, Miss Scan- droli's wish displayed the true cheerleaders instinct. She declared, Someday when I am in a quiet place, such as a library or a church, I want to scream just as loud as I can! To travel around the world on a tramp steamer has been Miss Dentler's aspiration, and, in keeping with her vocation and avocation, she adds that she wants to have time for landscape painting. Capt. Shipton asserted that fortunately the goals of accomplishment that he had set for himself have either been completed or are in the process of completion. Sgt. Ive- son finds that he too has done the things he would like to do. His motto in connection with achievement is: If you want to do anything hard enough, just go ahead and do it. Miss Davis has set up a desire which it is feared will be a difficult one to satisfy. That which she has always wanted to do, but so far has not been able to accomplish, is to be graduated from the questionnaire class. Another traveler and an admir- er of her own country's scenery is Miss Wessels. 21 .. ... aihl, ,,