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Leopard Tales
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April 20, 1979
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-IRENE SARA HAAG
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at College Job Fair
By Rick Juliano
Seventeen companies interviewed stu-
dents at the College Job Fair April 18 in teh
Student Union Building.
The Job Fair was sponsored by Temple
Chamber of Commerce and brought to TJC
by student financial aid director, Bill
Raffetto. Raffetto estimated the turnout at
150 with 25 to 30 finding jobs.
Companies participating were: Central
Counties, Chupik Corporation, Citizens
National Bank, Duplex Products Inc., First
National Bank, Kings Daughters Hospital,
McLane Southwest, Mobil Chemical Co.,
Scott and White Hospital, Sears and
Roebuck Co., Olin E. Teage Veterals
Center, Temple National Bank, Texas
Employment Commission, Texas Hydrau-
lics Inc., Texas Instruments, United States
Air Force. United States Army, United
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listed for full-time, part-time, and summer
work. The interviews were conducted in
the Arnold Student Union.
Forget the “writting” how it’s “wrote,” how many bells have rung;
r ere you forget you’re good old Mother tongue!
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no one needs such things as paper, pencil, pen;
are simply bought for show to sell for coin again;
That English books on literature tell tales of knights of old,
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When defining her feelings on retiring Haag has this verse to offer:
In 17th Century England, John Donne, a poet as well as one of the great Anglican
Forget the wondrous things you’ve learned, (the Walrus says I should)
Such as Excalibur, the horse, belonged to Robin Hood;
That caesura came from Caesar. What more can now be said?
Except that London twice survived a great bluebonnet plague.
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Forget thesaurus was a god who dwelt on Olumpus’ Mount
And shibboleth a Grecian queen by Biblical account;
That chaos is a mixed up book, and tree logs hyperboles;
States Marines, and Ralph Wilson Plastics. Retire today
The time has come, the Walrus says, for other things to do,
To take a walk, work in the yard, and read a book or two.
It’s time to take some bubble baths; then crawl back into bed
Jobs offered were for management And forget those measeled” papers all splotched with marks of red.
trainee, summer warehouse help, general Fa^ a brunch at any hour and read the news at eight;
office management trainee, service super- Go housework only when it calls and stay out very late,
visors, psychiatrists, janitors, key entry Arise like Gray before the dawn and take a morning ride;
operator, production, clerical, telephone Go traveling in the spring and fall and see the world outside,
receptionist, bank teller, clerks, secretar-
ies. manufacture engineering assistant, And now —
expediter/dispatcher and clerical.
Other jobs include licensed vocational The time has come, the Walrus says, to thank each one of you
nurse, office, machine helper, clerk-typist, For these nice gifts, for your kind words, and for your friendship, too.
engineering, medical laboratory techni- These will become sweet memories, but before I say goodbye,
cian, clerk-stenographer, radiology techni- There s one thing more that must be said: “God loves you; so do I.”
cian, dietitian, machinist, welder, and
inventory control.
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ANNE NEWTON introduces Irene Haag at
retirement reception.
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Instructor Haag retires
By William Stroud
As the spring semester of 1979 draws to a close so does the teaching career of Irene
Haag. A career that encompassed 45 years and touched the lives of more than 8000
students.
Haag says that she, like her sister, Ethal, who also taught 45 years, knew that she
wanted to instruct before she started the first grade at the age of 5. Her mother,
Josephine Clark Haag, also taught before giving up her career to marry the Rev. I. J.
Haag, who at the time of his death this year was the oldest ordained minister in the
southern district of the American Lutheran Church. He was ordained in 1907.
Born in Shreveport, La., she was the only member of her family not born in Texas.
Haag and her family moved to Cole Camp, Mo. when she was five. When she was
eleven, her father was called back to Texas to take over the congregation in Temple.
Haag graduated from high school at sixteen and then attended Mary Hardin-Baylor
where she received her BA when she was twenty.
In 1951 she received her masters degree from the University of Colorado and did
post-graduate work at North Texas State University and the University of Texas at
Austin.
Haag’s entire teaching career was in Temple, where she taught second through the
sixth grades for 23 years. She has been at TJC for 22 years. She was dean of women
from 1971-74.
Haag is a member of the First Lutheran Church, where she was organist and choir
director for fifteen years and Sunday school teacher and Luther League worker for 21
years. —
She is also the secretary of the English section of the Texas Junior College Teachers
Association, as well as being a member of the College Conference of Teachers of
English, National Council of Teachers of English, Conference on College Composition
and Communication.
She is a life member of Delta Kappa Gamma, president, treasurer and fall regional
director of Kappa Delta Pi.
She was the Phi Theta Kappa sponsor for 13 years, member of Texas State Teachers
Association, secretary for District X of the National Education Association and a
member of American Association of University Professors.
Speaking of her retirement, Haag said, “After 45 years I think it is time to retire. You
can only be good at something so long. It’s time for the younger people to take over. I
taught during the years that it was a joy to teach and between sister and I we have 90
years that should be enough.”
At the reception honoring Haag she was presented a plaque with this inscription: To
Irene Haag for superior service to her students.
Dr. H. C. Farrell, speaking at the awarding of the plaque, said, “This reminds me of
the opening of the first building out here. Irene helped us move in. It was very muddy
for there was no grass then.”
Farrell also said that Haag was a fine teacher.
“You give her a job to do and she will get it done and done right. She has been here ministers of the age, wrote a lyric in which he states that, when we are pared from loved
through continuous change, she has watched TJC grow.” ones and friends, there is no break or final separation in our relationships because true
Gwen Hauk said that Haag was very deserving of the award. love is like a circle, which in Donne’s day meant infinity, immortality, perfection, God.
“When I first came here I was awed by her, she knew so much and had been here so Therefore, he forbids mourning or even sadness at his departure. Aptly, he calls his
l°ng- poem “Valediction (Farewell) Forbidding Mourning.”
Cathy Burton, a student, describes Haag as kind and considerate. I have written a poem upon the occasion of my retirement from teaching. With due
“She is a great teacher. She uses examples from her life to teach you. I really learned apology to Mr. Donne, I have chosen to entitle my sub-standard poetic creation
a lot in her class.” “Farewell Suggesting Retirement.”
Another student, Charles Foyt, said “She is the most interesting teacher I have ever Farewell Suggesting Retirement
had.” It’s been five and forty years now I’ve heard that school bell ring,
Haag’s other honors and awards range from a string of red crystal beads for being the Taught eight thousand students, more or less, to read and write and sing,
best speller in the first grade to World’s Who’s Who of Women. Others include first To conjugate, to summarize, to punctuate and spell.
prize for the best essay in the sixth grade on “The Lumber Industry,” Kiwanis Best All My great desire what I have done, I hope I have done well.
Around Student Award at TJC in 1932; dedication of Church Organ Chimes, 1946;
honorary membership in Phi Theta Kappa in 1964; TJC Faculty Ten Year Service The time has come, the Walrus says, to lay that pencil down.
Award, 1967; TJC Templar yearbook dedication, 1969; Texas State Phi Theta Kappa Forget the syntax, clause and phrase, that comma and that noun;
Sponsors Service Award, 1974; and the Outstanding Educator of America in 1975. That verbiage means too many verbs and author is a king,
When asked what she would do in her retirement, Haag replied that she would catch That the no-such-word a-l-o-t is used with everything,
up on the work around the house.
“Sister and I like traveling, to get out to nature. We go to such places as The Mobile Forget that
Gardens in Alabama and the Dogwood Trail. The state of Texas puts out maps of trails That texts ;
and such and we go on these. We enjoy history and flowers,” she said. ~~
She will also have time for her other interests, such as j' '
Poetry• calligraphy, the natural sciences, orinthology, ecology conservation of all Emote ran round a castle; Excalibur was a gun
„ . „ ’ Invented in mid evil times, and, wow, did knights have fun!
playing the organ, writing How cavillers rode around all day on horses very bold.
wildlife, reading, cooking, and “keeping America beautiful.”
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