Belvidere High School - Belvi Yearbook (Belvidere, IL)

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MRS. MARIORIE FORD B. A.. Central College, Pella, Iowag English Ig Freshman Class Advisor. ,,.- c 'iw MISS DOROTHY WOLDT M. A. , Northwestern University, 3- Q 6 Evanston, Illinois, English I. III, IV, Contemporary Literature, 0 , V ' 1 Senior Class Advisor. ... ' 1 THE LIBRARY ,,,- tv! 2 atb 51 Oh, are book reports due tomorrow? The library has 8200 volumes on the shelves. Students may use the library for recreational or reference work between the hours of eight and four. A week of library instruction is given to the freshmen as a part of their course in Eng- lish I. An average of one hundred books are checked out of the library ever clay. About five hundred new books are added to the col- lection each year. The Bel-Hi Staff works hard, right Kenny? The nouns and verbs, That we're usin' May be right, but-- They're sure confusin' MISS IDA BURLEIGH M. A., Columbia University New York City, New York, English IIIg Iournalismg World Historyg Bel-Hi News Advisor. l l MISS MARGERY HINRICHS B. E. , Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Illinoisg School Librariang Library Club Advisorg Junior Class Advisor. Pogo9

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MISS MINERVA BLACKBURN M. A. , Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Spanish I, II, Advisor. l What! They call this dramatics? Latin I, II, Belvi Advisorg F. T. A. MISS DOROTHY BENNETT M. A. , University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, English II, Junior Class Advisor. LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT ln BHS there are six courses of study offered in the English department. Each student is required to carry three years of English to graduate. The re- quired courses are freshman and sophomore English. In the junior year, the student has a choice of taking American Literature, which is college pre- paratory, or Contempary Literature. In the senior year, students may elect English Literature, which is college preparator , or Public Speaking. An upperclassman may also select to take a year of Journalism, which class publishes the school paper Bel-Hi News . It is the aim of the department to give each stu- dent a basic knowledge of grammar, skill in com- munication, and a knowledge and appreciation of literature. Four years of foreign language are offered, two of Latin and two of Spanish. These courses give an opportunity to learn how a language is constructed, the idiom of a new language, and a factual and cultural knowledge of another country and people. MISS RUTH BOWMAN M. A. . Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, English Ilg Public Speakingg Senior Class Play Director. Page 8 MISS JOAN BRANNAH M. S. , University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, English I, II, Student Council Advisor. , li

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i Need any help girls? World history students work on maps. MISS JEANNE LADELLA B. A., Western Michigan College, Kalamazoo, Michigang World History. SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Social Studies classrooms are laboratories which explain the past out of which our ideals and prin- ciples of democracy have evolved. Civics empha- sizes to all freshmen their duties, responsibilities, and rights as citizens. All sophomores in world history are offered opportunities to understand the present world prob- lems through the understanding of the past. One semester courses, of social problems and current prob lems, provide credit needs as well as the study of contemporary problems of individual group, and inter-group living. Panel discussions are part of the American history program. P090 I0 MISS RUTH HELLIGAS Urbana, Illinoisg American History. M. S. University of Illinois,