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Tliis year Tempera Et M ores has dedicated the Centennial edition
to two caring and devoted ladies, Mrs. Jessie W. Hoffman (Left) and
Mrs. Gladys H. Katrausky (Right). Each one has left her own imprint
on the school.
Mrs. Katrausky, also known as Mrs. K or the Kat, started
teaching mathematics in Wardlaw in 1958. After twenty-five years,
everyone will be sorry to see her leave, especially after all the
trouble we had getting Canada to give her up! Her ready command
of her subject has dazzled many students, and forced others,
confident of her methods, to continue on through treacherous
integrals and insidious derivatives. Mrs. K, impatient with students'
superstitious fears, leads them gamely through the shoals and
currents of the world mathematical.
Another exemplar of kindness in the school, is Mrs. Hoffman,
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whom a few of this year’s seniors had as their first grade teacher.
She has been teaching for sixteen years, bringing her Wardlaw
experience to Hartridge as well, after the merger. The patience and
versatility exhibited in the elementary school still served us well.
Today Mrs. Hoffman helps students overcome learning dissabilities or
dyslexias and is a familiar figure in our halls. Both ladies are more
than just teachers, they are graceful representatives of the Old
School. Stern in their demands, each takes an interest in the
individual student by giving a reprimand when needed, and yet a
kind word when deserved. Their deep concern for the students and
their education shows the pupil that it is love prompting the rigor,
and their kindness is a gift freely given. This kind of caring for
students is difficult to find, and anyone who has known either of
these ladies in indeed a lucky person. 29