Withrow High School - Withrow Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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MRS. HUTCHINSON This year she started collecting milkweed pods for the Army. Farmer-friends permit her to pursue easily her fa vo rite botanical interests. MISS HUTCHISON Seeing to it that the Dance Club tormalions are kept rhythm perfect, leaves her little free time for symphonies, plays, and reading books. MISS IRWIN Teaching Plane Geometry and Algebra do not interfere with her attendance at football games and writing letters to her brother overseas. MISS KELLER When asked why she teaches that history stuff, she bouyantly re- plies that her pupils and the subiect are a great source of en- ioyment to her. MR. KING We've a good chance to win but so have they, is the inevitable statement of the Withrow eleven's proud papa before each new game. MISS KITZMAN All aboard is the favorite ex- pression of this language teacher who often spends her spare time collecting antiques and making furniture. MISS KRAPP She helps the Junior High pupils in her Social Studies classes to be good citizens and smilingly admits fondness for rose gardens and music. MR. KRATZ With a hatfuI of tricks for making the orchestra bigger and better the former director of the Hughes Band begins his stay at Withrow. c MRS. LALLY Hey youl What are you doing? stariles every potential athlete in the girls gym and keeps G. A. A. members constantly on their toes. MR. LEACH This machine shop teacher is hop- ing to complete his twenty-hfth year at Withrow in I944 without absence or tardiness. MRS. MAISH A newcomer who likes Withrow, she teaches both English and Latin and finds knitting and bridge very enioyable after school hours. MR. MATHIAS In addition to supervising the lunchroom with its increasing prob- Iems, this busy mathematics teacher still maintains his iovial disposition. MISS MEREDITH You be Hamlet, I'll be Ophelia is an example of the interesting approach to the study of one of the classics which she makes enjoyable. MISS MOORMAN A Theatre Guild member and ad- visor of Scribblers, she delights in poetry, symphonies, and is an en- thusiastic participant in tennis and golf. MISS MUDGE Although her first love is Spanish, French and symphonies also rate high with the leader of the crusade to replace steps with escalators. MRS. NICKOLOFF After a strenuous year her New York cottage is a welcome refuge from pupils of German who persist in calling her Mrs. Nickel-oft. MR. NIMMO Representing the land of kills and clans, he plays bagpipes in a true Scottish style when not engaged in developing potential athletes. MRS. NOONAN A teacher of Senior High home economics she spends her after- noons knitting and working in her vegetable garden and her evenings listening to music. MR. OBERSCHMIDT After a day of teaching electricity he enioys walking, ice skating, and badminton along with designing and constructing electrical models. MISS PARKS fe A teacher of Economic Geography and Business Administration, she enioys music, and plans after the war to continue with her hobby, travel.

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mil A bright Navigation pupil who had been befuddled by the problem of converting nautical miles to statute miles declared, Now I know iust how to do it. I think of the way l'd do it and then work it out iust the opposite. 0 P .. - f 'iniggi c. Eli gh i ,, W X- gif. e ' L:,jj '35 1. -i Z, ' ' Q I' - iff lx K 4 ' ' - 2 . , Elin:- A-I-In-an ' -Afnfl-1 e.l-INK!! .4L4!4-wr: -nf'vf'vr1-f1- Uninhibited means a place where nobody lives. Even teachers make mistakes. One of Withrow's finest startled her class the other day by saying, I like young people, because they are so energetic and repulsive. Xjf -77... X A man is an animal that has a spinal column so as to keep him from being legs clear up to his neck. 1 6 Q 9-52.3 k 'g Vocabulary is always a problem to Freshmen. One of the brilliant boys quite amazed Miss Meredith by confessing that he didn 't believe himself smart enough to be in her epidemic English class. Gi . Miss Hall was doubtful whether or not her Freshman helper knew Mr. Mathias, but was quickly reassured, Oh yes, he is the one with the most hair of the two bald-headed men in the lunchroom. I could have sworn Mom set the alarm, but when I woke up it was 9:00 and so . . . 'if ,,,, ' Lfhig. gifs 263 Q35? x Q T j X xx feb J When asked to give the comparative degrees of ill,- a boy promptly answered, ill, worse, dead. A nominee for president of one of Withrow's promi- nent clubs stated, l'm sorry I can't accept, but I must recline the offer. 5' x Xf wanna: fi-4-nib-. Question: ln the lesson today concerning Hamlet, what is the meaning of 'tropically'? Anwer: 'Tropically means that it is going to be hot for the king. '

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MISS I.. PERIN Won't you please get your home- work in on time! With this re- buke students from green Fresh- men to superior Seniors have their ego deflated. MISS POOLEY See what you can find in the History section and l'll help you in a few minutes, is the suggestion given by Withrow's head librarian. MR. PROBST A new physics and aeronautics teacher, lately of Madisonville School, he divides his leisure be- tween a boy's Sunday School and gardening. MISS RATTERMAN Pupils who use straight chairs as rockers are a source of annoyment for this English teacher who gently admonishes, No tipping, please. MR. RAY Though this industrious Junior High Woodwork teacher longs to spend his time hunting and fishing, after school his occupation is working on his victory garden. MISS REHRING After completing her duties as a librarian, she enthusiastically turns attention to Latin America and all kinds of outdoor sports. MR. REUTER Hobbies? exclaims this firm ad- vocate of the obstacle course, Why, I have two of the best, my granddaughter and a good game of pinochle. MISS REYNOLDS New to Withrow this year, she teaches Junior High English and is greatly interested in the study of Spanish and the Latin American countries. MR. RHOLLANS Besides teaching commercial sub- iects he enioys fulfilling his duties as Annual Business Advisor and s e t t I i n g down to Gardner's mysteries. MISS ROCKEL Designing and making her clothes, besides knitting, brings this House- hold Arts teacher as much pleas- ure during school as her trips to Mexico. MISS ROSENBERGER Playing bridge, attending the theater and directing Thalian are recreation for this teacher of English and American History and Government. MISS ROWELL Besides teaching math this faculty member adds collecting tax stamps, cooking, and watercolors to her already varied interests. cw QHLUE ,f YQ ky w : ll 3 X 4' Xfiaf s QF' I 9 MISS SANDERS This teacher of mathematics and Navigation confides that her various homerooms are the cause of her indigestion and nightmares. MRS. SATTEN A new teacher in Withrow Junior High, she delights in her classes and is already a great admirer of the scenic beauty of our Alma Mater. MR. SCHIRMER This teacher of Arts and Crafts divides his spare time between collecting stamps, caring for his garden and orchard, and spearing frogs. MISS SEARS The favorite diversions of this Junior High English teacher after school are books, and outdoor life, her island in Canada, and raising chrysanthemums. MISS SEAY After teaching typing and short- hand this teacher finds relaxation in knitting and reading, although traveling in peacetime is her real ioy. MR. SEAY Now over in my office is the be- ginning of many illustrations used by the school treasurer to explain points in' his bookkeeping classes. MISS SHAFFER After a busy day of World History and Algebra classes, this ardent follower of international affairs becomes an enthusiastic sports fan. MR. SHELLY Coaching the freshman football team and the varsity basketball team leave little time for the varied outdoor activities which Shell loves. Tests to be graded, questionnaires to fill, home room to keep in order, lessons to assign, extra curricular activlhe