Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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B Members of the counseling staff, loft to right, are Miss Mabel Johnstone, Paul Still. Miss Lucille Burianck, Harvey Voris, Miss Jean McDonald, and Forrost Sissel. Miss Madeline Boeck, counseling secretary, is seated. I Large as it may be, Davenport High School has an individual counseling plan. Each student is assigned to one of the six counselors on duty. Through this arrangement individual assistance is offered — whether it be to issue absence slips for truancy, tardiness, work or sickness, or to aid in the selection of a college or university for post-high training. Help is also offered in planning the high school student's schedule. To aid in the student's college selection, cata- logues from major colleges all over the United States are kept on hand in the Counseling Office. Through these catalogues and the assistance of the counselors, a student is prepared to discuss a college intelligently when its representative is brought here by the Counseling Department. Thus, the Counseling Department is able to hit its target in maintaining the best principles of life and upholding the spirit and morale of Davenport High School students. Miss Leona L. Soehren. director of counseling. Jim Gerboth and JoAnn Gadicnt receive advice from Miss Lucille Burianek. counselor.

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People who have a high purpose and who are determined to achieve it have high morale. Some high schools have newer buildings, more extravagant equipment and greater facili- ties than ours, but none need have a finer spirit or morale. It is our purpose to create and main- tain this spirit which will make and keep Daven- port High School a truly great high school. Rogor Berry, principal. Many things go toward making up a great and successful high school. Among the physical things are the teachers, the students, the build- ing. and the teaching and laboratory equip- ment. However, all schools good or poor have these things in varying degrees which is proof that they alone do not guarantee a successful school. The far more important thing which contrib- utes to the success or failure of a high school is that which we speak of as spirit or morale. This is determined by the human relationships between the students, the teachers, and the clerical and custodial staffs. It involves the rec- ognition of the worth of education, skill in motivation on the part of teachers, and the desire to success on the part of the entire staff and the students. Attending to their duties arc Miss Ernestine Martin. Mrs. Norma Post, and Mrs. Birdine Tucker, members of the high school office staff. 9

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cational Guidance, L. B. Kenyon. Miss Pauline Cotter, vocational guidance and placement, gives help to Ioann Dierksen. Realizing the necessity of the high school student's possession of a knowledge of jobs, the high school has instated a Vocational Guidance Department designed to prepare students for jobs after graduation. The staff is composed of L. B. Kenyon, Miss Pauline Cotter, and Paul Schlesselman. It is the concern of these instructors to acquaint the individual pupil with a large number of the 29,000 occupations of today's world, one of which he will enter upon graduation from high school or a school of higher education. A Job Placement Bureau is maintained by the de- partment in order to help students obtain part-time work and to aid business concerns to find competent help. Harold Davis, Harold Adams, Donald Buhman. and Paul Schlesselman. occu- pations instructor, inspect items in the Products of Davenport showcase. Howard Makocver. director of extra-curricular activities, and Mrs. Hortha Vogel, his secretary. ACTIVITIES One of the most important phases of school life is that of extra-curricular activities — clubs, social affairs, or any non-academic event spon- sored by the school. Howard Makeever, activities director, takes care of arranging sports and club schedules, promoting school spirit, and supervising pep auds. Many thanks also go to his office for arranging for busses to out-of-town games as well as arranging for the purchasing of suffi- cient tickets for Davenport High School students attending these contests. Whether it be to purchase basketball tickets or book covers, to find out about the bus sched- ule to Clinton, to arrange to use the Activities Room for a club meeting, or to see if there is an aud that morning — there is usually some- one waiting at Mr. Makeever's door. Thus, through the Activities Office, it is pos- sible for such a large school to carry on its school life without confusion. 11