Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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Standing: Aleath Garrity, MA., Carroll Ransom, M.A., Helen Beniamin, AB., Marie Sisson, AB., Vivian Janney, AB., Wilma Wooton, A.B., T. G. Harris, MA., Seated: Mildred Toogood, AB., Margaret Winters, MA,g Nellie Grohe, MA., Bertha Pollitt, MA, In keeping with the progress made by the rest of our school, the ENGLISH DEPARTMENT is offering two new courses this year, One of the two, remedial read- ing, teaches students how to read more easily. lt is designed for those students who find reading a difficult task. To determine whether poor eyesight is the cause of this reading difficulty, a Betts Ready to Read Service has been purchased. Radio speech, a course which very few schools in Michigan have yet introduced, is the other new English subject. For use in this course, the school has bought a fine new public address system. Eastern l-ligh School is noted for its excellent English department. The graduates of Eastern who at- tend Michigan State College are rated above average in English. The grammar course with its mimeographed material has been finely worked out. ln addition, a course in world literature such as many schools do not have is offered to the seniors. Miss Toogood guiding M. Pastra's reading. Miss Woatan's grammar class. I I l and the English

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Mrs. Barnes, Secretary, Dwight Rich, M.A., Principal, Non Etson, Assistant, Mr. Manz, B.S. The Administration Department I I I l-lere is pictured the staff which keeps our school ADMINISTRATION running smoothly. Besides a modern high school curriculum and teaching staff, Eastern l-ligh School has an up-to-the-minute system of Guidance, a Character Education program, and is experimenting with Social Hygiene instruction. The Commercial Department conducts a placement bureau for Eastern graduates with splendid results, and offers a post-graduate course, Eastern l-ligh School sponsors an active PTA. organization together with the Dads of Eastern, another valuable asset. Our school building is equipped to give us many advantages: two auditoriums, the largest of which has a seating capacity of l,666, a social room, two gymnasiums, a swim- ming pool, an automotive shop, and a cafeteria, An addition to the third floor is being constructed. The cost ot our building including the equipment is almost iBl,500,000. The following sections will picture in more detail the teachers and the departments which they represent. E, Chadwick, Dean of Boys. Faye Baumgardner, Assistant Principal 1 , W mg M ,, ,A I -5-L'1n

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ri is i te i 'T Seated: Eftia Ericson, MA, Marie Sisson, AB, William Anderson, Ph.B.g Louise Sprau, MA, Mabel Wood, MA, lrrno Smith, AB., Standing: William Sage, A,B., Diploma from the University of Paris. The LANGAUGE DEPARTMENT is experimenting with a new system ot teaching this year, The students ot Spanish and French hear conversations carried on in those languages through the medium ot Linguaphone Phonograph records. l-learing the language they are studying spoken correctly is expected to benetit them greatly, ln addition, the Spanish Department expects to teach Spanish 5 and 6 it a sutticient number ot students desire those courses, The head ot the Latin Department, Miss Smith, has brightened her room by the addition at a mural painted in color by two students. This mural depicts a Roman triumphol procession Awards are purchased by the Latin Club tor the students who do excellent work in adv nced Latin. Three classes of awards, the Eta Sigma Phi - 'S medal, the Virgilian award, and ' Roman coins, are open to ad- vanced Latin students. ln addi- as tion to Spanish, French, and Latin, a student may, by entering the German Club, learn something at that language. Miss Smith discusses the Roman Senate with Romsey Haynes. French class at work. in l I l and the Language ,17-