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

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Miss Dorothy Orr q Mr L E. Morris Miss Thelma Myers A Mr. Earl Page R. MORRIS teaches one of the most popular of the Chrisman industrial art courses, mechanical drawing. l-le has an even wider influence through another of his school activities. His work it is to print attendance slips, absence and tardy admits, report cards, tickets and programs for all school games, plays, and other functions requiring them. Miss Myers finds that the time and energy required to teach bookkeep- ing, shorthand, and typing to her many students, and to drill them for the Warrensburg contest in the spring quite complete her school life. Miss Orr assists Miss Smith in the direction of the many functions of our music department. We see the satisfactory result of theirtwork shown in the school's orchestra, and choruses, and particularly in this year's operetta. As a teacher of physics, Mr. Page has a good deal to keep him busy. However, he has always had a great enthusiasm for dramatics, both as an actor and as a director, and he assists the student directors of the one-act plays for the play contest and is sponsor of the William Chrisman Dramatic Club. 22

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Miss MCIFY R. Lucas Miss Louise McDonald Faculty lSS LUCAS has no light task in teaching modern and American history, but she finds time to devote to another phase ot school Work. Her efforts are directed toward making our school paper correct in every detail. As a director in the speech department, Miss McDonald has contributed toward the development of interest in speech Work among Chrisman students. Classes in American history and junior English are her daily Work. She also works with Miss Wilson in sponsoring the As-You-Like-It Dramatic Club. Although a newcomer to our teaching staff this year, Mr. Martin has rapidly taken his place in school atiairs. I-le trains and directs the R. O. T. C. band and has co-sponsored the Athenian Literary Society. His Wide experi- ence and intense and varied interests make his classes in chemistry and physics among the most constructive in our curriculum. Students particularly appreciate his keen personal interest in their progress and ambitions. , Miss McCray heads the cooking department, and it is probably a com- pliment to her teaching methods that the cooking classes are liked by boys as well as girls. The Home Economics Club which she leads is a popular activity. 21 Mr. Frank E. Martin Miss Vergie McCray

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Miss Tessie Page Major H. E. Pendleton Mr. Earl L. Phillips Miss Mabel Potter ISS PAGE has two spheres of activity, the commercial and history de- partments, for she teaches shorthand and typing and modern history. The Commercial Club is her responsibility, and she prepares students for the Warrensburg contest. This is Major Pendleton's fourth and last year as director oi the Reserve Officers Training Corps here. He has been instructor since the inauguration of military training at Chrisman, but the system is such that the instructor officers are changed every four years. The teaching ot agriculture is Mr. Phillips's nominal profession, but he is energetic in seeing that a number of other school activities are carried off Well. He sponsors the Agriculture Club, supervises ticket taking at Chrisman games and plays, and directs the business and advertising staffs of both the Envoy and Gleam. Miss Potter's biggest responsibility With the exception of her English teaching, is the Envoy. The student editor and Miss Potter carry much the reater art of thenwork in putting out the paper. Many evenings find Miss g P Potter and the editor Working after the staff has left. She also sponsors the Chrisman chapter of the National Honor Society. 23