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

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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,

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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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l THE INTERLUDE 17 established upon a broad basis of culture. A well grounded knowledge of subject-matter is coupled with a true understanding of objectives and intelligent ability to make all branches of the curriculum serve a common purpose. Teaching today functions less and less as subject teaching and more and more as counseling. These two improvements have called into being new techniques and new tools too numerous to elaborate on here. Theory no longer predominates. Students learn by practical application in the class room, and in the laboratory. They know that it is best to make their first inevitable mis- takes in the schoolroom where kindly counsel will ease the sting and disappointment. Perhaps the thing that stands out in greatest contrast to the older school is the greater time allotment to extra-curricular activities, Here additional opportunity is given to develop morally, mentally, and socially. Students today enjoy privileges never known before in the history of education. You, as parents, know that your guidance is being supplemented and augmented by the school. The student knows that the greater share of his time is spent in activities de- signed to meet everyone of his needs, if he cares to avail himself of them. We, the members of the January Class of l937, are grateful for all these opportu- nities. On behalf of the class, we wish to thank the school board, principal, and faculty for their inspiration and eXpert guidance in aiding us to take advantage of these improved opportunities. Thus prepared by a progressive system of secondary education, we step out into a progressive world, The Valedictory THE HIGH SCHOOL OF TOMORROW Elizabeth Owens Progress is the fundamental law of life. As we contemplate the amazing achieve- ments. in education brought about in the past, the thought comes to us-what further improvements may be looked for in order that the education program may be better adapted to the complexities of the future. Education for living we believe will be the great aim. Such a goal will necessitate education of the student's whole personality. In the past, cultivation of the intellect alone has proved insufficient and unsatisfactoryg the physical health, and the spiritual side of the individual are now being given greater consideration: and as we look into the future, we can seethat there will be even greater need for more complete development of these phases of the individual. Another need will be to help the student ind himself, to discover his abilities and talents, and then to develop them, so that he may better serve himself and his fellow men, He must have a knowledge of the factual and appreciation subjects of the curricu- lum, since a good citizen must be an informed oneg but since the problem of leisure time becomes more and more important in a changing industrial age, the school system must enlarge its social program-developing clubs, athletics, music, and hobbies. In addition to the present idea of helping the student become a socially minded, well- adjusted person, and advising the course of study to be pursued, the aim of the educational program of the future must also be to help the student find his gainful occupation. The school then should contact with professions, business, and industry. A linking of class- room study with actual part-time work may be a means of accomplishing this. The majority must be made to think through doing. To quote Dr. Herbert Scho- field of England, The new education must be dynamic and practical: so broad must be its sweep that all, not a few, achieve the results of its discipline. Tonight we have time not to portray a picture of the school of the future, but merely to suggest what the principal aims of the school should be. As we, for the January Class of 1937, bid farewell to our faculty and to the school, we desire also to say that we appreciate the opportunities and training we have received, and express thanks for our happy years in Central Senior High.