West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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ADMINISTRATION 25 answering the telephone. Her troubles are the mail, volumes of it, the home-room lists, the program and choice-of-subjects cards. Hell0! No, Mary is not here today! What? She should he! W0'll check again and let you know. At the counter, reading sundry ex- cuses, some of which are accepted, others are not, early each morning stands Miss Alice Luckey, the at- tendance clerk. Filing of records is her par- ticular hobbyg seven times a day she accu- mulates reports on the whereabouts of the two thousand West- erners. When an A.W.O.L. is discov- ered, the bench is soon occupied for several hours. Luckey rosewood polishers! CLet it here be said, to the encouragement of faculty, that none of the bench polishers would have his picture snapped, and that some of the Annual Board substituted in prolonging this fa- miliar spot in mem- ory.j

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24 1936 VVESTNVARD HO of the interruptions in the work of the secre- tary and her clerks. There were 1 1 87. How many books, purses, pencils, lunches, caps, gloves, glasses can two thousand people lose a day? Ask the office! How many excuses can be concocted for being excused each day? Ask the office! How many absent and Your father will enjoy coming over here to straighten out this 1n1'sx. tal-dy pupils need ad- mission slips each day? Ask the office! Miss Florence Le- Fever, the secretary, is a girl who has never been known to lose her temper and has never been otherwise than cheerfully cour- teous and helpful. She keeps all records of grades and makes re- ports yards long. Near the telephone is Miss Bertha jones- Iust sit on that chair until I have time fo talk it over with youv really it Should be of psychology in all its applications makes her understanding, firm, and fairg her years of experience in teaching advanced physi- ology render her invaluable to the girls of the school. She is outstanding in building characters in the ,many students who come to her for aid and advice. The beehive of the school is the office. Here every imaginable and unimaginable trouble or request is aired daily Csome of them are hot airj by a big percentage of the pupils. One day a strict account was kept

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'V' Q RFXQ S Q- i .ff Ag f Th Curriculum 66 HAT course do you wish to take?', asked the counselor. The bewildered freshman stammered, Huh? Whad'ya mean, course? I mean, are you going to college? or do you wish to enter the trade school? or-just what work would you like to follow? J! And thus freshie is inaugurated into the maze of school activity, from which he is graduated a finished product four years later--perhaps. It is almost imperative that a student en- tering high school know first his professional inclination, and second, the college, if pos- sible, that he desires to attend. To enable further the student to choose his subjects carefully, eight trained counselors have been appointed to confer with him and to guide him to ultimate success and happiness. West High School offers two predomin- ently important courses: the general and the college entrance, in addition to diplomas from these, students may receive certifi- cates from the Trade School and for special achievement in commercial work. In order to carry college work success- fully, a student should maintain at least a B average, in fact, many colleges have de- clined to accept any student whose scholastic rating places him in the lower third of his class. The Colorado requirements for nurses, as well as those of a number of colleges, defi- nitely bar anyone who has a D on his rec- ord. Every student is required to complete two majors before graduation, these consist of three years of English and the same number of social science. The English offers courses in literature, composition, public speaking, and dramaticsg the social science, commun- ity problems, World and American history, modern problems in government, and world relations. Since these subjects are required of all students, the teachers in these departments far outnumber the others. To vitalize these classes in English, teach- ers sponsor several activities. S I ,Ni .m. , 26 1 . X