Hirsch High School - Maroon Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Sea tml! Al lllln lrusg rovt' English .S'lur111f11gr I fiertriule l.:m1jil1lur Ruth Cullen X lfgllllfl llarclt Nlzirglierite lflersluini Luis Rlagg Nlilmlrezl lieigel' Czirnliile Perry Hillel llzlvismi Olga Lawrenv Czitnrrali l'ilNl1CI' Sara Nieclerniaii Nell liroli lelzi l llZSl1'lll1IHll4 Nlilmlrwl lfjlzmcls Lois lic-nneit English Department The English course, as offered to Hirsch stude-nts in all its myriad branches, allows great range for individual talent and inclination. The standard requirement is three and one-half years of Englishg but enterprising seniors who believe they are going to college may take a final semester of English literatureg while ma-ny dramatically, journalistically, and oratorically inclined juniors and seniors find an outlet for their propensities in the drama, journalism, and public speaking classes, where, a la Hugh johnson, they orate vociferously and sonorously. During the standard course, grammar Cthat student's nightmarej, composition, and all types of literature are hammered into the craniums of the unfortunate victims of teachers' zeal. However, in spite of all complaints to the contrary, we agree with the teachers that English in all its phases is a very enjoyable, as well as a very indispensable, course of study. If you will drop your eyes slightly, perhaps five degrees, you will 'note how deeply immersed in their work are some students of English composition. Miss Lawrenz and her 4B scholarship class are patching up the split infinitives and rescuing the dangling verbals.

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L 'fl fu Ifnllfff 'Xlzlrearef Rr-ivl Xlict- L'-Inwiljs Nhirley Nlriiiis 'Xlrlrv f.infllil-im 1 t'1'ti'i14le' Klirhll lx -M-rlzi Hull Xllrr Q lim-rlzxnsi-11 ll w 1 ut Office Force 'illufm Staple!-'11 'ro -- Ojjfce Force At the very heart of our cross-section of Hirsch is the office. Mrs. Kuehn, Mr. Nichelson's aide, has charge of his correspondence and of the school reports. Miss Conway, whose motto might well be I consider how their time is spent , takes charge of the records that come and go without ceasing. The daily business of the school is in the hands of Miss Reid, while Mrs. Stapleton of the mathematics department handles the registration of all befuddled new pupils. Assisting these is a staff of commercial students, who take care of the counter and switchboard, do filing, and carry messages fleetly and willingly. Qfiffencfance Office A new bane of the poor student's existence, the attendance office, has been established in room 133 by Mrs. Ethel Davison and Miss Ruth Cullen, who are assisted by several other teachers and twenty-Hve students. Here, on permanent file, is recorded a damning account of every student's tardiness and absence, from the most important senior to the most insignificant freshman. There are divers penalties that alight upon miscreants. There is no chance of a cut going undetected, for these ladies always get their man. By thus checking up on the students' irregularities, the office hopes that a more uniform attendance will result. Ifuzzf 1: Gills-ii. Miss lirofly Mzmwzlring Ilowe Schului' llzivismi Kurt' J. Arlfnns Kieekllefci' Allen lJIlXivlsirIl Iiifriml Hans Foril Ililliou Elliott 1 1'C'lI1IIl Ihlrl Svpes'-y Lrirson XYiIli:im Fursf 13 Attendance Office

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Science Sf1llItI'f7l1l.' Phyllis Larson Anne Klein Michael Cates Vl'illiam Fenner Dorothy Lee .Xlary Finn liverett Smith .X'1'u!4'll'i Hrzice Knospe Ruse fhrflrin VYilliam Mitchell Alice Larson .Nlartin Arvin Science Department What is hydrogen pentoxide? This and other questions of like perplexing nature issue from the chemistry laboratory, where twice a week industrious students gather in room 126 for their prized lab period. All pupils faithfully promise at the beginning of the course to blow up the school, but this feat has yet to be accomplished. Great scientists are also at work on the third floor, where the 'physics rooms are located. There, teachers expound the principles of Pascal and Faraday, while the awed listeners try to understand just what they mean. Courses in other laboratory sciences are also offered-botany and Zoology, both of which are divided into spring and fall terms to facilitate field work. On sunny fall days we see the energetic students chasing elusive grasshoppers, or trying to procure some rare leaves that are far out of human reach. In the spring we observe the botanists anxiously examining each adventurous blade and flower, or follow the zoologist to Brookfield Zoo to watch the bears emerge from their long hibernations. All freshmen are required to take general science, a course that treats of certain fundamental principles in many kinds of sciencesg and almost every pupil in Hirsch adds a laboratory science to his program sometime during his academic stay here. Science teachers spend hours preparing and rigging up interesting experiments for their students. Mr. Fenner's class in physics gives us a good idea of one of the branches of the science department. Florence Krimnxal