Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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of her, for the room saturated with formaldehyde lures us elsewhere. Outside of school life, she is one of the best women chemists in Massachusetts. We are proud to attach her name to the faculty list, not only for her achievements, but for her loving, understanding personality by which we are drawn to her. Miss VIOLA RENNERT. Miss Rennert is the attractive young lady in the office who spends her working hours as secretary to Mr. Grindle, and who devotes her spare time, we understand, to that great and almost universal sport, skiing. Although she is a newcomer to Winchester High, she is well known to most of the students. 1S'he is always ready with a friendly smile for all those whom she meets, and everyone will agree that her sparkling eyes and charming appearance are a great addition to the beauty of our school. MR. WILMAM H. RoDeERs. There is a newcomer in the ranks of the mathematics department wh-o is extremely popular with all his pupils. He lives in Room 30 and is taking the place of Miss Palmer. Of course you know who he is, it 's Mr. Rodgers. He may have had a little trouble with his basket- ball shots in .the faculty game, but when it comes to mathematics, watch him go. He has no trouble cramming geometry and algebra into even the thickest skulls, and everyone has a good time while he is doing it. Aside from being a whiz at math, he really is a swell fellow. To prove this for yourself just ask any of the students whom he teaches. Mrs. ELLA M. STACY. How she does it, no one knows, but our many-sided History teacher combines college board classes with barn dancing, and dazzling smiles with the Bill of Rights, and remembers hundreds, nay, thousands of dates without losing her good humor. Only when the banking is one cent off does she forget her knowledge of Alexander Hami1ton's financial policies, and digs in to find out who made the dastardly mistake. Her History classes are so much fun that you're surprised to find, at the end of the year, that you really know omething. MR. JOHN D. STEVENS. It's worth ten years off your life to see J. D. Stevens, patron saint of the Junior English classes, gamboling around the basketball court, but, being very versatile, he is also proficient in other lines -- such as analyzing American poetry and giving long lectures on the horrors of lock-step education. All these and many other accomplishments make Mr. Stevens' classes oases in the desert-good 'figure of speech, is it not, J .D.'I Miss FLORENCE E. WHITE. Lady from Dorchester, we adore thee ! Folks, we are introducing a new faculty member, Miss White. She came into our midst last September to take Miss Proctor's place, and thus far, has proved to be very successful. In this short time, her pretty smile, her pleasing person- ality, and her ability as a teacher, have made her very popular. We hope that the next class will enjoy her friendship as much as we have. Ma. J. ALBERT WIIJSON. This is the man who so kindly takes over all our lads and lassies who wish to warble, and makes a really swell chorus out of them to sing at graduation and other sundry affairs. He is very talented in the art of singing and teaching others to sing, and we all appreciate greatly the magnificent work that he does with our future stars. MR. R. BURNS WINSLOW. Mr. Winslow is a newcomer to the Wadleigh Building this year. He is doing an excellent job. He teaches Current History and Business Arithmetic to the Freshmen Ca diiiicult job D He did wonderful work with the Cross Country team in the fall, winning four out of seven meets. From a casual glance at him, you would think that he would be an expert at out-door sport , such as swimming and tennis and from what We hear, he is!

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JUNE PHYLLIS AITCHISON JUN1E Born in Cambridge, June 19, 1921. Pastimes: Horseback Riding, Smooching, Dancing. Activities: Chorus. Scholastic Intentions: Undecided. Ambition: Buyer. Smoothness, slenderness, and sophistication - that describes Junie ! She makes a very pretty picture on the dance floor, and you can be sure that she's dancing with none other than Ducky . Although she is loads of fun, she has her serious moments, and those occur in Mrs. Stacy's class, where Junie just can't get started with Mrs. Stacy. However, we feel sure th-at Junie's sparkling personality will carry her far in the ' business world. JEANNETTE BACON NETTE Born in Winchester, June 2. 1923. Pastimes: Reading, Sewing, Dancing, Swimming. Activities: A. A. I, II, III, IV: Dramatic 'Society I, II. Scholastic Intentions: P. G., New England School of Art. Ambition: That's :for you to find out. - Never judge a person by his look-S is the proverb that describes Jeannette most successfully. She seems quiet and naive at first, we'll admit, but don't let those big blue eyes fool you! That girl has a temper that could put any hot-'headed Harriet to shame. But just the same, in her quiet moments she's one of the sweetest girls in school! JOSEPH JOHN BECKER JOE' Born in Germany, December 14, 1922. Pastimes: Fooling around with anything, micro- scopes to sledgehammers. Activities: Orchestra: Newspaper: Science Club: Vau-Devil Show, Yearbook. Scholastic Intentions: Harvard. Ambition: Harvard! Mental dynamite, calm on the surface, but watch out! That really does a pretty good job of describing Joe. I-Iefs unassuming, a bit reserved, but he s govt 'an awful lot on the ball - definitely one of tour mental giants! We'll probably remember Joe first for his piano playing. It surely is super! He can play anything from Rachmaninoff to Ray- mond 1Scott fwith the accent on the latter, if you get what we meanj. To sum it all up, Joe's just a darn nioe fellow!