Whispers of conversation echoed throughout the Hall as she continued, "History class now has a living teacher for the first time in recent memory. Please welcome Professor Emily Hall (A scattering of applause rang out.) As for the Defense class, I am happy to announce that the so-called "Curse of DADA’ has been dealt with over the summer and with that we now have a teacher who is willing to spend the rest of their teaching days with us. Please welcome Professor Thomas Morrow to our revered school. The rest of your core classes will be staffed as they’ve always been while the elective course teachers will introduce themselves on their own time."