Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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AmesUcan leaolieA, l l . Upper right: Douglas Atkin». Study Hall Director. Right: Study Hall X during typical study period. Lower right: MI»» Wilna Nash, school nurse, giving an eye exam to a student. Sentry Douglas Atkins is on duty in the thought training camp — study hall X — where students daily drill on assign- ments, as these intently bent heads indicate. Nurse Wilna Nash here helps protect the vision of a future far-sighted leader. To join our student army the recruit must pass a rigorous examination with tests for eyesight, hearing, teeth and general health. Home Defense has received enthusiastic support. The gym- nasium has been designated as an emergency hospital. A stret- cher-bearer corps drills under Dr. Carl Matthey, school sur- geon-general, and many students are studying to become first aid experts. Maintained also are Dental and Speech Correction clinics under Dr. W. G. Teegen and Miss Jacqueline Keaster.

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F AC U LT Y Former Boy»' Adviser P«ul A. Young. Girls Adviser I .«-on a L. Soehrcn AND CLA ¥ Unity of counsel is provided by Mr. Paul A. Young and Miss Leona L. Soehren, boys’ and girls’ advisers, who help straighten out all student problems from forgotten lunch money to planning schedules. They supervise aptitude tests and vocational guidance, arrange meetings with college field representatives and aid graduates in securing posi- tions. Seeing that all club activi- ties run smoothly is Miss Soehren’s duty. Her job var- ies from visiting sick students to appearing as a 10B at a school party! Mr. Young, who resigned at the conclusion of the fall term, now takes graduate work at Northwestern univer- sity. He began the vocational study groups and sponsored the R.O.T.C. Service Club. 24

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TO KEEP TAB IN THE LAB clflh (ride chemistry I, foreground, left to err Klein and Roger TO STUDY LIFE IN TIMES OF STRIFE I.eft: Seienee teacher left to right: W. S. Ko»ing. MU M. Kae John . Leslie C. Go , Paul B. Still. Harold Money, J. M. Hitching , Hugh B. Woodroffe. Milton B. Brennetnan. Harvey Vori . SCI 26 Left: Tenth grade biology da » studying the life of today.