William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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MR Ioslavu B11-an MR. lox-IN BLACKMDRE Miss MARY Lucas Miss Louisa MACDONALD Mas, ASENATH Sci-IROEDLLR .Saczal Science - Social Science Social Science Englifh, Social Science Social Science Faculty farming. Although it is very hot in the summer, he still. finds pleasure in farming if the crops aren't burned by the sun. Ask him about raising turkeys. International happenings always interest Mr. Blackmore. He is regarded as an author- ity on world affairs and is in demand as a public speaker. He enjoys carpentry, even though his house looks just the same when he has completed his work as it did when he started. Miss Lucas's nieces and nephews have kept her busy selecting and buying books for them. When she can find spare time, she likes to sew. There is only one kind of fancy work or em- broidery that Miss Mac- Donald cares to do. This I happens to be knitting. Her dresses are becom- ing, and she is well paid for her hard Work. Mrs. Schroeder says that she has no set hobby but enjoys every- thing 5 however, she be- lieves she likes reading the best. Miss Stewart is a lady who spends her leisure time in traveling, an in- 25 Room 301, Hixlory teresting pastime, not only pleasant but also educational. In the mathematics department algebra is a compulsory subject given in the freshman year. At William Chrisman plane and solid geometry, algebra III and IV, advanced arithmetic, and trigonometry are offered. Mathematics holds an important place in the business and professional world. Pupils in- terested in civil engineering and aviation should take all the mathematical courses of- fered in high school. Miss Benfield asserts that her hobby is tennis, but she has bought a horse and spends much of her time riding along country lanes. Miss Janie Chiles is gifted in the art of crocheting. She does very beautiful work and is now completing her eighth dress. She can also make exquisite but- tonholes, and this is quite an accomplishment. The foreign languages are courses which greatly attract many students. The Independ- ence high schools offer three languages, four years of Latin, three

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Miss Evmva HILL Miss EVTHER LAYTONI Miss NORA AMES Miss H RRIET NORTHERN Miss MABEL POTTER Faculty Not all of the time of the teachers of Wil- liam Chrisman is spent on the subjects they teach They have many hobbies English is the foundation upon which all other subjects are based. A thorough knowl- edge of our own language is the best possible means to success in mastering other branches of learning. Therefore three years of English are required Public speaking is included in the English department. Miss Hill has several hobbies. She likes to do any kind of fancy work: French em- broidery Italian drawn- work cross-stitch and Swedish darning. Then t t too she enjoys adding to her poetry scrapbook. Her flower garden takes time to care for but it gives much pleasure and beauty in return for the work. ' Miss Layton is greatly interested in attending educational m e eti n g s, where she meets many prominent people. In the winter Miss Layton's chief sport is swimming at the Teachers' College in Kansas City. Some day she may, like Rich-, ard Haliburton, swim the Hellespont. Room 105 E glixl In her spare time Miss Ames writes poetry. She says that it carries away her worries and keeps her from thinking of school and therefore it relaxes her mind. She has had a number of poems published. The hobby of Miss Northern is debating and studying law. She gets great enjoyment from training the debaters then entering them in contests and seeing them win many of their battles. The debaters bring' honors to Chrisman every year On April 23 Miss Northern made a speech at St. Louis When Miss Potter goes home she forgets the Envoy English an d plane geometry. Instead of worrying about school work she starts to cook and we have heard that she has prepared some very delicious meals. In order that we may trace the development, of nations, government, and races, the social science department offers Amer- dieval history, civics, so- ciology, and economics. American history is re- quired. In his home State of Pennsylvania Mr, Biter g0t his early practice in , A Eilgli-,fl Zngljfh English English and Debate Engli-ffl, Mflfhfmallff Y , a 1 ' , 7 y 7 ' 7' 1 1 1 Q x Y C 1 y , ican, modern, and me-

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Miss Avv S'IENVART Miss E'1HEi. BhNIFI1ILD Miss IANII- C1-111.125 MR DALE PIGG 'VI ss ELLLN SINIGLETON Social Sczence Malhematzc: Matlzenmtirs Spanish Lnlzn Englzsh Faculty years of Spanish and two years of French Mr Pigg likes to collect Spanish souve mrs We all saw the articles which he brought back from Mexico and which were on dis play in the show case Mr Pigg is the secre tary of the Spanish Club of Missouri He 1S interested in music and sings in the Cham ber of Commerce Glee Club Mr P1gg takes a great pride in his garden each year, he IS also compiling a scrapbook on Spanish mater1al Miss Singleton forgets all about Caesar Virgil and Cicero when she goes home from school then she enjoys cooking for a hobby The science depart ment presents the study of physics chemistry b1 ology and agriculture Physics and chemistry are necessary to the edu- cation of a well-rounded person. Biology con- sisting of Zoology and botany, 1S offered in the sophomore year. Zoology is a science which treats of natural history, physi- ology classification dis- tribution and habits of animalsg botany is a similar study of plants. The purpose of teaching Room 201 Mzzthemrztzcs physics in high school 1S to represent elementary physics in such a way as to Stlmu late the pupil to do some thinking on his own account about the how s and why s of the physical world in which he lives Mr El liotts purpose in his explanations of the basic laws of chemistry to high school pupils is not to make chemists of us but rather to teach us to recognize everyday chemical changes 1n the world about us and to have some knowledge of the structure and compo s1t1on of some of the commonest substances among which we live The knowledge imparted in the agriculture class is designed to give to those boys and girls 1n terested in farming a basic knowledge of the va1y1ng soil climate and crop conditions When school is out Mr. Beets spends much of his leisure time at his camp at Lake Lotawana Here he passes long hours fishing, boating, swimming, and playing with bugs. He is inter- ested in languages, espe- cially Spanish, French, and German. He also converses quite fre. quently with Gottfried