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

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Page 12 . . . Administration The 1934 Cauldron The importance of English is shown by the fact that a four year course in that subject is required of every student for graduation. The division of the English work here has been carefully planned and successfully carried out. In the freshman course, students continue their junior high school work in composition and in the study of classics. During the first semester of the sophomore year, this work is further developed, but the second semester brings with it a study of American literature. The junior year is devoted entirely to the study of English liter- ature. Seniors may choose two of three courses—journalism, modern literature, or rhetoric. Journalism stresses the writing of newspaper articles and the reading of newspapers; modern literature is designed to give the student an appreciation of contemporary writ- ing; and rhetoric is intended particularly for the student who needs a review of this type of work before entering college. Public speaking as taught at 1). (». IE S. is unique in that all students receive six weeks of this subject each year for four years. The course has been arranged pro- gressively, and some new phase is taught each year. Miss Brown and Miss Ross have freshman English classes, and Mrs. Andersen and Miss Welch sophomore classes. Miss Yates teaches junior English, and Miss Hcnnis senior English, while Miss Wood instructs students in the art of public speaking. Cithcrinc Wood, A. B.; Kriiiut Yuct, A. M.; Grier M. Ilcnnit. A. M.

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Downers Grove I Ik.ii St hooi Ad.MIMSI K I ION . ■ ■ ST II MR. JOHNSON Mr. Johnson, completing his tenth year in Downers Grove, lias taught manual training, coached the lightweight team for three years, winning the basketball title in each of these years, and for the past three years has held the position of high school principal and dean of boys. Mr. Johnson holds his 15. Ed. degree from the Stale Teachers’ College, DcKalb, and his M. A. and Principal of High Schools diploma from the Teachers’ Col lege at Columbia University. Working for a program that will pro- vide a worthwhile training for the major- ity of students, Mr. Johnson’s philosophy of education is based on the principle that everyone has a right to succeed in at least some one thing. To him, the finest re- ward that can come to a teacher is the thought that he has had a part in helping jk some student succapd iit]life Clarence W. Johnson, A. M. Principal and Dean of Boys ✓VO A------- MRS. WDI RSI N Mrs. Andersen, dean of girls, is today and has been for the past ten years, a sympathetic adviser to whom girls can go with their difficulties and pleasures whenever they want to, and her pleasant office is considered and used as a meeting place by them. Undergraduate and graduate work at Northwestern University prepared Mrs. Andersen for teaching English and I atm but when asked to act as dean of girls at D. G. H. $., she was glad for the opportunity and has been enjoying it ever since.” I Iclping girls make decisions affecting their character and service to the school and community, assisting them in plan- ning their yearly high school programs, and advising them as to certain types of colleges and positions, are all parts of Mrs. Andersen’s general, educational, and vo- cational guidance program. Charlotte D. And» ksi n. A. B. Dean of Girls Dean A

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Downi-rs Grovi I Ik.m Schooi Administration . . . Page J Rlinchr IlnwIjnJ. A. K . Lucv Rim. A H Language Department Although it is important to be able to read, write, speak, and understand a foreign language, facility in reading is the main objective of this department. Foreign languages arc of great cultural value and aid in the promotion of inter- national good-will. Also, students who take up such courses are assisted in other school subjects by their increased knowledge of the pronunciation and spelling of foreign names and places. Many business and diplomatic positions require an understanding of modern languages. Miss I lowland teaches French and Spanish, while Latin is taught by Miss Ross. Manual Arts Department One ol the most valuable courses a student can choose is one which will be of practical assistance to him in later life. Several such subjects are taught here. Mis% Trotter instructs freshmen and sophomore girls in foods, clothing, and advanced home economics courses, and Mr. Nelson teaches woodwork and mechanical drawing. To encourage the girls to consider the problems of home-making vitally worthy of intensive study” is one of the important aims of the home economics courses. Instruction in the use of both hand and power tools is given in the woodwork course, in which every type of article from checkerboard tables to whatnots arc manu- factured by the students. T. T NeW«n. R S . lr|, I r.mtr. R Fd.