Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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The 1933 CAULDRON GEORGE E. DeWOLF Superintendent of Schools CLARENCE W. JOHNSON Principal of High School Et+r+n CHARLOTTE D. ANDERSEN Dean of Girls

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The 1933 CAULDRON Mr. G. E. Dr Wolf Mr. W. I). Herrick Mr. F. N. Davis Mrs. W. C. Barber Mr. T. O. Westhafer Mr. W. W. Henderson Irani cf Education The president of tin school board, Mr. Frank N. Davis, is employed in the Chicago post office; his duties there are those of federal post office inspector. Mrs. Margery Barber, the vice-president of the hoard has long been inter- ested in many civic affairs of this community. Mr. W. E. Herrick, as secretary, has many duties, one of them being the care of all of the school funds. For many years. Mr. Herrick has owned and operated a nursery here in Downers Grove. The other two members are Mr. Win. W. Henderson who holds a position with the Burlington Hailroad and Mr. T. 0. Westhafer, a developing engineer for the Western Electric Company. Each member of the hoard has his own duties to perform such as hiring teachers, taking care of school supplies, etc. The hoard has been co-operative in its work with the high school superintendent. Mr. DeWolf. and deserves much credit for helping to keep the school in operation during such times of stress when many schools are closing. Such a condition proves that the members are capable and willing workers. T n

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The 1933 CAULDRON D. G. H. S. The Downers Grove Community high school is located in Downers Grove Township, District 99. The present school and campus, surrounded by lawns, trees, ami shrubbery, and covering four square blocks, was completed in 1928. There is a large parking space, practice field, combined football ami track field, and tennis courts forming a campus of wbicb any school could be justly proud. Upon examining the records it was discovered that the graduating class of 1879. the first class to complete high school in Downers Grove, numbered five: one boy, Frank S. Puffer, and four girls, Cora H. Woods, Mary K. Briggs, Abbie M. Andrews, and I.ula II. Stanley. Now, after fifty-four years the graduating class of 1938 numbers fifty-five boys and sixty-one girls. The enrollment in the other classes for this year was 258 freshmen, 190 sophomores ami 161 juniors: there were thirty members in the faculty, a principal, superintendent, ami two secretaries. In order to graduate, every student is required to have certain units, namely, two units of mathematics, two units of history, four units of English, one unit of general science, ami one unit of physical training. To obtain the required amount of academic credits, students have a choice of many courses among wbicb are commercial courses offering commercial law, economics, stenography, typing, and bookkeeping: advanced mathematics with solid geometry and algebra: other sciences, such as biology, chemistry, and physics; the foreign languages of French, Latin, and Spanish: architectural ami mechanical drawing and woodwork; three ph ases of home economics, cooking, sewing, art. ami design. A pleasing variety of music courses is also offered. In the way of vocal music there arc boys’ and girls’ special choruses; intrumental music consists of the orchestra, a military and a concert band, and various instrumental ensembles of four or five pieces. To qualify as a sophomore a student must have four credits; as a junior, at least seven; as a senior, eleven. Sixteen or more credits are necessary to graduate, fifteen being academic and one extra-curricular. All major subjects receive one full credit a year, semester subjects merit one-half a credit; physical education and all music, a quarter credit a year. A variety of English courses for the four years is offered. The first year includes a review of grammar, composition, and the reading of classics such as the Lady of the Lake” and Ivanhoe”; the second year takes up the study of American Literature and the fundamentals of the English language; third, a review of twelve centuries of English poetry and prose; and fourth, a choice of two of the three courses: journalism, the study of newspapers and news- writing: modern literature, both English and American: and rhetoric. Besides the regular English work, a three weeks’ course in public speaking is given once every semester. Prior to this year, class periods were 45 minutes in length, which necessitated double periods in some studies to meet the state requirements of so many hours a semester. This year, as an experiment, all classes lasted one hour, which meant a lengthening by twenty minutes of the school day. Under the new system half of the period should he devoted to class recitation and the other half to study. 'Phis enables students to partly prepare the next «lay’s assignment while under the teacher's supervision when questions can he answered in class. T write