Westmont Upper Yoder High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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OUR BOARD WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES MT- Clarence E- Shflppell is the owner of the cheerful smile that greets the students of W-U. Y. daily. As principal of the high school he is tops. Many an emergency he has faced calmly with the right answer in view. During the period of the declaration of war, his own radio was installed in the gym to enable the students to hear the President's speech. All classes and organizations in the school receive from him advice and help in their undertakings. lean Bqmhgrt secretary to Mr Shappell was a personal frien to all the students of W U Y After five years of answering ques t1ons accompanying many musical undertakings 1n assemblies and hooking up the hall telephone she resigned February l 1942 amid the sad farewells of all the students and faculty Miss Dorothy Schwing replaced her MT Wlllufd E ACkl9V carri s on his shoulders all the troubles of a supervlsing pr1nc1pal Many a student owes the rise in his grades to the urgxngs of Mr Ackley Advice to the vocations colleges and scholarsh1ps 1S doled out and time aga1n in answer to endless questions He nent in all school activities in which he enyoys the the students Many an assembly has been pepped thusiastic s1ng1ng AHEC MCITY RCICIb as secretary to Mr Ackley is of an employers dream She IS efficiency neatness students as to patiently time is very promi cooperation of up by h1s en the real1zat1on and gracious ness personihed She possesses the string that 1S used to tie up all the loose ends of the school while to the frantic student her poise has a distinctly calming effect tix lil ll gl lil' l' it Dorothy Schwing replaced lean Barnhart as secretary to Mr. Shappell. She became an immediate friend of all the students and a strong upholder of the example set by her predecessor. The school board carries on its functions this year just as ably as it has done in the past. The power behind the scenes, so to speak, has had to cope with numerous problemsg among them being the change in schedule due to the infantile paralysis epi- demic and the burning of the school buses along with the en- su1ng diffrculties The members of the board are Mr George Ir president Mr E C Dodson Mr Edward A Drttmar Matthews Mr H E Townsend Mr Samuel M Adams Mr Lawrence Little vice president Mr Luther Lehman Thackray D D H treasurer Mr Earle M1ller Mr Lew1sI Miller and Mr Frank T Iames board secretary They found their way clear to appropriate a greater sum of money to the yearbook than had previously been donated and to furnish new desks for a few rooms in the school -. - d I 1 - I - . I . . . . . I I I' I I I ' I . I I ' ' I'. . , , . . . , . . 1 1 1 1 ' I ' 1 - 1 ' 1 - 1 ' . 1 . . . . 1 . , L 'e ' . 1 , . 1 1 I I l I . . . 1 . . . . ' I I - 1 li.-'X f ' RL tXX'ell ft 'll-xx xv xii, firm um A lP:lxxtx.f. list. Dtxtxn ll NlXlltltXNm Ltzxmtf li l.tfl'ylXN. lwfxxh 'lf Iver: --wrvldrx l,l'XKlN I M.t:t1.. FRUNI' RUXX' -Swann: Nl Azlxxts, Gilt,-.1 fi lu xt ww. lst.. pri-s.tlu:it lim: la Mi: 1 i sf, fi-.11 an C lltmwx. 1 .Amt-izr .thu pftturtf was :Alma-l.xxxi1rmr D l.'xl': 1. -i x lxtunst x rcrmn'-1 Q ' 1-xxxs .

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OUR PRINCIPALS SET THE STAGE AND

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OUR FACULTY ATTEMPTED TO IOSEPHINE WILLIAMS Randolph-Macon Women's College B A degree Algebra and Geometry LYDIA LANDIS DAVIS Elizabethtown College B S degree M, M. GREER Wells, A B degree Columbia and Pitt M A degree Library, Dramatic, German VIRGINIA WEAVER Indiana State Teachers College, B S degree Stenography and Type- Home Economics and writing General Science ROBERTA WILLIAMS Pennsylvania College tor Women A B degree Latin I, II, III, IV CATHERINE E. REISER University of Pittsburgh B A, M A, and Ph D degree WIN HIGH STANDARDS M. M. OTT C. Gettysburg, B. S. degree Pitt, M. A. degree Chemistry and Physics VAUGHN MCILNAY Beckley College ROBERT M. MANNION Lock Haven State Teachers College, B S degree Physical Education and So cial Studies ALICE E. BOYER University of Pittsburgh Bookkeeping and Geography B S degree American History and Prob English II ICommerciall and lems of Democracy Typing I X 1111 'xi KI MW 'XII'-T Lnruz it in Q N Tru M T7 T 'lxxt Win il N , - It-sivnlxi 'N' A. . . . :Va Q , Rt-tu: TA NNN -M. .'I1x - , O ' Rf-uric IX st-x Lxmx I,xrmis D-urs X':.tt,1x:x ' in klX'It'Il.klNI Ii. Rlfzsik K' V-x mix Mtlixm .-XIIVI: Ii. Bti I-we