Decatur High School - Decanois Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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THE DECANOIS FACULTY English Miss Ethel Parkinson, A. B. from the Univer- sity of Illinois, M. A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Miss Parkinson is head of the English department. She teaches sopho- more English cind journalism. ln addition to her department duties and her teaching, she is in charge ot the general arrangements for the Herald-Beview story contest, the Lincoln essay contest, and the lda K. Martin contest. Miss Lois Yoder, A. B. from lames Millikin University, M. A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Miss Yoder teaches senior English. She is adviser of Agora, the older of the girls' literary societies. Her ser- vices to the school also include special coach- ing of the students on commencement programs and an active participation in pre- paring for the intersociety literary contest. Miss Louise Fike, A. B. from Drake Univer- sity. Miss Eike teaches lunior English. For several years Miss Eike was adviser of Mask and Wig. She is interested in dramatics and has presented many high school plays. 1938 4569 Heston Booker is not a thief but he is playing the part in this scene from Sham , a play written by Frank Cr. Tompkins. The group is from Miss Yoder's class and they are giving a study in interpretative reading. Erma Bosler and Dick Bliler are Clara and Charles, the wife and husband. Paul Cochran is the reporter. The study ot plays is part of the work included in English 8. Even the backs of lohn McKee, Nancy Down- ing, William McDaniel, and Marvin Bowers look interested. Their owners are taking part in the trial of Charles Darnet, enacted by Cole- man Hardin, who is seated in the front of the group. Miss Parkinsons sophomore English classes dramatized this trial when they were studying A Tale of Two Cities. The other witnesses in the scene are Rodney McNalley, standing, and Henry Koshinski. Bobert Edie and Cloyd Kerr are the lawyers, Bichard Shelley is the judge, Walter Shultz and Ralph Dombroski are the attorneys.

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THE DECANOIS l. DEAN CONE' BOYS l have heard some people express doubt about the future. l see much hope. There have been many periods in the world's history when the outlook was none too bright. We are undergoing an adjustment to changing social conditions and not necessarily a retro- gression in civilization. There is war and rumors of war, there is corruption in high places. But there is also the good-the true-the beautiful. Let us hold these before us, they are all about us. l wish l could impress upon students how essential it is to seek these three ideals in order to find life's ultimate goal-happiness. There is plenty of the sordid in life to detract us, but there is also much of the highest value to attract us. l like the philosophy and faith of the poet Wlf1O Sflidf God's in his heaven, All's right with the world. 1938 DEAN COMF GIRLS There is a growing recognition among edu- cators that the school environment should pro- vide facilities favorable to a wholesome per- sonality development. The progress and preservation of our demo- cratic society is dependent upon the proper training of our youth and upon the develop- ment of emotionally-mature, socially-minded and socially-efficient individuals. Guidance and counseling play an important part in helping the individual to orient himself to his environment, to survey critically his problems or potentialities and to determine advisable remedial measures or proper train- ing, and to develop within himself that key to effective living-self-direction. Guidance stimulates personality, growth and emotional maturity. ,WLUEY

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THE DECANOIS lF A. C U W lL T Y English Miss L. Lucille Barnes. B. Ed. from Illinois State Normal University, M. A. from the Uni- versity of lllinois. Miss Barnes teaches Eng- lish 5. She has done graduate work at Milli- lcin University and the University of Chicago. 1938 Miss Helen I. Stapp, B. S. from the Univer- sity of lllinois. Miss Stapp teaches sophomore English. She is adviser of Aristos. Miss Stapp founded Verse Choir and Poetry Club and advises both. She coached the members of the mid-year senior class day program. UCon- temporary Poets, a biographical dictionary, published Miss Stapp's biography this year. Miss Helen Gorham, A. B. from lames Milli- kin University. She has taught English 7 and English 3 this semester. Miss Gorham is inter- ested in dramatics and assists in dramatic make-up for the school plays. Miss Katherine Stadler. A. B. from lames Millikin University. Miss Stadler teaches Eng- lish 4. She coached the lune class senior play. She is the adviser of the sophomore social committee. Charlotte Wismer, Confession, has a whip which she is about to use on Eugene larvis, Everyman, in this scene from the morality play Everyman, The play is from one of Miss Barnes' English classes and was staged by Elizabeth Lee Pigott and Harriet Bodgers. Toola Karelas, Good Deeds, has her hands out- stretched to protect Everyman. Raymond Brown, heavily bedecked in beads and jewelry, is Goods. Ted Dawson, is Knowledge. The group about Miss Stapp in the lower picture is the sophomore program committee. ln the front row are Dominic Piraino, Glenn Branson, and Erahlman Bridge. Gn Miss Stapp's right are luanita Fraser and Mary Dennis. On her left are Barbara Gauger and Grace Catlin. Allen Chaney is not in the picture.