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

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... .T .. . , , t , 5' t 1 if ,. ll if lk . 'I 5 . Lt. Col. Lawrence T. Ulsaker MiSS Ethel WGitmOH Mr. Walter Webb R O, T. C. Mathematics Manual Training amy., Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence T. Ulsaker is serving his first year as head of the R. O. T. C. He is assisted by Serqeants Ray L. Gilbert and Donald R. Martin. The teacher who has one of the most plea sing personalities in Chrisman is Miss Ethel Waitman, who discharges her duties as a mathematics instructor very efficiently. She is sponsor of the elections and charters committee ot the Student Council. The man who teaches our manual training classes in none other than Mr. Walter Webb. He makes his classes interesting by injecting a little well-timed humor. Mr. Webb sponsors the stage crew. Who is the busy lady in Room 310? lt is nonehother than Mrs. Mary Foster Williams, our charming Iunior English teacher. She is director oi the Senior play and sponsor of the Thes- pian Dramatics Honor Society, which sponso s the annual one-act play contest. Miss Nora Witthar is the able instructor of chemistry and ad- vanced physical science. 'She is co-sponsor of the As-You-Like-It Literary Society and co-sponsor of the Science Club. . ' T f , if Mrs. Mary Foster Williams Miss Nom Witthar English and Dramatics Science 22

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Mrs. Asenath Schroeder Miss Berneta Sherman Miss Ellen Singleion Social Science Social Science Latin Wawliq Mrs. Asenath Schroeder very ably teaches American History to Iunior classes. ln ad- dition to this, she sponsors the assembly prog ram committee ofthe Student Council and helps the students plan each assembly, contributing many helpful ideas. She is also faculty spon- sor of the entire Student Council. Miss Berneta Sherman is a Well-liked teacher of World history and sociology. Her Work besides teaching includes being a Senior class sponsor, a sponsor of the Student Council, and a member of the committee for the Nation al Honor Society. V Miss Ellen Singleton, classicist and scholar, very capably instructs her pupils in the intri- cacies of both first and second year Latin and of Sophomore English. She is also assistant director of the Iunior play. Miss lessie Smith directs all vocal music at William Chrisman. She is also director of the annual operetta and is the chairman of the faculty flower fund committee. Miss Smith was also chairman of the vocal committee of the music clinic and director of the R. O. T. C. chorus. Miss Betty Ann Street is the girls' very capable athletic di- rector and teaches all the girls' gym classes in addition to spon- soring the Club, and being assistant sponsor of the Pep Club. Miss Street is a former member of the faculty, returning this year to Chrisman after an absence of three years, during which time she served in the WAVES. is-K Q51 lessie Smith Miss Betty Ann Street Vocal Music Physical Education ' 21

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