Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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ln order to get along with your fellow men you must be able to speak and write well. The English department of Kokomo High School, u11der M i S S Helen Ross' c a p a lm l e guidance, tries to give every student a knowl- edge of good speech and writing. lly gramniar. literature, speech, Z1 n d composition classes the department strives to en- able the student to hold his own in society. To make these courses more interesting, they are sup- plemented with record- ings and motion pictures The thoughts of great men, life in foreign countries, history and presenteday events are lmrought within the reach of each of you through the medium of your linglish books. Top: While Miss Lilith Fai- low and Mr. George Shewmon discuss examinations by the bulletin board in the ottice, Miss Dorothy Thornburgh looks at a new book, and Miss Mary E. Stranburg, Mr. Milton Green, and Miss Elizabeth Handley glance at examina- tion questions. Middle: ln the library Miss Clara E. Berry, Miss Fay Cov- er, Miss Dorothea Pohlrnan, Miss Joy Goyer, Miss Irene Rutty, and Miss Helen Ross stop to listen while Mrs. Lena Coombes reads from the new freshman text. Bottom: Those enrolled in pub- lic speaking classes make use ot the auditorium. Page 16

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THEY KEEP YOU HEALTHY Caring for the li. ll. S. students' health is an efficient staff consisting of Miss Barbara Schwartz, Miss Thelma Gasser, and Dr. VV. nl. Martin. Your nurse, Miss Schwartz, aside from inaliaeinf-' the first-aid room, to which all cor- c C: PD ridor casualties and impromptu flu cases wend their way, annually conducts the Voll- mer Tuberculin Patch tests throughout the high school, and supervises the complete physi- cal examinations given all junior and senior girls, and all other girls over sixteen. This spring, Miss Schwartz, with the help of the Red Cross, supervised the giving of typhoid inoculations to school children and adults throughout the city. Also. the problems of the l're-Nursing Club are met and faced by Miss Schwartz, its originator and adviser. Dr. Mill nl. Martin, your school doctor, is called i11 upon emergencies for advice and recommendations. He ably assists Miss Schwartz with the girls' physical examinations and directs a similar examination for the boys. Miss Thelma Gasser, hearing' and speech supervisor. administers the hearing tests in the fall of the year. The purpose of these tests, given to all city school students, is to single out the hard of hearing in order that they may receive proper treatment. Miss Gasser, who holds her ll. S. and M. S. degrees in speech, gives lessons in corrective speech and in speech reading. To these three people, Miss Schwartz, Miss Gasser. and llr. Martin. you owe your great- est appreciation, for they have kept you healthy during the school year. Miss Barbara Schwartz assists Dr. Bruce ll. Lung to give you a typhoid in- oculation. v fQvggz:, Km- - 1 Page

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