Decatur High School - Decanois Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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THE DECANOIS Miss Marguerite Harper. A. B. from the Uni- versity of lllinois. Miss Harper teaches Zoo- logy and Botany. She is one of the advisers of the junior class. Mr. Ernst H. Westlund, Ph. C. from Purdue Universityg B. S. and M. S. from Purdue Univer- sity. Mr. Westlund at one time taught Chemis- try in the high school. A year ago he returned to the faculty after an absence of several years. He teaches Zoology and botany. Miss Mary Orr, A. B. from the University of lllinois. Miss Orr also teaches Zoology and botany. She is in charge of the entire junior class and has done a great deal toward organ- izing this very large group. Miss Charlotte Meyer, A. B. from james Mil- likin Universityg M. A. from the University of Michigan. Miss Meyer teaches Zoology and botany and has often taught physiology as well. Miss Meyer is president of the Decatur Teachers Federation. ln the upper picture Mary Pearl Hull and Martha Hicks are standing in the small con- servatory which opens from one of the botany laboratories. All of the seedlings used in the twenty botany classes can be grown in the conservatory and many plant experiments can be conducted here. The lower picture shows Mr. Bush seated at his desk. Since Mr. Bush joined the faculty at the end of the first semester he was not pres- ent when the other faculty pictures were made. He teaches botany and shares the physiology laboratory with Miss Earnest. With him in the picture are Helen Polkman, who has brought her miscroscope to his desk, and Arthur Gir- ard, who is having a laboratory exercise checked. 1938 lF A C U lL T Srciioimfcc Mr. Iohn M. Rush. A. B. from the University of lndianag M. A. from the University of lllinois. Mr. Bush became a member of the faculty in February. He teaches botany. His photo- graph appears at the bottom of the page, lil 1? 5, i 1? yt' 'B I

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THE DECANOIS TF A C lU lL T Y lluainguaigie Miss Lucy I. Durfee, A. B. from the Univer- sity of Michigan, M. A. from Columbia Univer- sity. Miss Durfee teaches Cicero and Caesar. The second semester of this year she has had two Spanish classes. 1938 Miss Mary M. Mclntire, A. B. from the Uni- versity of Illinois, M. A. from the University of Illinois. Miss Mclntire teaches the beginning Latin classes and two Caesar classes. Miss Mary Carroll. A. B. from larnes Millikin University, M. A. from the University of Illinois. Miss Carroll teaches Spanish. She has studied in Spain and in Mexico. Miss Carroll is the head adviser of the senior class. Miss Revcrrose Wallins, A. B. from fames Mil- likin University, M. A. from the University of Illinois. Miss Wallins left Decatur High School at the end of the first semester. She taught Spanish and English. Miss May D. Lcrrimore. A. B. from McMurray College, graduate work at Galloway College, Western Beserve, DeSauze Maison Francaise, University of l-lawaii, Sorbonne in Paris. Miss Larimore teaches French and advises LeCer- cle Francais. Cabinet Making classes served the French classes when they framed the large map of Paris to hang on the wall in Miss Larimore's class room. The picture of the map is shown with the complete little French library and the two librarians, fewell Snyder with her back to the map and Norma Ehman who is reading. These good looking boys and girls are the A students from one of Miss Durfee's Caesar classes. From all reports, it is very unusual to find so many students doing superior work in such a difficult subject. Those seated in the front row are Marjorie Hill, Barbara Neustadt, Bobert Webb, fean Iohns, and Isola Nelson. Behind them stand Merwyn Smith, lay Thomas, Barbara Gauger, and fed Tucker.

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2' -4--1-' '-r' -'-v.zL ' -f-'2-- lx-4:1 S-v '-ur'1W 1cs--'I' THE DECANOIS The upper picture shows a group of stu- dents from one of Mr. Badcliffs physics classes. They are determining the amount of heat given off by an electric light bulb in proportion to the amount of electricity used by the bulb. The boys in the picture are Harry Greenup, Bobert Haufman, Bob Stoddart, lohn Allen, Ar- thur Bailey, and Warren Cochran. The experi- ment requires the use of an ammeter, a volta- meter, and a calorimeter and some nice mathe- matical calculation as well. ln the lower picture a group of chemistry 3 students are preparing sulfuric acid by the Chamber process. Tom Sly has his hand on the flask which contains the nitric acid and copper. Paul Morenz is standing next to him. Delmar Creager is attending the flask which contains sodium sulfite. Charles Dodson is watching the heavy brown gas gather in the big central retort. Iohn Herring has the flask containing water in charge. These boys are studying with Mr. Nelson. 26 1938 FACULTY Science Miss Mary R. Earnest fno photographlz Miss Earnest attended lndiana State Normal School and the University of lllinois. She teaches physiology. Mr. T. A. Nelson, B. S. from Knox Collegeg M. S. from the University of lllinois. Mr. Nel- son organized a course in advanced chemistry which is found in few high schools. He teaches this chemistry and elementary chemistry. His active interest in the school's athletics has made him known to most of the student body. Mr. H. Herbert Radcliffe, B. S. from lndiana Universityg M. A. from lndiana University. Mr. Radcliffe teaches physics and physiography. He is a charter member of the lllinois Academy of Science. Miss Mary Graddy Brock. A. B. from Transyl- vania Collegeg M. S. from the University of Chi- cago. Miss Brock teaches chemistry, Zoology, and botany. She is adviser of the feature writers for the Observer. E E l 1