DeVilbiss High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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TOP ROW Miss Al ce Moy Gerding Miss Olive McHugh Miss Genevieve Stowe Mass Rose Bloom, Mrs. Jeannette Brand, Miss Marior'e Warner David McMurray. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Carrie E. Whaley, Miss Charlotte Burwick M'ss Elaine H'rth Miss Grace Kratz, Miss Ethel Willoughby Miss M. Beatrice Louy Mrs. Alice Roach Perkins. AT RIGHT: Mrs. Edith Hopkins Schwenke M'ss Ruth Smith. NOT IN PICTURE: Mrs. Blanche Luther. English Department One of the most important departments in any high school is the English Department, for it is one of the 'Few divisions that reaches every student. One of the objectives of this field is to enable a student to recognize good literature and to work with it to the extent of appreciating and understanding it. Other 'factors which a student should acquire in these courses are the ability to read with ease and the power to concentrate. When a person has learned to compress his thoughts in pleasure-reading and to select the most important ideas in technical material, he has gained a power from which he will protit during the rest of his life. Furthermore, this de- partment gives the student a chance to express himself orally as well as on paper, at the some time he becomes more conscious of correct gram- mar and punctuation. Any student interested and especially talented in Radio Production, Radio Script, and Dramatics has the opportunity to study courses in this broadening field. The Speech Class aims to help a person overcome his self-consciousness when speaking before a group, to teach him the importance of clearer enunciation, and to enable him to capture the interest of his audience. I7 JGRAMMAQ Q, Q, Q1 U TEM MRL

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FLUUERS if-vt , 9 0 B 4 A LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. Virginia Francis, Miss Ruth L. Lukens, Miss Mary U. Fischer, Robert K. Lampton, Miss Fern Dickey, Frank Archarnbo, Carl A. Benson, Miss Mildred Schmidt. AT LEFT: Miss Frederica Hanson. Science Department In the age of the atom bomb, bacterial war- fare, and rocket planes it is impossible to forget that we are living in a scientific age. The Science Department at DeVilbiss does not attempt to ex- plain everything concerned with these inventions, but it is designed to help the student understand the world about him. The instructors of General Science, Biology, Physiology, Chemistry, and Physics aim to help the individual, school, and community to understand the factors of environment, and to encourage co- operation on community problems of health and welfare. They endeavor to stimulate thinking among the students and to interest them in modern developments in equipment and recent advances in all fields. By developing the powers of observa- tion, and by teaching the scientific method, this de- partment hopes to inspire students to do research work in science, or to apply their learning to what- ever occupation they enter. From the skeleton to the Bunsen burners and test tubes, the students always find the equipment and experiments interesting and instructive. Ever since DeVilbiss opened, its students have learned the fundamentals and the new develop- ments in science-the basis of our modern way of life-from the careful guidance of our faculty.

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TOP ROW: Mrs. Anne G. Sutter, G. Wayne Cruey, Miss Eva Samsen, Miss lva Guire. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Ethel Pasquier, Mrs. Margaret King, Miss Marie Lerche, Miss Elizabeth Johnson. Mathematics Department Although mathematics is not a required subject, it is not difficult to sense the rising importance ot this course in our modern age of mechanics. In the future there will be few iobs open for men who have not had mathematical training of some kind. The course in General Mathematics provides an opportunity for those, who are not planning to go to college, to take mathematics. Introductory Alge- bra and Plane Geometry are courses which have always been popular with the students. The courses in Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry, and Solid Geometry are designed for those who are plan- ning to continue their study of mathematics in college. A good student of mathematics must be alert and accurate, he must have a sense of reason, patience and determination to sit down and tackle a problem. A concentrated study in this field can help the pupil acquire these desirable traits. Nursing Home Nursing is a very enriching and worth-while course for girls to study. During the first semester first-aid meth- ods are taught. This enables students to render help in the first-aid room. During the second semester tield trips are taken to many public offices, institutions, and hospitals. One ot the most interesting and unusual trips is the one to the State Hospital. The experience and knowledge gained while studying this course helps to develop ability and personality. NURSE: Miss B. Faye Miller