Kewanee High School - Kewanite Yearbook (Kewanee, IL)

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English, Languages PromoTing inTernaTional good-Teeling and undersTanding is The sTudy oT Tor- eign languages. Spanish has inTroduced us To Pan-American counTries and given us an undersTanding oT our l.aTin-Amer- ican neighbors. The Spanish class is TaughT This year by Miss Eleanor Miller. IT is noT sTrange To hear a Spanish greeT- in The halls, Buenos dias. LaTin acguainTs sTudenTs wiTh The clas- sics and The culTure oT The Romans. In LaTin I and ll The sTudenTs. under The in- sTrucTion oT Miss DoroThy l-larrod, gain an appreciaTion oT ancienT culTure. Through l.aTin The sTudenT has a glimpse oT The hisTory and oT The Tamous men oT Rome. Freedom oT speech is anoTher oT The Things we TighT Tor. Never has speech been more imporTanT. The privilege oT Tree speech demands The obligaTion oT inTelligenT speech. Miss Florence Drake, a new member oT The TaculTy, Teaches The sTudenTs To appreciaTe good public speaking. AT The beginning oT The year The sTudenTs oT speech classes were TaughT The principles oT conversaTion in preparaTion Tor a re- cepTion held Tor our new principal. STu- denTs were Then TaughT play producTion and They presenTed Three one-acT plays. Speeches oT persuasion and enTerTain- menT, TundamenTals oT parliamenTary law, and scenery consTrucTion are also emphasized. I M EI J h VI R tl M Fran H I 1 DP ddlez Miss Clara H 9 Iw: Miss Florence D k M D thy od, Miss Eleanor M II

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uisefui warizme skins Emphasis has been placed on indusTrial A Rf arTs as a presenT emergency course and as a basis Tor TuTure vocaTions. The ma- chine shop course has sTeadily developed and Trained boys unTil some oT Them have been able To go direcTly inTo defense planTs. lndusTrial arTs play a prominenT parT in our vocaTional courses now, more Than ever, since people skilled in engi- neering are needed. Mr. Paul Mclvlorris Teaches machine shop l, woodworking ll and Trades draw- ing. Machine shop II, mechanical draw- ing II and general building Trades are TaughT by Mr. Galen Landis. lvlr. lrven SuTTon, a new member oT our TaculTy, conducTs classes in woodworking l and mechanical drawing l and ll. War vocaTional classes have proved To be oT The greaTesT help in This naTional emergency. This year These classes are conducTed Tor people inTeresTed in preparaTion Tor defense planT work. ln This way, indusTrial arTs Train many com- peTenT sTudenTs To Take Their places in needed war work. S Above: Mechanuca Below: Mr I MQNI Lefit orris and Shop Class. Eleven I Draw g Sutto NI Gale I Ll

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CulTivaTe CiTize ns The English deparTmenT has done iTs share in lceeping alive The Things Tor which we TighT by conTinuing To Teach our language and liTeraTure. A ready command oT The English language will be oT uTmosT imporTance in The posT war world. To wriTe a iusT peace will be The business of The TuTure years, and a iusT peace cannoT be lasTing unless all have The abiliTy To undersTand The prinTed pages. EducaTion oT The sTudenTs in The appreciaTion of The ideals oT democracy is anoTher oT The purposes of The English class. Teaching English l classes during The pasT year has been Miss RuTh Knapp. Miss Frances l-lorler TaughT English III and IV. Classes in English ll and journ- alism were TaughT by Miss Eleanor Johnson. Kewanee's library is aware oT iTs war- Time responsibiliTies and has endeavored To meeT Them by lceeping iTs boolc col- lecTion abreasT oT The Times. This year The books mosT in demand were Those on The armed Torces and vo- caTions. ATTracTive displays around The room aTTracT inTeresT To new boolcs and lceep sTudenTs informed on currenT evenTs. Miss Clara l-Tagerman, a new Teach- er, is The librarian. l-ler personal inTeresT in The sTudenTs has made her popular. The TirsT oT The year, she gave lessons on how To use The library To Treshmen. Top. Speech Middle: Sen or E Below: Span sh Class Thirteen