Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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llj acultg Although Bloom may not rank fii-st among other schools, in regard to the number of students, it does so in regard to its faculty. Contrary to the idea held by many people that a high school faculty is an austere and harsh body, the faculty members of B. T. H. S. are human (very human) and considerate. They have a spirit of comaraderie that meets the approval of the student body as a whole. It is not the experience of many schools to have a faculty so beloved by the students as at Bloom; while students become quite familiar with some of the faculty, the pupils never break the unwritten law of the school, that teachers are not to be associated wi th as equals, but as superiors ; and while the teachers are quite democratic, ,the students never oyerstep the standard of the conventionalities. Our faculty back every worthy movement started at Bloom ; they back the teams, the clubs, and all performances with almost 100% attendance; they suggest new methods and aid in launching new enterprises, with a spirit and zeal scarcely surpassed by their wards, the pupils. The faculty takes a personal interest in the welfare of the student body, aiding them in their work, inspiring them with new zest when they are disheartened, smoothing over difficulties that they encounter, accustoming the freshmen to the new phases of life on their entrance to high school, indeed, as- suming a protectorship over all. Though ranging in age from demure youth to the prime of life, they possess the spirit of eternal youth, always ready for a harmless lark, always jovial, slow to anger and quick to forgive ; above all, real men and real women. May Bloom ever have a faculty so well liked by the pupils ! May the faculty of the coming years never lower this standard. Twenty

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During the last year, Bloom lost the services of two of her foremost teachers ; Miss Mercedes Siedler, and Mr. G. Alvin Waldorf. The reasons for the resignation of these two are vastly different ; Miss Sied- ler left to become the bride of Mr. Dudley Cowden, an instructor at Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania ; and Mr. Waldorf, to accept a position on the faculty staff of the Waukegan High School at Waukegan, Illinois. THE HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE The careful precision with which the clerical department of Bloom is con- ducted, is due to the combined efforts of Miss Soderman, her assistant, Edna Rauhut, and G. Alvin Wilson. This department, though composed of only three persons, carries the weight of business matters pertaining to the high school, as well as the many minor duties. The consistent and never tiring efforts of this most capable group, contribute to the efficiency of the administration. Nineteen

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