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

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The 1933 CAULDRON Every fall each class elects its officers, and during the year conducts meet- ings to discuss class business, parties, and other undertakings. Two or three teachers act as an advisory body for each class, each teacher being in charge of some extra-curricular activity, such as club organizations, athletics, and dramatics. The high school itself, a three story structure, is composed of seventeen class rooms including three science laboratories, two commercial rooms, one wood-work room and two home economic rooms: two teachers’ rest rooms, four student rest rooms, two deans’ offices and the superintendent’s office: a clinic, a freshman study hall, a library, a music room, two gym dressing rooms, and a large combined assembly hall and gymnasium. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 285 in the balcony and 500 on tin main floor. Many activities of the townspeople as well as of the high school take place here. The gymnasium, one of the largest in this district, has a fully equipped basketball floor. When not in use for athletics, it serves as a stage which, hv means of a cyclorama curtain, can he adjusted to a desirable size: or as a dance floor for school parties. Both stage and auditorium have unusual lighting systems, with a “major” switch hoard controlling the stage lights, ami a large 1000 watt spot light in the movie booth. Varied and interesting assembly programs are conducted every Friday morn- ing for students, faculty, and visitors. These programs are in the nature of educational addresses or movies, professional and home talent entertainments, with the weekly pep session following each program. Every room is in use at all times. The cooking room becomes at noon an efficient cafeteria with tables and chairs set up in the halls to accommodate an average of 200 pupils: of course their number varies with the condition of the weather. The majority of those who eat their lunches at school bring all or part from home, some huv their entire meal in the cafeteria, hut others merely supplement their lunch with some hot dish. This year there were two lunch periods, one from 11:26 to 12:26, the other from 12:29 to 1:29. Miss Dooley, the school nurse, is in charge of the high school clinic and of all the health work in the grammar schools. Her field covers a great deal of territory, for she is not only the nurse, hut also the doctor’s assistant while health examinations are being conducted. She files all examination blanks, makes personal calls on people who are ill at home, reports pupils who are not physically well enough to keep up with their work, investigates homes that have hail some disease, and as far as she is able to, checks them. The Fathers’ Council, an organization of the fathers of high school students, takes an active part and interest in behalf of the hoys in school. The council elects officers annually, who conduct meetings every fourth Tuesday of the month. Speakers who have unusual topics are often secured to address both the fathers and their sons; at other meetings, some of the faculty have explained various parts of the curriculum. It is with reluctance yet pride that the class of 1933 leaves its Alma Mater, I). G. H. S. However they sincerely hope that all classes following will enjoy, benefit, and cherish 1). G. II. S. as this class has. Thinern

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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

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The 1933 CAULDRON MILDRED BALES, B.S. History Civics BERNICE BOYER, B.A. English Spanish HELEN GERTRUDE BROW Y B. V English W. R. CLEVELAND, B.S. World History General Science Architectural Drawing RALPH E. CRESSEY, B.S. Mathematics Athletics FRED C. DAIGH, B.S. Biology General Science KERNE A. DOOLEY, B.Ed.-R.N. School Nurse Home Hygiene FLUENT, B.A. Education Fourltrn