Cleveland Heights High School - Caldron Yearbook (Cleveland Heights, OH)

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L. Clark O. Lehman M. McFadden B. Zweig G. Barbour One of the largest departments of our school is the History department. All of us have come in contact with it through one or more of the interesting, informative subjects offered in that field. Recently a new rule was inaugur- ated at Heights which makes a minor in His- tory a requisite for graduation. Ancient, Me- dieval, and Modern History have been combined into a two-semester World History course, which with American History is required of all students. Two other history courses are offered, Social Problems and Economics. Many members of this faculty devote much time and effort to school projects outside the classroom. Mr. Nash is the head of the de- partment. Mr. Fast continues his interest in STORY I. Fast L. Donaldson P. Nash L. Behney E. Prince A. Engel W. Kremm world affairs by sponsoring the World Feder- alist Club. Miss Clark, formerly sponsor of the Friendship Club, has become co-sponsor of the Caldron. The Discussion Club is under the able guidance of Mr. Kremm. Coach Zweig is busy with the baseball team. This fall the j. F. A. C. missed Mrs. McCabe's helping hand while she was on leave of ab- sence. Mr. Prince with his Chess Club, Mr. Engel, track advisor, and Mr. Lehman of the Rifle Club are three more active teachers. The History department is not complete with- out mention of Mr. McFadden, Mr. Behney, and Mr. Barbour, the co-sponsor of the American junior Red Cross. 2 2 m

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G. Kaufman H.Grugle E.McA1lister E. Day , V. Thelian M.Siegman C.Kril1 OFFICE Multiply six and one -quarter by about eighteen hundred. The product equals the approximate number of school hours spent at Heights High in one day. Try to imagine the tremendous task of regulating this time for each Heights student. This job is left to the unsung heroes of our school, the office staff, The office, centrally located in the building, is truly the center around which the whole school revolves. Probably the largest job the office secretaries have is that of making out programs for each student at the beginning of every semester. While this is only done once a semester, numerous other things come up every day that the staff takes care of. One daily job is mak- ing out the all-important absence bulletin. Aside from their regular duties the office per- forms many services that we take for granted Delivering telephone messages to students, mimeographing papers, filling out transcripts for students entering college, are only a few .of the tasks that keep the office busy. In addition to the services that Heights stu- dents have always received from their library, additional benefits are now offered through the use of the new Memorial Reading lloom of World War II. This past year a room which was formerly 329 has been annexed to the library to give new services and privileges to Heights students. Through contributions of various clubs, books and furniture. will be purchased. This room, when completed, will be furnished in a comfortable, recreational style, not resembling the ordinary library. The books in it will be out of the ordinary too. Vocational guidance, books on strengthening of interracial and intercultural relations, plus fine editions of the old classics, will be the only ones found in the room. The fund for these books was started by the American junior Red Cross. This room and the books in it will stand as a living memorial to the graduates of our school who saw service in the last war . M. Volzer E. Bishop H. SChermCl'h0l'l'1

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E. Malin L. Freyman L. Stephens G. Connor Z. Winslow F. Liston E. Cooney L. Bardrof A. Regan M. Clifford j. Lorz G. Parry A. Spencer W, Winters D. Evans E. Braselton R. Verhulst Long noted for its excellent instruction and its efficient instructors, the English department continues its fine work, led by Leonard Freyman. This year the English classes are going through a transition period from the old curriculum to the newly-revised course of study, 1950 marks the beginning of a new fifty years and it will also go down as an unusual one in the Heights English department because of the extraordinary fact that English III, IV, and V classes have been reading the same literature, Next year the new curriculum will be adopted and no two grade levels will be studying the same subject matter. If The English department is the largest at ' Heights. In addition to the so-called straight English Courses, journalism, Public Speaking, Q Modern Literature, and Dramatics are offer- ed. After the completion of English III,a student may take these extra subjects to 'A' fy J satisfy the required English major or to Z ll Y obtain the necessary credits. Because D these subjects are offered,the three years of required English are more enjoyable. M my With the new ideas, curriculum, and books, ready for use, the English de- partment will maintain its traditional XS yi I N Q standing . 14