West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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% k EST TEACHES US Gene Alberstett. B.E. Social Sin Jit i Helen Barlass. B.A. Maihemalici Glen Batesolo. M.A. Mathematics Athletic Animation Titktl Supi rt itor Elsie Beatty. M.A. F.nglith A.B.L AJiiier Etta N. Brown, B.A. Malbemalici Sophomore A J filer Mary H. Brown. B.S. Social SlnJiei Department HeaJ , • Miss Alberstett, who belongs manyrtriubs, enjoys the wide variation of ideas, customs, speech and life among sections of the Unitod States. . . . Miss Kfclass, an admirer of Raymond Gram Swing, misses her former opportunity tc do errands on the way home from school. She was bom in December. . . . Mr. Batesole, like many m9n. dslikes the women's hats. He is always attracted by Mother Nature and her wonders when he travels throughout the country. . . . Miss Beatty has no favorite musical composition but enjoys oach according to her varied moods. She appreciates most in a friend, sincerity and loyalty. . . . Mr. Berg appreciates frankness and honesty in his friends. Among classical numbers, Carmen is his favorite, while Carl Sandburg is his choice as a poet. . . . God Bless America. Edgar Guest and Paul Muni are Mr. Boyer's favorites among songs, pcets, and actors. Ho is a member of the Rotary club. . . . Mr. Bornor is an active member of the Rotary club. Ho believes that, in order to be a true friend, one should be sincere in his relationships. . . . Miss Etta Brown, a momber of the Rockford Woman's club and the Duplicate Bridge group, misses the blackboards of the old Senior high school. . . . Another member of Woman's club. Miss Mary Brown, who considers John Barrymore the greatest living actor, appreciates most in a friend, loyalty and responsibility. William Campbell, Erma Richards, and Richard Conklin are arranging in their proper alphabetical order the cards in the library catalog. Because of the division of the old school's catalog, new cards are boing typed by Arlene Wossels, library clerk, while othor students fill out the file.

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ksomi ■ and that, of youth maintained the faculty and student body of of the Boards of Education and the interest of the parents of their sons and daughters ! was largely responsible for the fact years, Rockford high schoqkcontributed to the educational needs the entire city. During this period. Rockford high school built up and an enviable reputation for its comprehensive educational program. its high standards in classroom and extra classroom activities,Jand its excellent traditions and ideals. West High School, although housed in a new building and limi d in enrollment to the students residing west of Rock River, is especially fortunate in the personnel of ips faculty and student body. Many faculty members who assisted in introducing and maintaining the comprehensive educational program, the high standards of activities, and the traditions and ideals of RoeRford High School chose and received assignments in West High School. These faculty members, ta |?ther with a few new teachers added, will continue to promote the educational welfare of the youtjj t West Rockford and through these youth the general welfare of the entire city. The personnel of A West High School student body will continue to take advantage of the educational program offerecLyt U maintain a high standard of performance in classroom «» extra-classroom activities, and wiUntfdserve and improve the traditions and ideals inherited Rockrofbhti gh School. The pers tynfcfof the faculty and student body of West High School will not seek to preserveNR IWkt TSlfi n addition, to improve the best wherever and whenever possible ar

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RE AD IN', WRITI Joan Campbell. M.A. Silence G.A.A. Jr. AJmer Mary 1. Carlson. M.A. F.nglnb Forum AJmer Theodora Coxon. M.A. English Thomas F. Crull. B.A. Satne Mildred Currier. M.A. Pbysieal Education G.A.A. AJriirr Floy Dentler. Ph.B. An An Club Adviser Lois A. Dilley. M.A. English Department Head Foreign Language Larin Club Adviser Isabelle Dulfoy. B.A. English Miss Campbell is an active member of the Northern Illinois Scionce Club and also Delta Kappa Gamma. She onioys listening to Boako Carter. ... In Europe, Miss Carlson was impressed most by the leisurely tempo of life there as compared with the hyperactivity that is known in America. . . . Seeing other toachers down around the office is what Mrs. Coxon. a member of Mendelssohn and Delta Kappa Gamma, missos most in the now school. . . . Mr. Crull. a member of a Bridgo Club, chooses Carl Sandburg, poet, and Walter Hampden, actor, as his favorites. He appreciates loyalty in a friend. . . . Miss Currier thoroughly enjoyed the movio Kentucky. As she has travolod throughout the nation the varying characteristics of the people of different localities have impressed her most. ... A member of the Rockford Art Association. Miss Dentler. whose birthday comes in April, is among the many who miss meeting old frionds at Central. . . . Miss Dilley, who was bom in the merry month of May, belongs to the Art Club. Woman's Club, and A. A. U. W. She chooses H. V. Kaltenbom as her favorite newscastor. . . . Miss Driebusch's favorite among musicians and novelist are Fritz Kreisler and Thomas Mann, while Tederico Garcia Lorca, a Spaniard, is her best liked poet. . . . Unselfishness, broad mindedness, and a sense of humor are the qualities which Miss Duffoy expects in hor friends. Tnomas Mann is her favorite novelist. Anna E. Driebusch. M.A. During the two weeks that the newswriting studonts discussed tho newspaper in Composition II classos, Peggy Bartling and Richard Shattuck (right) spoke to Miss Dilley's class. Shown with them as they discuss newspaper work is Marshall Wiley, who served as editor of the Owlet, a newspaper written by the class.