Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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IDEPARTMENTS A .rlmliofzr KQIYPII 17 in 207 The School ot Work N THE short scenes of our lives which are laid in Manual Training High School, we are taught to make our dramas of life worthwhile. Dramas cannot be of one type alone, nor are our preparations for those future acts of one kind. Thus Manual has a wide variety of courses planned to meet the diverse needs of her pupils. In order to produce successful actors on the universal stage, the English Department devotes one semester each year to grammar and self-expression, the other to the study of the works of masters of literature. For the practical-minded student there is offered a course in business English, which emphasizes especially the writing of business letters. In the Speech Department pupils are taught to think and to express themselves effectively. The work ranges from two-minute speeches through formal twenty-minute lecture recitals and the interpretation of three-act plays. In the History Department the student learns of the great actors in the historical dramas presented throughout the ages. From these he learns to be a better citizen. He is Yonflvfffl llI'LZl'0I'J' 's PAGE 19

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PAGE I8 Walter W. Thomas, B.S. Knox College. Chemistry. He is mfzlinzmlly .rlrizfifzg for higher goulr. Myrtle E. Travis, A.B., M.A. Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Uni versity of Illinois. English. wefztr. , - 7 ,Wi Kwan Florence M. Wescott, A.B. Illinois State Normal University Bradley Polytechnic Institute. English. She if fair to EI'C7'j'07Z6. Adaline Wyatt Bradley Polytechnic Institute. librarian. help nr. NUT IN HCTURIQ1 Evelyn Maleham, A.B. Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Geography. She i1z.f,I1i1'e.r uf 10 higher attain- She .reemr lo hnaw fur! bow In Re li mf THE MIRROR, 1935 Ruth Thompson, A.B. Bradley Polytechnic Institute. English. Kindneff weanr much to her. Mabel Van Dettum Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Am- erican College of Education, Chi- cagog Illinois State Normal Uni- versity. Girls' Physical Director. She if jolly and fn!! of life. Hazel Wolf, A.B. Bradley Polytechnic Institute. History, Civics. To her no larh if impofrihle. NOT IN 1'1t rURr:: Lena Kern Morrisse P Y p Brown's Business College. Advanced Shorthand, Office Train- . if ing. ' john Voss, M.S., Ph.D. Knox College, University of Chi- cago. Biology. W ln Memoriam ANUAL sustained a very great loss in the passing of Miss Corienne Illingworth on February 21, 1935. Miss Illingworth, a teacher at Manual for over twenty years, was one who gave herself whole-heartedly and unselfishly to the work to which she devoted her life. Miss Illingworth was a resident of Peoria from her early girlhood days. She received her early education in Peoria public schools, and later she was graduated with high honors from the University of Chicago. She became a teacher at the Franklin School and later came to Manual as a teacher of commercial geography, which position she held until ill health forced her to withdraw from her school duties. Miss Illingworth's Hne scholarship, her kindly, sympathetic understanding of her pupils, her many cultural interests have endeared her to hundreds of students who have sat in her class room. She will be greatly missed, but the memory of her exemplary life will remain with her associates on the faculty and with the students of Manual. Q i 1 . I

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PAGE 20st linfflre illftfhlff A 17 gel 0.5 also enabled to judge better current incidents by comparison with those of the past. Each pupil is required to study either modern history or civics and one year of American history. Along with the history courses the pupil studies the Constitution of the United States and a brief course in politics. For those interested in mathematics, the Mathematics Department offers four years of study. Most students entering Manual have studied elementary algebra in junior high school. This Work is carried on in the advanced algebra and college algebra courses. Plane geometry, solid geometry, and trigonometry comprise the remaining courses. These courses are especially valuable because they train the student to think clearly. Four foreign languages are taught at Manualglsatin, Spanish, French, and German. A careful study is made of pronunciation, idioms, and literary styles. Latin courses concern the works of Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil. Students in French, Spanish, and German are taught to speak the language fluently and to appreciate the best in the literature of these tongues. In the Music Department students are taught the pleasures of expressing themselves by singing and by instrumental music. Most students who play instruments join the band Yon who probe the alozrzr, weigh lhe .f1z1zJ ' 2 if Tm MIRROR 1955