Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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MILLER MARY FREEMAN HELEN PURKEY R D Head of Department rverswfy of Illunous BS Illmons Wesleyan Unnversufy Dean Danville Junlor College Umversnly of lllmols Stale Umversuty of Iowa MA BOYER MILDRED E JENKINS JOHN F REWERTS HARRIET Illmons Wesleyan Unwversnly U nversnfy of llllnols BS Northwestern Umversnfy AB MEd ROBERTSON ALMIRA J SPROULS GRACE L WATTS KATHRYN Unnversnty of lllmous B S M A Butler Umversufy B S Unnversuty of Illnnous B S Indnana Slate Teachers College M S SANDERS JOHN STAPP KATHERINE WRIGHT MILDRED Induana Slate Teachers Unnversnty of Illlnols A B Umversuty of Illmos BS Co ege BS ENGLISH Some of the most valuable courses at DHS COV6I'll1g all four years were offered by the Eng llSh Department The freshmen stud1ed fundamentals of gram mar whlle sophomores were taught the correct steps for an mterestmg speech Upperclassmen studled Amer1can authors and WI'1lI1l1gS 111 Al1'l6I'1Cal'I Llterature Enghsh L1ter ature oifered an lnslght 1nto the works of Engl1sh Wrlters Senlor Grammar was a complex study of grammar and vocabulary Page Twenty four Englzsh and FOREIGN LANGUAGE The F ore1gn Language department helped the students learn more of forelgn lands and thelr customs Latln, the background of many languages, offered a better understandlng of the Engllsh language Spanlsh was a more commerclal language It helped students understand our South Amer1can nelghbors Many students chose French as a more cul tural language, Whlle German was cons1dered a language of pol1t1cs and sc1ence ' un' ' ' ' ', .., Ms. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' , , ' ' s.A. ' ' ' ', A.a., ' ' , . . M.A. . . ' ' . - I n, . ' . I' I .I ' . . I I .I A.s. . . MA. ll , . ., M.s. M.A. 1 , ' , - Q . . 7

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NIB SCHOOLCR -XFT Xlr D X Schoolcraft our ass1st.1ntpr1nc,1pal and Dean of Boys, W IS fl familiar Slght around DHS His insight into the problems of the students and this concern for their problems E A BATES m'1de hun mdispulsable in school affairs D V SCHOOLCRAFT Asslsfani Principal Dean of Boys Wabash College A University of lllmols MISS THOMPSON Our Dean of Girls, Miss Helen Thompson was one of the busier members of the AClmlI11Stfgl she was the adviser for our active Student Council and Y Teens Club HELEN THOMPSON Dean of Girls UI'!IVef5IlY of llllnols AB NIB BATES When 'mx student was seeking advice on col lege aptitude tests, high school requirements or graduation he ll'lStlIlCtlVClW visited the office ot E -X Bates Nlr Bates has been our glllll ance director for 23 sears Director of Guidance Iowa State College A B UYIIVGYSIYY of Iowa M A Page Tucnt5 thref 1 . . 7. h ' ' ' , U' ' ' ' l 'I . A 1 . K . . a In .. M A ' , ' . . , . , S tion. Besides her guidance in the dean,s office, ' , L I, . . . . ' , ' , - 7 1 ' . 7

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