Rockford East High School - Argus Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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HAZEL KOCH RUTH ANN WHITE Senior Adviser JL1I1i0r Adviser The duties of Miss Hazel Koch, senior class adviser and teacher of English, are both many and varied. Perhaps her biggest task throughout the year is checking individually each senior's program, including the majors, minors, and credits. She helps in selecting the class play and in planning the prom, the mixer, and all other senior activities. ln all of these she tries to arrange it so that every student will have a chance to take a part. Meetings between repre- sentatives of various colleges and seniors who are interested in those colleges are also planned by Miss Koch. Another of her duties is consulting with the pupil, the family, the teacher involved, or the employer about the failure notices a student receives. Finally, she takes care of measuring every senior for his cap and gown and supervises all the commencement activities for the class. Miss Ruth White, English teacher and junior class adviser, concerns herself with helping all juniors to have a happy and successful school year. She not only checks the credits, majors, and minors, CATHARINE NEEDHAM Sophomore Adviser and all subjects elected by the juniors, but she also plans the par- ents' night and helps direct the Junior Prom, their play, and their informal mixer. Besides this Miss White serves as adviser for the National Honor Society and so each year plans and arranges the very impressive National Honor Assembly. One of East High School's music teachers, Miss Catherine Need- ham, is also the sophomore class adviser and serving in that capac- ity gives her a very interesting as well as busy schedule. Helpful aids in arranging majors and minors are found in the Kruder Preference Test which measures interest areas and gives a survey of the subjects offered at East. Planning social activities, partici- pation in class committees for the sophomore party, sophomore honor group, parents' night, and Christmas decorations are just a few of the ways in which Miss Needham helps to adjust sopho- mores to the social groups. As Dean of Boys, Mr. Harry W. Kroll, East High's assistant prin- cipal, has a large group of activities for which he is responsible. Checking the irregular list and the attendance records, giving per- WINIFRED LEDGER Dean of Girls Besides teaching in the Social Studies department, Miss Ledger also serves as dean for all of the East High girls. Her duties as such are many and varied, but they serve to make her job an interesting one. Checking both attendance records and the irregular lists are two things which ,take a great deal of her time each day. Along with this she also issues late admits to those coming tardy to classes, supervises the ROTC sponsors, and gives both help and advice to anyone who is in need of it. Likewise, all of the various school activities must be scheduled by Miss Ledger. In addition to rendering all these services, she also willingly gives much of her time to chaperoning many of the school parties and proms. sonal and helpful guidance to those boys who need it, adjusting the sizes of all of the classes, and assigning lockers to everyone in school are but a few of his many duties. He also arranges for all of East High's competitive sports and contests. Mr. Kroll, like all of our other executives, is always willing to give both his time and service toward furthering our school spirit and activities. HARRY WY KROLL Assistant Principal

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.Administration PARMER L. EWING, Superintendent Heading the Board of Education as the Superintendent of Schools is Parmer L. Ewing. His job is exceedingly important because he must constantly be on the alert for new ideas by which our educa- tional program might be improved. He is the main executive of the Rockford school system and is therefore directly responsible to the Board of Education for the eiiiciency of all departments and offices of the various schools. Another of his duties is making sure that the condition of the schools is good and that they are being operated correctly. Leading East High School in its daily routine of activities is our principal, Mr. Harry C. Muth. His duties are many in keeping the school in running order and in maintaining a spirit of cooperation among both students and faculty members. Among other things he has charge of planning and leading the assembly programs and directing all faculty meetings. Always willing to give his help to both students and teachers, he untiringly renders all types of serv- ices towards the betterment of our school. HARRY C, MUTH, Principal Concerning itself with the provision of the essential principles of good education for every boy and girl, the Board of Education is constantly meeting with new problems while conducting the affairs of the school system. In order for it to more effectively find solu- tions to these many problems, the Board has been divided into three committees. The Educational Committee hires teachers and all other employees, and the Building and Grounds Committee has charge cf repairing and keeping up the appearance of all schools. Approving the purchases of supplies, keeping financial records, and planning the yearly budget are the duties of the Financial and Purchasing Committee. The members of the Board of Education are people appointed by the Mayor who are willing to give both time and energy for bettering our cityis educational program. TOP ROW: Charles Davis, Ernest Estwing, Loren Whitehead, George C. Olin, Lawrence A. johnson. SECOND ROW: Felix Elliot, Hugh Tolmie, Thomas Nolan, John Barelli, S. Peter Ekstrom. FRONT ROW: Harry Shaw, Mrs. Murrell Englund, Vera Walling, Parmer Ewing.

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WILLIAM ALEKS, PH. M., SOCIAL STUDIES An admirer of the late F.D.R., Mr. Aleks, an Illinois State Normal University alumnus ccaches the East High baseball team. ROBERT ALLEN, M.A., PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr, Allen, adviser of the Dolphin Club and a coach both of football and swimming, likes to travel during his summer vacations. A HARVEY ANDERSON, B.A., INDUSTRIAL .,. Adviser of the PSPO Club, Mr. Anderson, finds photography nd 1?ad'io work to be interesting hobbies. He is a St. Olaf College alumnusiyrjp I , I CHESTER BAILEY, A.B., HEAD OF COMMERCIAL DEPT. A Business Law and Economic Geography teacher, Mr. Bailey, enjoys watch- ing students' interest expand with their increased ambition for service. BERTHA BARDO, M.A., MATHEMATICS Flying an airplane, having her own greenhouse, and studying horticulture are some of the things which Miss Bardo someday hopes to do. ELIZABETH BENNETT, B.S., PHYSICAL EDUCATION Adviser of the Individual Sports Club, Miss Bennett, .enjoys playing bridge, cooking, participating in and watching all types of sports. GEORGE BERG, B.E., INDUSTRIAL A student with a sincere desire for knowledge and a pleasing personality rates high with Mr. Berg, Northern Illinois State Teachers' College alumnus. OLA BOGEN, M.A., FOREIGN LANGUAGE Mrs. Bogen, adviser of the Spanish Club, Charlemos, likes the teaching profession because of the contact with young people it provides. LEFT: Marilyn Molander and Bradley Howe both seem very much absorbed in doing a bit of surveying for their trigonometry class. RIGHT: Putting their knowledge to practical use in the business practice work room are Carolyn Norman, Marie Harms, Mary Wallin, and Nancy LaPointe. T 14