Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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1930 WEATHER VANE Va: o4 MRS. ALMA COOK jyjRS. Cook spends her time explaining the intricacies of algebra II and plane geometry to unwilling sophomores and juniors. She learned the very latest methods at Miami University from which she received a B. A. degree. Mrs. Cook is also one of Dr. Anna Y. Reed’s enthusiastic students at New York University. MISS ANNIE P. HEWITT JYf iss Hewitt is everything efficient, orderly, and logical. If you like mathematics you like Miss Hewitt; and if you don’t like mathematics—well, you like her just the same. A graduate from West Chester State Normal School and holder of a B. S. degree from Temple University, she teaches solid geometry and trigonometry. Miss Hewitt has also done graduate work at Columbia. MISS OLIVE HA.MMELL |yjiss Hammell was graduated from the Trenton Normal School and manages to keep busy teaching typing, bookkeeping, and commercial arithmetic. She seems extremely interested in stamp collecting and enjoys guiding the members of the Collectors’ Club in their projects. Lately she has been studying under Hughes Mearns, author of Creative Youth. MR. C. BLAIR ROGERS 'YJR. Rogers matriculated at Lafayette College and emerged bearing in his hands a Ph.B. degree. He teaches biology and chemistry and also helps Mr. Johnson teach W. H. S. students how to use a slide rule. His specialty seems to be cutting up worms and bugs, much to the horror of the young ladies. MR. WALTER E. JOHNSON, JR. MR Johnson teaches more stiff subjects—general mathematics, plain geometry, and physics. He was granted a degree of B. S. from Colgate and one of B. A. from Columbia. The excellence of the baseball team was due chiefly to his good steady coaching. He also serves as adviser to the Slide Rule Club. F ourteen

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1930 'WEATHER VANE ....—■ : . - ■ ■ ■ ■-== »’ MISS ALICE M. BIBLE jYJiss Bible was graduated from the Pennsylvania State Normal School at East Stroudsburg and also attended the Pennsylvania State College Library School. She is our very efficient librarian and guide in our social affairs besides being sponsor of the Library Council and the Aviation Club. As social adviser she passes judgment on the Senior Day costumes. MISS HARRIET S. HOWARD YJiss Howard is our art director and in this capacity supervises all stage design and magazine and annual art. She also serves as adviser to the Art Club. As a graduate of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Miss Howard is well prepared for her position, and she has become well known for the excellence of her work. MISS K. ELIZABETH INGALLS tyjjiss Ingalls studied at the Trenton Normal School. She is now our music supervisor and has done splendid work in developing music appreciation in the high school in the few years that she has been with us. Miss Ingalls has succeeded in making the music department of the high school an important one and one of which we may be justly proud. MISS GERTRUDE M. SWIFT 'YJiss Swift is the girls’ physical education and first aid instructor and director of all girls’ athletics, besides being a jolly good sport. She has been here but two years and has already delved down into the middle of girls’ athletics to right what was wrong and to introduce new athletic features. She is a graduate of Arnold College of Hygiene and Physical Education. MR. ROBERT L. DUNCAN MR- Duncan, who received his B. S. from the University of Iowa, is now teaching our boys physical education and first aid and successfully coaching our teams. Although he has been here only one year, he already seems an old friend to every one. We all admire him for his clothes and coaching. Sixteen