Lake Forest Academy - Caxy Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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E GLISH DEPARTME Under the capable leadership of Dr. john WV. Shank, the English department this year has offered the students of LFA more and better facilities than ever enjoyed be- fore. Dr. Shank, however, was not alone in his task, for skillfully aiding him in the comprehensive program provided for were Mr. Dana VV. Niswender, Mr. Edward Fleer, Mr. Kendall S. Pennypacker, and Mr. Walton E. VVetzel. The entire schedule was presented on a more advanced basis than ever before, thus giving the student body material previously believed suitable only for older students of English. Leading the English classes was the course of English V, offered only to those seniors who have merited promotion to this class by superior work in previous years. This course, however, was closely equalled by the sections of English IV, and differed only in that the material was solely American literature and was probed into slightly less than in the more advanced section. Both of these courses offer especially much to the student of today when history is being written and comprehension of Various phases is possible only through the written word. In the lower sections emphasis was laid on the structure of the English language, and here again the English department provided new and better phases of course work than ever before. Notable works of great poets, novelists, and essayists were oHFered to stimulate the student's interest. In all the sections, the entire department has given to the LFA student a more interesting and comprehensive program than at any previous time. Mr. Niswender, Mr. Wetzel, Dr. Shank, Mr. Fleer, Mr. Pcnnypackcr.

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Mr. Gt-mbler, Mr. VValsh, Mr. Bowditch, Mr. Matheson. ADMINISTR TIG 'l'ruly the organizers of campus life, these men have made possible the com- plex organization that is LFA-the paper work, athletic schedules, enrollments, finances, and all the other features essential to the running of the school. To each of these men special credit is due, for each contributed much to the Academy in his own particular field. Mr. lf. Francis Bowditch, as headmaster, deserves special mention for his services to the Academy in these war vears, for his task not only of maintain- ing the Academy, but of actually improving its facilities when rationing and shortages are prominent features of everyday life. To Mr. H. Hugh Matheson and Mr. Fred Vlialsh, registrar and personnel director respectively, go the credit of keeping the student body up to the line standards which are characteristic of l,l+'A. Ffach in his way checks the students in their scholastic standing, extra-curricular abilities, and character. The rigorous athletic schedule maintained throughout the year was due wholly to the efforts of Mr. Alvin P. Gemliler, and on his shoulders rests much of the responsiliility of maintaining the name the school hears in preparatory school athletics of the Midwest. To this group the school undoubtedly owes much, and without them the smooth functioning organization that the Academy is now would be impossible. 18

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Mr. Riechers, Mr. Kinsman, Mr. Cahill. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMEN Upon the men of this department rests the responsibility of teaching the fundamentals of mathematics, higher and lower, to the entire school. With the increasing role that mathematics is playing in the present generation, the responsibility is greatly increased. Radar, logistics, and all the other various phases of wartime mathematics have their fundamentals in everyday algebra, geometry, and trigonometryg and much of their successful usage in LFA students can be traced directly back to these members of the faculty. - Under the leadership of Mr. Hubert H. Riechers, the department has func- tioned elliciently, offering new courses such as elementary radar. Aiding Mr. Riechers are Mr. Carl VV. Cahill and Mr. Blair Kinsman, both of whom have contributed to the program as much as the former. To these three, the Academy owes much, for in their respective phases of the program each excels, and in their excellence have shown Academy students that mathematics is not the lifeless subject as formerly believed.