Central High School - Interlude Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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THE INTERLUDE 15 EUGENE JOSEPH WIEZOREK ffslimfy Aero, Etiquette Clubs. Purdue University. HELEN MAE WILLIAMS Etiquette, Tap, Art Clubs, G, A. A., Intramural Hock- ey, Basketball, Volley Ball, Administration Corps. MITCHELL CASIMIR WOJTASIK Mitzi Radio, Learn To Dance, Basketball, Baseball, Know Your City Clubs, Intramural Baseball, Basketball. University of Idaho. J EANNETTE WONTOREK Tap, French, Commercial Clubs, Vice President French Club llA, Band IIB, llA, Language Assembly, The Florist Shop, Commercial Play. CORA MARY WOOD Mary G. A. A. Leaders Class, So- cial Science, Taxidermy, Learn To Dance Clubs, In- tramural Basketball, Volley- ball, Indoor, Varsity Basket- ball, Committee for New Fires. KATHRYN VIRGINIA WOODWARD Kitty Learn To Dance, Tap, Eti- quette, Commercial Clubs. Aclditionzll graduates on page 27D MARY AGNES WOODWARD Cabinet, Vice President llA, Thespian, French, Choral Clubs, Frantic Physician, Foreign Language Assembly IOA, Honor Roll l0, ll, 12, Salutatorian. University of Wisconsin. GEORGE ROBERT WRAY fzludgee' Senior Cheer Leader, Smilers, Thespian, Movie Operator Clubs, Vice President of Smilers 1 2 A, Intramural Basketball llB, Wyman's Day President. University of Notre Dame. DOROTHY JANE YACK HDOIU Golf, Nursng, Tap, Tennis, Chess Clubs, President Nurs- ing l2A, Intramural Swim- ming. St. Mary's College. CLARA MARIE ZAKRZEWSKI ' 'Claz're Learn To Dance, Know Your City, Knitting Clubs. Intramural Basketball. South Bend Business College. ALICE MARY ZENTZ Know Your City, Learn To Dance, Movie Clubs, Admin- istration Corps. ZYGMENT CASIMIR ZURAWSKI Ziggie Learn To Dance Club, In- tramural Wrestling, Boxing, Basketball, Football. University of Wisconsin.

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14 THE INTERLUDE LADEAN JEAN SIECZKO , Luddy Leaders, Learn To Dance, Know Your City, Sewing, G. A. A. Clubs, Vice Presi- dent Sewing l1B, Intramural Basketball, Volleyball, Ad- ministration Corps. South Bend Business College. ALBERT JOSEPH SIPOTZ Percipirate Chemistry Club Vice Presi- dent, Intramural Basketball. Purdue University. VERLE ELIZABETH SMITH Knitting, T a p , Etiquette, Know Your City Clubs, Ad- ministration Corps, Commit- tee for New Fires. JAMES WALTER SNYDER Jimmy Astronomy, Mathematics Clubs, Band l0, ll, 12. JOSEPH SOOS Radio, Aero, Camera, Secre- tary Radio, Intramural Bas- ketball, Baseball, New Fires Committee. MARILEE STANZ Cheezie 4 Class Secretary, Thespian, Knitting, S. P. U. R. Clubs, Band 11, 12, President l2A, Foreign Language, ' ' N e w F i r e s ' ' Com-mittee, The Florist Shop, The Swan, The Women Have Their Way. National College of Educa- tion. ROBERTA SWEANY 'iBerta Glee, Tap Clubs. St. Mary's College. WILLIAM JENNINGS TOTH BiIl!' Chemistry, Know Your City, Astronomy, Hi-Y Clubs, Band llA, 12, Orchestra 10, llB, Intramural Foot-ball l2A, Committee ' ' N e w Fires. Indiana University, BETTY GENE USELMAN Betsy Know Your City, Music, Knitting C l u b s , Secretary Know Your City llB, Pres- ident llA, Secretary Knit- ting IZB. Northwestern University. JUNE LORRAINE WASS June Bug Learn To Dance, Radio-, Art Clubs, New Fires, Admin- istration Corps. WILLIAM WEIST Bill Ushers Club 10, ll, IZ. University of Notre Dame. BETTY JANE WERTZ Tap, Thespian, Art Clubs, G. A. A., Vice President Art llA, Secretary l2A, Cilee Club, Vice President l2B. The Frantic Physician, Will Committee. Indiana University.

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16 THE INTERLUDE The Salutatory THE HIGH SCHOOL OF YESTERDAY Mary Woodward HE January Class of 1937 extends to each of you a hearty welcome to our gradu- ation exercises. We are glad to have you with us. May we present to you tonight a view of secondary education as it is today or as it probably will be in the next ten or fifteen years. First it might be interesting to go back to education as it was in the very beginning. When and where that beginning was is really not known, although the Pilgrims were the ones who, very soon after they landed in what is now Massachusetts, passed laws for the establishment of Latin Grammar schools. These schools were supported by fees of from ten to twenty-five dollars a year, paid by the parents. Money was scarce in those times and very few pupils Went to these schools, for they believed that boys who did not plan to go to college should not go to high school. Soon there came a demand for a different type of school in which more subjects would be taught. To meet these demands, a new system of schools called Academies was instituted: these schools, although they, too, were supported by tuition paid by the parents, spread slowly through the states. Among the advocates of this type of school was Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest statesmen and philosophers of his time, ln the new schools, to which girls as well as boys were admitted, many new subjects were intro- duced including bookkeeping, surveying, English grammar, mathematics, and history. Then people began to ask, why couldn't there be a free high school, just as there had been a free elementary school? The idea was bitterly contested but the advocates of free education triumphed, and laws were made to the effect that communities could tax themselves and use the money for establishing free high schools for the young people. Just as the aim of the elementary schools was only to prepare the student for the high school, so the secondary schools trained only for college. During the years since l890, education has been greatly developed in the United States, and it is interesting to note that while the population of the country has not quite doubled during that time, the enrollment in the public high schools has increased 40 per cent. More than two-thirds of the people of high school age enter high school, and fully half of these graduate. When we consider that only about 10 per cent of the children of France. Germany, and England go to any kind of high school, we realize the opportuni- ties offered the young people of the United States by the secondary schools of today. The Presidents Message THE HIGH SCHOOL OF TODAY Walter Brodbeclc In what way does secondary education today justify itself? What are some of the things that show progress? Perhaps one of the most important factors contributing to a better high school edu- cation is the individualization of instruction. By this we mean that the schools take into consideration the individual differences of high school pupils. Today a student is sent to school not just to learn Latin, mathematics, and science, but is allowed to help choose and plan a course of study that will best prepare him for life. Individualization of education is made possible by the fact that curricula have been revised and enlarged. In Central High School, students today choose from over 180 sub- jects. In the first high school in South Bend, there were only sixteen subjects offered. Another factor which has made for a sounder secondary education, and one which goes hand in hand with the provision for individual differences, is improved methods of instruction. The Hrst step taken in improving teaching methods was to raise the standard of re- quirements for teachers. Today a teacher's training is more intensive and more extensive,